The arts, including the fine arts, have the power to nurture people's souls and cultivate their minds.
Elliott Hambrook has spent much of the past decade designing the interiors of hotels, residential estates and private villas in Shanghai, making him witness to the changing tastes of China's famously exhibitionist nouveau riche.
More than 30 museums in Guangdong province and its neighboring special administrative regions Hong Kong and Macao have selected 560 cultural relics in total from their collections. They are being displayed in the ongoing exhibition at Guangdong Museum to unveil the long, splendid history of Lingnan.
Sotheby's made its highest ever London sale on Wednesday with an auction of impressionist, modern and surrealist art.
The China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe will debut in Cuba to present its show "My Dream" at Havana's National Theater over the weekend.
It has been more than three decades since the death of Zhang Da-qian (Chang Dai-chien, 1899-1983), but interest in his work has intensified.
ChiFra displays more than 100 works, largely paintings and some sculptures, of Chinese and French artists who are active in their circles.
German art critic and Flemish painting specialist Wilhelm von Bode once praised the eminence of Liechtenstein's royal collection of Rubens.
A Chinese-American artist celebrates her roots in a pop-up photography collection.
Christie's had record art sales of $7.13 billion in 2013, prompted by a 30 percent increase in new buyers including strong participation from growing markets such as China.
For almost a year, Li Bin, a painter from Shanghai, has buried himself in piles of books and DVDs about the life of Nelson Mandela.