Jade from Kunlun Mountain – Gao Zhenyu Ceramic Art Exhibition
On April 8th, the China Academy of Art opened a Gao Zhenyu solo exhibition, Jade from Kunlun Mountain at the National Ar…
To wake up in the morning and be greeted by a 2000-year old totoro tree – even the renowned animator and cartoonist Hayao Miyazaki didn’t have such privilege!
‘To be a happy person, one needs a sea view, warm spring and flower blossoms’, said Haizi, a young Chinese poet. But wha…
Was a master’s work cast aside? There is one near the staircase, and the loo has one too!
In Mr Shan’s No.55 Artspace, there is a photograph hanging near the stairs. It is from a Master Collection, so why is th…
Play with clay, don’t seek the reason!
How does one define good art? Do I need a discerning eye or an expertise? Mr Shan says that there is no complex equation…
Flowers
For Chinese people, the most desired state of life is tranquillity. The aroma of osmanthus flowers and the calmness of t…
INK ASIA 2019
The theme of this exhibition, with a primary focus on Gao Zhenyu’s ceramics and the woodcarving of Zhou Ning, is ‘Mr Sha…
A Tribute to Karl Lagerfeld: The White Shirt Project
‘If you ask me what I’d most like to have invented in fashion, I’d say the white shirt. For me the white shirt is the ba…
Scholar Shan and His “Chinese Yard”
“A Reading Lover Who Reads Few Books” Hegezhuang sits between the Beijing-Chengde Freeway and the Jingping Freeway outsi…
[Elephantview] Christie’s Shanghai Autumn Auctions 2017: A Brand New Interpretation of Contemporary Scholars’ Studio
Today, let’s focus on the upcoming Christie’s Shanghai Autumn Auctions 2017 on the base camp of the Elephantview. Since …
The Artist Within｜Liu Shan: It takes a family to Make a Collector
On June 29, a special speaker came to Arts Center of Chinese Museum of Finance. The guest speaker Liu Shan is a collecto…