From February to July 2016 Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA) celebrates its 30 year anniversary in Manchester. The anniversary programme invites artists from CFCCA’s history who have gone on to achieve international recognition to return to Manchester to present new work. During April, Hong Kong artists Tsang Kin-Wah and Gordon Cheung who will both […]
Further underscoring its fearless approach to creativity and support of the arts, The Peninsula Hong Kong’s appetite for public art continues unabated this spring as the hotel presents a major work by pioneering British artist and youngest living member of the Royal Academy of Arts, Conrad Shawcross RA. Exhibited in The Peninsula’s iconic Lobby and […]
Returning with another exciting adaptation of a Chinese classic, ‘DiaoChan: The Rise of the Courtesan’, Red Dragonfly Productions will conclude their nationwide tour at the famous Arts Theatre in London’s West End in May after visiting a number of regional venues. Taken from the ancient Chinese classic The Romance of the Three Kingdoms DiaoChan is an […]
A comprehensive collection of works of art, illustrating the best of cross-cultural encounters between Europe, Africa, India, China and Japan, has been chosen purposely for the TEFAF fair by Jorge Welsh Works of Art. Fine and rare pieces ranging from the 15th to the early 19th century will be displayed at stand 210: ivories from […]
The Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA) celebrated its 30 year anniversary in Manchester with the launch of a high profile exhibition programme featuring some of the very best Chinese contemporary artists of today. The launch opened installations from internationally acclaimed artist Xu Bing, the RareKind China international graffiti art project, Manchester legend Stanley Chow and […]
On the evening of 7 February this year, Birmingham Cathedral will host an interactive art show for Chinese New Year. With the lights of the Cathedral dimmed, visitors from Birmingham’s diverse communities are invited to experience the light-based artwork, ‘Midlight’, along with a special service led by the The Very Reverend Catherine Ogle, Dean of Birmingham, and […]
Madame Wellington-Koo was voted best- dressed Chinese Woman of 1920 – 40s by Vogue. She was the wife of a sometime president of China, ambassador and founder signatory of the United Nations, she was widely revered as a representative of Chinese fashion, and in the portrait by Beltran-Masses wears the Manchu style of dress, that […]
On the evening of 7 February this year, Birmingham Cathedral will host an interactive art show for Chinese New Year. With the lights of the Cathedral dimmed, visitors from Birmingham’s diverse communities are invited to experience the light-based artwork, ‘Midlight’, along with a special service led by the The Very Reverend Catherine Ogle, Dean of Birmingham, and […]
27 January – 27 February 2016 The exhibition will display new figurative oil paintings depicting everyday objects and anonymous characters, alongside subjects from the natural world including leopards, birds and cacti. Precisely rendered using her own artistic language, Song’s works engage with classical ideals of representational painting and subtly evoke Western figurative artists. From early on […]
Applications open to study film, television or games in the UK or China as an overseas student The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has today opened applications for the BAFTA Scholarship Programme in China, a new initiative that supports UK-China cross-cultural exchange by enabling talented Chinese and British nationals to study film, television, […]