A new print ad for French automaker Citroen has been pulled from several Spanish newspapers amidst complaints from Chinese netizens over the artsy portrayal of Chairman Mao. As you can see in the image, Citroen modifies the famous likeness of Mao that looms over Tiananmen Square in Beijing, adding a scowl to his face, […]

I don’t mean to be rude, but I can’t really see anything in this painting. But I suppose I’ve never been quite sure as to why the Mona Lisa is the Western world’s “Mona Lisa.” It’s a beautiful painting, sure, Leonardo’s magnum opus, but the puzzling facial expression of Lisa Gherardini (think I […]

A live-animal art installation by internationally renown Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping was closed Sunday as animal rights groups deemed the exhibit cruel. The “Theater of the World” exhibit, on display at the Vancouver Art Gallery, featured several live animals such as scorpions, tarantulas, crickets and lizards together in a small cage without sufficient […]

Because really, what could be more Chinese than Martin Luther King and the American black civil rights movement? So Chinese. And not only will the sculptor be Chinese, but the stone as well. China’s all over this one. On Thursday, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts chose China’s “national treasure” Master […]

Mao was groovier than people gave him credit for. Don’t think that Mao didn’t get a Warhol made. Andy Warhol’s portrait of Chinese leader Mao Zedong is set to be auctioned off in New York City by Christie’s auction house. The portrait, made in 1972, is currently owned by the Swiss Daros […]