Artist Cui Ruzhuo's 'finger-ink'show opens at Palace Museum

2016-03-01 09:57:37

Cui Ruzhuo's 'finger-ink' show opens at the Palace Museum, marking a rare chance for a living artist, Wang Kaihao reports.

Opera Carmen staged at National Center for Performing Art in Beijing

2016-02-28 14:52:09

Itanlian singer Giuseppina Piunti acting as Carmen performs at the opera Carmen at the National Center for the Performing Art in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 27, 2016.

Ullens show explores boundaries of contemporary art

2016-02-24 15:09:46

Trace of Existence, a contemporary art exhibition now running in Beijing, shows sculptures, paintings and videos that look at the multiple facets of contemporary art and its unstable boundary.

Taiwan sculptor brings colorful work to Beijing

2016-02-23 13:10:50

Hong Yi, a sculptor from Taiwan, recently debuted his colorfully painted sculpture series, A Joyful Journey to the West, in Beijing.

To eat or not to eat? Delicious and adorable art

2016-02-23 10:31:36

Ukrainian artist Daryna Kossar ,23, creates works of art out of her dinner including a blackberry sheep, eggy friends and Insta-toast.

Beijing hutong art space more a 'back garden'

2016-02-23 07:57:51

The Beijing Culture and Art Center, which opened in January in the heart of the city, doesn't see itself as an up-end art space, but rather as a "back garden".

Craftsman seeks to influence aesthetics of Buddha statues

2016-02-23 07:22:26

Buddha statues made by artist Jiang Sheng are not only displayed in galleries and museums, but also worshipped by Buddhists either in well-known temples or in their homes.

1930s China through American eyes

2016-02-22 13:37:09

A set of 24 photos taken in China in the 1930s was presented by a retired US Foreign Service officer to the Chinese embassy in Washington.

Lantern Festival in the Chinese paintings

2016-02-22 07:00:00

During the Lantern Festival, ancient Chinese people go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns. Nowadays the festival lanterns are not as popular as they once were in ancient times, but Chinese painters preserve these traditions in their paintings.

China's acrobatic arts dazzle in Malaysia

2016-02-21 12:39:52

A highly regarded China acrobatic arts troupe wrapped up its Malaysian performance tour on Saturday evening in rounds of applause and cheering after an eye-opening show for audience in Kuala Lumpur.

Egg carving master challenges Guinness World Record

2016-02-19 09:10:57

"Beating the Guinness World Record in egg carving is nothing difficult for me, I've managed to bore more than 7,665 holes in an egg, which is the current record," said Kong Bin, a craftsman from Linfen city in Central China's Shanxi province.

Going beyond puppets on a string

2016-02-17 10:15:36

Experts weigh in on what needs to be done to boost children's theater in China. Zhang Kun reports in Shanghai.