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.

'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.

Chinese writer and Brazilian illustrator birds of a feather

2013-10-15 07:39:18

A Feather is a newly released picture book by two veteran authors - a writer from China and a writer-cum-illustrator from Brazil, targeted at young readers.

Storytelling queen

2013-10-15 07:39:18

Author Fang Fang says she is full of story ideas but does not have enough time to write.

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.

Mo Yan's Nobel win brings village a change of plot

2013-10-12 00:44:37

Chinese people had never paid more attention to the annual Nobel literature award — which on Thursday went to Canadian writer Alice Munro — than they did last year when Mo Yan became China's first winner of the prize.

Shaolin kung fu diplomacy

2013-10-12 09:41:42

Shi Yongxin, the 30th-generation abbot of the legendary Shaolin Temple, led a cultural delegation to perform kung fu at the United Nations headquarters.

Photographer focuses on relationships

2013-10-11 07:48:06

Don't ask your models to pose. That is one of Jock Sturges' secrets to good photography.

Musician keeps Nanyin opera alive

2013-10-11 07:48:06

For young people, Nanyin music is slow and boring. The lyrics are about sad love stories and whining women. But Wang Xinxin became obsessed with it.

Chinese arts travel the world

2013-10-11 07:48:06

Istanbul, former capital of the Ottoman Empire and a glorious city straddling Europe and Asia, is again hosting one of the world's most prestigious art exhibitions, the 13th Istanbul Biennial.

Genius of Da Vinci on display

2013-10-11 11:15:03

An exhibition at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, features 80 replicas of Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical and robotic inventions, 14 anatomical models based on his drawings, 16 reproductions of his well-known paintings and four copies of his manuscripts.

Design travelling by train

2013-10-08 15:36:32

'Publication × Architecture: Luminous City Project'exhibition is held in a train at the locomotive square in 751 D-park from Sept 26 to Oct 3. It is one of the most important parts in the 2013 Beijing Design Week-751 International Design Festival Exhibitions