BEIJING — The dissident artist Ai Weiwei was allowed a visit from his wife on Sunday, the first time he has been seen or heard from since being detained by authorities 43 days ago and held incommunicado in a secret Beijing-area ...full story

The work is on display at Tang Contemporary Art in Beijing. Source: Tang Contemporary Art via Bloomberg An image of the portrait of Mao Zedong above the gate to the Forbidden City by the Gao brothers. The two artists, who work in Beijing, ...full story

FOUR of the seven gold art objects stolen from the Palace Museum in Beijing have been recovered while three are still missing, police said yesterday. Nine art objects displayed in the museum were discovered missing on Monday morning. ...full story

Ai Weiwei was detained by Chinese authorities April 3 at the Beijing airport. MCASD has voiced its dissent alongside members of the international art community, and is staging a silent protest on Thursday, May 19 at its downtown location. ...full story

A tourist looks at a policeman standing in front of the entrance to the Palace Museum, where 20th century art pieces on loan from the private Liang Yi Museum in Hong Kong were exhibited inside the Forbidden City in Beijing, May 11. ...full story

Ai was detained by the Chinese authorities on his way out of Beijing airport 40 days ago and his friends and family have heard nothing of his fate since. Gwyn Miles, director of the Somerset House Trust, said he was “dismayed and aggrieved” by ...full story

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Beijing police said Friday that they have recovered six pieces of art that were stolen from the Palace Museum on Monday, and they will continue their search for the other missing pieces. Police authorities, however, did not ...full story

More than 400 guests are expected in the atrium of the Opposite House hotel in Beijing Friday to get a peek at “Enhance the Beauty,” a collection of four oil-on-canvas paintings by Li Xiaoling. The Kunming-born artist says the subject matter ...full story

Famous artist Anish Kapoor has dedicated his most recent work of art - also his largest piece yet - 'Leviathan' to Ai Weiwei, a Chinese artists who has been detained by Beijing police authority for crimes ...full story

In these days of keen rivalry between the world's great museums, the Beijing show highlights a contradiction deep-rooted in the People's Republic: the first exhibition loaned by a foreign organisation is devoted to the Art of Enlightenment. ...full story