Category Art

Chinese art is visual art that originated in or is practiced in Greater China, or by Chinese artists. The painting, calligraphy, architecture, pottery, sculpture, bronzes, jade carving, and other fine or decorative art forms produced in ancient China.

Yunjin and Cloisonne Meet: Imperial Crafts in One Screen

The hard part of “Duobaolianping” (多宝联屏) was never the carving or the weaving — it was the seam, the place where a three-dimensional cloisonné wall vase has to sit on a flat Yunjin brocade surface without either side crushing the…

Jingxiu Imperial Embroidery Show Opens at Baoding Lianchi Academy

The second phase of the “Baoding and the Forbidden City: Qing Imperial Craft Heritage Series” opened on August 1, 2026 at the Ancient Lotus Pond in Baoding, Hebei Province. Titled “Jinghua Yuxiu” (Imperial Embroidery of the Capital), the weaving-and-embroidery art…

Shanghai Silk Embroidery Show Opens Aug 8

“Silk Reveals Shanghai, a Needle Holds Ten Thousand Worlds” (丝见上海,针藏万象) — the Shanghai Silk Embroidery Fine Works Exhibition will run from August 8 to August 20, 2026 at the Shanghai Hongqiao Contemporary Art Museum (second-floor gallery, 650 Xianxia Road, Changning…

Jizhou Four Museums Embroidered Textile Exhibition

Four museums across Jiangxi and Fujian have joined forces for “Splendid Needlework”, a special exhibition of traditional embroidered textiles now on view in the temporary gallery of the Jizhou Kiln Museum. Opened to mark the 105th anniversary of the founding…

Vancouver Festival: Four-Chapter Costume Show Opens

The 8th Chinese Culture and Arts Festival took place on July 25, 2026, at the north plaza of the Vancouver Art Gallery downtown, co-hosted by the Federation of Chinese Community Associations in Canada and the Sichuan Association of Canada, according…

Shunde Xiangyunsha Event: Exhibit Hall Becomes Studio for 60 Visitors

On July 18, the Shunde District Museum launched its first “Guochao Party — Xiangyunsha Chic Shoot” event. Sixty citizens recruited through online registration entered the museum wearing Xiangyunsha (gambiered Canton gauze) or traditional Chinese attire, exploring the Yunsha Miying — Xiangyunsha…

Su Embroidery: The Gold Standard of Chinese Embroidery

On June 18, 2026, the China National Silk Museum (CNSM) in Hangzhou opened Embroidery Beauty of Zhejiang, the second installment of its “Warp and Weft” textile and apparel ICH series. The exhibition, running through November 16, presents nearly twenty Zhejiang…

Hanzhong Han Culture Exhibition: 7 Masters On Display Until August

On July 11, 2026, the “Contemporary Treasures, Future Heritage” (当代精品·未来遗产) inaugural Han Culture ICH Fine Art Exhibition opened at the Hanzhong Xinghan Shengjing Han Yuefu (汉中兴汉胜境汉乐府). Running through August 31, the exhibition features seven national-level ICH masters as its core…