Culture exhibition

The first ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Culture and Art Festival will be held in Beijing from Sept 2-8, after the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting held in Beijing last October.

When photographer Hei Ming looks at pictures taken in front of the Tian'anmen Rostrum in the 1960s and now, one thing in particular strikes him. Photos taken during the "cultural revolution" (1966-76) often show people holding small books of quotations from former Chairman Mao Zedong, a daily necessity at that time.

Through the looking glass

Beijing sculptor Jiang Jie's obsession with young people continues this month at Shanghai Art Museum.

Picture perfect

The Summer Palace attracts photo enthusiasts from across Beijing to come here every day to capture the beautiful sunset at the Seventeen Arch Bridge.

An eye for irises

Beijing-born artist He Si,who is going to start her oil painting show in Zezhong Gallery, talks about her paintings,especially of irises.

Thinking out loud

Speak & Describe - the 2009 Cross-Straits Contemporary Art Show, the first large-scale contemporary art exhibition, jointly organized by art museums across the Taiwan Straits, is running at the National Art Museum of China.

'Floating paintings' light up UCCA

Landscape of Childhood is a new series of paintings by Yan Peiming, presented by UCCA in the 798 Art Zone.

Highly strung hobbits add flair to fantasy

With a colorful array of giant puppets, Theater Sans Fil will mark its debut performance on the Chinese mainland next weekend with its unique adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.

American idols

Guests invited to the Independence Day celebration at the new US Embassy last week might not know what to make out of the compound. It's ultra-modern, yet it has a whiff of traditional China in it. The earth tone and the narrow passageways are reminiscent of a Beijing hutong. A smattering of bamboo and a lotus pond are faintly southern China.