China is putting a US-based artist on trial for a sculpture he made 15 years ago, and the world is learning about it | Fanboy Attack

China is putting a US-based artist on trial for a sculpture he made 15 years ago, and the world is learning about it | Fanboy Attack

Image courtesy of futureatlas.com, CC BY 2.0. | Published: April 19, 2026 7:15 p.m. Gao Zhen, a 69-year-old artist and permanent resident of the United States, recently faced a secret trial in China for “insulting the heroes and martyrs of the revolution.” As detailed by the BBC and Human Rights Watch, the charges stem from … Read more

Movement in painting that everyone should know

Movement in painting that everyone should know

How to Be Cultured Menu Art [–> Chinese Literati Painting 900s-Early 1900s One of the longest-running movements in art history, it combined poetry and painting into a single image. “The very idea of a movement that acknowledged the equivalence of poetry, drawing and calligraphy” is “unique,” says Chika Okeke-Agulu, 59, a professor of art history at Princeton University. … Read more