Mythic Amazon dolphins at risk

2011-04-24 08:04:52

Along the rivers of the Amazon rain forest, people still recount legends in which pink dolphins are magical creatures that can turn into men and impregnate women. Brazilian musicians write songs about them.

Playing with your food

2011-04-24 08:04:22

Slip on the white lab coat, adjust the headphones and listen as a voice tells you to close your eyes and breathe. A science experiment? Perhaps. But it's a $20 dessert at Park Avenue Winter in New York, and it was the work of tthe performance artist Marina Abramovic.

Hold your breath and strike a pose

2011-04-25 07:59:29

Underwater shoots add new dimension to wedding photos.

Turning trash into art treasures

2011-04-25 07:59:29

Thousands of Beijing residents got into the green spirit last Friday to celebrate the 42nd World Earth Day.

Coming home in style

2011-04-24 08:06:55

Chinese-American architects Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu found that Shanghai was the perfect place to restart a life.

Visiting New York’s exclusive rooftop gardens

2011-04-24 08:06:55

Eagle-eyed Manhattan pedestrians may spy them high above the street: lush, tree-lined gardens, whose defiant greenery interrupts an urban panorama of concrete and glass.

Maintaining the balance

2011-04-22 10:21:17

Good in-law relationships are the key to marital success.

Blowing in the wind

2011-04-22 10:21:17

High-Flyers from around the world recently traveled to home of the kite for a very special event.

60s celebrity culture from a dog's point of view

2011-04-22 08:03:01

Andrew O'Hagan slipped into the role of the famed American art dealer, Leo Castelli, quite effortlessly at the Bookworm International Literary Festival in March. O'Hagan.

Peering from the shadows

2011-04-22 08:03:01

Writer Fang Fang's The View (1987), about the brutish struggle of an illiterate docker's family in the poorest area of Wuhan, narrated by its deceased baby protagonist, was eerily reminiscent of French poet Charles Baudelaire's The Voice, published in 1857.

No escape from the abyss of life

2011-04-22 08:03:01

"All misfortunes are alike, but every happiness is unique," Liu Liu writes in her latest work, The Marriage of Miss Su, a collection of 12 short stories.

In the zone

2011-04-21 07:53:02

The transformation of 798 Art Zone from a village into an internationally famous center of art reflects the country's rise.