A CHINESE artist was sentenced to 12 months at a labor camp for having sex during a performance, the Shanghai Daily reported today. Cheng Li, a 57-year-old performance artist, was arrested in March after having sex with his girlfriend in a work called ...full story

Visitors gather in the Spencer Museum of Art's central court around the hovering silicone figure of a policeman featured in Shanghai-based artist Jin Shan's new installation, “It Came From the Sky.” It's a shocker, no matter how many ...full story

PARIS — British sculptor Anish Kapoor on Tuesday dedicated his new monumental art installation in Paris to the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who is in custody in Beijing accused of unspecified crimes. "I wish to dedicate my new work, Leviathan at the ...full story

“Commercial art has rarely, if ever, contained dissent.” Defne Ayas, an art history instructor at New York University in Shanghai, put it this way in an e-mail: “For some artists in this younger generation, the new political has become the 'market. ...full story

These works were shown at island6 Art Centre and Shanghai Art Museum as a result of her residency in 2010. Da Shi Jie is rounded off by a series of photomontage pieces redolent of science-fiction and past World Expo pavilions. These featured in AM Park ...full story

... Shanghai Women's Federation Chairperson Mme. Zhang Lili and Liwayway (China) Co., Ltd. Chairman Larry Chan as Guests of Honor. It featured 42 works of Filipino child artist Hamzah Marbella and 400 selected artworks of Chinese child artists. ...full story

Nine-year-old Hamzah Marbella is among selected Filipino children who will showcase their artwork in Shanghai, China. Photo from the DFA website Marbella is "blessed with the technical aptitude that rivals older peers in the art world," the department ...full story

For me, Shanghai is a place of non-stop culture clash, where Western allusions and future city aspirations are noticeably Chinese." This was Kerry Ann's first visit to China where she exhibited at island6 Art Centre, Shanghai Art Museum. ...full story

Art districts with museums, galleries and art spaces have formed well beyond Beijing and Shanghai, providing artists with ever more platforms to display their works. Chinese contemporary art has also been displayed in museums around the world. ...full story

In November 2010, Ai's newly built art studio in Shanghai, commissioned by the local government, was demolished. Authorities prevented Ai from traveling to Shanghai prior to the demolition. Ai never stopped documenting his run-ins with the Chinese ...full story