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Pianist Lang Lang and singer Karen Mok attend a new year concert in Tianjin, north China, Dec 30, 2012.
The "Chinese Long Painting World - Hangzhou Chinese Painting Biennale" kicked off on Wednesday. Over 100 Chinese long painting works of 30 painters were displayed during the exhibition.
Participants take part in the 2012 "wenrenhua symposium" in Beijing, capital of China, Dec 22, 2012.
Audiences enjoy the Peking Opera performance during an open day at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing.
Argentine ballet dancer Eleonora Cassano performs a version of The Nutcracker by Peter I. Tchaikowsky during a show in front of the Obelisk, in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, on Dec 22, 2012.
Juan Ripolles' artworks displayed in Nanjing. A total of 86 artworks of Juan Ripolles were displayed at the exhibition, which kicked off on Tuesday.
People visit Louvre-Lens, a regional branch of Louvre Museum in Lens, northern France, Dec 16, 2012.
Artist Pan Lusheng's solo art exhibition held in Shandong Museum
Belly dance became more and more popular among China's young people as a means of physical exercises.
Dance drama "Zuo Ye" performed in China's Guangxi
The 2012 West Lake International Sculpture Invitational Exhibition opens in the Xixi National Wetland Park in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province.
The Xishuangbanna International Photo Expo opens in Jinghong, southwest China's Yunnan province, Nov 27, 2012.