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08/18/2026

Beyond Geography: “Stay Connected” Historicizes the Present at Tai Kwun Contemporary, a two-part exhibition debates the meaning of “China”

Wu Jianru shows how “Stay Connected: Art and China Since 2008” at Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun Contemporary historicizes contemporary Chinese art

08/18/2026

Liu Wei is to create four monumental sculptures for the facade of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, marking his first major project in the United States and The Met’s first commissioned work by an artist from China since 2006

Liu Wei is to create four monumental sculptures for The Met’s Fifth Avenue facade, marking the Beijing-based artist’s first major project in the USA

08/04/2026

Ai Weiwei on why a dying tree inspired his first drawing in more than 50 years

ai weiwei returns to drawing with a portrait of a dying oak tree When Ai Weiwei heard that Sherwood Forest’s 1,200-year-old Major Oak had reached the end of its life, he felt an unexpected urge to draw. The sketch, made beneath the ancient oak during the summer solstice, is the artist’s first ...

08/04/2026

Zeng Fanzhi: Master of reinvention

Inside Zeng Fanzhi's Beijing studio, China's most celebrated artist speaks to Monocle about reinvention and a career spanning five bold decades.

08/04/2026

Tang Contemporary Art presents "Fu Yao: Interplaying" through August 30

View images of the exhibition and selected artworks. Fu Yao, 'Interplaying' at Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing 2nd Space, China on 18 Jul–30 Aug 2026.

07/23/2026

Tang Contemporary Art is pleased to announce The Body to Be Shaped, a solo exhibition of new works by Wu Wei, on view to 20 August 2026

06/30/2026

Summer in Beijing: Six Must-See Institutional Shows

A rediscovered modern realist, bodies in displacement, and geological deep time. MICHELE CHAN

06/30/2026

Ding Yi: Against the Image | on the evolution of the Shanghainese artist’s cross-hatched rhythms of urban and cosmic transformation

On the evolution of the Shanghainese artist’s cross-hatched rhythms of urban and cosmic transformation. Louis Lu

06/30/2026

Ai Weiwei to Reenact His Detention in First Durational Performance

A new Ai Weiwei performance hitting Manchester on July 3 will mark the first time the dissident artist reenacts his 2011 jail time.

06/16/2026

Ai Weiwei "Washington Crossing the Delaware" (2023) LEGO artwork at Michener Art Museum

Ai Weiwei (b. 1957), Washington Crossing the Delaware, 2023. Toy bricks, 267 ¾ × 157 ½ inches. Installation view, Faurschou New York. Courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio.