The Art Of Living

AN ART OF LIVING, SHAPED BY AN ORIENTAL SPIRIT.

China’s living heritage is passed from one generation to the next - through craft, ritual, material and ways of making that remain part of life today.

At the same time, global maisons are creating new expressions in China, bringing international ideas into conversation with Chinese culture, architecture and contemporary lifestyle.

Together with art and design, these worlds reveal a deeper idea of beauty - one shaped by craftsmanship, refinement and the way life itself is experienced.

Contemporary waterfront architecture in China

INTERNATIONAL MAISONS
IN CHINA

See How Global Luxury Is Reinterpreted in China.

China has become an important stage for leading maisons to express themselves through architecture, exhibitions, design and hospitality.

Explore Hermès Maison, Casa Ferrari and Louis Vuitton’s Visionary Journeys and Le Café Louis Vuitton - each showing how a global house creates something distinctive for China.

More than retail, these spaces reveal brand culture, craftsmanship and new expressions of luxury lifestyle.

An artisan working on traditional Su embroidery

CHINA’S LIVING HERITAGE

Meet the Crafts - and the People Keeping Them Alive.

China’s cultural heritage lives through skills and traditions still practised today.

In Jingdezhen, centuries of porcelain-making continue through kilns, studios and contemporary ceramic artists. In Suzhou, Su embroidery carries forward an extraordinary tradition of precision and patience, while regional crafts reveal many more sides of Chinese culture.

MR99 brings you closer to the masters, recognised cultural inheritors and studios keeping these traditions alive.

CONTEMPORARY ART

See What China Is Creating Now.

China’s cultural story continues through contemporary art, architecture and new creative voices.

Explore UCCA, 798 Art District and White Art Museum, alongside exhibitions and artists shaping the conversation today.

From established institutions to emerging spaces, contemporary art offers another way to understand China - through the ideas, aesthetics and questions of the present.