A Man, Three Pairs of Flip-Flops, and 574 Kilometers of Hike Home
Young artist Guo “Slipper King” Dingfen is rebranding a maligned footwear from his hometown into a collective memory of a generation
Young artist Guo “Slipper King” Dingfen is rebranding a maligned footwear from his hometown into a collective memory of a generation
In the age of AI, artist Wang Xin explores new frameworks for what art can be
Since graduating from Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2016, Cao Yu has set out to make work that is brazen, subversive, and unflinching, be…
Through wool and raw honesty, needle felt artist Zhang Xian captures the unseen struggles of new mothers while reclaiming her own identity
An exhibition in Guangdong explores the personal emotions evoked by China’s rapid growth and construction obsession of the 1990s
Shuare Shizhu blends his rural Yi heritage with bold, urban strokes informed by the absurdities of modern life
Sonia Jia explores trauma and the still-raw legacy of Japanese occupation on canvas
How a mural artist invents and builds deities inspired by the spiritual customs of Quanzhou
How performance artist Li Liao, famous for his 45-day stint on Foxconn’s assembly lines in 2012, became a delivery driver to pay the bills
How crypto-artist Reva combines her love of coding with artistic creativity
With artists enjoying lucrative commissions from governments and brands, and attracting millions of followers online, some are asking whether China’s…
In the Chinese NFT world, reputation and connections prove just as important as in the offline traditional art scene