Shanghai is No. 1! We are doomed unless we overtake Shanghai!" The New York Times also writing about the PISA tests interviewed US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan who, despite his appreciation for the arts, said: "We have to see this as a wake-up ...full story

Abu Dhabi Art 2011 is being housed in the new UAE Pavilion. The huge UAE Pavilion, originally designed for the Shanghai World Expo 2010 has been relocated in more than 24000 individual parts and was inspired by the golden sand dunes of the Emirates. ...full story

The former three-level main exhibition hall of the Expo pavilion will feature exhibitions on the history and development of modern art in Shanghai and China . The former joint pavilion for Chinese provinces and municipalities will house galleries ...full story

"As we will have museums for ancient art, contemporary art and modern art." Trial exhibitions at the two museums are planned for Oct 1, 2012. Most exhibits for the modern art museum will come from the Shanghai Art Museum with the rest sourced from the ...full story

Biggs left his post at the contemporary visual arts festival in May to become a freelance curator, writer and consultant. He is international advisor to Rockbound Art Gallery, in Shanghai, edits the Tate Modern ...full story

SHANGHAI, CHINA (CNN) -- A massive 3D stereograph in Shanghai has been inscribed into the Guinness World Record Wednesday. The colossal 3D picture is created on the plaza by the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the landmark and tourist attraction in Shanghai, ...full story

A man admires Forever Bicycles, a work by Ai Weiwei, at the Taipei Fine Art Museum last month. Ai Weiwei is not like most Chinese dissidents. He is a wealthy artist who helped design the Bird's Nest Stadium for the Beijing Olympics. ...full story

By CNNGo staff 9 November, 2011 The building of Swatch Art Peace Hotel used to house two famous Shanghai hotels: Palace hotel (before 1949) and Peace Hotel (after 1949). The living area of Swatch Art Peace Hotel's Peace Suite. The living area of Swatch ...full story

From News, Issue 229, November 2011 The artist Wim Delvoye has invited Ai Weiwei to recreate in Belgium the Shanghai studio that was demolished by the Chinese authorities in January. Delvoye is planning a sculpture park in the grounds of a manor house ...full story

TAIWAN - Mainland artist Ai Weiwei's first solo art exhibition in Taiwan, "Ai Weiwei absent," opened at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum yesterday. "Forever Bicycles," a visual work by the dissident artist, mesmerized viewers, who called it ...full story