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Major US exhibit opens for Chinese artist Wu
NEW YORK, April 25, 2012 (AFP) – The first major US retrospective of Chinese artist Wu Guanzhong opens Wednesday in New York, fulfilling the painter’s dying wish to be better known in the West — and signaling the continued rise …
Imperial Chinese bowl fetches $27 million
HONG KONG, April 4, 2012 (AFP) - An extremely rare Chinese porcelain bowl fetched nearly $27 million on Wednesday, smashing pre-sale estimates by about three times, as Sotheby's
Masterful Japanese floral scrolls come to US
WASHINGTON, March 26, 2012 (AFP) - Thirty bird-and-flower paintings by the Japanese master Ito Jakuchu will go on display this week in Washington, marking the first time the
Britain’s Tate Gallery buys Ai Weiwei’s ‘Sunflower Seeds’
LONDON, March 5, 2012 (AFP) - Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has sold part of his "Sunflower Seeds" installation to Britain's Tate Gallery, it said on Monday. The London
Ancient Chinese bowl to go up for auction in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, March 5, 2012 (AFP) - A rare Chinese porcelain bowl made almost 1,000 years ago is expected to fetch more than $10 million when it goes
China’s Wang Shu wins architecture’s top honor
LOS ANGELES, February 28, 2012 (AFP) - Chinese architect Wang Shu is this year's winner of the Pritzker prize, his profession's highest honor, in recognition of his efforts
Silent film ‘The Artist’ crowned with Oscar gold
HOLLYWOOD, February 27, 2012 (AFP) - Silent movie "The Artist" crowned its spectacular awards season success by winning five Oscars including the Best Picture prize at the 84th
Former North Korean artist kicks off US exhibition in Atlanta
A former North Korean propaganda artist, Song Byeok escaped to South Korea in 2002 after enduring imprisonment, torture, and the loss of family members to famine. The
US comic wins Japan international manga award
TOKYO, February 15, 2012 (AFP) - American comic book "I Kill Giants" has won the top prize in the Japanese government-sponsored annual international award for manga, the foreign
Origami ~ Japanese Art of Paper Creations
Atlanta, February 3, 2012 -- A series of origami demonstrations and workshops by Japan's renowned origami expert Makoto Yamaguchi and his assistants, Eiko Matsuura and Kyohei Katsuka were
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