New art gallery in Shanghai holds first exhibition
2 years, 4 months ago

New art gallery in Shanghai holds first exhibition

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An art work by Picasso on display at Casa Italia, a new art space on the Bund in Shanghai. The opening exhibition at Casa Italia, a new art space on the Bund in Shanghai, has brought together the works of Western masters Pablo Picasso and Kees van Dongen and new creations by Chinese artist Wu Lintian. According to Zhou Li, founder of Casa Italia and the curator of the show, the series of Picasso works on exhibition consists of eight portraits the artist created in the 1960s. Zhou said these paintings "built a connection between Chinese art from the 8-14th century and modern expressionism… seeing Wu's artworks, young audiences may gain some understanding of Picasso's admiration for Chinese art."

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Surreal century
10 months ago

Surreal century

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A visitor appreciates, The Message of the Forest, by Toyen. CHINA DAILY "We hope that the Chinese audiences to the exhibition will find the works from this movement as powerful, charged, mysterious and relevant as when they were first shown 100 years ago." Aside from the surrealist show on the fourth floor, Xu Bing: Gravitational Arena is running in the …

China Art Museum, Shanghai, opens largest exhibition in China
10 months, 3 weeks ago

China Art Museum, Shanghai, opens largest exhibition in China

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Artworks by Lin Fengmian and Wu Guanzhong was showcased in a new exhibition at China Art Museum, Shanghai on Jan 27, 2023. The new exhibition at China Art Museum, Shanghai on Jan 27 marks the largest showcase in China featuring two modern masters, Lin Fengmian and Wu Guanzhong. Entitled Pictures of China: Artworks by Lin Fengmian and Wu Guanzhong, the …

Reframing the classics
1 year ago

Reframing the classics

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Visitors at Shanghai Museum take pictures of Leonardo da Vinci's oil painting, Head of a Young Woman, called The Scapiliata, during the media preview of the exhibition, Who Is Leonardo da Vinci? The performance at the museum echoed the exhibition theme of a dialogue between Chinese and Western Renaissance culture, according to Chu Xiaobo, the director of the institution. The …

Reframing the classics
1 year ago

Reframing the classics

China Daily  

Visitors at Shanghai Museum take pictures of Leonardo da Vinci's oil painting, Head of a Young Woman, called The Scapiliata, during the media preview of the exhibition, Who Is Leonardo da Vinci? The performance at the museum echoed the exhibition theme of a dialogue between Chinese and Western Renaissance culture, according to Chu Xiaobo, the director of the institution. The …

Reframing the classics
1 year ago

Reframing the classics

China Daily  

Visitors at Shanghai Museum take pictures of Leonardo da Vinci's oil painting, Head of a Young Woman, called The Scapiliata, during the media preview of the exhibition, Who Is Leonardo da Vinci? The performance at the museum echoed the exhibition theme of a dialogue between Chinese and Western Renaissance culture, according to Chu Xiaobo, the director of the institution. The …

Reframing the classics
1 year ago

Reframing the classics

China Daily  

Visitors at Shanghai Museum take pictures of Leonardo da Vinci's oil painting, Head of a Young Woman, called The Scapiliata, during the media preview of the exhibition, Who Is Leonardo da Vinci? The performance at the museum echoed the exhibition theme of a dialogue between Chinese and Western Renaissance culture, according to Chu Xiaobo, the director of the institution. The …

Exhibition on Italian art, design opens in Chongqing
1 year, 1 month ago

Exhibition on Italian art, design opens in Chongqing

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Poster of the exhibition. An exhibition on art, design and manufacturing in Italy opened Wednesday in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality. The exhibition, "The Source of Wisdom: Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaello, Dante, and Italian Design and Manufacturing," features nearly 300 artworks and documents, including oil paintings, posters and magazines. It is jointly held by the cultural center of the Italian Embassy …

Exhibition on Italian art, design opens in Chongqing
1 year, 1 month ago

Exhibition on Italian art, design opens in Chongqing

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Poster of the exhibition. An exhibition on art, design and manufacturing in Italy opened Wednesday in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality. The exhibition, "The Source of Wisdom: Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaello, Dante, and Italian Design and Manufacturing," features nearly 300 artworks and documents, including oil paintings, posters and magazines. It is jointly held by the cultural center of the Italian Embassy …

Snapshot of Western art's evolution
1 year, 5 months ago

Snapshot of Western art's evolution

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Guillermo Solana, artistic director of the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, talks about Ruben's Venus and Cupid, as he guides visitors around the exhibition on June 22. The opening of the Thyssen Museum showcase on the second floor means that the Museum of Art Pudong's exhibition spaces are fully occupied for the summer months. The Shape of Time: Art and Ancestors …

New exhibition navigates four centuries of Western art
1 year, 8 months ago

New exhibition navigates four centuries of Western art

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Bonaparte Crossing the Great St. Bernard, a work attributed to the studio of French artist Jacques-Louis David, is among the pieces to be exhibited in Shanghai. Unlike the exhibition at the Tsinghua University Art Museum five years ago, which gave a general review of Western art, works shown this time are arranged progressively, showing the changing roles of figure painting …

Chinese artist exhibits paintings in honor of Slovenian writer
1 year, 8 months ago

Chinese artist exhibits paintings in honor of Slovenian writer

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Chinese artist Wang Huiqin opened here on Tuesday an exhibition of 23 paintings, paying homage to Alma Karlin, a Slovenian writer who embarked on a solo journey around the world, including China, a century ago. Wang Huiqin moved to Slovenia 40 years ago and has since created numerous art works that connect Slovenian and Chinese cultures. "Art and culture are …

New art gallery in Shanghai holds first exhibition
2 years, 4 months ago

New art gallery in Shanghai holds first exhibition

China Daily  

An art work by Picasso on display at Casa Italia, a new art space on the Bund in Shanghai. The opening exhibition at Casa Italia, a new art space on the Bund in Shanghai, has brought together the works of Western masters Pablo Picasso and Kees van Dongen and new creations by Chinese artist Wu Lintian. According to Zhou Li, …

Show focuses on evolution of painting styles
2 years, 5 months ago

Show focuses on evolution of painting styles

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Masters of Western Art: The Collection of the Rockefeller Art Foundation opened on July 8 and will run to Sept 25 at Shanghai's Aurora Museum. An exhibition at Aurora Museum in Shanghai, Masters of Western Art: The Collection of the Rockefeller Art Foundation, is the first showcase by the US institution since it participated in a signing ceremony for major …

Show focuses on evolution of painting styles
2 years, 5 months ago

Show focuses on evolution of painting styles

China Daily  

Masters of Western Art: The Collection of the Rockefeller Art Foundation opened on July 8 and will run to Sept 25 at Shanghai's Aurora Museum. An exhibition at Aurora Museum in Shanghai, Masters of Western Art: The Collection of the Rockefeller Art Foundation, is the first showcase by the US institution since it participated in a signing ceremony for major …

Zhejiang Art Museum shows Jinyun painter's works
2 years, 7 months ago

Zhejiang Art Museum shows Jinyun painter's works

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The exhibition Together on the Road, in memory of the 100th anniversary of Li Zhenjian's birth, is on show at the Zhejiang Art Museum. An exhibition in memory of the 100th anniversary of famous artist Li Zhenjian's birth opened on April 26 in the Zhejiang Art Museum – located in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province. Li Zhenjian was …

What's on
3 years, 11 months ago

What's on

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The art of elegance Yaji, or "elegant gatherings" organized and attended by creative individuals, were popular centuries ago in China. A high-strung show Under the baton of conductor Zhang Yi, the symphony orchestra of the National Ballet of China will perform a concert featuring programs including Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 3 in D major, Nino Rota's Harp Concerto and …

What's on
3 years, 11 months ago

What's on

China Daily  

The art of elegance Yaji, or "elegant gatherings" organized and attended by creative individuals, were popular centuries ago in China. A high-strung show Under the baton of conductor Zhang Yi, the symphony orchestra of the National Ballet of China will perform a concert featuring programs including Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 3 in D major, Nino Rota's Harp Concerto and …

Yan Huang Art Museum marks 30th anniversary
3 years, 11 months ago

Yan Huang Art Museum marks 30th anniversary

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The late painter Huang Zhou is a leading figure of 20th-century Chinese art, whose ink paintings won popularity for their rich color schemes, sketchy strokes and vivid depictions of people's life, especially those living in ethnic communities such as the Xinjiang Uygur and Xizang autonomous regions and Qinghai province. Huang's last complete work wasn't a painting, though — it was …

Yan Huang Art Museum marks 30th anniversary
3 years, 11 months ago

Yan Huang Art Museum marks 30th anniversary

China Daily  

The late painter Huang Zhou is a leading figure of 20th-century Chinese art, whose ink paintings won popularity for their rich color schemes, sketchy strokes and vivid depictions of people's life, especially those living in ethnic communities such as the Xinjiang Uygur and Xizang autonomous regions and Qinghai province. Huang's last complete work wasn't a painting, though — it was …

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