Posts Tagged ‘Culture’

The auction of the two bronzes in the house Christie’s is a lesson for the world

March 12th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
China said Monday that the auction of two bronzes, looted in 1860 in the old Summer Palace, by Christie last week was a lesson for the world, including the French.
Zhao Qizheng, spokesman for the 2nd session of the 11th National Committee of the...

The Arts District 798: conflict between an artist and real estate neighborhood

March 12th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
A recent article published on the blog Guang Hao, an artist residing in the Arts District 798, has provoked the interest of the public on the tensions between artists and the real estate of area 798.
Since 2007, Hao wrote a series of articles cr...

The Chinese patriot who was the bidder relics opposes sale

March 12th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The mysterious buyer of the two Chinese bronzes that have been auctioned at Christie’s auction house Christie’sin Paris last week revealed Monday, March 2 identity. He is a patriot who was an art collector who wanted to prevent the sale.

An exhibition of contemporary Chinese art and Benin in Cotonou

March 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
A joint exhibition of contemporary paintings Sino-Beninese called “Listen and vitality” of painters Benin Ponce Zannou and Chinese Beibei Yang was held last Saturday at the Chinese Cultural Center of Cotonou.
Fifty contemporary paint...

Juliette Binoche will perform a dance in the Crossroads Festival 2009 in China

March 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Juliette Binoche, famous French actress, invited by the French Film Panorama 2009 will present a modern dance performance in the Theater of Beijing Meilanfang of 3 to 5 April 2009 and the Oriental Art Center Shanghai on 27 and 28 March.
This was...

The Forbidden City of Beijing sign a cooperation agreement with that of Taipei

March 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
On March 2, the Forbidden City of Beijing and Taipei that have agreed to 8 programs of cooperation in an interview that took place at the Imperial Palace in Taipei. Moreover, the Forbidden City of Taipei will borrow 37 pieces of antiquities through an...

Shanghai: the library goes digital

March 10th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
enthusiasts playing in Shanghai will soon realize their dream of putting in their pockets an entire library. On Friday, the Shanghai Library has launched a loan service of digital books to make reading much more convenient.
A first sample of pla...

“That’s life”: Exhibition of Madame Figaro in Beijing

March 10th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
An exhibition entitled “That’s life”, organized by the magazine Madame Figaro, took place last weekend in Beijing.
What exactly is life? According to the magazine Madame Figaro, life is a maze.
At the launch of the famous...

Both sculptures were auctioned to Cai Mingchao

March 10th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Cai Mingchao, a founding advisor for China specializing in the recovery of works or objects of art looted, participated in the auction of the sculptures in the shape of heads of rabbits and rats, and was their highest bidder, “said Niu Xianfeng,...

China: the buyer of the two parts of the old Summer Palace in Paris awarded refuses to pay

March 10th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
A Chinese, who bought the two bronze pieces looted from the old Summer Palace Yuanmingyuan and put up for auction in Paris last week, said Monday he was not prepared to pay.
Buyer, Cai Mingchao, an adviser to the National Property Fund, had been...