Lisa Movius
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
The Art Newspaper China announces winners of its annual art award
Recipients include the Ullens Center, K11 and M+
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
Shanghai art fairs join forces for art week
But city's first international fair, SH Contemporary, isn’t back this year
New museum on Silk Road breaks the Chinese mould
Islam is the focus of north-west China’s first contemporary art institution
China discovers its self-taught artists
Alternative art festival launched in Beijing draws on pioneering work of Nanjing Outsider Art Centre
China relaxes de facto ban on showing Ai Weiwei’s art
Artist surprised after four exhibitions are allowed to open in Beijing—but international travel is still off-limits
International photography centre joins Shanghai’s museum mile
Globetrotting photojournalist launches photography centre in the West Bund Cultural Corridor
For better or for worse, Art Beijing’s tenth edition is more Chinese than ever
While the fair was criticised for being too local and aimed at a general public, exhibitors said the quality of the organisation and the collectors was much improved
China hosts first photography biennial
Event helps to establish Chongqing as a major Chinese centre of art