Prada Rong Zhai opens in Shanghai
RONG Zhai, a unique Western-style garden villa in Shanghai, has been renovated and revived by Prada, Milan-based global fashion brand, and an architect specialising in renovation, Roberto Baciocchi. Rong Zhai ...
Chaumet design competition celebrates its Imperial Splendours exhibition, Beijing
CELEBRATED French high jewellery company Chaumet has opened a unique exhibition, Imperial Splendours: The Art of Jewellery Since The 18th Century, in Beijing. And to celebrate the show, which opened t...
Glass reviews multi-media artist Zhuang Hong Yi’s latest show Raw at Unit London
ONE MAY fear that a gallery presenting a show of the same name, by the same artist, and in the same space may have overcooked an idea. For the second time since opening their flagship space on Wardour Street,...
Glass talks to Chinese superstar singer-songwriter Jay Chou
WHEN a press conference reaches a fevered climax and a stampede seems imminent, that’s when Glass finds itself ducking for cover to dodge both overseas fans and Chinese press. Both were united in admiration of ...
The Glass Guide to Art Central Hong Kong 2017
UPCOMING in its third year, Art Central Hong Kong will run from March 21 until 25, with programming extending into April. An event intent on the democracy of artistic experience, the galleries and artists it pl...
From the archive: Architecture with a Difference – Glass meets Thomas Heatherwick
Architecture with a Difference – Glass meets Thomas Heatherwick, whose unorthodox approach to architectural and urban design is testing the boundaries of the field, one staggering project after anothe...
Glass stays at the Rosewood, Beijing
THE perfect balance between the traditional and the modern – that would be the most suitable description of the Rosewood Beijing a newly opened 22-storey hotel, and you can encounter this symbiosis in every det...
Glass meets … landscape virtuoso James Corner
Winning without Losing – Landscape virtuoso James Corner on how reusing and readapting our public spaces can be powerful tools for democracy, authenticity and wellbeing ON the 9th floor of 475 10th Avenue, N...
Glass exclusive – we speak to the illuminating artist Cai Guo-Qiang
Explosions in the Sky – How illuminating artist Cai Guo-Qiang is bridging the gap between China and the Middle East CAI Guo-Qiang’s art has always been successful at drawing attention. His largest audience t...
From the Archive – Glass looks the legendary talent and legacy of screen star Ruan Lingyu
Imitation of Life – Silent film actress Ruan Lingyu became a screen icon far ahead of her time. Glass examines the legendary talent and legacy of one of China’s greatest movie stars RUAN Lingyu had yet...
From the Archive – Glass interviews Wang Guangyi of the Political Pop movement
Artist of Wizardry – Wang Guangyi, China’s leading protagonist of the Political Pop movement, speaks candidly about his life, his art – and his criticisms, not of Chinese communism, but of the Western love of c...
From the Glass Archive – The Power of Vision: how China became a major art world player
The Power of Vision – Part two of a Glass exploration to reveal just how China became one of the most powerful art markets in the world A prosperous present IN THE last ten years we have seen a phenomenal r...
Glass investigates the rise of haute couture in China
Couture in China – Glass investigates the rise of couture in China and asks whether Asia could provide a lifeline for fashion’s highest art form HAUTE couture, French for “high sewing” has long been synonymous...
From the Glass Archive: Rethinking China – Glass looks at the country’s love of philosophy
Rethinking China – “Study the past if you would define the future” – Confucius (551 – 479 BC) MODERN China adores education. Learning for Chinese students constitutes an immemorial praxis of the highest cultur...
Glass talks to Jean-Francois Lanzetta, founder of Inhedited – maker of some of the world’s finest notebooks
“AND HOW are you with Suminagashi?” he asked. “Good, I think” she laughed down the line. He smiled to himself, knowing that he might just have found the missing ingredient for what was soon to become his firs...
Glass takes a gastronomic tour of Hong Kong – Aberdeen Street Social
It’s pretty much true to say that in Hong Kong you have everything you could ask for on your doorstep. This, being the general consensus, is what makes so many foreign thrill seekers so attracted to living ther...
Glass meets accessory designer Youmeng Liu
Glass meets Youmeng Liu, a promising young accessory designer who has recently graduated from London College of Fashion (LCF). Handbags have now become as throwaway as plastic shopping bags it really is no s...
Glass interviews star of The Hateful Eight – Zoe Bell
Diving into the stunt-double scene during her tender teenage years, wildly funny and down-to-earth, Zoe Bell has developed from stunt-woman into a multi-talented actress and budding producer, while harbouring d...
How has China become the most powerful art market in the world?
From the Glass Archive: The Power of Vision – Part one of a Glass exploration to reveal just how China became the most powerful art market in the world A sleeping giant has awakened in the East. From the as...
The authority of boldness
From the Glass archive: The authority of boldness – In a conversation with Glass, revered Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas talks about power, ethics and conciliatory architecture There is no common sty...
An era without memories – Glass reviews a new book of contemporary photography depicting the rapid urbanisation of China
THE urban transformation of China in the past few decades has been given rise to countless books, articles, and arresting testimonies. An Era Without Memories documents this in photographic form, showcasing the...