On October 18, 2024, Professor Elisabetta Magnaghi, Vice President of KEDGE Business School in France, and her delegation visited the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA). Xu Yang, Secretary of the Party Committee of CAFA, received the guests and held in-depth discussions on topics including discipline development, deepening cooperation, and Sino-French cultural and artistic exchanges. The meeting was attended by Fu Yijing, Director of the CAFA Office, Yu Ding, Dean of the Sino-French Institute of Arts and Design Management (hereinafter referred to as the "Sino-French Institute"), Wang Ke, Deputy Dean of the Sino-French Institute, Prof. Jean-François Vergnaud, French representative of the Sino-French Institute, Mr. Alain-James Palisse, French Administrative Representative of the Sino-French Institute, and Mr. Julien Saint-Sevin, Director of the French Office of the Sino-French Institute.

On October 11, the first teammate mascot of TEAM CHINA/China's National Team was officially unveiled. The design was created by a team led by Professor Lin Cunzhen, Vice Dean of the School of Design at the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

Recently, the large-scale retrospective exhibition “Dimensions indefinitely Variable: Sui Jianguo 1974-2024” by renowned sculptor and professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Sui Jianguo, opened at the Tag Art Museum. This exhibition, held in the artist’s hometown of Qingdao, showcases his growth and development over the past 50 years, from 1974 to 2024. By integrating both indoor and outdoor exhibition spaces, over 280 works (including groups of works) by the artist are displayed, along with seven series of documentary collections. Additionally, three sets of works are being exhibited for the first time. This large-scale artist case study serves as an exploration of the development history of contemporary Chinese sculpture. Lin Mao, President of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, attended the exhibition's opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

On September 25, Huang Keyi's solo exhibition "Inner Landscape" opened at the IOMA Art Center in Sanlitun, Beijing. The exhibition features two series, "Mountain" and "Fruit," showcasing the artist's latest paintings created from 2023 to 2024, along with sculptures, videos, and 3D printed installations. It explores the mutual generation between individual experiences and the natural world, as well as the infinite possibilities of bodily reconstruction after escaping external production mechanisms. The exhibition will run until October 19.

On September 15, the 47th World Skills Competition concluded in Lyon, France. This is the second major international event held in France after the 2024 Paris Olympics, and the World Skills Competition is often referred to as the "Olympics of the technical field."

Recently, the China Printmaking Museum and the Printmaking Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts jointly hosted the "Print Art: Chinese Youth Printmaking Exhibition from an International Perspective" at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, Netherlands. Professor Kong Liang, head of the Printmaking Department, and Professor Kang Jianfei, the exhibition curator, represented the Chinese artists in their speeches, while Dutch painter Eduardus Antonius Van Der Kooij, president of the Royal Academy, spoke on behalf of the venue.

“Great Art Needs No Talk: The Centennial Retrospective of Lin Gang” recently unveiled at CAFA Art Museum belongs to the series of exhibitions themed on “Hundred Years of Glory: CAFA Masters”, and it is also an important activity for CAFA to carry forward the moral cultivation while inheriting the glorious traditions of these predecessors.

Ancient Chinese genre painting as a unique art form has been endowed with a relatively broad developing space since the Song Dynasty. Not only has it possessed the educational function from “subtle perspectives of customs,” but it also presents the social styles and cultural characteristics of corresponding eras through vivid portrayal of ordinary citizens, civil life, festival customs and other subjects.

Recently, the “Collection Exhibition of Artworks and Archives on the First National Exhibition of Fine Arts (1949)” was unveiled at the gallery on the fourth-floor of the CAFA Art Museum. Curated by Professor Cao Qinghui from the School of Humanities at CAFA, The exhibition was hosted by the School of Humanities, CAFA, co-organized by the CAFA Art Museum.

Born in Liaoning province, Liu Xiaodong has been traveling around the world for nearly three decades, observing and depicting a variety of real and ordinary people. Austere and natural, his works provide a powerful insight into reality, showcasing the original vitality of painting. The painting series on display, despite being on canvas or paper, are not bound by them; instead, they stretch out and form a three-dimensional expression. Unlike the general pursuit of ideology and the imitation of Western modernist painting by Chinese artists since the 1980s, Liu has brought Chinese art back to reality with his “realistic oil paintings”.

In July 2024, the "Perceiving China: Art Education Journey West" social practice group from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) embarked on a social practice activity in Gansu. Organized jointly by the Office of International Exchange and Cooperation and the university’s Youth League Committee, this social practice group was comprised of students from various departments and international students. They left their footprints of "Perceiving China" in cities like Lanzhou, Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiayuguan, and Dunhuang. Along the way, they deepened their understanding of the geographical environment, history, and cultural heritage of China's northwestern region, bridging the "East and West" and engaging in cultural exchanges.

An ongoing exhibition at Shanghai’s Bund 18 Jiushi Art Gallery features the systematic training of basic art principles at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), a leading institution of visual arts in China.

The solo exhibition of "Su Xinping" will open on July 27, 2024, in Area B of the Chengdu Museum of Art. An art space resembling a modern tribe, a diary-style artistic expression, and a memoir filled with nostalgia for his hometown are unveiled...

An exhibition titled Blueprint Productivity-Future Sense in the Expression of Art has kicked off at the Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum (CAFAM) in Beijing. It is based on the study of the contemporary works in the collection. 

Recently launched in Beijing, the Shao Dazhen Collection of Art Criticism shines a spotlight on a new compilation of his insightful art criticism articles dating back to the 1950s.

On Sunday, the Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum (CAFAM) in Beijing hosted the opening ceremony for the Rituals of Repetition: Portals to Eternity exhibition, which showcases the works of four prominent South Korean artists. 

A new seminar, From Classroom to Exhibition Hall: A Multidimensional Perspective on Contemporary Chinese Art Teaching and Practice Seminar, was held on Thursday at the Phoenix Center. Curator Duan Shaofeng and artist Chen Xi gave keynote speeches on the exhibition Jumping into a Rabbit Hole: Chen Xi and Her Students, while curator Xiao Ge and artist Li Linlin gave speeches on the exhibition Echo: Dedicated to Alice.

The Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts came alive on a vibrant Saturday night, brimming with joy, laughter, and delightful surprises. The diverse audience, comprising many young children and their parents, immersed themselves in the ongoing exhibition of graduation works — an annual showcase by the academy not only to display the achievements of its fresh graduates but also to share their creativity with the wider public.

Artist and professor Chen Xi, alongside her student Li Linlin, embarked on a joint exhibition in Beijing, delving into the profound impact of an art teacher on their students' creative endeavors. Through their dual showcases at Beijing's Phoenix Center, titled Jump Into A Rabbit Hole: Chen Xi and Her Students and Echo: Dedicated to Alice, the duo presented a diverse array of paintings, sculptures, and installations, illuminating the transformative journey from classroom to gallery space.