At the artist’s first institutional show in China, real life slips into the shadows of a digital world seeking to supplant it
Shuttered in the city’s crackdown on independent initiatives, the artist-run space provided a model for low-budget, experimental art making
Ahead of Gallery Weekend Beijing, a run-down of the best exhibitions in China’s capital
An exhibition at Boers-Li Gallery, Beijing, reflects on the rising voyeurism within changing media structures
Why did Beijing’s M WOODS museum recently mount two simultaneous exhibitions focusing on the ancient Buddhist site of Kizil, Xinjiang Province?
At Beijing's Magician Space, demonstrating how products are more than their simple functions and exploring the hegemonic power of language
The Beijing-based artist’s films draw on the emotional strategies of pop culture to explore identity and belonging in a hyper-mediatized world
The dissident artist has posted a series of videos on Instagram documenting diggers demolishing his studio in the Songzhuang district
A number of galleries have recently been marked for demolition, and a number more fear for their long-term survival
A mix of unashamed nudes and demure portraits, Zhao Gang's paintings take in 21st-century China with feigned crudeness and humour
Ahead of the second edition of Gallery Weekend Beijing, the pick of the shows to see in the city
With the recent razing of suburban slums, tightening censorship and the sad passing of Geng Jianyi, a year of reflection in the Chinese capital
From explorations into the varied meanings of ‘Asia’ to an uncomfortably personal solo show, highlights of the best shows across the city
Following government plans for a greener less-crowded capital, artists are finding themselves squeezed out
How the absence of colour is just the start of the journey that Cao Fei is taking with the BMW Art Car #18
Long March Space, Beijing, China
Ahead of the inaugural Beijing Gallery Weekend, contributing editor Carol Yinghua Lu selects the best new shows in the city
The rise of Shanghai and the sad passing of Chen Shaoxiong
From Ink Studio to Boers-Li Gallery to the Red Brick Art Museum – the best current shows in the Chinese capital
frieze contributing editor Carol Yinghua Lu rounds up the best shows on view in the city
