Tag: Museums

2008 Sichuan earthquake Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei detention 2011 antiquities art art imports artists art market arts art theft Beijing CCP Chinese art construction contemporary art cultural heritage cultural preservation cultural relics Cultural Revolution culture exchange disaster relief England history National Palace Museum shanghai museum Shantou Shenzhen Taiwan relations Tibet history xiang jing

Man Arrested over Forbidden City Break-in

When a number of precious objects on loan from a Hong Kong collector were stolen from the Forbidden City, the art world was taken by surprise that artwork in Beijing’s major museum weren’t more carefully guarded. Today Beijing authorities say they have apprehended a suspect and recovered some of the objects. From the Guardian: It was the first theft in 20 years from the historic site,

• Ode to the Communist Song
• Sichuan Earthquake Memorial Museum To Cost 2....
• China Agrees to Lend Art to Museum in Taiwan
• China and Taiwan to Confer on Imperial Art Tr...
• Treacherous Official & Traitor Memorial ...
• A Tale of Two Museums Unfolds as Taiwan-China...
• China’s Legacy: Let a Million Museums Bloom
• New Museum Offers the Official Line on Tibet
• Making 1,200 Museums Bloom
• China Blasts U.S. for Theft of Ancient Relics
• Showcasing the Pain of Nanjing – Mark M...
• Emin’s bed stays made, but Beijing fina...
• China National Museum to Become World Largest...
• Southern Chinese City Marks Cultural Revoluti...
• Show on beauty of human body – China Da...
• China embarks on museum building binge –...
• China: The New Contemporary-Art Frontier R...
• China’s first Cultural Revolution museu...