A bazaar of ideas

At a China-UK forum, artists and fashion designers share perspectives and seek new ways of thinking, Chen Jie reports.

Mark Dunhill compares Chinese artist Qi Baishi (1864-1957) to French artist Henri Matisse (1869-1954).

"I saw an exhibition of Qi's painting last time when I was in Beijing. I was completely knocked out by his works," says the academic dean at Central Saint Martins, the renowned fashion design school in London.