Picasso print online bid begins at 1 yuan

2014-05-22 11:24:58

Internet art auctions are not new, but for the first time ever a work from the great master Picasso went on sale online on May 21, 2014.

Paintings and calligraphy display spectacular landscapes

2014-05-22 14:32:09

The exhibition, featuring over 160 paintings and calligraphy pieces by art master Zeng Laide, went on display at the Zhejiang Art Museum in Hangzhou on May 21.

Mo Yan calligraphy fetches $59,000

2014-05-22 11:22:48

Two pieces of Mo Yan's calligraphy were heavily bidded upon at a Beijing auction on Wednesday and eventually sold for 230,000 yuan ($36,900) and 138,000 yuan respectively.

Guangzhou's 3D Magic City opens to public

2014-05-22 10:15:10

Visitors can interact with the 3D paintings by posing with them. The photos are interesting because the 3D effect can give a transcending experience to visitors.

Opening up The Palace Museum

2014-05-22 06:54:11

Shan Jixiang, 60, may have done something never achieved by any of the Forbidden City's former royal residents. After taking the position of director of the Palace Museum in 2012, he has been to all 9,000 temples, halls and rooms in the world's biggest palace complex and wooden architectural complex.

Palace Museum on outreach drive

2014-05-22 09:32:24

Very few people have had the luxury of riding a bicycle inside Beijing's Palace Museum. Claude Faubert is one of them.

The treasure tale of two museums

2014-05-22 06:59:15

Chinese tourists have long said that the best cultural relics from Beijing's Forbidden City are in Taiwan.

Chinese art treasures shine in Paris

2014-05-21 15:34:49

An exhibition of works by French impressionist Claude Monet is all the rage in Shanghai at the moment. And in France, people are showing an increasing interest in Chinese art works.

Artist captures Beijing's hutong in ink

2014-05-21 15:13:26

Artist Bian Guoqiang has spent 20 years painting Beijing's courtyard houses in Chinese ink, framing the cultural landmark of Beijing as permanent scenes.

Exploring loneliness through a lens

2014-05-21 09:29:47

Xing Danwen captures drama, emotions and dreams, all through a camera. She mixes fact and fiction to reveal a larger reality.

A glimpse into classic Chinese cartoons

2014-05-22 07:04:33

Let's take a look at some work from several of China’s most well-known cartoon artists.

Adorable cultural relics on display in Nanjing

2014-05-21 13:11:20

Artifacts exhibited at the Nanjing Museum, Jiangsu province attracted the attention of many visitors, on May 18, 2014.