Asia is not a singular story to be decoded, Xiaowen Zhu argues, but a plural condition to be encountered on its own terms.

Celebrating the bold patterns, luxurious materials and meticulous techniques that went into crafting carpets for historic ...

Inspired by the mural art in Dunhuang, Gansu province, a key hub along the ancient trade route, she has been designing silk works that facilitate cultural exchanges between China and Central Asia.

The National Museum of Asian Art @smithsonian has returned Zidanku Silk Manuscript Vol. II and III—the earliest known Chinese silk texts and the only surviving silk manuscripts from China’s ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has deaccessioned fragments of the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts (fourth–third century B.C.E.) from its collection and formally transferred them to the ...

Two volumes of 2,300-year-old silk books – the earliest known in China – arrived in Beijing from the United States in the early hours of Sunday, marking the end of their 79-year journey abroad.

In Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Hour 1, Lark Mason III appraises a Chinese Manchu semi formal silk surcoat, ca. 1880. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American ...

The exhibit explores the early days of U.S.-China trade with a focus on Connecticut merchants and sailors who participated in ...

Traditional Chinese dressmaking isn’t just beautiful—it’s a legacy of precision, elegance, and cultural depth. In this video, we dive into the art of constructing a 1930s-style Qipao (Cheongsam) using ...

Read about five ultra-contemporary artists who are making waves in both institutions and the art market in China and beyond.

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) in Washington, DC, has deaccessioned from its collection fragments of contested ancient Chinese artefacts known as the Zidanku Silk ...

In northeast China, "Ice City" Harbin, also famed as a "City of Music" in Asia, is seeing crowds of participants from 39 ...