Google Guilty of Artistic Whitewash – General

Picasso was scared of him with good reason - now Qi Baishi is only just behind him in art sales ranking Qi Baishi is not a name that many Western aficionados of art can recognise, let alone pronounce. This son of Chinese peasants, who received no formal artistic training, has just become the third bestselling artist in the world at auction.

There have been a lot of (articles bemoaning the commercialization of Chinese art and the 798 art district. This article takes another look at the issue and, in the light of the possible impending destruction of Caochangdi, the fact the things people complain about with 798 may have saved it, and to a certain extent, saved Chinese contemporary art.

A young girl's story of her argument with French people who discriminate against Chinese people on an flight to France a few weeks after the Olympic torch relay and protests. The French believe Chinese are all brainwashed and that France did not steal China's art because China gave it to France as gifts.

The project coordinators selected Chinese sculptor Lei Yixin in 2007 to be the Sculptor of Record for the memorial that would stand between the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials on the Mall.