Fujian＇s Folk Arts of Spring Festival Displayed in Macao

In the Spring Festival 2005 in Macao, an exhibition on Fujian and Jiangsu‘s folk arts of spring festival was held in the art museum next to Golden Lotus Square which was built to celebrate Macao‘s return to the motherland. At the exhibition entrance which was decorated in typical south China‘s green tiles and gray walls, a pair of red spring festival couplet immediately brought visitors into Chinese new year.     

A Walk in the Dashanzi

At the end of Apdl, the opening ceremony of the First Dashanzi International Art Festival, which lasted a month, was held in the Tense Space studio of the “798 Factory” area in Beijing‘s Chaoyang District. The opening ceremony attracted some 1,000 participants, half of which were foreigners. With the theme of “Light, Sound, Time”, the festival consisted of more than 30 displays of various forms of modem art, including visual arts, sound arts, live concerts, dancing, plays, performing arts, and architecture and design exhibitions. There were also four independent film festivals, and eight visual arts exhibitions including photography, painting, performing and installation. With over 200 famous artists from both home and abroad showing their talents, and about 40 art studios in the area open to public, this non-governmental festival was the first of its kind in the 20-year development of modern arts in China.     

Top Art Collectors Dominate World＇s Art Market

ARTnews magazine, a prestigious USA-based art periodical with a history of 105 years,announced in 2007 the ARTnews 200, its annual list of the 200 most active players in the art market. However, only a few of Asian names were included in this annual list and there was no single Mainland Chinese name on the ARTnews 200 that year. What did that list on the world＇s leading art collectors mean to the overheated art market in China and 70 million Chinese who are involved with art collection？     

Chinese Arts to Be Showcased in Belgium

Europalia.China, a four-month arts festival to be opened in Belgium in October, 2008, will feature more than one hundred projects involving such diverse forms of arts as performing arts, literature, exhibition and film. Some one thousand Chinese artists from Mainland China as well as Hong Kong and Taiwan will bring fascinating art galas to Belgian audiences with their unique and outstanding performances of Chinese styles.     

Cultural Diversity and Creativity Shared by All--The 1^st ASEM Festival was successfully concluded in Beijing

The 1^st ASEM Festival took place in Beijing from September 2 to 8, presenting a one-week magnificent art gala to the audience, With the theme of ＂cultural diversity andcreativity shared by all＂, this festival highlighted various forms of culture and arts, including music, dance, drama, film and publication. Some 500 artists from more than 40 ASEM member states staged fascinating performances and concerts and officials, scholars, professionals and artists from these countries gathered in Beijing to conduct dialogues on civilizations and share each other＇s practices and experience in artistic creation and cultural cooperation.     

Cultural Trials Launched in Shanghai Free Trade Zone

Professionals from the sector of cultural industries note that in a short term, open policies for cultural service will bring new opportunities for the performing and entertainment indus- tries of Shanghai Free Trade Zone （SFTZ） and the city of Shanghai as a whole; in a long run, SFTZ＇s practices and experiences will have extensive impacts on the country＇s performing and entertainment industries. What is the scenario of SFTZ~ cultural industries and what trend will they embrace？     

＂Meet in Beijing＂ Arts Festival：Grand Gala for the People

The＂Meet in Beijing＂Arts Festival is an annual large-scale international festival aimed at showcasing the best of arts from across the globe and promoting friendship among people worldwide. From April 28 to May 27,the one-month-long sixth session of the festival took place in the capital cith of China,embracing some 50 outstanding arts troupes and exhibitions from more than 20 countries and regions,such as Mexico,Canada,Bahamas,Russia,Belgium,the United States,New Zealand,Sweden,Peru,South Africa ,Israel as well as East Asia.Together with Chinese colleagues,foreign artists and performers manifested the theme of friendship,harmony and communication with their superb performances or artworks.     

Focus on Europalia.China

Europalia is a major international arts festival hetd every other year to ：＇etebrate one invited country＇s cultural heritage. Founded in 1969, this biennial festival is celebrated in Brussels, Belgium and since the 1990s countries offside Europe have been invited as the festival＇s highlights. The festival lasts for four months each tgme, from early October to next FebpJary Each session turns the spotl：ght on one culture in a comprehensive program of music, fine arts, photography, cinema, dance and literature, offering guest countries a unique opportunity to present their CUltural heritage and contemporary arts in an optimal formal.     

A Feast of Dance and Song The 3rd China Xinjiang International Dance Festival

China Xinjiang International Dance Festival （hereinfafter referred to as ＂Xinjiang International Dance Festival＂） is one of China＇s numerous cultural-exchange festivals. It is a state-level international art festival approved by the State Council of the People＇s Republic of China and co-hosted by China＇s Ministry of Culture, the State Council Information Office and the People＇s Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.     

Crosstalk Master Jiang Kun Lectures at Harvard University on Chinese Folk Art

Quyi is an art expression originated from China and the root of Chinese theatric art. What does quyi refer to？ Why has it continued for so many years and still remained vibrant today？ How does quyi draw inspirations from essences of the national art and develop along with the time？ Jiang Kun, Chinese crosstalk master, recently delivered a lecture on Chinese art of quyi at Harvard University, as part of his lecture series at the lvv League colleges.     

THEVALUEBEYONDTHE VALUABLES--A glinpse of master Painter Qi Baishi

If there is any miracle in the modern fine affs history of China, you can＇t point anyone but him. His name is Qi Baishi who lived through 1864 to 1957 and was a benchmark of Chinesefine arts and a great man of his time. He used to be a carpenter, but because of his persistence on the exploration of art, he climbed onto the peak of Chinese fine arts and eventually became a world renowned Chinese painting master.     

New Breakthroughs Made in Cultural Finance

On March 17, 2014, the Ministry of Culture, People＇s Bank of China and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued the Opinion Concerning the Deepening of Culture-Finance Cooperation （hereinafter referred to as ＂Opinion ＂）. This landmark document has drawn nationwide attention, as it calls for the innovation of the financial system for cultural development and the design of financial products and services that meet needs of cultural industries. What actions have been taken by local banking institutions in response to this reJorm policy and what efforts have been made to seek innovative approaches to culture-finance cooperation？ Here is the news story by China Culture Daily.     

Glory and Dream： Chinese Modern Drama in 100 Years

Chinese modern drama is embracing its 100th anniversary. Since the founding of the first modern drama workshop in China in 1907, this artistic expression has demonstrated its extensive impacts and unparalleled appeals that can never be rivaled by any other art forms. Over the past century, modern drama has witnessed the Chinese people＇s persistent struggles for national independence and freedom as well as their endeavors for social development and prosperity. It has been employed as a significant means to unite and inspire the Chinese people when the nation is at a critical moment or to encourage them for reforms and innovations when the nation strives for modernization. Initially introduced as an imported art, modern drama has been successfully integrated with Chinese culture and now become one of the Chinese people＇s favorite artistic expressions.     

Random Stitching and Western Painting

Embroidery is an art re-created on the basis of painting. With the import of Western culture and painting since the 1930s, Chinese people have gradually changed their aesthetic tendencies and as a result the art of embroidery has been remarkably transformed. Chinese embroiders have drawn upon from Western aesthetic concepts and painting techniques and developed a new type of stitching approach which is called ＂random stitching＂.     

Arts Galas Add Glamour to the 2008 Olympics

The concept of ＂Cultural Olympics＂ will be highlighted at the summer Olympics Games in Beijing, In the coming two months, a series of cultural events will be staged to welcome the once-four-year global sports gala that wilt take place in the capital city of China, including such diverse art forms as drama, music, fine arts, folk arts and film,     

BETWEEN REALITY AND ABSTRACTION：Zhan Wang＇s Contemporary Sculpture

Zhan Wang is a pioneering artist in China＇s contemporary sculpture circle.Born in 1962 in Beijing, he graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts and currently works as associate fellowship with the Institute of Sculpture Creation and Research under the academy. From 1990, Zhan began creating surrealistic sculptures. He began worldng on ＂The Mao Suit＂ series from 1993 and devoting himself to experimental art from 1994. In 1995, Zhan founded a studio with two other artists, aiming to explore relationships between art and society. Based on this studio, he presented two experimental exhibitions - ＂Development Plans＂ and ＂Women ＆ Sites＂. From 1995, Zhan began replicating Chinese classical rockery stones and completed a series of works of stainless steel rockery stone and floating stone. Zhan＇s creations highlight the integration between ideas and objects, with an attempt to transform pure handicraft techniques into conceptual behaviors. In 1998, Zhan released his thesis entitled ＂Conceptual Sculpture： Materialized Ideas＂. From 2000, he began doing experiments on composite art independently. Zhan＇s sculpting works have been collected by many art museums and private collectors, including Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA as well as Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.     

A Brief Review of Chinese Print

Chinese print can date back 1100 years. For example, carved bricks and stones in the Han Dynasty are actually ear, forms of woodprint. As a type of print art, wood board printing invented in the Tang Dynasty was closely related to life of ordinary people and helped to spread arts in ancient China. Buddhist sutra Vajracchedika printed in 868 AD is the important evidence testifying to the wood board printing of the Tang Dynasty and the world＇s earliest complete printed book still preserved today. Thus it is generally recognized as the peak of print art of the Tang Dynasty.     

Marginalization and Combination： Liu Mingxlao＇s Oil Paintings

Efforts to localize oil painting have never stopped since this western art was introduced into China, A Chinese educational system on oil painting had not been developed until the era of master Xu Beihong. But if oil painting can be localized or not still remains a question in China. After New China was founded in 1949, influenced by Chairman Mao＇s theories on cultural development, Chinese oil painters were required to, besides serving ideological needs, pursue Chinese characteristics and cater to ordinary people＇s tastes. Dong Xiwen＇s ＂The Founding Ceremony of the New Republic＂ was the pioneer in this endeavor. Following him, almost all Chinese oil artists rushed into this direction, except some who made breakthroughs in landscape subjects. For instance, Wu Zuoren combined Chinese water and ink painting with western oil painting, creating a simplistic style.     

Embroidery Art to the Highest Level-A glinpse of splendid Suzhou embroidery

The Chinese embroidery art has a long history. Statistics show that 5500 years ago in the Liaoning area there appeared a beautiful embroidery type called ＂Wei Embroidery＂, which＇s stitched on fur apparels. And prior to the Shang Dynasty, about 16 to 11 B.C., Chinese embroidery artisans and versatile home ladies used their hands creating countless pieces of beautiful embroidery works on silk textures. Colorful Chu embroidery, solemn and unsophisticated Han embroidery, gorgeous and luxury Tang embroidery,     

Chinese Folk Arts Showcased in Olympic Village

The 29th summer Olympiad, extolled as ＂truly exceptional＂ by IOC President Jacques Rogge, has left over tremendous legacy to Beijing, in particular, its perfect combination of sports and culture. The showcases of Chinese folk arts in the Olympic Village, while amazing the whole world with their vitality and creativity, have boosted Chinese people＇s awareness of the protection of Chinese intangible cultural heritage which bears unique historical and aesthetic values