Mu Qian reports in Beijing. Liu Xiuyun felt she had lost focus after retirement. All the 70-year-old did was watch TV and cook - until she joined a cultural center's choir in Jilin's provincial capital Changchun. She rehearses three days a week with ...full story

By Sui-Lee Wee | BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei is suing Beijing tax authorities for violating the law by imposing a 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) tax evasion penalty on the company he works for without allowing him access to ...full story

Li Wei's “Live at a High Place #6, Beijing,” is at the Katonah Musem of Art. / Courtesy of the artist and m97 Gallery/Shanghai To celebrate the Year of the Dragon in Chinese astrology, the Katonah Museum has a diverse exhibit of contemporary Chinese ...full story

By Zhang Junmian A charitable painting exhibition kicked off at the AOAart Studio in Beijing's 798 Art Zone on Mar. 31, creating a rare opportunity for people to develop a better understanding of autism, explore the inner world of autistic children, ...full story

A Belgian art dealer who has been under house arrest for years in Beijing for antiquities smuggling has died of a heart attack, Belgium's Foreign Ministry said Friday. Kurt De Raedemaeker, 48, died in a Beijing hotel on March 6, Foreign Ministry ...full story

BEIJING — A Belgian art dealer who has been under house arrest for years in Beijing for antiquities smuggling has died of a heart attack, Belgium's Foreign Ministry said Friday. Kurt De Raedemaeker, 48, died in a Beijing hotel on March 6, ...full story

By Sui-Lee Wee | BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have told dissident artist Ai Weiwei he will not be given a public hearing to reconsider a 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) tax evasion penalty allegedly due from the company he works for, ...full story

The fair brought together eclectic work from across the Middle East, alongside pieces from as far a field as Beijing, New York and Jakarta. Statements were made loud and clear and meanings were not shielded by overly obscure concepts. Art Dubai 2012 ...full story

During her short stay in Beijing, she went to an exhibition at the old Tsinghua art college, where the intriguing use of space and art made her determined to return as an artist. In 2005, Gunn won a grant from Culture Ireland that funded an artist ...full story

Some 75 galleries from 32 countries took part, including prestige return visitors like Marianne Boesky and Chantal Crousel, joined this year by such diverse new entrants as Pace Gallery, Lombard Freid Projects of New York, Beijing's Platform China, ...full story