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Wang Ying’s (王英) first solo exhibition is held in the Beauty Tao Art Center in Beijing from August 28 to September 22. The exhibition has included almost 60 works covering oil paintings and sketches and is a first-time review of her art.

Almost everyone knows the famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (艾未未), who is active in various artistic disciplines and whose Sunflower Seeds consisting of one hundred million porcelain “seeds” has made great hits in galleries around the world, but few may be familiar with his biological brother Ai Xuan (艾轩), who has chosen another road of a completely different style.

The 14th Beijing International Art Exposition was held at Beijing China World Trade Center from August 18 to August 22, 2011. The exposition has attracted both domestic and foreign art institutions and individual artists to have their best works of various forms on display.

On August 6, 2011, an opening ceremony for the Second Academic Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Prints was held in the Today Art Museum in Beijing.

On August 6, 2011, an opening ceremony for the Second Academic Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Prints was held in the Today Art Museum in Beijing.

One of the most influential writers in China, Han Han published his new book 1988: I Want to Talk with the World in 2010, 10 years after his debut novel Triple Door, which is a scathing satire of Chinese educational system. The novel tells a road trip taken by the narrator with a pregnant prostitute driving a car he named 1988.

Liu Xiaodong (刘小东), the Chinese painter who is said to “paint the psychic landscape of new China”, is one of the finest modern artists in China. His work Eat First is going to be exhibited in the New Horizon—China Contemporary Art Exhibition in Australia.

Far from the madding crowds, Peking University Ph. D. Wang Qingsong and his wife chose to live in the mountains for over two decades, and enjoy their precious peace of both body and mind.