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An American opium trader stands beside his beloved horse in front of a Western-styled villa in Shanghai. The drug dealer is Francis Blackwell Forbes, one of the wealthiest US merchants in late 19th century China, who disguised his opium bus...

"Snowy Mountain in Switzerland," a Chinese painting by Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), fetched a stunning 52.64 million yuan (US$7.72 million) at Beijing Council International's autumn auction, setting a new world record for the artist. The paint...

A school teaching traditional Tibetan Thang-ga painting in West China's Qinghai Province is to be expanded with 300,000 yuan (US$45,000) raised at a December 19 charity auction organized by the Beijing Saving Foundation Association (BSFA)....

"Butuo, Chung Khneas and Manohara," a photography exhibition about poverty in three villages in China, Cambodia and Nepal, opened on December 19 in Beijing, in the Academy Hall of the Central University of Finance and Economy. The photograp...

An exhibition introducing the mainlanders to the history and culture of ethnic minorities in Taiwan opened Monday at the Cultural Palace of Nationalities in downtown Beijing. The exhibits include some 10,000 photos, 40 films and 400 artifac...

18-year-old amputee Aynalem Zenebe is a survivor of a landmine explosion in Ethiopia. Photo: Gael Turine [ Global Times ] "Fatal Footprint," a photo exhibition at the French Cultural Center in Beijing, depicts the difficult lives of landmin...

Liu Wen is the new face of China after becoming the first Asian model for Victoria's Secret (VS). It means the 21-year-old is busier than ever, striking poses for next year's New York fashion magazines. Liu told China Daily in an e-mail int...

Catching a growing trend abroad, more Chinese are writing fashion blogs in a bid to influence the way people dress. When Piksi from Finland posted her photos on her blog, she never expected that the H&M dress in that photo would trigger suc...

Fashion designers are remodeling the traditional Mao suit in the hope that it will once again become a popular item of clothing. The gray "Zhongshan", or Mao suit, that President Hu Jintao wore when he stood on the rostrum in Tian'anmen Squ...

"Yi" ("Memory"), the top prize winner Gu Yanliang and Huang Xiaoling from Shanghai No. 1 Middle School A picture is worth a thousand words, or in this case, an original Chinese poem composed by high school students bout city life. They are...

A model presents the Autumn Winter 2009-10 creation by Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani at a fashion show in a concert hall in Luxury Village in Barvikha outside Moscow, October 29, 2009.[Agencies] Italian designer Giorgio Armani, wh...

Yao Shaohua was born in Beijing in 1942 and studied under Wang Jinglu, one of the most renowned artists of his generation. From him, the young Yao learned the skills necessary for his exquisite depictions of landscapes, flowers and birds. L...

One of the paintings by He Jiaying [ Shanghai Daily ] Today's Chinese women, whether rustic, working-class or stylishly urban, are celebrated in 70 realistic paintings in a one-man show at the Shanghai Art Museum. The artist, 52-year-old H...

A Family in Pamir Plateau" by Luo Pinxi [ Shanghai Daily ] The winners of the "My Shangri-La" Photography Contest have been on display at the Pudong Shangri-La Shanghai and are available online. The competition is sponsored by Shangri-La Ho...

There is drama at the auction house for contemporary Chinese art pieces these days. A crash in the world's markets has seen a fall in sales for red-hot vanguard artists such as Zhang Xiaogang, Zeng Fanzhi and Fang Lijun. Contemporary Chines...

A woman looks at Terracotta Warriors on display at the National Geographic Museum in Washington. [Reuters] National Geographic Museum director Susan Norton gazed at a piece of armor constructed of hundreds of limestone pieces the size of ma...

The Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery, located in the 798 Art District, is displaying an exhibition that artist Wen Fang is dedicating to her mom as a birthday gift. Wen's mom was born in the same year that the People's Republic of China was foun...

The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in Beijing's 798 Art Complex presents Landscape of Childhood, a piece of installation art by artist Yan Peiming this summer [CNSPHOTO] A new term to most of China's urban residents, public art h...

Sea of Books: The theme fresco at the National Library Station depicts the classical books of China [Wei Yao] Art will soon imbue many subway stations and even trains in Beijing. The newest subway line in the capital city's mass transit net...

Two bamboo carving professionals exchange their views over a bamboo carving artwork. Jiading District is preserving and promoting the ancient art, through an association, classes, a museum and various activities. Bamboo is one of the most p...