Jade Cong King: A Tribute to Mother Earth

With arms outstretched, the man fills the irreconcilable spaces of a circle and a square -- symbolizing the Renaissance-era belief in the mutable nature of humankind

from Art, to Color, Architecture to Design 

Short BBC Video

A short film by National Geographic

Architectural genius behind the five-storied Pagoda

Ai Weiwei  - TED Talk dated 2011, regarding his precarious situation in China as a social comentarist artist.

Artist Interview

Senior specialist in Contemporary Asian Art Heather Russell sat down with New York-based Japanese artist Mariko Mori to discuss her solo exhibition at the Japan Society, Rebirth: Recent Work by Mariko Mori.

Faith Ringgold reads her 1991 children's book Tar Beach

Politicized Landscapes | Art21

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JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT AND ANDY WARHOL 'Zenith', 1985

“He was the master of us all,” said Christian Dior about the legendary Spanish designer Cristóbal Balenciaga. According to fashion editor Diana Vreeland, he “brought the style of Spain into the lives of everyone who wore his designs.” Balenciaga constantly referenced Spanish culture and art history, reviving historical techniques and styles – and reinterpreting them into such masterfully modern creations that his contemporaries bowed down in awe.