The exhibition displayed over 300 pieces of paintings and calligraphy works created by celebrities from Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Chinese mainland as well as overseas Chinese from more than 20 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Li Xin)and more »full story

BEIJING — Influential British magazine Art Review has named China's politically outspoken Ai Weiwei as its most powerful artist of 2011. The honor is the latest sign of how Ai's fame has soared following his arrest at Beijing airport in April and ...full story

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei speaks to members of the media in the doorway of his studio after he was released on bail in Beijing June 23, 2011. BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday criticized a UK-based contemporary art magazine for naming ...full story

From his studio in Beijing, Ai Weiwei, the outspoken Chinese artist and dissident, had a clear view of Rikers Island. For months Mr. Ai, who was detained by Chinese authorities in the spring and released under close surveillance in June ...full story

BEIJING, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- With buckets of volcanic ash and broken glass, Icelandic artist Gudrun Kristjansdottir has been creating new works of art on a wall in Dashilan, a famous ancient street, or "hutong," near Beijing's Forbidden City. ...full story

When the prize was announced on Sept 17 last year, one of the organizers was Wang Shenggui, a division chief for the Beijing-based Association of Chinese Local Art. However, according to a recent statement, the group said Wang was acting outside of his ...full story

The exhibition furthers a partnership forged with the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) in Beijing, which showcased a collection of Papunya paintings from Australia last year. Curator and NAMOC director Fan Di'an says the exchanges serve as a bridge ...full story

The show is the first in recent memory to take up the entire space of Three Shadows, which was designed by the outspoken artist Ai Weiwei and opened in 2007 by Rong Rong and Inri, two stalwarts of the Beijing art scene. Viewers first enter a section ...full story

Beijing-based artist Qiao Xiaoguang demonstrated his papercutting techniques in the Central Court of the Spencer Museum of Art Wednesday afternoon. Xiaoguang learned these techniques from elderly women in rural China. Beijing-based artist Qiao ...full story

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei may still be under heavy surveillance in Beijing, but his art continues to speak across the globe. Here in New York's White Box art gallery, Ai Weiwei's fellow artist and friends have put on a show carrying on his ...full story