A folk art museum, designed by renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, has opened in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province on Sept. 20. The China Academy of Art project is committed to conserving, revitalizing and regenerating ...
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Beijing International Art Biennale opens on Thursday, drawing artists from China and abroad. The exhibition Memory and Dream will highlight the sixth Beijing International Art Biennale that begins on Thursday. Among the country's top ...
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Buyers of ancient Chinese art will reappear in Sotheby's salesroom in Hong Kong next month. The last time Sotheby's auctioned classical ink art in the city was some 15 years ago. More than 50 lots of ink paintings and works of ...
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Twenty-four solid gold ornaments dating back almost 2,000 years were returned to China without compensation on Monday, on the grounds that they had been looted from tombs in Gansu province and held by French collectors. Following a similar ...
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An exhibition named Extremely Beautiful Tibet kicked off on Wednesday at Yanhuang Art Museum in Beijin, capital of China. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, the exhibition ...
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The 6th China Beijing International Art Biennale opened its doors on Sept 24 at the National Art Museum of China. It is themed "Memory and Dreams". The thematic exhibition features 685 pieces of art from 96 countries. The exhibition ...
Works by a young painter have recently become a hit on Chinese social media. To people's surprise, the painter turned out to be just 19 years old - and autistic. Bi Changyu, born in Shaoxing, was diagnosed with autism at the age of three. ...
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As Cining Gong in the Forbidden City is set to be unveiled to the public, some of those behind its painstaking restoration process share their experiences. Wang Kaihao reports. It is a closed part of the Palace Museum, also known as the ...
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Art Nova 2015, an exhibition for young artists from China and abroad, will be held in Beijing next week. About 350 local and foreign artists are expected to participate in the annual event that started in 2011, encouraged by the ...
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An exhibition displaying old royal craftsmanship began on Friday at China's former imperial palace. The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, is displaying 43 sets of cultural relics, including antique clocks, embroidery and ...
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Crowds are flocking to the Palace Museum to see its priceless treasures, and they're paying tribute to the immortals of Chinese art. But now it's time to sing the praises of those backstage heroes who make it all possible - the restorers ...
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Following the success of Secret Garden, the best-selling coloring book for adults, coloring books and products sales have been booming in China. Even The Assassin Nie Yinniang, a film screened in late August, published a coloring album as a ...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping recently paid a state visit to the US, but cultural exchanges between the two countries are an important backdrop to the diplomatic ones. For example, Universal Studios has just contracted to build a theme park ...
Diao, 72, was born in Chengdu, China, but moved to New York City at a very young age. He attended Kenyon College in Ohio and studied philosophy, but soon found the academic world just wasn’t for him. Instead of class, Diao spent most ...
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The blockbuster art show 15 Rooms, which opened at the Long Museum in Shanghai on Thursday, has created quite a stir. At the live-art exhibition, artists and artist groups from different cultural backgrounds present artwork through ...
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