Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
CHINA'S SOFT POWER OFFENSIVE DRAWS BIG CROWDS IN TOKYO

CHINA'S SOFT POWER OFFENSIVE DRAWS BIG CROWDS IN TOKYO

Emperor Qian Long by the  Jesuit painter Giuseppe Castiglione Chinese culture is on the long, slow rebound. Back in 1989, the government wa...
Ai Weiwei: Drab Minimalism and Toothless Iconoclasm

Ai Weiwei: Drab Minimalism and Toothless Iconoclasm

Forever, Bicycles , 2003 The term "art," if it does anything at all, should greatly raise expectations. Going to see it, we ...
The Strangely Beautiful Art of Chen Man

The Strangely Beautiful Art of Chen Man

"Red Lotus" (detail) Echoing the pan-Asian theme of this year’s Art Fair Tokyo, which was held earlier this month, Shibuya’...