Art
15 Artists, Shows, and Works Censored in 2016
Here's a look at some of this year’s acts of art censorship.
Sun Xun
Art
China’s Young Postmodern, Post-Mao Artists
LOS ANGELES — Jin Shan was 12 when the student-led Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 rocked China, eliciting a brutal and unprecedented military response.
Art
Art Basel Hong Kong on the Verge (Part 2)
HONG KONG — More than US$1 billion of art was for sale at Art Basel Hong Kong, according to insurer AXA ART. But the fair managed to look beyond sales, and also displayed a number of serious counterweights to the frenzied acquisitive impulse.
Art
With 'Ink' Show, Met Dives Into Contemporary Chinese Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's first full-on foray into the world of contemporary Chinese art, Ink Art: Past As Present In Contemporary China surveys 70 works by 35 artists.
Opinion
There Are Other Chinese Artists Besides Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei is a media sensation, and that's not a bad thing. The artist’s pioneering works, relentless activism and life-broadcasting on Twitter and other media have turned Ai the artist into Ai the figurehead. His role as a pioneer of contemporary Chinese art in the Western world, taking on landmark