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Chinese Contemporary Jewelry Art Shines on the International Stage “Lin Lang - The Chinese Story of Jewelry Art： International Touring Exhibition of Contemporary Jewelry" to Open in March 2025

“Lin Lang - The Chinese Story of Jewelry Art：International Touring Exhibition of Contemporary Jewelry", a 2025 China National Arts Fund-supported project for cultural exchange and international promotion funded by the public welfare funds of the China Welfare Lottery and China Sports Lottery, will be held at three venues in Munich and Pforzheim, Germany, from March 10 to May 16, 2025. Supported by the Public Welfare Funds of China Welfare Lottery and China Sports Lottery, and the China National Arts Fund.

Unbinding and Reconstructing: The Polyphonic Narrative of Yuan, Ming, and Qing Painting

When discussing Chinese painting from the Yuan to Qing dynasties, the names of literati painters such as Zhao Mengfu and Dong Qichang, along with masterpieces like Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains and Autumn Colors on the Qiao and Hua Mountains, shine like brilliant stars in our minds. For a long time, literati painting has dominated research on Yuan, Ming, and Qing art, occupying the center stage under the spotlight. This prevailing narrative, focused on renowned artists and famous works, has led to a fragmented understanding of Chinese painting—seeing the trees but missing the forest.

Imparting Replications of Paintings: CAFA Teaching Exhibition Featuring Replicas of Chinese Paintings

Hosted by the Central Academy of Fine Arts and organized by the School of Chinese Painting of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and CAFA Art Museum, “Imparting Replications of Paintings: CAFA Teaching Exhibition Featuring Replicas of Chinese Paintings” made its debut at CAFA Art Museum.

Painting, Wandering: Liu Shangying's recent paintings are presented at FutureLand Art Center

Themed on “Painting, Wandering”, the latest solo exhibition by Prof. Liu Shangying from the Central Academy of Fine Arts is on display at the FutureLand Art Center in Beijing. Curated by French curator Olivier Kaeppelin, the exhibition focuses on Liu Shangying’s latest on-site paintings at the southern and northern foothills of the East Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang from 2022 through to 2024, and it also includes his practice in outdoor paintings in Lop Nur, Altyn Mountains in Xinjiang, and Ejina Banner in Inner Mongolia from 2016 through to 2021.

Write Beautiful Chinese Characters, Attend Great Art Classes: International Students Applaud "Chinese Language Class"

"Language is a tool for human communication, a carrier of civilization, and a bridge for mutual understanding." On November 15, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the 2024 World Chinese Language Conference, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Confucius Institute. He expressed his hopes for the conference to make new and greater contributions to building a shared future for humanity.

CULTURE FOCUS

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.

【China in Poetry and Painting】The 'living landscapes' of a Song Dynasty masterpiece

Why did ancient Chinese artists have such a deep love for landscape paintings? The answer may be found in the most acclaimed work of Fan Kuan, considered the finest painter of this genre from the Song Dynasty. Fan was one of the most famous painters in the Northern Landscape Painting School during this period. The mountains rendered under his brushstrokes were majestic and craggy, different from those presented under the "Southern School," which used smoother lines to portray the elegant landscapes south of the Yangtze River.

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.

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