This catalogue is published in conjunction with Ink Art : Past as Present in Contemporary China, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from December 11, 2013, through April 6, 2014.

The Chinese tradition of "ink art" stretches far beyond works in ink, to embrace a set of aesthetic principles centred on renewal and reinterpretation of the past. This title offers a history of contemporary Chinese ink painting and how it is perceived in the West. (Quoted from Worldcat.org)