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Tan Jun And China’s “New Ink” Movement
Our friends at Beijing Today swing by now and then to introduce art and culture in the city. If China’s contemporary art market has one fatal fault, it is an obsession with cultivating and trading...
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Pan Hao And Cezanne-Inspired Impressionism
Our friends at Beijing Today swing by now and then to introduce art and culture in the city. As the first Chinese artist to capture the dimensional style of Paul Cézanne (1839-1909), Pan Hao uses...
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A New Type Of Chinese Charity
Our friends at Beijing Today swing by now and then to introduce art and culture in the city. The nature of charity in China is changing. In the last decade, both international organizations and...
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Obama, Putin Among Subjects Of Chinese Mosaic Artist
Our friends at Beijing Today swing by now and then to introduce art and culture in the city. Tao Na is aggressively trying to create a name for herself in the world of design. She is famous for using...
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Muralist Seeks To Recapture Lost Cultural Roots Of Tang Dynasty
Our friends at Beijing Today swing by now and then to introduce art and culture in the city. Artists and writers seeking the pinnacle of Chinese civilization often turn to the Tang Dynasty, an era of...
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The Past As Told By Posters
Our friends at Beijing Today swing by now and then to introduce art and culture in the city. Most people might not give Chinese posters a second thought, but Wang Yuqing has dedicated himself to...
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Ancient Murders And Suicides: The Haunted Houses Of Beijing
Our friends at Beijing Today swing by now and then to introduce art and culture in the city. If you haven’t made any plans for your Halloween night, consider a trip to one of Beijing’s haunted houses....
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Hutongs And Palaces: Tian Li’s Beijing In Oil And Wood Block
Our friends at Beijing Today swing by now and then to introduce art and culture in the city. It’s hard to find anyone without an opinion about this city, be it a fear of pollution, heavy traffic or...
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Magical Realism? The Avant-Garde Artist He Ling
Our friends at Beijing Today swing by now and then to introduce art and culture in the city. While most painters create their art using pen or brush, the avant-garde artist He Ling (@何玲Heling) uses...
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Bamboozling, Clickbait And Viral Marketing: The New Tricks Of Chinese PR
Chinese social networking sites have been swamped with discussion of the latest scandalous topic: “Escort for Travel.” Purportedly the work of an 18-year-old woman, the posts advertise job openings...
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The Saddest Paintings Of Amusement Parks And Childhood Regret
Our friends at Beijing Today swing by now and then to introduce art and culture in the city. Carousels, Ferris wheels and bumper cars are the characters of artist Huang Saifeng’s amusement-themed...
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An Emerging Chinese Illustrator Finds Herself In The US
Our friends at Beijing Today swing by now and then to introduce art and culture in the city. Few things can poison an artist’s development quite like early fame. And when fame comes knocking, it takes...
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Why Do Chinese Consumers Prefer Japanese Toilets?
Our friends at Beijing Today swing by now and then to introduce art and culture in the city. The consumption power of Chinese travelers once again grabbed headlines during the Spring Festival holiday....
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Flying Yaks And Tumbling Women: The Tibetan Plateau As You’ve Never Seen It
Our friends at Beijing Today swing by now and then to introduce art and culture in the city. It’s hard to imagine that the Tibetan inspired art of Wang Yiguang is the work of a man who grew up on the...
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Art That Reflects Life’s Illogical, Absurd And Familiar
Our friends at Beijing Today swing by now and then to introduce art and culture in the city. Life is a complex, blending the normal and the absurd in often disorienting combinations. That mystery and...
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