Lisa Movius
China's Russia problem: will more international exhibitions be cancelled due to the countries' close ties?
Suspension of loans from state-run Musée Matisse le Cateau-Cambrésis for Beijing exhibition shocks Chinese art world
Pro-arts but pro-sexism? New South Korean president ushers in a contentious era after 'incel election'
Against a backdrop of misogynistic rhetoric, President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol promises to create half a million jobs in the Korean cultural industry
Budi Tek, art collector, museum founder and tireless champion of Chinese art, has died aged 65
Tributes pour in for the Indonesian-Chinese businessman who founded the Yuz Museum Shanghai in 2014
Three new non-profit spaces challenge the dominance of real estate and the market in China's contemporary art ecosystem
The Longlati Foundation in Shanghai and the Macalline Art Center and Fen Sonic HQ in Beijing put curation at the forefront
Taiwan drops Venice Biennale pavilion artist over sexual assault accusations
Allegations against artist Sakuliu Pavavaljung first surfaced last month; his participation in Documenta 15 has also been suspended as a result
Auctions in China accounted for 36% of global market in 2020, new report finds
The latest China Art & Wealth White Paper found that domestic annual sales dropped by 20% to $6.2bn last year, due to Covid-19 controls, but recovered quickly later in the year
Cancel culture with Chinese characteristics hits Dior photographer
Luxury fashion house withdraws image from exhibition after online campaign accuses artist of reinforcing stereotypes
Cao Fei explores past, present and future at Rome’s Maxxi museum
Acclaimed Chinese artist’s video and installation pieces come to Italy for the first time
How China's museums are cosying up to commercial galleries for big-ticket exhibitions
Dealers are eagerly filling curatorial gaps in new museums with shows for their artists, but does the market hold too much sway?
Rising censorship and conservatism dampen mood at Shanghai's art fairs, but China still has 'economic firepower'
The city's two flagship fairs, Art021 and the West Bund Art & Design Fair, saw a rise in budding collectors interested in younger and more diverse artists
‘I’m proud of myself as a mini political prisoner’: Artist Moe Satt on his gruelling time in a Myanmar prison
He spent over three months in prison after being arrested at a protest against the military dictatorship that has been ruling the country since February
Shanghai’s art season returns bigger than ever as fairs hope to court domestic collectors
As international travel restrictions continue, mainland Chinese galleries look to capitalise on local interest
'We approach it like dating—try it for one year first, and see': Art Basel partners with S.E.A. Focus fair in Singapore, but insists it is committed to Hong Kong
The fair company has already collaborated with Art Week Tokyo next week, and says its role is to help and "hold their hands"
Japan's borders may still be closed, but inaugural Art Week Tokyo aims to open up city's dynamic art scene to outside world (eventually)
The event, featuring 50 of the Japanese capital’s galleries and museums, soft launches this November
International galleries including Lehmann Maupin and Esther Schipper flock to new Beijing free trade hub
14 galleries are taking part in the three month pop up
Inaugural Shenzhen DnA Design and Art Fair gets off to strong start thanks to keen local collector base
The new event was founded by the team behind Shanghai's 021 fair
Mystery surrounds sudden closures of two major Shanghai museums
Long Museum West Bund and Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum both announced they would shut indefinitely for unspecified reasons
The art fair season kicks off in Asia: here is your guide
From Shenzhen to Shanghai, Hong Kong to Beijing, this autumn is awash with events despite border closures and long quarantines
Myanmar’s artists face growing hardship as Covid returns and military tightens grip
As junta strengthens hold over country, the economy crumbles and a brutal new wave of the virus takes its toll, the artistic community is in crisis
UCCA Center for Contemporary Art sets sights on Chengdu and a side hustle in a Beijing shopping mall
Beijing museum unveils plans for fourth location in "one of the most exciting cities in China" and new co-branded U2 exhibition space
Influential Singapore arts centre the Substation closes down permanently after 30 years
Venue's board announced closure "with profound sadness" in March after losing sole tenancy of the theatre and gallery space
By Art Matters—Hangzhou's new contemporary art museum—announces inaugural programme
Curator Francesco Bonami leads long-awaited Chinese kunsthalle with a Theaster Gates-designed concept store and artist residency
Why are top jobs in Chinese museums going to white men?
Local professionals continue to be overlooked for highly paid leading roles
JingArt fair returns to Beijing—with a new crop of young collectors
The fair was cancelled last year due to Covid-19 but this year was bigger than ever before, at 43 galleries
OCAT Shanghai closes after public outcry over Uglier and Uglier video that ranks women's attractiveness
The work by Song Ta consists of eight hours of secretly shot footage of 5,000 college women
New Shenzhen DnA event this autumn aims to fill southern China's dearth of contemporary art fairs
New art and design fair in the Chinese boom town of Shenzhen launched by organisers of Art021 in Shanghai and JingArt in Beijing
'Chinese audiences know my name but not my work': Cao Fei on her first major solo show in her home country
Exhibition Staging the Era at Beijing's UCCA includes a working Cantonese canteen at one end and a replica of a 1950s Beijing cinema at the other
'It’s impossible to compare 2019 and 2021; it’s a completely different world': what has sold at Art Basel in Hong Kong
Fair reaches full Covid capacity on VIP day and the big galleries report hefty sales, including a $19.5m painting by Joan Mitchell
UCCA Edge: Shanghai outpost of Beijing museum opens to China's 'most engaged and active' contemporary art audience
Opening exhibition looks back at the global emergence of the Chinese art world at the 2000 Shanghai Biennale
Artists Samson Young, Angela Su and Lee Kit donate works to fundraise for Hong Kong dealer Anthony Tao Xinshu's hospital treatment
The Gallery Exit founder was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm in December—now 43 artists are selling work to pay for his care