Borderline Art

2012-09-09 08:10:17

Borders can sometimes become bridges, as our small academic party found in a preview of China's most northeastern edges. There were none of the clenched knuckles that are sometimes a physical reaction to barriers and barbed wire.

Global flavor keeps Mitchell's work fresh

2012-09-09 08:10:17

David Mitchell says he had no idea that his books were popular in China - until he saw that his events in Beijing were well attended by readers.

A globetrotting sculptor's works find a home

2012-09-09 08:09:04

As a child the sculptor Saint Clair Cemin lived for two years on his mother's 2,025-hectare property in rural Brazil, where his father, an engineer, tried and failed to grow wheat.

Preserving folk music of India

2012-09-09 08:09:04

In this village 640 kilometers southwest of New Delhi, where women wash dishes in the sand to conserve water, and electricity is scarce, Lakha Khan sat on the floor of a stone hut. There, he coaxed a bright, dizzyingly fast melody from his violinlike sarangi.

Sporty Dream

2012-09-07 14:49:54

National Dance Company Wales from Britain will tour China to showcase its project, Dream, which was created for the Olympic Games in London.

Paganini of the trumpet

2012-09-07 14:46:19

Sergei Mikhailovich Nakariakov, the Russian virtuoso trumpeter, will blow you away at his debut in Guangzhou on Sept 16.

Fliter plays Beethoven

2012-09-07 14:32:44

Ingrid Fliter will showcase her talent playing the music Beethoven at her recital in Guangzhou on Sept 17.

Famous teddy bear dolls

2012-09-07 14:11:12

Hong Kong writer Xi Xi has produced some of the cutest teddy bear dolls, dressed in ancient Chinese clothes of various dynasties.

Colorful shadow play

2012-09-07 14:08:41

Audiences in Guangzhou will be treated to a shadow play, one of Chinese historic folk arts, on Sept 14.

Abstract art

2012-09-07 14:04:49

Fans of abstract art are now able to appreciate the recent works of Manuel Felguerez, the pioneer and pillar of abstract art in Mexico and Latin America, at Guangzhou Opera House until Sept 14.

Fusion artist

2012-09-07 14:03:15

The Art Museum of Tsinghua University is hosting a retrospective solo exhibition for veteran painter and art educator Huang Guoqiang.

Diverse painter

2012-09-07 13:59:14

Renowned writer, scholar and painter Feng Jicai from Tianjin is staging his first solo show in decades at the museum of Beijing Fine Art Academy.