More U.S. teens are now using e- cigarettes than traditional tobacco ones or any other tobacco product, according a national study released Tuesday by the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Lacquer thread sculpting is an art in southeast China which uses well-tempered lacquer threads to build decorative patterns. Originated in the mid-17th century, lacquer thread sculpting is listed as one of China's national intangible heritages.
For the first time in Greece the Museum of Asian Art at the Ionian Sea island of Corfu hosts over the next six months an impressive exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Porcelain Art entitled "The New Silk Road".
Young French artist Constance Nouvel presents a fresh photographic experience by showing her photographs, which are beyond the traditional way of photorecording.
Visitors enjoy oil paintings from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) at the Hebei Library in Shijiazhuang, capital of North China's Hebei province, Dec 14, 2014.
A contemporary art exhibition, Live in Chengdu, will be held at the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts in Taipei from Dec 26 to Feb 15, introducing the artistic atmosphere and tourism sites of southwestern China's Chengdu.
A Karl Marx autographed letter and an old photo of him were sold for nearly 4.2 million yuan ($678,110), with commission included, at a special auction at the Xiling Yinshe Auction in Hangzhou, Dec 15, 2014.
Flowers and birds are common subjects under the brush of Chinese painters.
Art spending in China slows in 2014 as collectors seek masterworks at home and abroad.
When visitors walk into Chinese folk artist Zhan Dongsheng's house, in Xinyang, Central China's Henan province, they see animals such as tigers and dogs emerge vividly on pieces of 2-meter-long silk.
Moscow's State Tretyakov Gallery's collection and Nicolai Fechin's oil painting exhibitions are on show at the Dadu Museum of Art in Beijing until Feb 1, before moving on to Hangzhou and Jinan through Feb 27.
Art this year, became something everyone talks about, not just highbrows any more. From the chicken cup to Van Gogh's painting, rich Chinese rich are showing a robust purchasing power on the art market at home and abroad. Let's have a review of the hot art news that happened in 2014.
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