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The Architecture of Creation and Demolition: Banksy, Zhang Dali, and China's Living City
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (251+ words) This brings us to the present moment and to the exhibition I am curating at K-Gallery in Chengdu: "Wild Traces." The exhibition is the practical culmination of a decade-long investigation carried out in collaboration with Pietro Rivasi, much of which…...
Keep Drawing Your 0. 5-Yuan Masterpieces, Kid
1+ week, 3+ day ago (417+ words) Mom, I made my first bucket of gold!" my 11yearold daughter exclaimed. She'd apparently signed up for a kid-friendly artcommission app " a platform where she could showcase her artworks and offer to draw for others " and had set a rockbottom price…...
The Dream of the "90s Is Alive on the Chinese Internet
1+ week, 6+ day ago (441+ words) Now, picture life at the turn of the millennium. What do you see? Grounded in nostalgic depictions of small-town China at the turn of the millennium, they can feel like transmissions from an alternate reality " or glimpses of a childhood…...
Before We Vanish: The Painter Preserving Shanghai's Old Buildings
3+ week, 4+ hour ago (946+ words) Editor's note: Hong Jian, an artist in Chinese painting, began his "Shanghai Stories" series 20 years ago, and has since depicted many city landmarks including Wukang Mansion and the Sihang Warehouse, where a group of Chinese soldiers famously held out against…...
In Hangzhou, a Dying Photographer Plans His Goodbye
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1150+ words) ZHEJIANG, East China " At the entrance to his studio in Sandun Town, in Hangzhou's northwestern Xihu District, Zhou Quanhu welcomed each guest with a handshake and a grin, a cigarette burning between his fingers. Inside, the room filled with chatter,…...
Probe Finds Major Art Mismanagement at China's Nanjing Museum
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (416+ words) A high-level investigation has uncovered systemic mismanagement and illegal art sales at the prestigious Nanjing Museum in eastern China's Jiangsu province, with nearly two dozen officials facing disciplinary actions. With a collection of more than 430, 000 artworks and cultural relics, the…...
A 969-Year-Old Pagoda, Too Fragile to Climb, Gets a Fitting Facelift
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (321+ words) When, at dusk on a fall day in 1933, Liang Sicheng, China's pre-eminent architectural historian, first laid eyes on the Wooden Pagoda of Ying County, he was in awe. "When we were still some five miles from the town, I suddenly…...
The Chinese Architect Who Brought Art Deco to Shanghai
10+ mon, 1+ day ago (294+ words) One hundred years ago, at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris, visitors to the expo's China Section would have entered through an archway whose mix of traditional and modern elements kicked off a new craze…...