The nearly 1,000-year-old ink painting by Su Shi fetched US$ ... is one of the most important cultural figures in Chinese history. He was an esteemed scholar, poet, writer, painter, calligrapher ...

As restraints loosened in the early 1970s, Wu rededicated himself to his work, focusing intently on the ancient Chinese medium of ink. "It was very much the opposite of what younger artists were doing ...

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central ...

"Because ink is native to Chinese characteristics, viewing it conjures the feeling of its history," Bellec says. Many Chinese artists stayed in Paris and "while they were there, they did new ...

Xi Jinping general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee has stressed sound protection of and in-depth research on ancient bam ...