Shuttered in the city’s crackdown on independent initiatives, the artist-run space provided a model for low-budget, experimental art making

‘Hong allows revelations to emerge from the most unassuming descriptions of facts’

The glitter of Shanghai’s international art week masks darker changes in the cultural sphere of the People’s Republic 

With the recent razing of suburban slums, tightening censorship and the sad passing of Geng Jianyi, a year of reflection in the Chinese capital

Ming Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, China

Ahead of the inaugural Beijing Gallery Weekend, contributing editor Carol Yinghua Lu selects the best new shows in the city

From Ink Studio to Boers-Li Gallery to the Red Brick Art Museum – the best current shows in the Chinese capital

Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China & Big Tail Elephant Group, Guangdong Times Museum

Critic and curator Li Xianting speaks to Carol Yinghua Lu about tradition, change and leaving the art world

Contributing editor Carol Yinghua Lu shares her picks of the current shows in South China

frieze contributing editor Carol Yinghua Lu rounds up the best shows on view in the city

Shanghai Center of Photography, China

Galleria Continua & Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

Chinese Academy of Oil Painting, Beijing, China

Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Beijing, China

ShanghART, Beijing, China