ARTS

Framing Contrast: Photographer Yan Jiacheng on the Search for Authenticity

The work of Guangzhou-based photographer Yan Jiacheng captures life on the fringes through documentary and conceptual methods

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Beyond the Frame: Shuare Shizhu’s World in Wide Strokes

Shuare Shizhu blends his rural Yi heritage with bold, urban strokes informed by the absurdities of modern life

GALLERY

Written on the Walls: How Graffiti in China Went Mainstream

With artists enjoying lucrative commissions from governments and brands, and attracting millions of followers online, some are asking whether China’s graffiti art has forgotten its counter-cultural roots

ARTS

Coloring Outside the Digital Lines: Why Chinese NFT Artists Look Abroad

Regulations and low quality in the Chinese digital scene has led the brightest of the nation’s crypto-artists to pin their hopes on international markets

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ARTS

Collecting Trends: How Middle Class Buyers Influence China’s Art Market

Young, middle class collectors are bending China’s art market to their own tastes

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ARTS

Photo Shop: Art in the Age of the Influencer

Museums in China increasingly rely on social media to bring in visitors, but there is a cost to going viral

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ARTS

A Token Project: Can NFT Art Flourish in China?

NFTs are increasingly popular in China’s art world, but their dubious legal status may stop them from taking off

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GALLERY

Zhao Xiaoli Blurs the Line Between Online Influencer and Artist

With millions of followers, Zhao Xiaoli is China’s most popular artist on Douyin—so why do art critics not rate her work?

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GALLERY

Beyond High Fashion: Li Xiaoliang’s New Way of Seeing

Beyond a glitzy career in fashion photography, Li Xiaoliang points his lens at gritty Chinese realities and faded Western illusions

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GALLERY

Life, Entangled: Artist Liang Shaoji on Working with Silkworms

Artist Liang Shaoji talks to TWOC about using the symbolism of silk to lay bare Earth’s evolution