Speaking about the addition of WeChat to the Victoria and Albert Museum's permanent collection in September, Tim Reeve, chief operating officer of the London museum, says it has been "a great experiment" for them to address the current issue of how to collect and display digital designs within the context of a museum.
After contributing about 6,700 handwritten characters of clerical script, or lishu, to Microsoft Office and other software packages, Buddhist and a respected scholar Liu Bingsen (1937-2005) succeeded in etching out his place in the history of modern Chinese calligraphy.
The Wanderers was an important art school in Russia in the mid-1800s. It had great impact on Chinese art, but its artworks have never featured in a major exhibition in China.
Yang Chihung, an artist from Taiwan, likes symphonies and he listens to them when he paints. His favorite musicians include Bach, Beethoven, Mahler and Shostakovich.
A group exhibition featuring Chinese and Canadian female artists held in Vancouver this month offers a glimpse into the interests of women artists from different cultural backgrounds, living environments and generational perceptions.
Retiree Lu Zekang visited Beijing's National Center for the Performing Arts in December 2007, shortly after the venue was built.
LONDON - While most musicians seek to avoid a frosty reception at concerts, for Norwegian composer and performer Terje Isungset, a chilly feeling is nothing to fear: He performs with instruments he makes himself out of ice.
Cirque du Soleil is now in Beijing with Kooza, after a successful tour in Shanghai.
Yu He founded his company, Kuke Music - China's first online platform dedicated to promoting the development of music other than pop, especially classical music - in 2007 when classical music was enjoyed only by a relatively small group in China and rampant piracy was a common problem.
The Tianjin Grand Theater will entertain local audiences with a wide and varied repertoire in 2018, announced Beijing Poly Theatre Management, which recently took over the theater's management.
BUDAPEST - A new art exhibition titled Cultures and Generations: Founders and Heirs of Chinese and Hungarian Modern Art, featuring 100 paintings and sculptures, is currently running at the National Szechenyi Library in the Hungarian capital of Budapest.
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