Have you ever wondered why Chinese visual culture is full of images of dragons, phoenixes and other mythical creatures? Archaeologists certainly have. For centuries, they searched in vain for their ...

Chanel is doubling down on its commitment to the art world by signing a three-year partnership with the Centre Pompidou, this time focused on contemporary Chinese art. The initiative will include an ...

A painted drum carved with phoenixes and tigers (circa 300 B.C.E.) Asian Art Museum China’s history is famously rife with mythical imagery—such as dragons, phoenixes and tigers—and historians have ...

A last-minute cancellation led the nonprofit to pull together a timely new exhibition of contemporary Chinese works in just a few months. By Shivani Vora This article is part of the Fine Arts & ...

LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Chinese paintings and art considered to form one of the best collections outside China have been bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum of Oxford University by an art historian, ...