Lisa Movius

Heritage lost: how two art and design exhibitions frame southern China’s transformation

Lisa Movius on the Guangzhou Triennial, Asia Biennial and Shenzhen Urban Biennale

Wuzhen enters the art world with a splash

Venice has its biennale—why not Wuzhen too?

Design museum rises in China—with a little help from the V&A

Partnership with state-owned conglomerate is a first for the London museum

Cracking plan to protect Great Wall of China

Survey to identify the most endangered sections will begin in Inner Mongolia

Did Taiwan miss its chance to play in the international art market?

Despite generations of collecting and a favourable tax regime, the island faces formidable competition

Guangzhou and Shenzhen flex their biennial muscles

Major exhibitions open in south China, showing there is more to Pearl River Delta than vast factories

For world-class Art Deco, visit Shanghai

Chinese city is first in Asia to host global congress

Arles photo festival comes to south China

Photographer Rong Rong brings touch of Provence to home province of Fuijan

Prisoner of Cultural Revolution receives posthumous celebration

Mu Xin Art Museum honours artist and poet whose work bridged Chinese and Western cultures

Art021’s expansion into Shanghai Exhibition Centre makes it the biggest fair in the city

With varying reports on sales, dealers’ biggest complaint is that the collector base has stayed static while competition has grown

Is it plagiarism or is it ‘shanzhai’?

Yayoi Kusama and Random International are latest victims of China’s copycats

Sebastião Salgado’s perseverance pays off in Shanghai

Natural history museum is more receptive than city’s art spaces

Marketable names like Picasso still reign at Christie’s $11m Shanghai sales

But a new edition of the auction house’s First Open series with emerging Chinese artists also did well

Palace Museum puts 2,500 on blacklist for ticket scalping and unlicensed tours

But without adequate camera surveillance, the site’s historic objects are still at risk of vandalism

Poly Auction withdraws work after artist disputes its authenticity

Geng Jianyi says the recreation of his early painting Hairdressing 2 is not by him

Performance extravaganza 15 Rooms opens in Shanghai

Event’s first iteration in Asia includes five Chinese artists but no female nudity

Chinese artist Zhang Dali on censorship and finding freedom in the provinces

The artist known for his controversial graffiti, paintings and sculptures has his first retrospective in Wuhan

More Dabuzishan artefacts returned to China

At handover, the French dealer and collector Christian Deydier says he hopes all the objects taken from ancient tombs will “return home and be united”

Shanghai Art Week events find strength in numbers

Standout works include an installation by Ai Weiwei, one of the first at a Chinese fair since the government lifted a ban on his art

Shanghai art week launches with West Bund openings

The leading gallery ShanghArt has moved into the emerging arts district, along with artists and private collectors

Shanghai welcomes largest Rain Room so far

Installation is a hit at Yuz Museum but Random International surprised to discover imitation already open