Exhibition highlights new generation of artists

1 month ago

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Dramatic era After seeing the photographic images his German contemporary Heinrich Heidersberger created with experimental techniques, French artist Jean Cocteau wrote a letter to him in 1962 in which he said, "Let us admire, even if we don't understand". These words summarize the collective feelings of the audience at Creative Machine, a newly opened exhibition at the Taikang Art Museum …

Art

1 month ago

AI shows true colors of iconic artwork

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Technology, such as artificial intelligence and deep learning, is reshaping the preservation and restoration of cultural heritage, bringing masterpieces back to their former glory and enabling people to appreciate their beauty beyond time and space. At the UNESCO headquarters in Paris late last month, Fragments of Civilization — Exhibition on the Mural Art of the Yongle Palace displayed one of …

Cultural Heritage

1 month ago

AI shows true colors of iconic artwork

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Technology, such as artificial intelligence and deep learning, is reshaping the preservation and restoration of cultural heritage, bringing masterpieces back to their former glory and enabling people to appreciate their beauty beyond time and space. At the UNESCO headquarters in Paris late last month, Fragments of Civilization — Exhibition on the Mural Art of the Yongle Palace displayed one of …

Cultural Heritage

Enchanting Murals Transform Cha Village in Xizang

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Young artist An Nianchu has left her mark on a Tibetan village with her innovative 3D murals. Her murals have revitalized the rural landscape and injected a fresh allure into local cultural tourism. An's artwork depicts Tibetan figures, scenes of Tibetan life, distinctive landscapes, unique wildlife species, medicinal herbs and more, presented in murals.

Culture Inspiration Community Art Lhasa

2 months ago

Young Artist Creates Enthralling Murals in Xizang, Tibet

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Young artist An Nianchu has left her mark on a Tibetan village with her innovative 3D murals. Her murals have revitalized the rural landscape and injected a fresh allure into local cultural tourism. An's inspiration comes from the warm embrace of the Tibetan people, whose genuine hospitality and cultural richness fueled her creative spirit.

Environment Culture Community Art Lhasa

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Artist's Beijing solo continues literati painting tradition

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2024 No.4, by Shen Xiaotong The paintings of Chinese artist Shen Xiaotong, who is holding a solo exhibition at Beijing's Sukie Gallery, usually give viewers two opposing impressions. At first glance, one is taken aback by the striking, unrelenting red, green, or blue hues dominating his canvases, especially his large-scale works. Upon closer examination, the intensity of his work abates …

Beijing Solo Solo Continues Beijing Solo Continues

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Artist's Beijing solo continues literati painting tradition

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2024 No.3, by Shen Xiaotong "Shen Xiaotong's artistic career has traversed the 40-year evolution of China's contemporary art scene," said Xing Yu, curator of the artist's Beijing solo. Quoting the Freudian theory of psychoanalysis, Xing highlighted that the artist's latest creation had departed from his early conceptual paintings rooted in the id, to the literati-style painting driven by the super-ego. …

China Painting Beijing Shen Shen Xiaotong

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Citywide celebration of culture

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The exhibition by the China Academy of Art displays works by nearly 3,000 young artists who graduated this year from the academy, in eight venues across Hangzhou. Gao is keen to emphasize that the core of education at the academy is to help students appreciate different worldviews, understand the diversity of worlds, develop sensitivity, discernment and tolerance, and forge an …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Citywide celebration of culture

China Daily

The exhibition by the China Academy of Art displays works by nearly 3,000 young artists who graduated this year from the academy, in eight venues across Hangzhou. Gao is keen to emphasize that the core of education at the academy is to help students appreciate different worldviews, understand the diversity of worlds, develop sensitivity, discernment and tolerance, and forge an …

6 months ago

Liao Xinxue's inspiring journey comes alive on stage for children

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Singers perform songs to be featured in the upcoming children's play, Painting Changes His Life. In 1932, Liao Xinxue was awarded a prestigious government scholarship to study at the renowned Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, a triumph overshadowed by the untold toils and hardships he endured to reach this pinnacle. This anonymity is set to change as a …

Art Liao

6 months, 1 week ago

The art of magic made from leftovers

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An installation on display at the Impermanence — 40 Years of Estudio Campana exhibition in Shanghai from June 8 to Sept 8. From a chair pieced together out of countless dolls that has been bought by many fashion celebrities; to a chair made of broken wood blocks which inspired the design of the Brazil Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World …

Design Exhibition Shanghai Campana Estudio Campana

6 months, 1 week ago

The art of magic made from leftovers

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An installation on display at the Impermanence — 40 Years of Estudio Campana exhibition in Shanghai from June 8 to Sept 8. From a chair pieced together out of countless dolls that has been bought by many fashion celebrities; to a chair made of broken wood blocks which inspired the design of the Brazil Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World …

Design Exhibition Shanghai Campana Estudio Campana

6 months, 1 week ago

Ai Jing's exhibition celebrating love and harmony

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On June 13, the All We Need is Love – Ai Jing 2024 exhibition, curated by artist Ai Jing and Peng Feng, opened at Victory Cinema in Shanghai. Renowned artist Ai Jing, in collaboration with Peng Feng, unveiled the captivating All We Need Is Love — Ai Jing 2024 exhibition on Thursday at Victory Cinema in Shanghai, marking her return …

Love Exhibition Ai Jing

6 months, 1 week ago

Ai Jing's exhibition celebrating love and harmony

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On June 13, the All We Need is Love – Ai Jing 2024 exhibition, curated by artist Ai Jing and Peng Feng, opened at Victory Cinema in Shanghai. Renowned artist Ai Jing, in collaboration with Peng Feng, unveiled the captivating All We Need Is Love — Ai Jing 2024 exhibition on Thursday at Victory Cinema in Shanghai, marking her return …

Love Exhibition Ai Jing

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Longquan celadon appeals to international artists

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Indian ceramist Vinod Kumar creates a ceramic artwork in the Wang'ou Taoxichuan International Studio. Indian ceramist Vinod Kumar is currently participating in Wang'ou Taoxichuan International Studio's "Migratory Bird Program" in Longquan, Lishui, Zhejiang province, where he is creating new ceramic artworks inspired by Longquan celadon. The "Migratory Bird Program", starting from January, is designed to invite artists from around the …

Indian Artists Kumar Celadon Longquan Celadon Longquan International Studio

8 months, 1 week ago

Landscapes, country people and homesickness highlighted under strokes

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Fang Xiangming's works show landscapes and people in his hometown in Zhejiang province. Fang Xiangming's landscape paintings evoke the spirit of the Barbizon School, known for its regal depictions of the fields, woods, and people of Barbizon, near Paris, creating a sanctuary for the soul. However, Fang's work takes on a distinct mood as he captures the landscapes and inhabitants …

8 months, 1 week ago

Landscapes, country people and homesickness highlighted under strokes

China Daily

Fang Xiangming's works show landscapes and people in his hometown in Zhejiang province. Fang Xiangming's landscape paintings evoke the spirit of the Barbizon School, known for its regal depictions of the fields, woods, and people of Barbizon, near Paris, creating a sanctuary for the soul. However, Fang's work takes on a distinct mood as he captures the landscapes and inhabitants …

10 months ago

Poetry in motion from the silver screen to the museum

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Children enjoy the immersive exhibition, Chang'an, at Powerlong Museum in Shanghai that will last to the end of March. The plot follows elderly marshal poet Gao Shi as he reminisces about his experience spending time in the company of other poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Wei, as well as the artist Wu Daozi and calligrapher Zhang Xu, …

Film China Exhibition Chinese Shanghai Li Bai Powerlong Museum

10 months ago

Poetry in motion from the silver screen to the museum

China Daily

Children enjoy the immersive exhibition, Chang'an, at Powerlong Museum in Shanghai that will last to the end of March. The plot follows elderly marshal poet Gao Shi as he reminisces about his experience spending time in the company of other poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Wei, as well as the artist Wu Daozi and calligrapher Zhang Xu, …

Film China Exhibition Chinese Shanghai Li Bai Powerlong Museum

10 months ago

Curating talent

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The Via Combusta features Map of Shaman, a video installation created by Gu Tao in 2023. CHINA DAILY Imagining imagery Rong Rong says excellent curators, with extensive theoretical knowledge and a discerning eye for talent, act as a bridge connecting artists with the public. The creative duo, Gan Yingying and Zhou Yichen, picked up the third Curatorial Award for Photography …

Art Projects Shanghai Zhou Gan

10 months ago

Curating talent

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The Via Combusta features Map of Shaman, a video installation created by Gu Tao in 2023. CHINA DAILY Imagining imagery Rong Rong says excellent curators, with extensive theoretical knowledge and a discerning eye for talent, act as a bridge connecting artists with the public. The creative duo, Gan Yingying and Zhou Yichen, picked up the third Curatorial Award for Photography …

Art Projects Shanghai Zhou Gan

10 months, 4 weeks ago

Artist creates mind-healing 'desert island'

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Visitors chat with one another at the exhibition of Nestlet, created by Zhao Bandi, in Moscow. "When I put the bamboo hut into a modern art museum in Shanghai in 2020, I wasn't sure whether people would like to walk into it," says Zhao. When the piece was first presented at the HOW Art Museum in Shanghai in 2020, a …

Art Form Zhao

1 year ago

Different strokes

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Foreign artists paint during their stay in Hangzhou, on the "Silk Road Artists' Rendezvous" program. The landscapes and the lively scenes of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, a fine-tuned combination of the natural and man-made, traditional and modern, have provided a group of foreign artists lavish material for thinking and creating. Via a weeklong "Silk Road Artists' Rendezvous" program in late November, …

Artists Hangzhou

1 year ago

Different strokes

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Foreign artists paint during their stay in Hangzhou, on the "Silk Road Artists' Rendezvous" program. The landscapes and the lively scenes of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, a fine-tuned combination of the natural and man-made, traditional and modern, have provided a group of foreign artists lavish material for thinking and creating. Via a weeklong "Silk Road Artists' Rendezvous" program in late November, …

Hangzhou Foreign Artists

1 year ago

Different strokes

China Daily

Foreign artists paint during their stay in Hangzhou, on the "Silk Road Artists' Rendezvous" program. The landscapes and the lively scenes of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, a fine-tuned combination of the natural and man-made, traditional and modern, have provided a group of foreign artists lavish material for thinking and creating. Via a weeklong "Silk Road Artists' Rendezvous" program in late November, …

Silk Road Artists Hangzhou

1 year ago

What's on

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Cross-cultural dialogue East and West, an exhibition at the China Art Museum in Shanghai, opens up a dialogue between cultures by bringing together more than 100 artworks by artists from China, the United States, Italy, Belgium, Japan and other countries and regions. It is an effort initiated by the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts to promote art exchanges amid globalization …

Art Shanghai

1 year ago

What's on

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Cross-cultural dialogue East and West, an exhibition at the China Art Museum in Shanghai, opens up a dialogue between cultures by bringing together more than 100 artworks by artists from China, the United States, Italy, Belgium, Japan and other countries and regions. It is an effort initiated by the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts to promote art exchanges amid globalization …

Art Shanghai

1 year ago

What's on

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Colorful wind Having grown up in Changchun, Jilin province, oil artist Wang Jianguo centers his work around the distinctive landscapes and social life of northeastern China. An ongoing solo exhibition at the Yunnan Art Museum, Soft Wind on the Earth, brings dozens of Wang's oils to Kunming, in which he introduces people in the southwest to the changing views of …

Art Wang Guangdong His Work

1 year ago

Documentary paints picture of country's emergence

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An ongoing art exhibition echoing the recently aired third season of the documentary, China, displays 443 paintings centered on mythologies and stories of ancient China. "All the stories we selected for the documentary contribute to making clear the logic of how China has developed into the large, inclusive, united multiethnic country of today," Li explains. Director Li Dongshen Starting with …

China Documentary Season Paintings Li Chinese Artistic

1 year ago

Documentary paints picture of country's emergence

China Daily

An ongoing art exhibition echoing the recently aired third season of the documentary, China, displays 443 paintings centered on mythologies and stories of ancient China. "All the stories we selected for the documentary contribute to making clear the logic of how China has developed into the large, inclusive, united multiethnic country of today," Li explains. Director Li Dongshen Starting with …

China Documentary Season Chinese

1 year ago

Documentary paints picture of country's emergence

China Daily

An ongoing art exhibition echoing the recently aired third season of the documentary, China, displays 443 paintings centered on mythologies and stories of ancient China. "All the stories we selected for the documentary contribute to making clear the logic of how China has developed into the large, inclusive, united multiethnic country of today," Li explains. Director Li Dongshen Starting with …

China Documentary Season Chinese Paintings Li

1 year ago

Documentary paints picture of country's emergence

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The exhibition being held in Changsha, Hunan province, runs from Nov 14 to Feb 18, and has attracted many young visitors. The Hunan Broadcasting System, which produced the series, has already turned some of those paintings into a real-life art exhibition, where 443 of the aforementioned 1,000 paintings are on display at Mango Art Museum in Changsha, Hunan province, from …

1 year, 1 month ago

Vital palettes and imagination light up atmosphere at youth exhibition

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Artworks by youngsters on environmental issues are exuberant with creativity and senses of social responsibility. Environmental issues such as the climate change and crisis of biodiversity seem too serious and complicate for children to fully understand, while an ongoing exhibition in Beijing shows that the younger members of society also want to participate in acts to make the Earth a …

1 year, 3 months ago

Creativity paints a vibrant rural art scene

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Verdant forest embraces Zijing village, Yuhang district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. CHEN YUPENG/FOR CHINA DAILY Zhejiang villages are among many using culture to revive and embellish country life, Yang Feiyue reports. About 40 kilometers to the northwest of downtown Hangzhou city and in the Yuhang district, of Zhejiang province, Qingshan's roadsides and fields are studded with distinctive art installations. The …

Art Village Zhejiang

1 year, 3 months ago

Creativity paints a vibrant rural art scene

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Verdant forest embraces Zijing village, Yuhang district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. CHEN YUPENG/FOR CHINA DAILY Zhejiang villages are among many using culture to revive and embellish country life, Yang Feiyue reports. About 40 kilometers to the northwest of downtown Hangzhou city and in the Yuhang district, of Zhejiang province, Qingshan's roadsides and fields are studded with distinctive art installations. The …

Art Village Zhejiang

1 year, 3 months ago

Creativity paints a vibrant rural art scene

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Visitors discuss calligraphy in Nanshan village, Yuhang district of Hangzhou. "The exterior of the visitor center is wrapped in bamboo, and blends traditional craftsmanship with modern design," Lin says. Two of the village's many old buildings have been transformed into art spaces, thanks to a group of craftsmen, artists and curators, who have settled in Qingshan village over the years. …

Art Design Traditional Traditional Crafts Artists Lin Village

1 year, 3 months ago

Creativity paints a vibrant rural art scene

China Daily

Verdant forest embraces Zijing village, Yuhang district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. CHEN YUPENG/FOR CHINA DAILY Zhejiang villages are among many using culture to revive and embellish country life, Yang Feiyue reports. About 40 kilometers to the northwest of downtown Hangzhou city and in the Yuhang district, of Zhejiang province, Qingshan's roadsides and fields are studded with distinctive art installations. The …

Village Zhejiang Rural Art

1 year, 3 months ago

Creativity paints a vibrant rural art scene

China Daily

Visitors discuss calligraphy in Nanshan village, Yuhang district of Hangzhou. "The exterior of the visitor center is wrapped in bamboo, and blends traditional craftsmanship with modern design," Lin says. Two of the village's many old buildings have been transformed into art spaces, thanks to a group of craftsmen, artists and curators, who have settled in Qingshan village over the years. …

Art Design Traditional Traditional Crafts Artists Lin Village

1 year, 3 months ago

Creativity paints a vibrant rural art scene

China Daily

Verdant forest embraces Zijing village, Yuhang district of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. CHEN YUPENG/FOR CHINA DAILY Zhejiang villages are among many using culture to revive and embellish country life, Yang Feiyue reports. About 40 kilometers to the northwest of downtown Hangzhou city and in the Yuhang district, of Zhejiang province, Qingshan's roadsides and fields are studded with distinctive art installations. The …

Art Zhejiang Yuhang District Village Yuhang District Village Yuhang

1 year, 4 months ago

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CHINA DAILY Nostalgic brushwork Veteran oil painter Dai Ze's solo exhibition in Chongqing is both payback and a gift to the municipality where he was brought up. The retired 101-year-old professor, who once taught at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, grew up in this scenic, dynamic city along the Yangtze River, where he went to art college to study …

Chongqing Art

1 year, 4 months ago

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CHINA DAILY Nostalgic brushwork Veteran oil painter Dai Ze's solo exhibition in Chongqing is both payback and a gift to the municipality where he was brought up. The retired 101-year-old professor, who once taught at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, grew up in this scenic, dynamic city along the Yangtze River, where he went to art college to study …

Chongqing Art

1 year, 4 months ago

Upcoming exhibition examines what home means to Chinese millennial artists

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Go To Rome by Cao Shu, Installation view, 2021 Home Is Where the Haunt Is, the second triennial of X Museum is slated to open on Aug 27 in Beijing. Co-curated by Wu Dongxue and Rao Kuizhen, the show is a research-based project reviewing the development of contemporary Chinese art over the past three years featuring 19 Chinese millennial artists …

Chinese Exhibition Examines

1 year, 4 months ago

It all starts with art

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In the latest episode of Youth Power, young people from China and other countries and regions around the world gather at the Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in Dalian, Liaoning province, to discuss their understandings of Chinese art and art as a whole. In the latest episode of China Daily's video series Youth Power, which aired online on July 30, …

Art Arts China Song Chinese Fine Arts Academy

1 year, 5 months ago

Ceramic artist brings new approach to tradition

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By Lin Qi | China Daily | Updated: 2023-07-24 07:45 Wind, Zhu Legeng's work on display at his one-man exhibition, Creating in Inheritance, at the Chinese Traditional Culture Museum in Beijing. Being raised in a celebrated ceramic-making hub like Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, allowed Zhu Legeng to be nurtured, since childhood, by the diversity and dynamics of the city's long-standing handicraft …

Ceramic Zhu Chinese Traditional

1 year, 5 months ago

Bottling up their talent

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Li Shaoyue's painted snuff bottles feature themes such as human images and landscapes. CHINA DAILY It was Xue Jingwan, a master painter, who invented the special bamboo pen in the 1950s and introduced the techniques of hooking, cross-hatching, rubbing, dotting, and coloring from traditional Chinese painting into inside-painted art. As the country is paying more attention to its traditional crafts …

Painting Interior Painting

1 year, 5 months ago

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Master's teens The late artist Huang Yongyu left his native town in Fenghuang, Hunan province, in 1937, and reached Xiamen, Fujian province, to attend Jimei Middle School, where his uncle taught. He lived in southern Fujian for years which provided him a temporary shelter during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.Huang wrote down his recollections of this period of …

Art Xiamen Fujian Huang