Ancient books are today rare, but even rarer are those wooden blocks used to print books hundreds of years ago. The show of precious printing blocks at the National Museum of Classic Books, which opened last week and runs through the end of July, features a large collection of the blocks known as woodcuts. It's the first and the most comprehensive exhibition of its kind in China.
Yoko Ono's first permanent public art installation in the United States will be in Chicago, the artist announced Friday alongside Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
The giant panda, the beloved emblem of China, now also bears two young Chinese men's dream to take the country's distinctive flavors to craft-beer lovers around the world.
The world's biggest wine fair opens in Bordeaux, wine capital of France, this weekend, with vintners eyeing new tipplers in Africa as global consumption rises in Asia and elsewhere.
As a cinematographer, Christopher Doyle has shot many films in Shanghai, and now he pays his compliments to the city through a joint exhibition with contemporary Chinese artist Zhang Enli.
Treasures from Chopin's Country, the exhibition that concluded at National Museum of China a month ago, took visitors on a journey through five centuries of Polish fine arts. Now, Poland's modern art is being displayed for Chinese audiences at another venue in a show titled State of Life.
Acclaimed singer and songwriter Van Morrison is joining a select group of music giants with a knighthood to their name.
Fake money, toy cars, a trash can, shabby furniture and other objects are scattered on an empty stage while two people in orange jumpsuits and yellow safety hats work on models of buildings.
Asked to name music superstars, few in the general public would immediately think of Les Paul.
The Wedding, a comedy drama presented by Taiwan-based Open Theater Group, has returned to Beijing, after its successful first round of performances in the capital earlier this year.
For most of the journey, I am so far behind everyone else that I am alone.
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