Cui Zhenkuan is still seeking change and innovation at the age of 80. With a career spanning more than six decades, the painter has committed himself to pushing the boundaries of ink art.
For the past 50 years, Chinese ink artist Lin Feng has lived in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The people and culture of the area has had a major impact on him.
Camille Pissarro's famous Boulevard Montmartre at Night shows a brightly illuminated avenue in Paris - the city lights turned into gentle dabs of oil paint. Next to the French impressionist's 1897 work is a painting by German expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner from 1912, depicting a Berlin street scene in flashy yellow, blue and black - the broad brushstrokes clearly visible.
When visitors to Beijing's Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, marvel at the breathtaking ancient palace, they may easily start to imagine themselves inside a popular historical TV series.
Taiwan director Hou Hsiao-hsien scooped the best director award at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday for his slow-burning minimalist drama, The Assassin.
It's about 2:30 pm and Brandon Trowbridge is startled by my arrival to interview him. He's totally forgotten about the appointment after a busy morning, and has just started his lunch.
Visiting chef Seppe Nobels' blue eyes light up with excitement when he is asked about his morning at Jingshen Hai-xian Shichang, the capital's busiest fish market.
At a recent dinner at Okra, a plate of fresh tuna sang of the sea as if the fish had been in full swim just minutes ago. Chef Max Levy's way with blackfin tuna can leave you gobsmacked, but rather than going back to the obvious for seconds, our attention wandered to the uzakyu, roasted freshwater eel with black sesame, three-cup sauce and shizo, all rolled up in a sheath of cucumber. Price: 100 yuan ($16).
When musical producer Li Dun happened to read an article about Guling, an ancient town nestled in the mountainous area of Fujian province, he was instantly hooked.
Aug 30, 2013, was just a regular weekend day in Xiamen in eastern China's Fujian province. But for Huang Anlun, a veteran Chinese composer, it carried more meaning.
It's a rite of spring: performers auditioning for the privilege of doing their thing in grubby, noisy New York City subway stations.
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