1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (428+ words) "Light as a startled swan, graceful as a swimming dragon." That was how Cao Zhi (192-232), a gifted poet and a frustrated prince, described his imagined rendezvous with the Goddess Luoshen beside a river in the 3rd-century literary classic Luoshen Fu,…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (809+ words) In Jingdezhen, China's renowned "porcelain capital", Singaporean ceramic artist Vanessa Sng discovered that a ceramics studio could stay open through the night. In the summer of 2025, Sng enrolled in a seven-day ceramics course in Jingdezhen in China's eastern Jiangxi province....

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (627+ words) In 1906, Brazilian couple Baptista Portinari and Dominga Torquato left their coffee farm in Amazonas, one of Brazil's most sparsely populated states, for Brodowski in the state of Sao Paulo to become traders. Their son, Candido Portinari (1903-62), remembered the town as…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (474+ words) The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art was unveiled to the media on Sept 2 in Los Angeles, bringing together art, architecture and visual storytelling inside the new cultural landmark. Located in the city's Exposition Park, the museum, designed by Chinese architect…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (215+ words) China has donated 39 artworks to the National Museums of Kenya, strengthening cultural ties between the two countries and giving Kenyans a window into China's artistic traditions and rural transformation. The artworks, donated by the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, were unveiled…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (709+ words) In a gallery of golden wheat fields on canvas, Wang Yaoyao in a pale pink qipao (traditional long dress) stands as a quiet contrast. The academically trained painter now embraces the unruliness of "farmer painting" — a form of Chinese naive…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (206+ words) Embracing Diversity, an international art dialogue exhibition organized by the China National Academy of Painting, kicked off in the New Zealand capital on Aug 27 in celebration of the 20th anniversary of sister city relations between Wellington and Beijing. A Chinese artist…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (221+ words) Rather than simply showcasing the splendor of the Italian royal court, the exhibition traced how Chinese art and craftsmanship influenced European tastes and how Chinese artisans, in turn, responded to European demand, providing a window into the cultural interaction between…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (226+ words) China Daily Global Edition The enduring art of 'tihong' lacquerware It was a craft that demanded immense patience and delicate skill. Craftsmen applied cinnabar-colored raw lacquer — usually in dozens of layers, and sometimes as many as 200 — to wooden or metal…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (193+ words) China Daily Global Edition Palace Museum celebrates Tang and Song painting and calligraphy masterpieces The Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties are arguably two of the cultural peaks in ancient Chinese history, and calligraphy and paintings are among their most celebrated artistic…...