Art, architecture and travel in China
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in China - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to China.
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Open Architecture's UCCA Dune is a constellation of concrete caves
By Catherine Shaw Last updated
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Playing it spool inside Annakiki’s thread-stacked boutique
By Laura Hawkins Last updated
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Neri & Hu unveils Aranya Art Center in China
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Letter from Macau: ambitious architecture, daring design, and fast entertainment
By Yoko Choy Last updated
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In memoriam: IM Pei (1917-2019)
Architect of the Louvre Pyramid and the Bank of China in Hong Kong, IM Pei was a rare beacon of rigorous yet refined creativity rooted in an analytical approach to time, place and purpose. Widely admired, Pei received every important professional award over his career including the gold medal of the American Institute of Architects (1979) and the Pritzker Prize (1983)
By Catherine Shaw Last updated
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Cai Guo-Qiang’s VR fireworks bring together advanced technology and traditional craft
Sleepwalking in the Forbidden City is the Chinese artist's first virtual reality work, created in collaboration with HTC Vive Arts, a colourful daytime fireworks performance with a surprising physical dimension
By TF Chan Last updated
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Christian Marclay pays homage to Edvard Munch with new series of woodcuts
By Catherine Shaw Last updated
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Design Shanghai 2015: Fantasy flowers, deco and a dragon - the top picks of this year's fair
By Catherine Shaw Last updated
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Sarah Crowner binds painting and performance in her vibrant stitched canvases
Hong Kong’s Simon Lee Gallery debuts new works by the Brooklyn-based artist in ‘Paintings for the Stage’
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Büro Ole Scheeren’s Guardian Art Center completes in Beijing
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Takashi Murakami goes for gold in immersive Hong Kong show
From monumental sculptures to floral fantasies, step into the Japanese art star’s hypersaturated universe at Tai Kwun Contemporary
By Catherine Shaw Last updated
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Atelier Tao+c designs monochrome multi-brand boutique in Zhengzhou
By Cat Nelson Last updated
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1960s Hong Kong landmark re-opens as a hotel
By TF Chan Last updated
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Metallic moments: Michael Young presents the evolution of aluminium
By Sujata Burman Last updated
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Gucci and Maurizio Cattelan explore the power of appropriation in Shanghai show
By Yoko Choy Last updated
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Whipped peaks form Zaha Hadid Architects’ Meixihu cultural centre
In Changsha, southern China, Zaha Hadid Architects’ Meixihu cultural centre design features three sculptural structures formed of sweeping organic curves housing a contemporary art museum and two theatres
By SuhYoung Yun Last updated
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The China List: Jean Paul Gaultier, Fashion
Wallpaper* and China’s Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development Fund (CHSDF) present China By Design—a celebration of Chinese cultural heritage and the many global creatives who have been inspired by it.
By Laura Hawkins Last updated
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Neri & Hu designs the The Sukhothai hotel brand’s Shanghai outpost
By Cat Nelson Last updated
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Quiet contemplation: Vector Architects' beachside library in China makes the perfect reading retreat
By Frederika Fraser Last updated
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Celestial being: Ennead Architects reveal stellar plans for the Shanghai Planetarium
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Top 9 Chinese designers at Design Shanghai
By Yoko Choy Last updated
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Champagne and caramel: Hermès’ delectably hued Hong Kong boutique
By Catherine Shaw Last updated
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Dine within termite-like mounds in Yunnan Province restaurant
Step inside immersive, red brick land art structures by local artist Luo Xu
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Wang Shu on modern Chinese architecture
Wang Shu, Pritzker Prize-winner and co-founder of Amateur Architecture Studio, talks modern Chinese architecture with Wallpaper* China editor Yoko Choy, following the pair’s contributions to Beauty and the East, a new book published by Gestalten
By Yoko Choy Last updated
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Hsiao Chin and Mark Rothko: a meeting of minds
A major retrospective of pioneering Chinese abstract artist Hsiao Chin's work has opened at the Mark Rothko Art Centre in Latvia. A new film exploring the artist’s practice and global influences can be found on the Wallpaper* Instagram
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Studio MVW’s Aoyama Lab dessert bar channels French design in Beijing
By Michael Yeung Last updated
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’Esprit Dior’ exhibition opens in Shanghai
By Alice McInerney Last updated