Past informs present, even an antique art object or the landscape of a long-defunct academy, Xin Conan-Wu would like her students to remember. This idea pervades her research and even more so her ...

One needs years of immersion in Chinese culture, language, history and philosophy to be able to fully appreciate the timeless beauty and symbolic richness of Chinese ink paintings. Despite this, ...

Xu Daoning, Chinese (ca. 970–1052). / Courtesy: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Nature has provided a source of inspiration for Chinese poets and painters for thousands of years. An exhibition at the ...

Paintings from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) portray traditional court maids, finches, bright clouds, distant peaks, and cloudy mountains. Paintings during this period included nearly all genres, with ...

Near the end of China's Song Dynasty around 1119, Emperor Huizong painted a parakeet perched on an apricot tree in his garden, depicting its layered feathers and bright eyes and the flowers' ...

Gongbi paintings often explore themes of nature, mythology, or daily life scenes. Common subjects include flowers, birds, ...

“I was born to create with a Chinese mind. At the same time, I was born in the Information Age, where technology grows fast, and new media and photography are handy tools for me,”Yongliang said via ...

Early summer of 2015 brought Beijing landscapes dotted with lush plants and flowers. Just after sitting down, Xu Dongdong reveals Souls of Creatures in Four Seasons, his latest series of paintings ...

Past informs present, even an antique art object or the landscape of a long-defunct academy, Xin Conan-Wu would like her students to remember. This idea pervades her research and even more so her ...