Blue figures swim around walls, dancers prance in a circle and flowers sprout on a huge canvas in an exhibition of the cut-out works of French artist Henri Matisse that opened on Sunday.
From the earliest etchings on cave walls to guerilla art painted on walls inside subway stations, murals have developed right along with human culture for thousands of years. The just-ended third National Mural Exhibition in Beijing, held once every five years, offered a glimpse into the current development of an art form that dates back to the Stone Age.
Late in the afternoon, the mellow strains of a viola drift from conductor Lyu Jia's office at the National Center for the Performing Arts. He is coaching a musician of the NCPA Orchestra, just after a three-hour rehearsal for that evening's opera concert Guglielmo Tell.
Before Chu Yi-bing led his cello ensemble in a concert on a recent rainy night in Beijing to celebrate the emsemble's 10th anniversary, he presented a bowl of soup to each member of the audience first.
A Dutch Sinologist has spent more than 50 years studying the country's language, classic literature.
Virginia began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Monday, hours after the Supreme Court's surprise decision letting such marriages stand in five states.
A massive mechanical beast with a smoke-breathing dragon's head and a horse's body will fight a 37-ton spider robot in Beijing's Olympic Park from Oct 17 to 19.
Franz Kafka's seminal work The Metamorphosis is famous for its themes of alienation, absurdity and now androids, as a robot takes center stage in a new theatrical adaptation.
The first thing you encounter at a new contemporary art show at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is the Mom Booth, where a woman in an apron sits at a table.
In a 2012 New Yorker magazine issue, he was tagged "the most handsome Chinese man I've ever seen". Kris Phillips, the 54-year-old Chinese-American singer and heartthrob of millions of Chinese women, however, appears to care less about his appearance and more about what he really has to say.
In her first two decades as a singer and actress, Karen Mok has built a resume that many would envy: collaborating with A-list actors, including Jackie Chan and Keanu Reeves, and winning such accolades for singing as Taiwan's Golden Melody Award.
While in Beijing, you can't get more local than Dashila'r. Here you can take a stroll along the hutong, taste the most authentic Beijing snacks before watching a shadow play in a courtyard theater.
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