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Firebox Launches 'fiendishly Difficult' Gradient Puzzles

Apr 5, 2016

Range has been designed by Bryce Wilner of Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art. Firebox has launched a new range of Gradient Puzzles. Designed by Bryce Wilner of Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, the 500 piece sets have been deemed ...

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Kvadrat Is Remaking Franco Albini's Rare 1940s Chair

Mar 15, 2016

Kvadrat is remaking Franco Albini’s rare 1940s chair The new Kvadrat/Raf Simons collection is going to premiere on March 16 in Berlin. The third collection, including three new striped textile designs, is inspired by Modernist ...

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Gu Changwei's Latest Project Is Based on a 100-Yuan Note

Nov 25, 2015

Chinese film director Gu Changwei is staging his solo show The Vision in Beijing. [Photo provided to China Daily] Film director and photographer Gu Changwei's latest production isn't at the cinemas but rather at three exhibition halls of ...

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Art Exhibition Pops up in Beijing Clothing Store

Nov 4, 2015

An art exhibition kicked off at the clothing store JNBY in Beijing's Sanlitun on Sep 15. "Land, Devil & Night" curated by You Yang, Deputy Director of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) presents artworks of artists He An, Lu ...

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Worldwide Gathering with a Common Artistic Theme

Nov 4, 2015

The 18th Beijing Art Expo attracted a large turnout of aficionados from around the world, with one thing in common - the pursuit of art and the different approaches to portraying beauty. From their work can be seen a spirit of life and ...

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He Bookworm Lit Fest: Epic, as Usual

Oct 30, 2015

Authors who participate in The Bookworm Literature Festival (BLF) consistently say that they are amazed how a small independent bookstore can put on such an epically proportioned event. Visitors (expats and countrymen alike) from across ...

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The 6th Beijing Biennale: a Showcase of Cultural Diversity

Oct 29, 2015

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 ...

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Caochangdi Art Zone Features Noted Art Critic Yi Ying Solo Exhibition

Oct 29, 2015

Art critic Yi Ying is displaying more than 50 landscape paintings at the CaoChangdi art zone in Beijing. Following Yi's solo exhibition in Shanghai last year, Yi is now making his Beijing debut. Most of these paintings are created by Yi ...

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Inside The Mind of Artist David Diao

Oct 29, 2015

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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Breath of Fresh Air in Art Displays

Oct 29, 2015

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 ...

Tags: Art Displays, Long Museum, collections

Painting: a Bright Spot in The Night

Oct 28, 2015

Viewed as a leading artist of his generation, Jia Aili's works often feature a pessimistic palette and a dark vision that he, however, interprets as the meaning of hope. Beijing-based Jia, 36, conveyed the same message, but in vibrant ...

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The 11th China International Gallery Exposition Kicks off

Oct 28, 2015

With its allocation of free exhibition space to select galleries, the 11th China International Gallery Exposition in Beijing is championing contemporary art in general, and Chinese art in particular. With China being the second-largest art ...

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Bank Sees Value in Arts Sponsorship

Oct 28, 2015

Famed pianist Zhu Xiaomei gives a recital during the Beijing Music Festival and she plays one of Bach's major works, Goldberg Variations. An annual musical event not to be missed took place at Wangfujing Church on Oct 13. Since 2006, the ...

Tags: Bank, Arts Sponsorship, music activities

Japanese Artist Creates Ethereal Effect with Light Refracted from Stained-glass

Oct 14, 2015

The window is a key element in the design of sacred spaces. Coloured glass was used in Gothic cathedrals to bathe the church interior in a "divine" light that makes reference to the afterlife. Even in the 20th century the church window is ...

Tags: Lighting project, Light art installation

Return of Madam Snake

Aug 26, 2015

The Chinese fairy tale figure Madam White Snake is back again, this time in two very different guises. The first is in the time-honored way in which audiences are used to seeing it, and the other in a very contemporary form. The first ...

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