What happens when you combine traditional Chinese ink landscape painting with the playful creativity of Lego toys? That very fusion forms the basis of artist Zhang Xiaoli’s spiritual and artistic ...

Some 60 celebrated landscapes are part of a rehang at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Don’t pass them by: They are demanding to the eye and mind alike. By Holland Cotter It always feels like early ...

Xu Bing, "Square Word Calligraphy - The Song of Wandering Aengus Poem by William Butler Yeats" (1999), ink on paper. Installation view of Summoning Memories: Art ...

The Chinese painting style called Xieyi literally means “writing ideas,” and marries the freehand techniques of calligraphy, line drawing and shading. Artists often use traditional Xuan rice paper ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Zhu Pin Fang's big break came in 1972 at the tail end of China's Cultural Revolution. She was 23-year-old former city dweller proud of having spent four years working alongside ...

An exhibition of Chinese paintings on the theme of the horse opened Tuesday at the National Historical Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic in Bishkek.

Zhang Daqian may not be a household name in the West, but in China – and the global art market at large – he is on par with the likes of Warhol and Monet. A master of classical Chinese painting who ...

The village homes sit partially obscured, their white walls and black roofs standing out amid the oranges and greens of the grove. The hazy reflection of the sunlight off the foliage creates a ...

If you think things ended badly for George W. Bush in 2008, consider the final days of the Chinese Emperor Huizong (1082-1134). With his empire mired in massive corruption and verging on bankruptcy, ...