Leonardo da Vinci – Charm

Opinion | Can Hong Kong museum-goers put away the phones and see the art?

Cs news2 months ago03 mins

Richard Serra once said in an interview with Charlie Rose, “Art is purposely useless”. What the artist known for his colossal sculptures meant was that, unlike architecture, art can escape from all constraints and restrictions and be free. Well, Serra would eat his words if he had a chance to see what museum visitors are…

From da Vinci to George Lucas, the myth and allure of China’s Dunhuang endures

Cs news9 months ago02 mins

The ancient city of Dunhuang, which for centuries welcomed Western merchants travelling along the legendary silk road to China, could be a “perfect platform” to improve China-US relations, according to an American research professor. Neil Schmid is the first and only Western scholar hired by the Dunhuang Academy in northwest China’s Gansu province to study…