CAFA Student Works Featured in Sino-French Contemporary Design Exchange Exhibition in Paris

Recently, the "Light and Rhythm Reimagined: Sino-French Contemporary Design Schools Exchange Exhibition", organized by the School of Design at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), opened at the National Institute of Gemology in Paris.

NEXUS: Transcultural Dialogues in Printmaking

Poughkeepsie, NY — The Trolley Barn Gallery at the Hudson Valley Arts Center proudly presents NEXUS: A Transcultural Printmaking Exchange, a landmark exhibition featuring works by leading printmaking faculty from China and New York State. Curated by Liang Kong (Director of Printmaking at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts) and Emilie Houssart (Chair of Printmaking at SUNY New Paltz), the exhibition opens with a public reception on April 19, 2025 (5–7 PM) and runs through April 30.

Lin Lang: The Chinese Story of Jewelry Art – International Touring Exhibition of Contemporary Jewelry" The Third Chapter Awaits Its Grand Opening: Celebrating the Contemporary Renaissance of Diverse Eastern Aesthetics

"Lin Lang: The Chinese Story of Jewelry Art – International Touring Exhibition of Contemporary Jewelry" presents its grand finale at the SCHÜTT Exhibition Hall in Pforzheim, Germany (April 15 to May 16, 2025), a historic event supported by the China National Arts Fund 2025 Communication and Exchange Promotion Project. This exhibition showcases China’s profound cultural wisdom and contemporary innovation, offering a global audience a dialogue between traditional aesthetics and modern creativity.

The First CAFA International Exchange Student Art Exhibition & Seychelles International Students Trio Exhibition Opens

Recently, the First Central Academy of Fine Arts International Exchange Student Art Exhibition & Seychelles International Students Trio Exhibition officially opened. The exhibition is hosted by the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) and organized by the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange. With the theme Peach & Plum Cross-Pollination, the exhibition highlights A Global Harvest of Academic Exchange.

The Opening of the "China-UAE Art Community: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of China-UAE Diplomatic Relations Youth Artist Creative Exhibition"

On November 28, 2024, the "China-UAE Art Community: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of China-UAE Diplomatic Relations Youth Artist Creative Exhibition" opened at the Parkview Green Fangcaodi Parkview Contemporary Art Museum. Jointly organized by the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), the UAE Embassy in China, and the Mohammed Gallery, the exhibition showcased over 150 artworks from students of CAFA, Zayed University College of Arts and Creative Enterprises, New York University Abu Dhabi Division of Arts and Humanities, and the College of Fine Arts and Design at the University of Sharjah. President Lin Mao of CAFA attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

Season 3 of the "CGTN Chinese Art Promotion Project" - Digital Special Exhibition: Tang Architecture Officially Launched

Tang Architecture is the third season of the multimedia project “CGTN Chinese Art Promotion Project.” The first two seasons — Millennium Tune: Portraiture of the Song Dynasty and Millennium Tune: Landscapes, Flowers and Birds of the Song Dynasty — brought classical Song Dynasty paintings to life using advanced digital technologies, transforming "silent poetry" into "vivid images."

Wang Chuan: “Releasing” the ancient mythical beasts from “The Classic of Mountains and Seas”

From November 1 through to November 24, 2024, Hubei Museum of Art presents “Re-creation: The Classic of Mountains and Seas” featuring the latest work by Wang Chuan. In the series “Mythical Beasts from Mountains and Seas”, the artist has liberated these mythical beasts of various shapes and colors that exude ancient mysterious atmosphere from classical texts. Through the intriguing combination of painting and photography, Wang has placed these imagined animals in the scenes of  well-known Chinese classic ancient paintings, or scattered them in the life scenes that contemporary people feel so close to. In his ongoing project, the artist further “releases” these beasts into a scenic mountain forest in Hunan, endowing them with a completely new freedom and expanding the boundaries of art display, viewing and dissemination.

Introducing a Character Recognition Picture Book on Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Crafted by a Central Academy of Fine Arts Team Over 3 Years

Oracle Bone Inscriptions are primitive "pictographic characters," resembling the childhood appearance of Chinese characters and serving as a natural bridge between pictures and Chinese characters. Oracle Bone Inscriptions fully demonstrate the characteristic of ancient Chinese characters as ideographic characters "expressing meaning through form."

Why did many Song-dynasty paintings depict children at play?

In the Song Dynasty, paintings of the "children at play" subject matter were unprecedentedly popular. Why did this genre flourish in this period? What do children play in this kind of painting? Professor Huang Xiaofeng from the Central Academy of Fine Arts shares his views.

Dunhuang murals on stage: A juxtaposition of ancient charm and modern vigor

Known as a treasure trove of Buddhist art, Dunhuang is a tourist Mecca in northwest China's Gansu Province. Its most representative historical landmark is the Mogao Grottoes, the best known of all China's Buddhist grottoes, and home to a vast collection of exquisite murals and statues.