Lisa Movius

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

MoCA Shanghai creates shop front for performance art

New space entices passers-by with a mix of art and theatre

Long Museum opened by Chinese power couple in Shanghai

The museum, which will house traditional and Modern Chinese art, opens 18 December

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Rich inland cities become players on Chinese art scene

Sotheby’s goes west as art centres spring up beyond the traditional coastal base

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Private museums bloom in Shanghai

Individuals and corporations are sharing their traditional and contemporary art collections with the public

Vanity, vanity: the problems facing China’s private museums

Spaces bloom and then wither as founders’ commitment quickly fades