Chinese literati painting is a traditional style which uses a scroll as a canvas and combines the expressions of Chinese poetry, water and ink painting, and calligraphy. What’s special about it is the ...

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Xu Bing, "Square Word Calligraphy - The Song of Wandering Aengus Poem by William Butler Yeats" (1999), ink on paper. Installation view of Summoning Memories: Art ...

Most narratives of Chinese Contemporary Art start from the end of the Cultural Revolution. Around 1979, Chinese artists were suddenly exposed to western art history, which led to a rapid turnover of ...

How does a culture steeped in ancient tradition grapple with the onset of accelerated modernity? Yang Yongliang is a Shanghainese artist who attempts to fuse traditional Chinese culture with ...

Twenty-seven iconic works of Chinese painting from the Freer’s permanent collection will be on view June 12 – Nov. 28. “Masterpieces of Chinese Painting” offers an exquisite selection of rarely ...

A 700-year-old Chinese painting sold Thursday for nearly $40 million after a marathon 75-minute bidding war — the “longest in living memory.” The 6.6-feet scroll, titled “Five Drunken Princes ...

Pt. 1. The first millennium: v. 1. Early Chinese painting. -- v. 2. The Sung period. -- v. 3. Plates. -- Pt. 2. The later centuries: v. 4. The Yüan and early Ming ...

The world’s rarest Chinese painting, by poet and artist Su Shi (1037-1101), will lead Christie’s fall sale in Hong Kong, the auction house announced on Thursday. The painting, Wood and Rock, which ...

WASHINGTON—Next to major industrial components and everyday consumer products, 12th-century Chinese vases may not seem like a major component of the U.S.-China trading relationship. But Chinese ...