Few Chinese know Wang Shikuo (1911-73), but most know his works - realistic oil paintings that depict China's Communist revolution.
Thomas Kaplan says he has never "lived" with any of the 250 paintings from his collection.
Five Chinese artists who traveled to three African countries earlier this year didn't see the savannas and animals they expected - but they were deeply touched by the people.
When the production of Mozart's opera Magic Flute by the Komische Oper Berlin and British theater group 1927, is staged in Beijing from July 21 to 23 at the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center, audiences will see an imaginative mix of an animated film, live action, a silent movie and the actors.
Chinese composer and conductor Tan Dun, who won the Oscar for the original score of the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has always been ahead of the curve.
An ongoing exhibition, Mise Porcelain: Impressive Discovery and Mysterious Tribute, at Beijing's Palace Museum, sheds light on items given in tribute to emperors.
Ye Hongxing is presenting works that use thousands of stickers to render well-known pop culture images.
An opera based on the film The Red Detachment of Women will be staged at the National Center for the Performing Arts on June 14 and 15.
NCPA will stage Giuseppe Verdi's opera Un Ballo in Maschera from May 24 to 28, as part of the NCPA Opera Festival 2017.
Award-winning a cappella band Six Appeal will make its China debut at the ongoing Meet in Beijing Arts Festival on Friday.
Award-winning a cappella band Six Appeal will make its China debut at the ongoing Meet in Beijing Arts Festival on Friday.
A painting by the late Li Binghong, which marks the founding of the People's Liberation Army, is now available for public viewing at the National Art Museum. Lin Qi reports.