Such traumatic beginnings perhaps explain why Shi has always been something a rebel in the art world, always determined to do things in his own way. Organized by Shanghai Art Museum and Wanda Group, a solo exhibition of Shi is running at Shanghai Art ... full story
Just as a huge career survey was set to open at the Shanghai Art Museum, a high-ranking official in China's national media called the museum director and suggested a Zhang survey might not be the best idea. It was cancelled the next day.and more »full story
The artist Cai Guo-Qiang was trained in stage design at the Shanghai Theater Academy. But while living in Japan from 1986 to 1995, he explored the properties of gunpowder in his drawings, an examination that eventually led to his experimentation with ... full story
Shanghai master ink painter Zhu Qizhan (1892-1996) is holding a show until April 11 at the Museum of the Beijing Fine Art Academy. Co-organized by Shanghai Chinese Painting Institute, Zhu Qizhan's Memorial and China Guardian International Auctions, ... full story
By Zhu Linyong (chinadaily.com.cn) Shanghai artist Huang Laiduo's landscapes are on show at the National Art Museum of China. More than 80 of his oil paintings will be on display from March 31-April 12. Born in Shanghai in 1935, Huang graduated from ... full story
But the auctions, which run roughly every spring and fall, are merely one aspect of the churning and ever-growing art scene here. Thanks to committed collectors and the museums and galleries they support, Hong Kong has become the best place in the ... full story
They are also a platform for innovative art. In the late 1970s, my best friend was given a video game called Pong. We plugged it into the TV and became instant addicts. For hours we sat in a darkened room, mesmerised by the two-dimensional ball that we ... full story
In 2007, it teamed with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation to take “Art in America: 300 Years of Innovation” to Beijing and Shanghai. Last year the foundation “agreed to make a real push into South America and Asia,” Ms. Glassman said, adding, ... full story
The preview of the 29th China Guardian Quarterly Auction runs from March 21-23 at the Beijing International Hotel, and all exhibits will go under the hammer from March 24-26 in the same venue. On view will be more 5000 lots of Chinese ink art, ... full story
SINGAPORE — A few years ago, Budi Tek was largely unknown in the international art market, but last year, the Chinese-Indonesian collector was listed eighth on Art & Auction magazine's top 10 most influential people in the art world.and more »full story
