Lisa Movius

Beijing museum says Anselm Kiefer exhibition will go ahead despite artist’s protest

German artist has called for show to be cancelled because he says he never gave his consent

Art the antidote to political poison at Shanghai Biennale

Crashed spaceships and Theory Opera performances help provocative show deal with the uncertainties of a Trump world

China’s new Silk Road leads west to Middle East

Biennials in country’s Muslim-majority regions coincide with cultural exchange with Qatar

Work censored as art world descends on Shanghai

As Shanghai Biennale, two art fairs and scores of exhibitions open, Sun Xun's video work shut down<br>

Shanghai show of Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s art offers shared experience but little explanation

An exhibition Rockbund Art Museum eschews a heavy-handed curatorial approach, but also avoids discussing the artist’s homosexuality and the Aids crisis that directly informed his works

Singapore Biennale reflects on the ties between Asian countries

Atlas of Mirrors features works by 63 artists and collectives, from a loudspeaker made out of woks to a jackfruit timber dwelling

Christie’s opens second exhibition space in China with Beijing flagship

New headquarters will provide a base for public and official communications not sales

Centre Pompidou pops up in China

Collection show traces the development of French art from Fauvism in the early 20th century to the opening of the museum in 1977

Works from Beijing’s Palace Museum to travel to Berlin

An international deal signed by museum directors will bring Ming and Qing Dynasty portraits to Germany next year

South Korea’s student uprising commemorated in Gwangju Biennale

The Swedish curator prefers abstract theories and words to spectacle

Raqs Media Collective get philosophical for 2016 Shanghai Biennale

The main exhibition will pose existential questions, while satellite sections extend the show into the city, with local characters recruited to share the secret of “artful living”

Shanghai Project opens first phase with focus on the future

The cross-disciplinary project imagines the issues that will face the human race 100 years from now

Shanghai’s MadeIn Gallery makes the move to West Bund

Its arrival in the new government-backed arts district hints at a geographic shift in the Chinese city’s art scene

What to see in Korea this biennial season

From Gwangju’s heavily political works to a 30th anniversary show of Korean art in Gwacheon

Ullens pulls out of Picasso loans

Shows go on as Belgian founders seek buyer for Beijing art centre

Ai Weiwei dropped from Yinchuan Biennale in China

Museum's artistic director reveals how decision was taken out of her hands by “higher officials”

Three artists to look out for at Art Stage Jakarta

The new sister event to the Singapore fair opens today in Indonesia

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Art Stage Jakarta makes its debut

Singapore spin-off focuses on Indonesian art

Shanghai’s Long Museum takes aim at female artists

The institution hosts its first exhibition dedicated to international and Chinese women, with works spanning ten centuries

Talking about our generation: photo show celebrates Chinese artists of the 1980s

Xiao Quan’s portraits and street scenes capture the avant-garde during the country’s heady transition

Shanghai Project to launch in September as community event, not art exhibition

The biennial organised by Hans-Ulrich Obrist and Yongwoo Lee at the Himalayas Museum opens with interactive pavilions and public forums, following reports of poor planning and funding stumbles

Nanjing finds its cultural voice with third international art festival

New Baijia Lake Museum will host a more streamlined event than in previous years

Long Museum Chongqing tackles Cultural Revolution with rare show of paintings

Decade of terror remains a highly sensitive subject in China, but that may now be changing

Belgian founder of Beijing’s leading private art museum seeks new owner

Concern in China as Guy Ullens confirms Ullens Centre for sale along with remainder of his Chinese contemporary art collection

Billionaire collectors to open fourth museum in China

Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei are rapidly buying art to fill their growing museum empire

Shanghai’s alternative Bank gallery evicted from state-owned building

The move seems to be part of a government crackdown on private entities renting spaces across the country

Hard lives of China’s internal migrants inspire its artists

Artists focus on disorientation and discrimination faced by the millions who seek work in China’s cities and factories