LA’s Giant Robot says alleged thief denies stealing, companions innocent

The three individuals accused of stealing an art piece from Giant Robot Store’s GR2 Gallery earlier this month have denied the allegation ag...

How a Chinese painter turns himself ‘invisible’ to help save the planet

A Chinese painter, skilled in seamlessly blending into his surroundings using body paint, is harnessing his social media fame to promote env...

Watch: Los Angeles’ Giant Robot Store falls victim to art theft

A Los Angeles retail store dedicated to Asian pop culture products has exposed three individuals who allegedly stole an art piece from its g...

Massachusetts family helps return looted artifacts found in later father’s attic to Japan

A Massachusetts family called the FBI for help in returning the nearly two dozen looted Japanese artifacts they discovered while sorting thr...

Why Denver’s Chinatown was forgotten — and what’s being done to remember it

A mural has been set up in Denver to honor the city’s long-gone Chinatown, which was destroyed following an anti-Chinese riot in 1880 that d...

Chinese American Museum exhibit unveils life-size Bruce Lee statue

The Chinese American Museum has unveiled a life-size statue of Bruce Lee to commemorate the late legendary martial artist’s 50th death...

Daughter of accused Asian antiquities trafficker forfeits $12 million as NYC case ends

The civil case concerning accused Asian antiquities trafficker Douglas Latchford came to an end on Thursday after his daughter and sole heir...

Japanese pro Lego builder creates 50,000-piece replica of Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave’

Fans of Katsushika Hokusai’s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” can now find a unique Lego replica of the famous woodblock print in Japan. Japane...

Performance artist Kristina Wong wins $550,000 as Doris Duke Artist awardee

Performance artist extraordinaire Kristina Wong is one of six recipients of the Doris Duke Artist Awards, the largest national prize dedicat...

For $350, these big red boots will make you look like Astro Boy

New footwear dubbed Astro Boy boots have gone viral on social media for their cartoonish appearance.  MSCHF, an American art collective know...

Look: AI recreates Pokémon as Studio Ghibli characters

Images of Pokémon generated by artificial intelligence (AI) in the style of Studio Ghibli have gone viral. On Tuesday, Facebook page The Ar...

Ocean Vuong calls out newspaper for misidentifying him with photo of different Asian man

Acclaimed Vietnamese American poet Ocean Vuong has called out an Italian newspaper after it printed a picture of a different Asian man whil...

Look: 6 designs compete to become Los Angeles’ memorial to Chinese massacre of 1871

Before you read: Los Angeles calls on public for ideas for memorial to 1871 Chinese Massacre victims The city of Los Angeles has selected th...

‘White Savior’ comic creator talks stereotypes, representation and Asian superheroes

Before you read: New comic titled ‘White Savior’ parodies ‘The Last Samurai,’ Hollywood tropes NextShark spoke with comic book artist Eric N...

New comic titled ‘White Savior’ parodies ‘The Last Samurai,’ Hollywood tropes

“White Savior,” a new comic from Dark Horse by comic book artist Eric Nguyen, satirizes the cinematic trope in a humorous take o...

‘Afghanistan’s Bruce Lee’ recalls hardship after Taliban retook power

Before you read: Meet the ‘Bruce Lee’ of Afghanistan Abbas Alizada, known online as “Afghanistan’s Bruce Lee” for his uncanny resembla...

Artist designs Poké Balls for all 151 Gen 1 Pokémon

An artist has caught the attention of Reddit users with a reimagination of Poké Balls that look like the Pokémon inside them. Reddit user u/...

Man in India spends 6 months, $3,000 to create silicone replica of late wife

Tapas Sandilya, a 65-year-old retired government employee, spent 250,000 rupees (approximately $3,000) on a silicone statue resembling his l...

Dave Bautista shows off his Filipino-inspired tattoos in breakdown video

Before you read: Dave Bautista says he ‘never wanted to be the next Rock’: ‘I just wanted to be a good f*cking actor’ Dave Bautista had Mann...

Make a splash by recreating Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave’ with Legos

Fans of Katsushika Hokusai’s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” can now own a copy of the beloved woodblock print – in Lego form.  On Thursday, L...

Singaporean photographer who claimed artist ‘ripped off’ her work loses plagiarism trial

Before you read: Singaporean photographer claims artist ‘ripped off’ her work, ‘mansplained’ copyright to her Luxembourg art exhibit issues ...

‘Vietnamese Lady’ painting by Le Pho sells for over half a million dollars

An ink and gouache painting by late Vietnamese painter Le Pho titled “Vietnamese Lady” sold for 781,200 Singapore dollars (approximately $5...

Cambodia’s 1,500-year-old Krishna statue showcased in National Museum of Asian Art virtual experience

An immersive experience featuring the newly restored, 1,500-year-old Cambodian stone sculpture “Krishna Lifting Mountain Govardhan” is curr...

Elementary school students shower art teacher with goodbye hugs, drawings on his last day in viral TikTok

TikTok user @itsjoshell posted a video on May 2 of her Filipino husband, known to his students as Mr. Santos, being showered in his school’...

Art student who shared TikTok of emotional conversation with her Asian parents posts video update

Vietnamese student TikToker @kaitlynnbui, whose video of her emotional conversation with her Asian parents about her major went viral, uplo...

Memphis airport reinstalls photo of Asian man in Elvis outfit after taking it down due to ‘negative feedback’

Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority (MSCAA) said it will reinstall an art piece featuring an Asian man wearing an Elvis outfit. The ph...

Filipino artist amazes by sketching all 7 BTS member at the same time

A Filipino artist has gone viral for simultaneously sketching all seven members of the mega K-pop group BTS. Jaw-dropping talent: In a video...

Artist Drue Kataoka is on a crusade against the ‘racist and sexist’ NFT space

In an interview with NextShark, Japanese American artist Drue Kataoka discusses her newest project, which aims to raise money for racial jus...

Henry Golding purchases a CryptoPunk NFT artwork for over $650,000

“Crazy Rich Asians” actor Henry Golding recently showed off his official ownership of a CryptoPunk NFT artwork. The CryptoPunks: On Nov. 15,...

Possible oldest prehistoric art ever known is discovered by Chinese scientists in the ‘roof of the world’

Dr. David Zhang and his team of scientists’ discovery of handprints and footprints are being debated over as to whether they are the world’s...

12-year-old makes $400,000 creating NFTs based on meme

A young boy from London is generating six-figure earnings by selling ownership tokens of digital artworks via blockchain technology, otherwi...

Timeless Photos Squash Stereotype of Asian Americans as ‘Perpetual Foreigners’

Although one and a half centuries have passed since the first major wave of Asian immigrants arrived on U.S. shores, many Asian Americans co...

Meet the Artist Behind the Iconic Portrait of the Beloved Vicha Ratanapakdee

Amidst all of the news about hate crimes against the Asian American community, LA-based artist Jonathan Chang decided that he cannot stay si...

Artist Pushes Company on IG to Pay Him $6K for His Work After Waiting a Year

A Taiwanese American artist commissioned to design a mural in Beijing finally received his overdue payment after taking the matter to social...

Japanese City’s Sewer Covers Light Up With Anime Characters

A city in Japan has become the first in the country to ever use an illuminated manhole cover for its sewage system in the hopes to attract m...

Meet the 77-Year-Old Man Who Turns Twigs Into Art

A 77-year-old man from Singapore has gone viral for portraits he created using only twigs he found on the street. Uncle Thien rose to fame a...