Many lovers of art works were given a pleasant surprise at the beginning of the year. Jeff Dayu Shi, an internationally renowned designer, has created a mug celebrating the Year of the Ox of the Chinese Lunar New Year, which starts on Feb 12.
French luxury brand Hermès unveiled its Spring/Summer 2021 collection on the fourth floor of Hermès Maison in Shanghai on Jan 21.
URUMQI-Stepping on a pier, Parhati Aihimaiti clutched a beam in one hand for support and repaired the barbed wire that fastens guardrails on the left side of a bridge.
Duguimaa, a herdswoman born and raised on the grasslands in Siziwang Banner of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, became a mother at the age of 19 when she adopted 28 orphans from Shanghai in the early 1960s.
Shan Jixiang worked as director of the Palace Museum in Beijing for over seven years before his retirement in 2019. Before that post, he had served as director of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, on par with a vice-minister.
A desert may seem desolate, but walking on the dunes of Echoing-Sand Mountain on the edge of the Gobi Desert on a blustery and cold winter's day, I felt the strong power of life.
Clouds under Brushes, an exhibition at the Liu Haisu Art Museum in Shanghai until Feb 28, pays homage to Liu's deep emotional attachment to Huangshan. On show are sketches and paintings themed on the mountain from the museum's collection. It is a celebration of the 125th anniversary of Liu's birth.
Zheng's solo exhibition now at the Today Art Museum, Beijing, Unknown Unknowns, presents several major works since 2016, inspiring people to think over the relationship between humans and technology.
Wallace Chan is celebrated for his talent in jewelry design and cutting. Works of this self-trained artist based in Hong Kong are sought-after among not only jewelry buyers but also art collectors.
For over 1,300 years, the Hani people in Southwest China have been plowing their rice terraces that cascade down the lush hillsides and shape a spectacular rice-paddy terracing view.
An exhibition featuring Spring Festival customs is unveiled at Shanghai Mass Art Center on Jan 30, 2021. People can enjoy puppet shows and shadow plays while at the same time experiencing intangible cultural heritage such as woolen needlepoint tapestry, paper-cutting, figure blowing art and dough sculptures.
The Lasting Charm of Cultural Relics, an ongoing exhibition at the Sichuan Museum, in Chengdu, examines the long-standing influence of the exchanges among different civilizations in the East and the West which were boosted by the ancient Silk Road.