China Art Now, 1977–2024
Please visit the Museums + Gardens page for an extensive list of museums that host shows of contemporary Chinese art
Artist websites + gallery pages
Ai Weiwei 艾未未 (look for him on X and Instagram)
_ao_ao_ing 老妖精
Cai Guo-QIang 蔡国强
Cao Fei 曹斐
Chen Shaoxiong 陈劭雄
Cheng Xinyi 程心怡
Cui Jie 崔洁
Cui Xiuwen 崔岫闻
Feng Mengbo 冯梦波
Gu Wenda 谷文达
Guan Yong Fei 关泳霏
Guan Xiao 关小
Han Bing 韩冰
Hong Hao 洪浩
Huang Shih Chieh 黄世傑
Huang Yong Ping 黄永砯
Jiang Zhi 蒋志
Jin Aowen 金翱文
Jin Xi 金夕
Kongkee 江记
Lee Mingwei 李明维
Li Jin李津
Li Ming 李明
Li Shan 李山
Li Shuang 李爽
Li Wei 李玮
Li Yong Xiang 李泳翔
Lin Tianmiao 林天苗
Lin Zhipeng (aka 223) 林志鹏
Liu Bolin 刘勃麟
Liu Chuang 刘窗
Liu Xiaodong 刘小东
Lu Yang 陆扬
Ma Liuming 马六明, Fen-Ma Liuming 芬-马六明
Maleonn 马良
Peng Zuqiang 彭祖强
Polit-Sheer-Form Office (Beijing Commune 北京公社)
Qiu Anxiong 邱黯雄
Qiu Zhijie 邱志杰
Sheng Qi 盛奇
Song Dong 宋东
Sui Jianguo 随建国
Sun Wai Kin, Tate Shot
Howie Tsui (Tsui Ho Yan 徐浩恩)
Wu Tsang 曾吴
Wang Gongxin 王功新
Wang Guangyi 王广义
Wang Keping 王克平
Wang Qingsong 王庆松
Wang Shang 王墒
Wang Xingwei 王兴伟
Xie Xiaoze 谢晓泽
Xing Danwen 邢丹文
Xing Yilu 邢艺露
Xiyadie 西亞蝶
Xu Bing 徐冰
Yang Fudong 杨福东
Yang Yongliang 杨泳梁
Yao Lu 姚璐
Yin Xiuzhen 尹秀珍
Yu Hong 喻红
Yu Honglei 尉洪磊
Yue Minjun 岳敏君
Zeng Han 曾翰
Zhang Hongtu 张宏图
Zhang Huan 张洹
Zhang Jianhua 张建华
Zhao Bandi 赵半狄
Zheng Chongbin 郑重宾
Zheng Guogu 郑国谷
Zhou Siwei 周思维
See my blog STARING AT THE CEILING for short essays on artworks of Michael Cherney, Guan Yong Fei, Jin Xi, Xing Yilu, Zhang Jingyu, and Zheng Chongbin. Please visit the PUBLICATIONS page for a list of articles and interviews with Xie Xiaoze, Feng Mengbo, Zheng Chongbin, Zhou Yi and Peter Krieder (and forthcoming at positions, an article on Bovey Lee, _ao_ao_ing, and Yin Xiuzhen). Finally, check out ecoArt China for writing on Michael Cherney, Yao Lu, Wen Fang, Zhou Liang, Zheng Chongbin, and Bovey Lee.
Architects
see CHINESE ARCHITECTS 建筑师 website (English & Chinese)
Yung Ho Chang 张永和, Feichang jianzhu atelier 非常建筑
Liu Jiakun 刘家琨, Jiakun Associates 家琨建筑设计事务所
Wang Shu 王澍, Amateur Architecture
Yu Kongjian 俞孔坚, Turenscape 土人设计
Zhu Pei 朱锫 and Wu Tong 吴桐, Studio Pei-Zhu 朱锫建筑事务所
Contemporary Art Galleries
Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong
10 Chancery Lane Gallery Hong Kong
Alisan Fine Arts Hong Kong
Antenna Space Shanghai
Art Beatus Hong Kong, Vancouver BC
Art Labor 2.0 Shanghai
Art Scene Warehouse Shanghai
Beijing Commune Beijing
Chambers Fine Art Beijing
China Art Archives and Warehouse Beijing
Ethan Cohen Gallery Hong Kong
Galerie Urs Meile Lucerne, Beijing
Galleria Continua Beijing
Grotto Fine Art Hong Kong
Hanart TZ Gallery Hong Kong
Ink Studio Beijing
Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery Hong Kong
Long March Space Beijing
M50 Creative Space Shanghai
m97 Art Space Shanghai
Opera Gallery international
Pace Gallery Beijing
Red Gate Gallery Beijing
Three on the Bund Shanghai
Three Shadows Photography Art Centre Beijing
Videotage Hong Kong
Vitamin Creative Space Guangzhou, Beijing
Wan Fung Art Gallery Beijing
Wellside Gallery Shanghai
West Bund Art & Design Shanghai
Journals
Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art
Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (for full access, search UA Library database)
Exhibition Archives
Gwangju Biennale (Gwangju, South Korea)
Hong Kong: Art Basel Hong Kong
Shanghai Biennale (14th Biennale, Cosmos Cinema)
Image Archives: Library and Academic Institutions
Asian art in the Undergraduate Curriculum Project IDEAS project (search collections)
Cities/Buildings Image Archive University of Washington, Meredith L. Clausen's archive of architectural images from all over the world, including Burma, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet.
Image Databases: Nonprofit Organizations and Other Fun Sites
1989 Tiananmen Protests Long Bow Group
Asia Art Archive Hong Kong
AWARE: Archives of Women Artists, Research, and Exhibitions
Chinese Taipei Film Archive (CFTA) Taiwan (Chinese language site)
Freewaves Film, Media, and Video Art Festivals (features work of Cui Xiuwen, Chuang Wen-yo, Jiang Zhi, Liu Wei, Pan Hsin-Ping, Qiu Zhijie, Wang Jianwei, Yang Zhenzhong, Zhou Xiaohu, and others)
Pop! The First Male Pregnancy Lee Mingwei
Zuni Icosahedron (in Chinese & English) "an independent cultural collective... developing new frontiers for the cultural scene in Hong Kong and abroad"