In August 1502, 75-year-old Shen Zhou, a cultural icon and painting-calligraphy master based in today's Suzhou city, eastern China's Jiangsu province, lost his eldest son to disease. The panda is an ...

A leaf from Shen Zhou's painted album showing a signature view of Jiangnan is curator Clarissa von Spee's choice for the cover of catalog of the exhibition China's Southern Paradise: Treasures From ...

Shen was frankly disappointed at this reaction. "Most Chinese people's concept of art is still confined to decoration. It has to do with our art education and is beyond my control.

Ceramics and more from the Ming dynasty, including a Shen Zhou hand scroll, and a gallery devoted to the art of Zhu Qizhan – the Hong Kong Museum of Art is celebrating its 60th anniversary with ...