What's on

Spirit of creativity The Spirit of Zhong, an exhibition now on in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, gathers workmanship and design by dozens of artists, designers and inheritors of traditional handicrafts. The CAFA art museum is now showing a selection from this assembly of works, including oil works, Chinese ink paintings, prints and sculptures, to offer a glimpse of the evolution of Chinese art in the last century, and the relation between fine arts and social life. The long-term exhibition features preeminent figures, such as Li Shutong, a versatile artist and musician who later converted to Buddhism; Xu Beihong, one of the early Chinese students studying in Europe and who later became CAFA's headmaster; and Qi Baishi, one of the most world-renowned ink artists whose vivid depiction of lives in nature still captures the hearts of people today. Master of versatility Wu Changshuo, a man of luminosity in modern Chinese art, is known to demonstrate versatility in painting, calligraphy, poetry and the art of seal engraving. It not only shows Wu's profound influence in the cultural circles, but also compares his works with that of other artists of his time to give a vivid, comprehensive picture of the art and social aesthetics at the time, helping people better understand Wu's contributions that have transcended time and space.