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China is reported to have opened 382 new museums in 2022 alone. It shows no signs of slowing down.
Cao Fei’s first retrospective in Australia, My City is Yours at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, sets out to overstimulate the senses.
Soviet socialist realist art is often maligned. But there is much to celebrate in this style of art, writes Alison Carroll. Here are her top picks from our own region.
The first Chinese object was acquired by the year-old gallery in 1862. A new exhibition looks at this history – and towards the future.
The tradition of performing in a mask, from china to France, shows how it can be just as evocative and entertaining.
Guan Wei’s art, now on display at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, crosses both Chinese and Australian cultures, working together in harmony, best described as an aspect of feng shui.
The first major loan to Australia from a repository of canonical art works of Chinese culture deserves to be seen by all those interested in Chinese art.
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Senior Research Fellow, Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Art History and Curatorial Studies, Australian National University
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Reader in Fashion Narratives, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, School of Art & Design, UNSW
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Teaching Associate, Faculty of Education, Southern Cross University
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Professor Emeritus, Asian Art History, University of Sydney