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The first-ever exhibition dedicated to bapo (or “eight brokens”) painting, a revolutionary artistic genre that emerged in China during the mid-19th century

The Chinese art collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is one of the finest outside East Asia, with particularly superb holdings of paintings…

Explore multiple artworks in the MFA’s Art of China collection depicting Guanyin the bodhisattva of compassion, including the 12th-century sculpture…

The Carpenter gallery is usually home to Chinese paintings, of which the Museum of Fine Arts holds one of the world’s great collections. The current…

Early China developed or imported a variety of belief systems that were often practiced as mutually compatible, from indigenous beliefs like ancestor…

5. Minister Kibi’s Adventures in China Credits

BOSTON (January 14, 2019) The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has officially announced that Alfilo Brands will serve as the Museum’s exclusive…

The poem “Homecoming” by Tao Qian (Chinese, AD 365–427) describes the poet’s dramatic decision as a government official, frustrated with corruption…

Issue: How is This Political?

Just as the stories of many No plays—peopled with historic and legendary figures, gods, spirits, and ghosts—are drawn from the classical literature of…

To spend an evening in the company of artist and animator Wu Junyong is to enter a world steeped in mythological characters and creatures. Wu Junyong…