Dan Eckstein's Picture China

Dan Eckstein is documenting his six-week journey through China. His photos are not the usual snapshots by some tourist passersby. You can see his deeper understanding of the culture through his "Beijing Hutongs" including this one.

Pompidou centre to open site in Shanghai

The Paris-based centre, which is Europe's biggest contemporary art museum, told AFP it could confirm that "discussions were very advanced on setting up in Shanghai". "China is destined to become a major player on the world artistic scene," the centre said in a communique. Art from the 20th and 21st centuries is due to be exhibited at the Chinese branch of the Pompidou centre with works from the Paris museum as well as other exhibits which are more specific to China.

Wang Jin: PVC Robe (phoenix)

This piece is part of a series called "Chinese Dream". For Wang Jin, the combination of the perfect contemporary material with an iconic shape from Chinese tradition, the Beijing opera robe, represents the path that tradition takes. In contemporary society, tradition is often shunned when actually every minute that passes becomes part of tradition. The flow of tradition through contemporary life is inevitable and important. Wang Jin is almost indifferent to the fact that plastic is transparent, he chose plastic because it is plastic and has substance, contemporary substance.