Beijing: A group of former students of China`s top art academy have said that a painting that fetched 72.8 million yuan ($11.4 million) at an auction was actually drawn by them. The painting by Xu Beihong, a late master of both oils and ink, ... full story
This is the first time Maori art and culture has a dedicated exhibition in China. The Otago Museum from Dunedin, New Zealand, facilitated more than 300 artifacts on loan to Shanghai. The museum also commissioned the waharoa made by Ngai Tahu craftsman ... full story
When the dust settled it was clear that neither Shanghai nor any other Chinese mainland city could compete with Hong Kong as a natural center for doing business. With its zero-percent tax on art and its transparent British-based legal system, ... full story
Miami Art Gallery & Museum Examiner Jesus Manuel Rojas Torres is currently reporting from Shanghai covering the American Pavilion and Shanghai Art Fair 2011. His blog What's Up Miami? WUM which uses the Blogger platform can not be seen from China ... full story
SHANGHAI - A group of former art students say that an oil painting sold at auction last year as an original Xu Beihong was in fact painted by one of them, not the late artist. The piece - Nude, Ms Jiang Biwei, which depicts a solitary naked woman ... full story
13, shows Li DeihuiM (R), a ceramic artist, introducing a white glazed porcelain with the portrait of Dr Sun Yat-sen to a visitor. The 2011 Shanghai Art Fair, Asia's biggest art trade event, opened to professionals on Sept. 13. ... full story
For every artist who appears on these shores, one imagines there are ten or more of equal note, famed at home for who knows what marvels. But although he lives and works in Shanghai, Yang Fudong is an international name. He has shot a film for Prada ... full story
Hot molten glass is skillfully sculptured into ornate designs at the Shanghai Museum of Glass, where visitors can get a firsthand look at the art of glass making. Sparkling art sculptures and a contemporary façade greets visitors at the ... full story
Fred Tomaselli: I've been to Tokyo, Seoul and Busan. Seoul and Busan was 1998, and Tokyo was, I think, 2005. This is our first trip to China. It's something we've always talked about. My son is adopted from China. We've been roaming Shanghai's streets. ... full story
Two major Shanghai-based art fairs will showcase the best cutting-edge Asian art this September. The Shanghai Art Fair and SH Contemporary are the two of the most noteworthy art fairs on Shanghai's art calendar. In 2011 China overtook Britain to become ... full story
