Museums fight for Nazi-looted art

2013-07-14 08:06:36

Not until 1998, when 44 nations including the United States signed the groundbreaking Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art, did governments and museums formally embrace the idea that they have a special responsibility to repair the damage caused by the wholesale looting of art owned by Jews during the Third Reich.

Actors looking for work turn to books, not tables

2013-07-14 08:06:36

Gabra Zackman is a new kind of acting star: she is heard, but unheard-of.

Linking birdsong and baby talk

2013-07-14 08:06:11

Babies learn to speak months after they begin to understand language. As they are learning to talk, they babble, repeating the same syllable ("da-da-da") or combining syllables into a string ("da-do-da-do").

Art beat (July 13-Aug 22)

2013-07-12 15:20:46

Culture events in Chinese big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou during July 13-Aug 22. Art beat (July 5-18) City guide (June 29-July 21)

German neo-expressionism debuts in China

2013-07-12 15:00:36

More than 30 years after Chinese modern artists were exposed to German neo-expressionism paintings, they are finally making their debut in the country.

Kangxi ceremony performed in Chengde, N China

2013-07-12 14:48:02

Kangxi ceremony is performed in Chengde, North China's Hebei province, July 11, 2013.

Serving time with performance art

2013-07-12 14:24:20

Tehching "Sam" Hsieh moved to New York City from Taiwan in 1974, and within seven years the high school dropout had become one of the most important performance artists in the world.

Serving time with performance art

2013-07-12 13:53:46

Tehching "Sam" Hsieh moved to New York City from Taiwan in 1974, and within seven years the high school dropout had become one of the most important performance artists in the world.

Serving time with performance art

2013-07-12 13:31:02

Tehching "Sam" Hsieh moved to New York City from Taiwan in 1974, and within seven years the high school dropout had become one of the most important performance artists in the world.

9th CCG Expo opens in Shanghai

2013-07-12 10:04:19

The 9th China International Comics Games Expo (CCG Expo) kicks off in Shanghai on July 11, 2013.

Masks reveal unknown worlds

2013-07-12 02:07:52

Five years after it signed a memorandum of cooperation with the National Museum of China, the Paris-based Musee du Quai Branly is finally coming to Beijing with an exhibition of 100 masks expressing the dramatic link between people and the unknown world.

Voice of tradition

2013-07-11 14:19:30

A school in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region ensures the ancient sounds of throat singing reverberates through the past and into the future.