Western art at the China Art Festival

2013-10-16 10:43:34

Visitors enjoy western paintings at the European and American Classical Art Exhibition at the Shandong Museum in Jinan, Shandong province, October 15, 2013.

Photos capture Arctic beauty before it is too late

2013-10-16 07:07:05

Arctic Life, a photo exhibition currently presented in Beijing, gives a glimpse of the cold, mysterious landscape and the residents of the Arctic Circle to the outside world.

Art festival brings culture to the public

2013-10-16 07:27:46

For Li Zhichen, a Jinan local in his 30s, the opening ceremony of the 10th China Art Festival in Shandong province exceeded expectations.

Fashion sculptor Liu Haifeng

2013-10-15 11:09:42

Liu Haifeng, now an associate professor at the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, infuses "fashion" into his artistic creations.

'A Dream of Red Mansions' staged in Jinan

2013-10-15 10:43:03

Actors perform a scene from Kunqu Opera "A Dream of Red Mansions" during the 10th China Art Festival in Jinan, Shandong province on October 14, 2013.

Artist fuses ink of China and oil of the West

2013-10-14 15:47:24

For over a millennium, Chinese artists have been using ink to express the beauty of flowers and birds. Artist Huang Yue has carried that tradition on, but uses a different medium – oil.

A good yarn

2013-10-13 08:27:37

Movana Chen's one-woman-show at ArtisTree illustrates how seamlessly she weaves together literature and performance art. Rebecca Lo drops by her Chai Wan studio to observe the "kniterature" in progress.

Top 10 places to enjoy art in Beijing

2013-10-14 09:49:51

Beijing is not only the economic, political and educational center of China, but also its cultural and artistic center.

Artist's heart has soft spot for human faces

2013-10-13 08:23:43

When she graduated with a master's degree from the School of Fine Arts at Jiangsu Normal University this summer, the journey in the arts had only just begun for 25-year-old Ding Ding, she said.

The genius of Da Vinci on display

2013-10-13 08:27:37

Leonardo da Vinci is best known in China as an artist for his masterpiece Mona Lisa, but an exhibition at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum shows he is also a genius in math, mechanics, biology, astronomy and many other domains.

Art and charity join forces to put autism in frame

2013-10-13 08:21:37

"What charity and art have in common is sharing," says Li Lai-nga, 35, an artist and founder of ART+.

Hong Kong in focus

2013-10-13 08:21:37

Peter Lau may be the last person you'd expect to own a bookstore and a printing house - he doesn't enjoy reading.