Canadian Artist’s Work Vanishes in Beijing
A Canadian artist fears that work he sent for an exhibition in Beijing is now lost, but it is...
Andy Warhol
China Lights a Candle for Lou Reed
At China Real Time, Chuin-Wei Yap notes trending tributes on Sina Weibo to rock musician Lou Reed,...
Mao Portraits Barred from Chinese Leg of Warhol Tour
Speculation that China’s incoming leaders would sweep Mao’s remains from the political stage turned out to be ill-founded, but the Chairman will be missing from a touring Andy Warhol exhibition when it reaches the...
The Power of Mao, Multiplied
New York Times’ art critic Holland Cotter continues his tour of China with a visit to Mao’s mausoleum: As we pass Mao’s bier I think, “So, this was God.” I try to focus on his face, and I get a vague sense of...
Warhol’s Chairman Mao Will Go to Auction – Carol Vogel
From The New York Times: In 1971 Andy Warhol is said to have made the deadpan observation that “since fashion is art now, and Chinese is in fashion, I could make a lot of money.” A year later he produced a series of 10 large hand-painted and silk-screened canvases of Mao with such bright brushstrokes […]
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