Theater & Arts

US mom looking to write a book

After reading the story about her adopted Chinese son (Looking for answers) in the Oct 29 edition of China Daily, the mother Julia Norris from Maryland says she is relieved to note that overseas adoptees are attracting attention in their Motherland.

River Plate reflect on the past in new museum

River Plate, one of the world's greatest soccer clubs, are hoping that the sight of the glories of the past in their new museum will influence the present and spark a recovery from a major slump on the field.

Picture imperfect

Pan Shixun has lost count of the number of times he has been to Tibet. Except for Ngari in the region's western part and Medog in the southeastern part, the 75-year-old painter has left his footprints on almost every inch of the plateau.

Prostitutes on display at venerable London gallery

The National Gallery in London, one of the world's great public collections, has put on display a seedy reconstruction of Amsterdam's Red Light District in a rare foray into contemporary installation art.

Stylized nudes expected to top Latin American art sales

bronze of a voluptuous nude holding a cigarette and a volcanic landscape strewn with lifeless limbs top this week's Latin American art auctions.

Violence lull spurs timid revival in Iraqi art

A lull in violence has sparked a timid renaissance in Iraqi art after years of dictatorship and bloodshed restricted artistic freedoms.

Following in the footsteps of The Master

Now that the verdict is out on the winner of the third edition of the Man Asian Literary Prize, Colm Toibin can drop his guard. Last week he was understandably reticent.

Tossed around by the waves

An excerpt of He An (The Boat to Redemption)

Charting newer heights

Su Tong must have been born to write, says his friend Wang Gan, who waited seven years to edit his "best work" - The Boat to Redemption.

Redemption pays off

China's Su Tong, 46, won the prestigious Man Asian Literary Prize in Hong Kong yesterday, with his latest work, The Boat to Redemption, a realistic novel set during the "cultural revolution" (1966-76).

Book review: Gay author's new novel engrossing, not graphic

If you are curious about the novel Courage only because it would be the first work of Chinese gay fiction you have read, know this - it is not that gay.Their relationship is explored as an unusually intimate friendship, a bit one-sided, with Gao seemingly more interested in Hao.  The author does a good job in presenting Gao, who loves Hao unconditionally.

ABT dances around Don Quixote

As part of its debut in China, American Ballet Theater (ABT) will perform Don Quixote at the National Center for the Performing Arts, today and tomorrow.

Googut Auction preview

Beijing Googut Auction is offering a preview of its Autumn Auction lots at its new offices.

Modern-day Gulliver

A modern drama adaptation of Gulliver's Travels by Irish writer Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) retains the satire by using current issues to explore the human condition.

CW scrubs up for med-school drama

The CW is going to medical school with "HMS," an ensemble drama from "Mystic Pizza" writer Amy Holden Jones.