Badiucao Launches Global Art for Liu Xiaobo Campaign
On July 12, as Liu Xiaobo was in his final hours of life and Chinese authorities had made clear...
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Revolutionary 3D Film Shows Xi’s Vision for the Arts
Addressing the Beijing Forum on Literature and Art in October of 2014, President Xi Jinping laid...
Woeser on Feathering Ai Weiwei’s Wing
As Ai Weiwei asks supporters to drop donated Lego through the sunroofs of strategically parked...
China Shields North Korea at U.N., Art Gallery, & Online
At Reuters, Michelle Nichols reports the continuation of China’s longstanding practice of...
Miao Ying, Net Art, and Cultural Hybridity
At The Mediated Image, Oxford University’s Ros Holmes extensively examines the work of Chinese...
In Beijing: Ai Weiwei, Jacob Appelbaum & Laura Poitras
At Fusion, Kashmir Hill records the meeting in Beijing of outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei,...
Rising Chinese Artists “Less Bogged Down” by Politics
The Wall Street Journal's Wei Gu describes the art world's current fondness for a rising...
Journey Along Beijing’s Seventh Ring
In a new series of videos, That’s Beijing traces the proposed route of Beijing’s 900...
Xi Jinping Calls for Artists to Spread ‘Chinese Values’
Yesterday at the Beijing Forum on Literature and Art, President Xi Jinping addressed a gathering...
Xu Bing’s Fascination With Text Writ Large
A collection of artist Xu Bing’s work is on display at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum in an...
$8.2 Million Calligraphy Scroll Said to Be Forgery
At The New York Times’ ArtBeat, David Barboza reports that a nine-character calligraphy...
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...
A Culture of Bidding
The New York Times has produced a lengthy and in-depth report and digital feature on the culture...
North Korean Propaganda Artists Paint a Rosy China
The Guardian reports on “Beautiful Future,” an exhibition of designs by longtime...
Executed Hawker’s Son Accused of Copying
The son of Xia Junfeng, a street vendor who was executed for the murder of chengguan officers, has...
Asia: A New Market For The Stamp Savvy
Jason Chow reports for the Wall Street Journal that the market for collectible postage stamps is...
Auction Houses in China: Christie’s vs. PLA
Licensed to operate in mainland China earlier this year, the auction house Christie’s has...
Turning Chinese Propaganda Against Itself
Wired profiles French photographer Eric Leleu and his project Subtitles—an examination,...
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