Encouraged by their patrons, museums and galleries are taking a more global perspective. Exterior façade, Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (Washington, DC). Courtesy of the Smithsonian’s ...

What does it mean to be an ultra-contemporary artist working at full throttle in China today? It’s impossible to ignore the backdrop of shifting cultural narratives, rising economic pressure, and ...

The phrase “Chinese Bronze” is, for most, synonymous with the austere vessels used in ancient state rituals or ancestor ...

I love visiting Chelsea during the middle of the summer. Fewer gallery visitors and collectors mean that before they close their galleries for the month of August galleries are willing to take some ...

“Flying Flowers and Scattered Snow” (飞花散雪), a title captured from an ancient seven-character Tang dynasty poem, was performed in the courtyard of the Harvard Art Museums by the Chinese calligraphy ...

"425 illustrations, 323 in color." In this first systematic introduction to contemporary Chinese art, Wu Hung provides an accessible, focused and much-needed narrative of the development of Chinese ...

The Modern Northwest,” a new exhibition at Seattle Art Museum (SAM), explores the works of several artists, including six ...

There’s something intricately nostalgic about Chinese artist Ding Shilun’s painted worlds, like a beautiful longing for a ...

With Art Basel Hong Kong approaching, the gallerist discussed her thoughts on the city’s place in the Asian art world. By David Belcher Pearl Lam has been at the forefront of Hong Kong’s art scene for ...

For the downright dazzling opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, world-famous film director Zhang Yimou utilized the form of a basic painting scroll as the quintessential backdrop for his ...

Soyoung Lee has big plans for San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum, as large as the sheer physical size and cultural footprint of the continent it’s showcasing and the City it resides in. That’s because ...