ONE day in January 1949, an LST flying the red-and-blue ensign of Nationalist China pulled away from the dock at Nanking and headed down the muddy Yangtze, its tank deck crammed with a priceless cargo ...

Wei Zhike, “Views of Nanjing in the four seasons (detail)” (1635), ink and color on silk (all photographs by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise stated) The Art of the Chinese Album, the ...

Kuiyi Shen, who has a doctorate in art history, adored art since his childhood in China. Fitted in a Neptune-blue shirt and charcoal blazer, he stepped into the Harn Museum of Art at the University of ...

"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 ...

We’re approaching the end of the year and here at Hyperallergic we’d like to provide you with retrospective looks at 2010 as well as some suggestions for how to make 2011 even better for your online ...

While buyers from greater China region remain the core market for Chinese antiquities, more new buyers are coming in to this category. A rare large blue and white dragon dish, Yongzheng six-character ...

The Chinese artwork that vanished somewhere on its way from Beijing finally made it to a Clear Lake gallery nearly a month late and with little explanation from the shipping company. "It could've ...

A General History of Chinese Art comprises six volumes with a total of nine parts spanning from the Prehistoric Era until the 3rd year of Xuantong during the Qing Dynasty (1911). The work provides a ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Auction house Christie's expects to sell HK$ 1.5 ($193 million) worth of predominantly Chinese artwork during its spring sales in Hong Kong, buoyed by recent positive art sales ...

Responding to turmoil in the global financial sector, Asian art collectors also proceeded with caution this week, sending the hot market for contemporary Chinese art towards an apparent cool down. At ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Global auction house Christie's sold HK$2.7 billion worth of Asian and Chinese art, wine and jewellery in its Hong Kong spring sales, a steady showing despite a gathering pall of ...