The Pompidou Center in Paris has been closed since Monday because of a strike by workers angered by proposed job cuts at one of the most visited attractions in France, an official said on Thursday.
Lei Xiaoning, dubbed "China's No 1 painter of horses" south of the Yangtze, will hold his three-day solo exhibition in Beijing from tomorrow at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution.
Master of traditional Chinese painting, Fan Zeng, has donated 3 million yuan ($440,000) to help preserve the intangible cultural heritage of the Qiang ethnic group, which suffered greatly in last year's earthquake in Sichuan province.
When Yang Xianyi's mother was pregnant with him, she had an unusual dream: She saw a white tiger leap into her lap.
When Dadawa first went to Tibet autonomous region in 1994 she was unimpressed by the potholed roads and lack of electricity, but the magical land nevertheless fascinated the Guanghzou girl.
Like many other young girls who love singing and dancing, Zhou Peng was excited to appear on television when she won a national singing competition in 1999 at 16. Then she released an album that sold well and became known as "China's first dance music singer".
A rare, classical scroll by a Ming dynasty artist fetched $24.8 million at a Beijing sale, the highest price ever paid for a Chinese painting at auction, in a positive sign for the downturn-stricken Chinese art market.
Privately owned theater chain Stellar International Cineplex has opened its 100th screen, in World City, a 35,000 sq m lifestyle high street located in the center of Beijing's CBD.
China hands are in demand today in the United States, with relations between the two countries becoming entwined ever tighter.
In 2007, Urban China - primarily an architecture magazine published from Beijing, but essentially an attempt to chart China's progress toward modernization at breakneck speed - was invited to participate at the Kassel Documenta 12.
Chabbi encountered Li's works in 2004 when a friend recommended Afternoon Poetics (Wuhou de Shixue), a collection of the writer's short stories.
Writer Li Er was not surprised when German Prime Minister Angela Merkel invited him for a talk, for the second time, during her visit to China last year.
Twenty-one Chinese artists - including Zeng Fanzhi, Yue Minjun and Fang Lijun - have become the first group of appointed artists at the newly founded Contemporary Art Academy of China (CAAC).
The Performing Arts Company of China's Air Force will stage Jiang Jie, one of the most popular Chinese operas at the Great Hall of the People.
No amount of network snubs or FCC complaints can convince Adam Lambert he did anything wrong during last month’s American Music Awards.
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