He is at once an architect, photographer, blogger and activist (he shuns the word "dissident") whose presence in Beijing is disproportionate to his (considerable) standing in the art world. He has 70000 followers on Twitter. ...full story

The photographer Peter Lindbergh at the opening of “The Unknown,” at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. The most anticipated art-meets-fashion events of the season: Diane Von Furstenberg's “Journey of a Dress,” is up at the Pace gallery ...full story

WASHINGTON — Hackers based in China have disrupted an online petition signed by nearly 100000 people which urges Beijing to free outspoken artist Ai Weiwei, the website operator said Wednesday. Heads of major museums around the world had spearheaded ...full story

Opposite House fills its halls with über-contemporary art. Photo: courtesy of the Opposite House By Hao Ying Some Beijing hoteliers are using local contemporary art to help brand their properties, a tactic that looks quite prescient as prices for ...full story

Apart from Beijing and Shanghai, Guangzhou and, to a limited extent, Chengdu, there are few major centres of artistic exchange within the country. Even though there have always been the lively art schools and major provincial universities, ...full story

Manhattan-based filmmaker Alison Klayman had nearly completed work on her feature film on Chinese artist-activist Ai Weiwei when she learned of his April 3 detainment at a Beijing airport by government officials. Now, with one of China's most famous ...full story

A German-sponsored art exhibition in China's National Museum is threatening to turn from a public relations coup into a political embarrassment for Berlin after the arrest of artist Ai Weiwei. ...full story

The three are currently being held in the Tiahu Detention Center in Beijing's Tongzhou District. Also on March 24, Beijing artist Guo Gai (郭盖) was taken away by police, who confiscated his computer. It is believed that Guo was seized for taking ...full story

He was an artistic consultant for the Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing. Strong-willed and sometimes anarchic, some of his recent work has straddled the worlds of art and activism. Almost two decades after he returned to China in 1993, ...full story

Introducing the film, TED curator Chris Anderson showed some of the artist's works, including the Bird's Nest stadium, which he helped design for the Beijing Olympics, an exhibit at Tate Modern in London of more than 100 million handcrafted porcelain ...full story