Woodblock prints celebrate Chinese New Year online
3 years, 11 months ago

Woodblock prints celebrate Chinese New Year online

China Daily  

Poster of the online exhibition. To welcome the upcoming Chinese New Year, a woodblock prints exhibition, co-hosted by the China Cultural Center in Sydney and the National Art Museum of China, opened online last Wednesday on the official website of the cultural center. Woodblock prints during the Chinese New Year are one of the most popular forms of artwork among Chinese families. The collection of 20 prints on display were all created in Yangliuqing of Tianjin, a renowned center of Chinese woodblock prints since the Qing Dynasty. The online exhibition will run through the Spring Festival, delivering New Year greetings overseas.

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Seven decades of China's arts and crafts on display
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Seven decades of China's arts and crafts on display

China Daily  

Delicate items reflecting China's arts and crafts development over the past 70 years are on display in Beijing until Feb 12. Beijing Gongmei Group unveiled a grand exhibition on Thursday that showcases its inheritance and development of China's arts and crafts culture for the past 70 years. The Harnessing the Power of Arts and Crafts section gathers materials bearing historical …

Rudong exhibition witnesses Sino-US printmaking exchange
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Rudong exhibition witnesses Sino-US printmaking exchange

China Daily  

The opening ceremony for the 2024 Printmaking Exhibition of Chinese and American Young Artists. The 2024 Printmaking Exhibition of Chinese and American Young Artists opened at the Zhiyuan Art Museum in Bencha ancient town, Rudong county, on June 16. Featuring over 60 artworks, this exhibition showcases the latest creations from students at Michigan State University, New York University, State University …

Rudong exhibition witnesses Sino-US printmaking exchange
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Rudong exhibition witnesses Sino-US printmaking exchange

China Daily  

The opening ceremony for the 2024 Printmaking Exhibition of Chinese and American Young Artists. The 2024 Printmaking Exhibition of Chinese and American Young Artists opened at the Zhiyuan Art Museum in Bencha ancient town, Rudong county, on June 16. Featuring over 60 artworks, this exhibition showcases the latest creations from students at Michigan State University, New York University, State University …

Rudong exhibition witnesses Sino-US printmaking exchange
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Rudong exhibition witnesses Sino-US printmaking exchange

China Daily  

The opening ceremony for the 2024 Printmaking Exhibition of Chinese and American Young Artists. The 2024 Printmaking Exhibition of Chinese and American Young Artists opened at the Zhiyuan Art Museum in Bencha ancient town, Rudong county, on June 16. Featuring over 60 artworks, this exhibition showcases the latest creations from students at Michigan State University, New York University, State University …

New Year wood-block printings from Qingdao to be exhibited in Fiji
11 months ago

New Year wood-block printings from Qingdao to be exhibited in Fiji

China Daily  

An exhibition of New Year wood-block printings from Qingdao, Shandong will be held during the Spring Festival Temple Fair held in Fiji. The Chinese culture center in Fiji held a joyful Spring Festival Temple Fair at the country's Nausori Shopping Center, and an exhibition of New Year wood-block printings from Qingdao, Shandong will be held during the event staring Feb …

The Met museum celebrates Year of the Dragon
11 months ago

The Met museum celebrates Year of the Dragon

China Daily  

Young visitors apply ink to the woodblock to experience traditional Chinese culture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Lunar New Year celebration on Saturday in New York. Holder said one special thing about this year's celebration is that the Met is working with the Chinese Consulate General in New York and invited woodblock makers from the Zhejiang Cultural Conventional Center …

Shanghai exhibition paints picture of change
11 months, 1 week ago

Shanghai exhibition paints picture of change

China Daily  

Visitors at the exhibition featuring art masters Wu Guanzhong and Lin Fengmian. "This opened new pathways for the development of Chinese painting, allowing for the emergence of a diverse modern ink art ecosystem," Xiang says. "They unveiled new possibilities in Chinese ink art and oil painting for the whole world." Entering the exhibition hall, visitors will find themselves standing in …

Exhibit chronicles China’s print art development since 1930s
1 year, 7 months ago

Exhibit chronicles China’s print art development since 1930s

China Daily  

A print by Wang Mi made in 2013 Print is a medium for mass communication, which has enabled artists to become known to a wider audience and democratized the ownership of art. The Prints – A Riot of Colors, an exhibition featuring some 130 prints created by generations of Chinese artists, with the oldest dating back to the 1930s, opened …

Weifang woodcut New Year paintings enter peak season
2 years ago

Weifang woodcut New Year paintings enter peak season

China Daily  

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the demand for the Yangjiabu New Year woodblock paintings is surging. A folk artist hangs woodprint New Year paintings in Yangjiabu village. Villagers make Yangjiabu New Year woodblock paintings to meet the surging demand during the Spring Festival season. A folk artist engraves the printing woodblock for Chinese New Year paintings in Yangjiabu village. …

Woodblock painting art gallery opens in Beilun
2 years, 6 months ago

Woodblock painting art gallery opens in Beilun

China Daily  

A woodblock painting art gallery named after Yu Qihui, a renowned Chinese print artist, was recently inaugurated in Beilun district, Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province. The gallery features more than 200 works that depict the changes of Beilun district, Yu's hometown. His works have won numerous national and provincial art awards, and have been collected by the National Art Museum …

New Year woodblock paintings still hanging in Shandong
2 years, 9 months ago

New Year woodblock paintings still hanging in Shandong

China Daily  

Putting up Chinese New Year pictures, or nianhua in Chinese, is an important decorative custom to welcome the Chinese Lunar New Year, especially in rural areas. Zhangqiu New Year Woodblock Painting is one of the most prestigious forms of its kind, which has flourished in Jinan, the capital of East China's Shandong province. The ancient handicraft was established during the …

A chip off the old block
2 years, 11 months ago

A chip off the old block

China Daily  

The Yangliuqing woodblock print has a history of about 400 years, being founded in the late Ming Dynasty. According to Li Zhenyu, a fine arts professor from Sichuan University, Chinese New Year paintings date back to the Western Han Dynasty when a pair of images depicting two deities appeared on doors to ward off evil spirits. During the Ming Dynasty, …

Where excellence is made｜Yangjiabu woodblock prints
2 years, 11 months ago

Where excellence is made｜Yangjiabu woodblock prints

China Daily  

Yangjiabu woodblock prints are traditional folk prints handed down in Weifang, and as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage, they are one of the three major woodblock prints in China, together with Yangliuqing in Tianjin and Taoyu in Suzhou. What is the theme of this year's New Year paintings, follow the reporter's lens together to Yangjiabu to see. …

National Art Museum showcases works ranging from drawing to calligraphy
3 years ago

National Art Museum showcases works ranging from drawing to calligraphy

China Daily  

A landscape by Tang Yihe on show. The National Art Museum of China offers a diverse program for the upcoming New Year holiday, with works shown at eight ongoing exhibitions varying from drawings, sketches, oil paintings, Chinese paintings and calligraphy to lacquer paintings. The shows present the scope and depth of Chinese artistic traditions and the creation of "red classic" …

National Art Museum showcases works ranging from drawing to calligraphy
3 years ago

National Art Museum showcases works ranging from drawing to calligraphy

China Daily  

A landscape by Tang Yihe on show. The National Art Museum of China offers a diverse program for the upcoming New Year holiday, with works shown at eight ongoing exhibitions varying from drawings, sketches, oil paintings, Chinese paintings and calligraphy to lacquer paintings. The shows present the scope and depth of Chinese artistic traditions and the creation of "red classic" …

New Year painting exhibition celebrates 100 years of CPC
3 years, 6 months ago

New Year painting exhibition celebrates 100 years of CPC

China Daily  

A New Year painting exhibition kicked off on June 6 at the Qingdao West Coast New Area Art Museum as part of the city's celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. More than 200 New Year and farmer paintings, created by artists from Qingdao, Yantai, Weifang, Weihai, and Rizhao, are on display. New …

New Year painting exhibition celebrates 100 years of CPC
3 years, 6 months ago

New Year painting exhibition celebrates 100 years of CPC

China Daily  

A New Year painting exhibition kicked off on June 6 at the Qingdao West Coast New Area Art Museum as part of the city's celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. More than 200 New Year and farmer paintings, created by artists from Qingdao, Yantai, Weifang, Weihai, and Rizhao, are on display. New …

A chip off the old block
3 years, 11 months ago

A chip off the old block

China Daily  

The National Art Museum of China hosts an exhibition of Yangliuqing New Year paintings in January 2017. A fifth-generation artisan from Hubei province is working hard to keep the craft of traditionally printed New Year paintings alive, Wang Kaihao reports. When talking about woodblock printing, for many in China, it is the Yangliuqing New Year paintings from Tianjin that will …

A chip off the old block
3 years, 11 months ago

A chip off the old block

China Daily  

The National Art Museum of China hosts an exhibition of Yangliuqing New Year paintings in January 2017. A fifth-generation artisan from Hubei province is working hard to keep the craft of traditionally printed New Year paintings alive, Wang Kaihao reports. When talking about woodblock printing, for many in China, it is the Yangliuqing New Year paintings from Tianjin that will …

A chip off the old block
3 years, 11 months ago

A chip off the old block

China Daily  

The National Art Museum of China hosts an exhibition of Yangliuqing New Year paintings in January 2017. A fifth-generation artisan from Hubei province is working hard to keep the craft of traditionally printed New Year paintings alive, Wang Kaihao reports. When talking about woodblock printing, for many in China, it is the Yangliuqing New Year paintings from Tianjin that will …

Woodblock prints celebrate Chinese New Year online
3 years, 11 months ago

Woodblock prints celebrate Chinese New Year online

China Daily  

Poster of the online exhibition. To welcome the upcoming Chinese New Year, a woodblock prints exhibition, co-hosted by the China Cultural Center in Sydney and the National Art Museum of China, opened online last Wednesday on the official website of the cultural center. Woodblock prints during the Chinese New Year are one of the most popular forms of artwork among …

Woodblock prints celebrate Chinese New Year online
3 years, 11 months ago

Woodblock prints celebrate Chinese New Year online

China Daily  

Poster of the online exhibition. To welcome the upcoming Chinese New Year, a woodblock prints exhibition, co-hosted by the China Cultural Center in Sydney and the National Art Museum of China, opened online last Wednesday on the official website of the cultural center. Woodblock prints during the Chinese New Year are one of the most popular forms of artwork among …

Woodblock prints celebrate Chinese New Year online
3 years, 11 months ago

Woodblock prints celebrate Chinese New Year online

China Daily  

Poster of the online exhibition. To welcome the upcoming Chinese New Year, a woodblock prints exhibition, co-hosted by the China Cultural Center in Sydney and the National Art Museum of China, opened online last Wednesday on the official website of the cultural center. Woodblock prints during the Chinese New Year are one of the most popular forms of artwork among …

Exhibition puts works of non-Han ethnic groups on canvas
4 years, 4 months ago

Exhibition puts works of non-Han ethnic groups on canvas

China Daily  

A modern woodblock print on Dai ethnic group in Yunnan. A key exhibition displaying traditional Chinese printing works from non-Han ethnic groups opened in China Printing Museum in Beijing on Aug 11, unveiling a lesser-known part of Chinese printing history. At Special Exhibition of Chinese Ethnic Print Art, which was co-organized by China Printing Museum and the Chinese National Museum …

Exhibition introduces Chinese landscape in Sydney
4 years, 10 months ago

Exhibition introduces Chinese landscape in Sydney

China Daily  

The Beautiful China photo exhibition is being held at the China Cultural Center in Sydney until March 6. A photo exhibition, Beautiful China, which showcases China's natural and cultural landscape, opened at the China Cultural Center in Sydney on Feb 12. Consisting of 32 artworks celebrating the abundant heritage all around China, the display was organized by the China Cultural …

Exhibition introduces Chinese landscape in Sydney
4 years, 10 months ago

Exhibition introduces Chinese landscape in Sydney

China Daily  

The Beautiful China photo exhibition is being held at the China Cultural Center in Sydney until March 6. A photo exhibition, Beautiful China, which showcases China's natural and cultural landscape, opened at the China Cultural Center in Sydney on Feb 12. Consisting of 32 artworks celebrating the abundant heritage all around China, the display was organized by the China Cultural …

Chinese New Year folk art exhibition opens in Beijing
4 years, 11 months ago

Chinese New Year folk art exhibition opens in Beijing

China Daily  

An exhibition displaying traditional folk art surrounding the Chinese New Year opened in the National Library of China in Beijing on Jan 21. Dozens of artworks of traditional Chinese paper-cuttings, printed New Year paintings and more have been showcased at the exhibition, which will run through end of February. The displayed works in the library include not only those with …

Chinese New Year folk art exhibition opens in Beijing
4 years, 11 months ago

Chinese New Year folk art exhibition opens in Beijing

China Daily  

An exhibition displaying traditional folk art surrounding the Chinese New Year opened in the National Library of China in Beijing on Jan 21. Dozens of artworks of traditional Chinese paper-cuttings, printed New Year paintings and more have been showcased at the exhibition, which will run through end of February. The displayed works in the library include not only those with …

Chinese New Year folk art exhibition opens in Beijing
4 years, 11 months ago

Chinese New Year folk art exhibition opens in Beijing

China Daily  

An exhibition displaying traditional folk art surrounding the Chinese New Year opened in the National Library of China in Beijing on Jan 21. Dozens of artworks of traditional Chinese paper-cuttings, printed New Year paintings and more have been showcased at the exhibition, which will run through end of February. The displayed works in the library include not only those with …

Yearender: Top 10 exhibitions in China
5 years ago

Yearender: Top 10 exhibitions in China

China Daily  

Editor's note: Art opens hearts, nourishes souls and kindles imaginations; also, art plays a key role in consolidating national identity and promoting mutual understanding between civilizations as well. The central part of a triptych painting by Chinese artist Zhou Zongkai, titled A Praise of Sanjiangyuan, recently displayed at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. Great Journey, Splendid View: …

Yearender: Top 10 exhibitions in China
5 years ago

Yearender: Top 10 exhibitions in China

China Daily  

Editor's note: Art opens hearts, nourishes souls and kindles imaginations; also, art plays a key role in consolidating national identity and promoting mutual understanding between civilizations as well. The central part of a triptych painting by Chinese artist Zhou Zongkai, titled A Praise of Sanjiangyuan, recently displayed at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. Great Journey, Splendid View: …

Yearender: Top 10 exhibitions in China
5 years ago

Yearender: Top 10 exhibitions in China

China Daily  

Editor's note: Art opens hearts, nourishes souls and kindles imaginations; also, art plays a key role in consolidating national identity and promoting mutual understanding between civilizations as well. The central part of a triptych painting by Chinese artist Zhou Zongkai, titled A Praise of Sanjiangyuan, recently displayed at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. Great Journey, Splendid View: …

Top 10 exhibitions in China
5 years ago

Top 10 exhibitions in China

China Daily  

Editor's note: Art opens hearts, nourishes souls and kindles imaginations; also, art plays a key role in consolidating national identity and promoting mutual understanding between civilizations as well. The central part of a triptych painting by Chinese artist Zhou Zongkai, titled A Praise of Sanjiangyuan, recently displayed at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. Great Journey, Splendid View: …

Yearender: Top 10 exhibitions in China
5 years ago

Yearender: Top 10 exhibitions in China

China Daily  

Editor's note: Art opens hearts, nourishes souls and kindles imaginations; also, art plays a key role in consolidating national identity and promoting mutual understanding between civilizations as well. The central part of a triptych painting by Chinese artist Zhou Zongkai, titled A Praise of Sanjiangyuan, recently displayed at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. Great Journey, Splendid View: …

Top 10 exhibitions in China
5 years ago

Top 10 exhibitions in China

China Daily  

Editor's note: Art opens hearts, nourishes souls and kindles imaginations; also, art plays a key role in consolidating national identity and promoting mutual understanding between civilizations as well. The central part of a triptych painting by Chinese artist Zhou Zongkai, titled A Praise of Sanjiangyuan, recently displayed at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. Great Journey, Splendid View: …

Conference highlights development of millennium-old folk art
5 years, 1 month ago

Conference highlights development of millennium-old folk art

China Daily  

A conference on the preservation and development of Chinese New Year paintings was held from Nov 22 to 24 in Weifang, East China's Shandong province. A conference on the preservation and development of Chinese New Year paintings is held from Nov 22 to 24 in Weifang, Shandong province. Chen Tong, director of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Department of the Ministry …

National Museum of China celebrates Spring Festival with cultural feast
5 years, 11 months ago

National Museum of China celebrates Spring Festival with cultural feast

China Daily  

BEIJING -- The National Museum of China is staging a series of exhibitions during the Spring Festival, or lunar Chinese New Year, attracting more than 60,000 visitors a day on average, figures from the museum show. Launched in November, the exhibition to commemorate the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up remains open during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday. Drifting …

National Museum of China celebrates Spring Festival with cultural feast
5 years, 11 months ago

National Museum of China celebrates Spring Festival with cultural feast

China Daily  

BEIJING -- The National Museum of China is staging a series of exhibitions during the Spring Festival, or lunar Chinese New Year, attracting more than 60,000 visitors a day on average, figures from the museum show. Launched in November, the exhibition to commemorate the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up remains open during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday. Drifting …

What's on in Beijing (Jan 19-25)
5 years, 11 months ago

What's on in Beijing (Jan 19-25)

China Daily  

Discover the best things to do in Beijing with our weekly roundup of art and exhibitions, music, performances and trending activities around town. Art fair celebrates Chinese New Year A wood print that will be featured at the Poly Art Center's art carnival. The Poly Art Center will host its second Top 10 Art Carnival next week to celebrate the …

Exhibition showcases Chinese ink-wash paintings in Australia
6 years ago

Exhibition showcases Chinese ink-wash paintings in Australia

China Daily  

A Chinese ink-wash painting exhibition jointly hosted by the Shandong Art Museum and the Sydney Chinese Cultural Center was hosted from Dec 11 to 13 in Sydney, Australia. Curated by the Shandong Art Museum, the exhibition was supported by the China National Arts Fund, with the aim of introducing Chinese ink-wash painting art to the world and strengthening international cultural …

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