arts

Video: Iron Man 3's China Push is Sign of Things to Come for Hollywood

ChinaFile Managing Editor Jonathan Landreth tells Huffington Post Live he expects Hollywood producers such as those that made Iron Man 3 to continue to look for ways to tap into China's growing moviegoing market. more

Catherine Maudsley and Melissa Lee at Asia Society Hong Kong Center on April 13, 2013. (Asia Society Hong Kong Center)

Discussion: Art in Hong Kong Today and Tomorrow

Catherine Maudsley and Melissa Lee discussed opportunities for emerging talent in Hong Kong's art scene. more

Workshop: Collecting Chinese Art in Hong Kong

Collectors, dealers, auction houses, and academics participated in a workshop on Hong Kong's role in Chinese art collecting. more

Charles "Lil Buck" Riley (L) teaches Stephen Colbert how to jook Thursday, February 21, 2013, in New York.

Video: Lil Buck Dances From Memphis to China to Stephen Colbert

Watch a variety of videos featuring Charles "Lil Buck" Riley, who traveled to China in 2011 with Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations and recently appeared on The Colbert Report. more

A Kathputli colony puppeteer in New Delhi. (Joshua Cogan)

Interview: New Film Documents Removal of Kathputli Artists' Colony in New Delhi

The forthcoming 'Tomorrow We Disappear' investigates the city's destruction of the Kathputli colony of magicians, artists and puppeteers in New Delhi. more

A young Afghan boy smells a flower in the Oshay Bazaar, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, April 26, 2011. (DVIDSHUB/Flickr)

Interview: The Story Behind 'Poetry of the Taliban'

Two Kandahar-based researchers have complied an anthology of poems by the Afghan Taliban exploring a wide range of themes from "unrequited love and bloody vengeance" to "religion and nationalism, even a desire for non-violence." more