Luxury on form
“Ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen.” So goes the motto at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in China’s capital, Beijing. Chinese culture treats concepts such as lady-like and gentlemanly behaviour with not...
Wang Qingsong at Beetles + Huxley
This September, Beetles + Huxley will showcase a retrospective of Wang Qingsong’s works. The artist works primarily in photography and film, creating cinematic and darkly humorous works. They are known for thei...
A fresh look into modern China
The Chinese Photobook: From the 1900s to the Present
The Chinese photobook emerges from a rich and diverse history that has still been largely unexplored. Ranging from personal artist prints and albums t...
Sweet and sour
When it comes to Chinese food, most people have a story to tell. I still remember a girl from Hong Kong who told me that she had had a most “hilarious” meal at a local inn near the Forbidden City in Beijing a...
The beauty of ambiguity – Yang Fudong
There is nothing black and white about Yang Fudong’s film and video art. It is intricate and philosophical, playful and compelling, striking and underpinned by a beautiful ambiguity. His works bear the hall...
Yangtze, The Long River
Nadav Kander: Yangtze - The Long River
Yangtze, The Long River
Nadav Kander’s Long River series has become a document of mankind’s desire to progress and has even been hailed by Kofi Annan as a servic...
Gucci FW15 colours and clashes
Gucci launched the FW15 collection in Hong Kong yesterday with a declaration of clashes and colours. An overwhelming exploration of textures, intended to be worn without rules and without a formula. T...
Glass charts the rise of China’s female authors and speaks to two of the brightest contemporary stars Xujun Eberlein and Xu Xi
Women hold up half the sky – Glass charts the rise of China’s female authors and speaks to two of the brightest contemporary stars Xujun Eberlein and Xu Xi
There is an ancient Chinese proverb that says “women ...
Collective consciousness – China’s foremost female artist Yin Xiuzhen speaks to Glass about collectivism and our disparate modern lives
Collective consciousness – China’s foremost female artist Yin Xiuzhen speaks to Glass about collectivism and our disparate modern lives
The snaking drone of conveyor belts proffering “other people’s” luggage...
The St Regis, Chendgu, offers guests a Shu fabric weaving experience
The newly opened St. Regis Chendgu Hotel is offering guests an intriguing insider experience featuring Shu brocade, one of China’s most ancient traditions, with a Shu fabric weaving experience. Chengdu has a ri...
A state of grace – Glass meets Lu Hui the designer behind new luxury fashion house Suki London
Suki London is the kind of brand with room to breathe – unfettered, fresh and young enough to still lay down some significant sartorial milestones. However, whilst this may be so, this newly launched luxury fa...
Secrets of the house
Habitat – Brothers Pier Luigi and Sergio reveal five secrets of the house of Loro Piana, which was established in 1924 having grown from a family business which started in the textile district in ...
International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8
International Women’s Day celebrates the economic, political and social achievements of women – past, present and future. For many countries, such as China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, the day is actually mar...
The material world – Phaidon publishes the first monograph of Chinese artist, Yin Xiuzhen
The material world – Phaidon publishes the first monograph of Chinese artist, Yin Xiuzhen
“The value of a work of art is the value and knowledge and ideas, rather than the value of its materials …” Yin Xiuzh...
Chinese Whispers opens at The Fine Art Society
Drawing on layered themes of reproduction, questions of authorship and authenticity, Rob and Nick Carter’s witty Chinese Whispers exhibition at The Fine Art Society certainly draws our attention to image percep...
The Secret and the Sublime
Zhang Xiaogang has become one of China’s biggest selling artists but despite huge acclaim and equally sizeable sales figures he remains humble and unaffected as Glass discovers
“A picture is worth a thousa...
The Beijing connection
Like any fashion platform that’s in its formative years, Mercedes Benz China Fashion Week has offered up a lot to see. This year, Glass has placed some astute eyes for a peek behind-the-curtain of the chaotic c...
A rose is a rose
Rosewood Hotels and Resorts’ first property in China will open in Beijing in October 2014. Coinciding with this exciting announcement, the Rosewood Hotel in London has just won the acclaimed Hotel...
NYFW SS15: Fashion Shenzhen
Judging from the variety offered at Fashion Shenzhen this year, Chinese designers are embracing every aesthetic. The show started with the clean, modern look at Ellassay. Demure hemlines, and cocoon silhouettes...
Inaugural edition of Photo Shanghai to launch this September
Earlier this year, the World Photography Organisation and Montgomery announced that the first international art fair dedicated to photography in China will launch this autumn. The inaugural edition of Photo Sha...
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts open new hotel in Tianjin, China
Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has opened its 85th hotel in China’s largest northern port city, Tianjin. The 302-room Shangri-La sits on the bank of the Haihe River in the new Hedong District. Tianjin is a bustl...