Actors from China Guangdong Teochew Opera Theater perform at Diamond Island Grand Theater in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 8, 2014.
Passengers on board Flight MH370 included a group of 30 Chinese artists, family members and art employees who had attended a three-day painting and calligraphy exhibition where the artists' work was displayed.
Though its themes have remained constant, the Chinese tradition of painting birds and flowers has evolved much in its long history.
Traditional wisdom holds that gongbi and xieyi, two distinct approaches to Chinese traditional flower-and-bird painting, can never be mixed.
Traditional Chinese painter Yu Jigao says that everyday nature is the fountainhead of his work.
In an era dominated by modern art and abstractionism, artist Jia Guangjian, 50, grounds his work in ancient Chinese philosophy and seeks new ways to make traditional painting techniques relevant in today's society.
Argentinian artist Federico Bacher believes that he has a different way to express his love toward Mother Nature to re-create it with artworks.
Passengers on board Flight MH370 included a group of 30 Chinese artists, family members and staffers who had attended a three-day painting and calligraphy exhibition at which the artists' work was displayed.
Three years ago, while pursuing his studies in the United Kingdom, Taiwan photographer Hsu Shengyuan watched a silent video in class, I'm Too Sad to Tell You, by Dutch conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader. He was struck by the video, which consists of the artist crying in front of a camera.
Liu Sifen is best known as the author of the three-volume historic epic Baimen Liu (Madam Liu), which took him 16 years to complete and won him China's top Maodun Literature Award.
The performance art piece titled "In Orbit," consists of a 25-foot wheel made from wood, steel, and furniture, and is home for artists Ward Shelley, top, and Alex Schweder, bottom, for 10 days at the Boiler gallery in Brooklyn.
The ShanghART Gallery will host a solo show by Liu Weijian, exhibiting more than 20 acrylic paintings he created between 2011 and 2013, from March 22 through April 24.