With summer’s passing, tis the season to harvest all things intriguing as China’s autumn art fairs shift into full gear. Right on the heels of ArtBeijing, Shanghai’s premier modern art show, SHContemporary, kicks off on September 10. The show, which runs until the 13th, will feature 150 invited galleries from around the world. […]

People magazine recently crowned Matt Damon as the sexiest man alive, but China has countered with an offering of their own. Much like capitalism in China, Takeshi Kaneshiro has been deemed sexy “with Chinese characteristics.” Whether it’s moon explorations or track records, you know China always has to put its two cents […]

Thursday marked the end of the 5-day Christie’s Auction in Hong Kong, and thank goodness as I’m starting to run short of MC Hammer references. Christie’s managed to beat it’s pre-auction estimates of HK$1.8 billion even though 214 items from the 2,400 piece lot remain unsold. Preliminary estimates indicate that the auction house took […]

Samuel P. Huntington’s book, The Clash of Civilizations posited that the post-Cold war political map would be distinguished by a conflict between cultures. In other words, different strokes for different folks equals bad news . However true some would argue that his theory came to fruition when it comes to what he defines as […]

With what has got to be the only film festival title that makes you arch your eyebrows when you read the name, the Big Screen International Film Festival, yep I told you, hits Kunming today. The soirée first took place in Italy 5 year’s ago, but was then moved to Kunming as part of the […]

Silence and anticipation will grip the S.A.R. this Sunday as Christie’s Hong Kong gears up for its biannual auction. Going on the block is a mix of 2,400 pieces of classic and contemporary art valued at HK$1.8 billion, said to be the largest collection of Asian finery up for grabs. Jonathan Stone, international […]

If you wake up Tuesday morning in Shanghai and something is amiss, perhaps the air has a tinge of the Can Can fragrance and off in the distance you can hear faint utterances of “that’s hot,” it may be because there’s a certain heiress in town. Fresh off a stint in jail, Paris Hilton arrives […]

The Shanghai Art Fair, the city’s biggest contemporary art festival for foreign art collectors, is no longer all about the Benjamins. Opening Thursday at the ShanghaiMart, the Shanghai Art Fair has changed its slogan so that the art world doesn’t perceive the event as being only about money. Even though this event, like […]

The 8th (not annual) China Arts Festival opened in Wuhan Monday night ushering in two weeks of exhibits and performances from over 8,000 artists. Unlike national arts festivals in other countries which tend to preview new artistic endeavors, China’s festival, as the organizers have said, will showcase “the latest major achievement and fruits of […]