China

A retrospective sheds light on the ’85 New Wave movement and the shaping of art between the conservatism of past and present

Informed by his Manchurian identity, the artist sets out by motorcycle for the Chinese Eastern Railway to explore the Northeast province's fading heritage

In the Aranya Gold Coast Community, north of Beijing, an exhibition aims to critically intervene with its spectacular surroundings

The studio’s first exhibition in Europe explores the politics of shapeshifting

After the announced withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill, artists and cultural workers are amongst those keeping the protest movement alive

In further news: Chinese filmmaker Huang Huang arrested; Germany to return 15th-century stone cross to Namibia

The highest-grossing film of 2019 pits a Chinese-led international coalition against the forces of cosmic destruction

China’s triumph over Western information technology is world-historical, not just a niche curiosity

‘Hong allows revelations to emerge from the most unassuming descriptions of facts’

Can the newly launched Times Art Center Berlin, Asia’s first overseas museum offshoot, avoid nation-branding Chinese artists?

With censorship, abductions, banned journalists and threats towards artists, the erosion of freedoms has deepened

Designed by Beijing-based practice, OPEN Architecture, UCCA Dune burrows beneath the sand dunes in the coastal resort of Beidaihe

The power of visibility: on postcolonial seeing and being seen

Shows featuring counterfeit work by the Japanese artist Kusama and her compatriot Takashi Murakami, have appeared in at least six Chinese cities

In further news: Steve McQueen to show thousands of school portraits at Tate; Robert Venturi (1925–2018)

Why did Beijing’s M WOODS museum recently mount two simultaneous exhibitions focusing on the ancient Buddhist site of Kizil, Xinjiang Province?

How Hangzhou – home to the China National Silk Museum and Alibaba – is becoming synonymous with China’s desire to re-lux its image

The Beijing-based artist’s films draw on the emotional strategies of pop culture to explore identity and belonging in a hyper-mediatized world

The dissident artist has posted a series of videos on Instagram documenting diggers demolishing his studio in the Songzhuang district

A number of galleries have recently been marked for demolition, and a number more fear for their long-term survival