Ink painting

Why traditional Chinese artist Bada Shanren’s eye-rolling birds are attracting a wave of young visitors, 400 years on

The largest ever show on 17th-century Chinese master Bada Shanren has found unexpected resonance with a new generation, inspiring popular memes and merchandise

Xiaoyuan Cathy Fan

Asian artarchive

Gao Xingjian won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2000 but he has also revived abstract painting though his Eastern sensibility and technique

“We exist in a state of barbarity, where art is on the point of not loving art”

Cristina Carrillo