Graduation capstones

2012-12-07 13:34:37

The Central Academy of Fine Arts' art museum is presenting capstone works by Oil Painting Research Workshop graduates.

Portraits of the plateau

2012-12-06 09:42:42

Artist Wu Changjiang takes more than just inspiration from his journeys through Tibetan areas. A 'pure mind' and artistically gifted Feasible fowl

A 'pure mind' and artistically gifted

2012-12-04 10:01:41

Xia Hong, 25, has an intelligence equivalent to a 5-year-old's. She can't read or write, or do double-digit mathematics. But she is a professional painter.

The formidable force behind Hitchcock

2012-12-03 13:17:41

It was Alma Reville who really killed off Janet Leigh in the shower scene of "Psycho."

Songs of the ages

2012-12-02 09:12:30

Only youth can save the cappella tradition that has passed down the culture and history of the Dong ethnic group.

Musicians to record hundreds of Western classics

2012-11-30 11:11:44

Chopin's Nocturne in C Minor, Puccini's Un Bel Di and Beethoven's Symphony No 9 (Choral) are part of a repertory of Western classical music.

Forever young

2012-11-30 10:24:12

Now a New Yorker, Chinese pianist Wang Yuja enjoys making an annual encore in her hometown. Trans-Pacific harmonies

Profound productions

2012-11-30 10:16:15

Li Liuyi, the director who coined the term 'pure drama' to bring people back to the essence of plays, presents the Chinese production of Antigone.

Capsules of history

2012-11-29 10:13:49

I am a fan of museums, because visiting them is the fastest way to get to know local history and culture. Nantong, a city in Jiangsu province, is a big bonus to someone like me.

Tibetan Buddhist palaces restored in Forbidden City

2012-11-28 13:58:57

Tibetan Buddhist palaces and buildings in the northwest corner of the Forbidden City, currently the Palace Museum in Beijing, have been reconstructed.

Making inroads to a place where time stands still

2012-11-28 10:35:36

Modernity slowly approaches the isolated Derung ethnic group, Hu Yongqi and Li Yingqing report from Nujiang, Yunnan province.

In the zone

2012-11-26 17:05:34

Philip Tinari decided a decade ago that he would explore China's contemporary art scene, and he is doing just that. He has the perfect credentials as director of Ullens Center for Contemporary Art.