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Set up for success

[2014-09-23 07:14]

High import duties imposed on artwork brought into China have long discouraged foreign galleries, art dealers and collectors from entering the country's prosperous art market. But the Beijing Culture Free Port, which opened on Aug 25, offers new opportunities for art dealers, and could turn the capital city into the third-largest art market in the world after New York and London.

The Han Dynasty to reign at Paris museum

[2014-09-23 07:14]

The winds of Han are expected to blow French viewers away.

Ming Dynasty cast in a different light

[2014-09-23 07:14]

The British Museum opened an exhibition on Thursday that examines the cultural splendor, diplomatic reach and openness of China during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Artist Shi Lu honored with research center

[2014-09-23 07:14]

The National Museum of China recently launched a research institute for the works of late painter Shi Lu, a first at the Beijing-based museum to study modern Chinese art.

Art beat ... finger on the pulse

[2014-09-23 07:14]

Beijing

Flower power

[2014-09-23 07:14]

Masha Ma believes the women she designs for are like the epiphyllum flower from which she takes inspiration.

Milan fashion week presents mixed bag

[2014-09-23 07:14]

Milan rang in its fashion week with something old, and something new, and some still on the cusp.

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[2014-09-23 07:14]

Whistling meadows

[2014-09-22 07:07]

At 7 am daily, lawyer Kui Jiliang puts on his designer suit to head to work in downtown Beijing. But before that, for about 15 minutes, he practices khoomei, an ancient throat-singing technique of the ethnic Mongolians and Tuvans, in which the vocalist is able to sing in two voices simultaneously.