OFF-CAMERA: CAFAM presents an immersive installation of the moving image featuring 12 Spanish artists

The moving image refers to a dynamic visual representation that encompasses film, video, animation, video games, and other various forms of digital media which have shaped how we see and feel the world. With selected screenings on the art, history, and new development of the moving image from Spain, CAFA Art Museum presents “OFF-CAMERA: Moving Image” in Beijing.

Solo Exhibition | Wang Chuan: The Passing

On November 8, the 6th International Photography Symposium & 2025 Lishui Photography Festival officially opened in Lishui, Zhejiang Province. Jointly organized by the China Photographers Association and the Lishui Municipal People’s Government, this year’s festival is themed “New Creative Forces, Boundless Vitality.” The program brings together iconic works by world-renowned masters, important collections from leading international photography institutions, and experimental creations by cutting-edge artists, while also showcasing the bold explorations of emerging talents and university students from China and abroad.

Solo Exhibition | Tang Hui: Forms and Scenery

On November 8, “Forms and Scenery,” a solo exhibition by Professor Tang Hui of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), opened at Tokyo Gallery + BTAP in Beijing. Tang Hui’s works dissolve the boundaries between figuration and abstraction, juxtaposing traditional motifs—such as mountains and flowing clouds—with futuristic or symbolic linear forms. Together, they create poetic spaces that feel both familiar and estranged, timeless yet rooted in the present moment.

Digital Projects from CAFA Presented at UNFRAMED Contemporary Art Exhibition in Pisa, Italy

On September 19, 2025, the UNFRAMED Contemporary Art Exhibition officially opened at Bastione del Parlascio, a historic building in Pisa, Italy. Hosted by the Pisa Municipal Tourism and Commerce Bureau, supported by the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) of China and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze as academic organizers, the exhibition is co-organized by the cultural organization EstOvestEst-APS and OEOITALIA. The exhibition is co-sponsored by le Farmacie Comunali (Pisa Municipal Pharmacies), Acque SpA (Tuscany Water Service Joint-Stock Company), and the Italian Chinese Enterprise Association.

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.

CAFA Faculty and Students Achieve Digital “Revival” of the Forty Scenes of the Old Summer Palace

Recently, the 2025 Symposium on the Study and Protection of the Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) was convened, where the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) AI and Digital Cultural Heritage Research Center released, for the first time in its entirety, the results of its Digital Reconstruction of the Forty Scenes of the Old Summer Palace.

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