Qian Qian: Drawing from the East
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Born in Chinaâs Sichuan province, the highly innovative illustrator and graphic designer Qian Qian uses Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and other Mac software to create art that merges Eastern and Western influences from different erasâfrom classical Chinese painting and 1930s Shanghai advertising to Cultural Revolution aesthetics, pop art, and the Japanese manga-inspired Superflat movement. âOther people might have training from an early age with pens and brushes,â Qian says, âbut the Mac is my main tool.â
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A member of the Chinese Olympic Committee came to Athens last May. He visited our Olympic sites, which were still under construction, and met members of the Greek Olympic Committee.
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As the Hans Reiser murder trial resumes after a three-week hiatus, we look back over the key developments with a gallery of dailies from sketch artist Norman Quebedeau.
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To engage with an artwork, especially contemporary works, can be a daunting task.
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A new exhibit of Tibetan art in Berlin offers a rare chance to see treasures from ancient Buddhist monasteries, but is also being criticized as whitewashing China's treatment of Tibet's ancient culture.
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The first joint army exercise between neighbors whose relationship is traditionally tense signals the redrawing of Asia's geopolitical map. Still, many sources of tension remain
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Many Chinese, including myself, probably have a vague idea of what Latin America looks like. President Hu Jintao&#39;s ongoing four-nation trip to the region, which has hit headlines lately, has made the image clearer.
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The Metropolitan Museum's show of ancient Chinese art is not of a trophy display of objects found but that of a meticulously edited essay on history learned.
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A rebel of Chinaâs avant-garde reinvents himself as a painter, sculptor and installation artist.
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Razia Iqbal explains why the Royal Academy's From Russia show is considered so important in the art world.
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Politics and art donât always mix well, but the combination has yielded a rare chance for Hong Kong residents and visitors to see what is arguably Chinaâs most famous painting.
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Text of report by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  Shenyang, 18 Feb (Xinhua) - When the evening lights were lit, there was a rich display of lights and colours.
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"We think of the exhibition as a medium, a move away from representation toward production"  Documenta, the world's largest contemporary art show that is held every five years, opens for the 12th time this weekend, boasting more than 500 works from 113 artists.The $25.3 million show opens Saturday in the central German city of Kassel, and runs for 100 days.It brings together disparate works of modern artists, including a photo series by Palestinian artist Ahlam Schibli focusing on the lives of her people. There is also a performance art piece by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei that will see 1,001 Chinese people _ including farmers, workers and police officers _ fly to Germany and then walk through the streets of Kassel for a week. Read more
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Martin Puryearâs sculptures, as seen at the Museum of Modern Art, balance between the geometric and the organic with Zen aplomb.
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With 51 painting treasures by French impressionists, the China Art Gallery here Sunday received Chinese President Hu Jintao and French President Jacques Chirac, who came together for this kicking-off ...
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BEIJING -- Step back, Confucius. Move over, Mao. Dr. Freud is making the rounds. Once vilified by the communists as a remnant of bourgeois imperialism, the practice of psychology -- and especially the Western ritual of going to a therapist -- is gaining popularity in this country of budding capitalists.
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By Qiu Quanlin  GUANGZHOU: Officials fro