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Ludwigs' treasures

[2017-03-28 06:58]

Thomas Eller, a German artist who has lived in Beijing for three years, had a "strange yet sweet" feeling when he looked at some 50 works of modern and contemporary art displayed at the National Art Museum of China last week. They were donated to the museum by German art collector Irene Ludwig and her late husband, Peter Ludwig, more than two decades ago.

Real and virtual worlds meet in Chinese artist's new 3-D work

[2017-03-28 06:58]

In his latest 3-D animation work, Chinese artist Qiu Anxiong shows a man in a black suit and an octopus-shaped mask fall through a city of skyscrapers. Will he die? No one can tell because the lines between reality and the virtual world have blurred.

All about taste

[2017-03-28 06:58]

The Ebisu oyster was a last-minute menu addition by Richard Ekkebus, and his guest was agog: "This had been cooked in its shell at 67 degrees and was served with wilted tarragon, shallots, duck gizzard, pieds de moutons mushroom and vin jaune. It was truly a jaw-dropping dish that married European and Asian techniques."

Needle system for wine-opening now more affordable

[2017-03-28 06:58]

How many bottles of wine would you like to have open at once?

Sweet taste of peace

[2017-03-28 06:58]

New normal's many dimensions

[2017-03-28 06:58]

The fate of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art is unclear as it is not known who will take it over from Belgian founder and collector Guy Ullens.

Photos of climate change on show

[2017-03-28 06:58]

CHICAGO - For the last decade, American photographer James Balog has been on a mission to document climate change through his camera lens.

Chinese artists likely to attend US version of Documenta

[2017-03-28 06:58]

Emerging Chinese artists will be invited to take part in an art event being held in the industrial city of Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States in 2018, the organizers said during their visit to Beijing on Saturday.

Showing love with puppets

[2017-03-27 07:00]

One day in 2014, photographer Ma Liang and his father, Ma Ke, went swimming.

Peking Opera show based on Macbeth set for Beijing debut

[2017-03-27 07:00]

Taipei-based actor and director Wu Hsing-kuo has not only done films in the past three decades, but also been involved with theater, contemporary dance and TV.

Flocking to flowers

[2017-03-27 07:00]

Beijing is blooming. And this is luring a growing number of people to its parks and scenic spots to enjoy the fireworks of flowers as they approach full blast.

Stargazing tourism looking up

[2017-03-27 07:00]

BERLIN - With urbanization gaining pace and air pollution clouding the view in major cities, contemplating the stars in a pitch-black sky is fast becoming a rarity that tour operators are banking on as a new selling point.

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