Young artist Guo “Slipper King” Dingfen is rebranding a maligned footwear from his hometown into a collective memory of a generation
Since its founding in 2008, TAO Dance Theater has pushed the limits of physical movement—now it’s inviting amateurs to do the same
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…
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
China’s wildly popular online comics struggle to reproduce the magic of the 1990s
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 tattoo artists stay creative amid economic pressures, and try to make sense of their pandemic experiences through ink
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…
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