The painting hanging at the entrance of the Cantor Arts Center’s remarkable new exhibition “Tracing the Past, Drawing the Future: Master Ink Painters in 20th-Century China” is an oddly compelling ...

For the downright dazzling opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, world-famous film director Zhang Yimou utilized the form of a basic painting scroll as the quintessential backdrop for his ...

"Singing Bird," by Marian Bingham ’91. Ink on paper, c. 1964-1967. The Chinese ink art of contemporary American artist Marian “Bing” Bingham ’91, which showcases her unique journey of studying and ...

NEW YORK — It’s hard to break from the past. Even under the Chinese Cultural Revolution, which sought to smash the “Four Olds” of customs, culture, habits and ideas, the tradition of calligraphy was ...

Qiu Zhijje, “30 Letters to Qiu Jiawa” (2009) (Image copyright the artist, and via the Metropolitan Museum of Art) The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s first full-on foray into the world of contemporary ...

The biggest names in Chinese contemporary art, from Zeng Fanzhi to Yue Minjun and Liu Ye, have all made their mark in oil paintings. But the foundation of Chinese art isn't oil, but ink, a traditional ...

We speak of "modernity" as if it had the same meaning wherever it occurred. But modernity in China has implications and milestones very different from those it has in the West, where the concept ...

The pursuit of beauty has been a timeless thread weaving throughout human history. China's distinct aesthetics are not only embodied in every aspect of Chinese life, but also increasingly bringing ...

A typical Chinese water-ink painting that depicts "Talks between Master and Disciple" by artist Shen Qin is now on display at the "New Ink Art in China 1978-2018" exhibition at Beijing Minsheng Art ...

The latest Chinese ink artwork created by an artificial intelligence robot is on display in London. Made by Hong Kong artist and inventor Victor Wong, the robot artist, which has been named Gemini, ...

Sifting through bags of goat hairs to select quality ones for the production of Chinese ink brushes can be tough and boring, but this is routine work for Zhang Wennian, 50, who is an inheritor of the ...