On 19 December 2024, “The Vicennial Exhibition Celebrating Achievements by School of Chinese Realistic Painting” was unfolded at the CAFA Art Museum. It was jointly sponsored by the Central Academy of Fine Arts and the School of Chinese Realistic Painting, hosted by the CAFA Art Museum, and supported by the Chinese Academy of Oil Painting from Chinese National Academy of Arts and the Beijing Jin Shangyi Art Foundation. A total of 41 artists were invited to present over 220 classic realistic artworks.

Recently, the exhibition “Ocean on Paper: Poetry and Printmaking” was unveiled at the Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts. Being a part of the cultural project “Poetry and Printmaking” for international poetry and printmaking communication, the first phase was held in 2013 with the theme of “Rivers on Paper”, and the second phase was held in 2024 with the theme of “Oceans on Paper”. The exhibition showcases 20 poems and 20 printmaking works. The images in the poems are extended in the printmaking, while the unique printmaking expressions also add new interpretations to the poems. Both of them center around the same theme in their own ways, and they converge into artistic resonance in various expressions.

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.

Space Station announces Celestial Magic, a solo exhibition by Geng Xue to be unveiled on December 14, 2024, which is her first solo show at the Space Station. Known as an artist who resists easy categorization, Geng Xue has developed a distinctive approach to the exploration and advancement of artistic language.

On December 6, 2024, Ms. Amel Nafti, President of the Dijon School of Fine Arts in France, visited the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) and held a meeting with President Lin Mao. The two sides engaged in a constructive dialogue on deepening cooperation and future development in the field of culture and arts between Chinese and French institutions.

2024 marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Romania. Romanian artist Dani Ghercã’s photography exhibition “The Sublime” as a promotion of contemporary Romanian art in China was unveiled at the CAFA Art Museum on November 30.

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.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the Federative Republic of Brazil. The exhibition "Brazil, Back to the Land" by the Brazilian photography master Sebastião Salgado is being held at the Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum.

On November 7, a solo exhibition by Professor Wang Yuyang from the Central Academy of Fine Arts titled "Painting" opened at the Long Museum in Shanghai. This exhibition presents a fresh showcase and review of Wang’s painting practice, which spans over a decade. His work demonstrates a highly varied approach with a complex language and conceptual depth, deconstructing and subverting traditional painting while creating contemporary images that blend human, non-human, and natural elements.

On the morning of November 9, the China-Italy University Presidents’ Dialogue was held at Peking University. Jointly organized by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China and the Ministry of Universities and Research of the Italian Republic, the dialogue was themed "Promoting Inter-Civilizational Understanding and Cultivating Outstanding Talent." It included two parallel forums and invited representatives from 45 universities from China and Italy to discuss cooperation in higher education, collaborative innovation, and high-level talent development models between the two countries.

On November 1, Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) professor Wang Chuan’s solo exhibition " Re-creation the Classic of Mountains and Seas" opened at Hubei Museum of Art. The exhibition features more than 40 works created over the past three years, including lenticular lightboxes and reinterpretations of classical paintings. Inspired by the ancient Chinese text Shan Hai Jing (The Classic of Mountains and Seas), the artist integrates photography and Chinese classical masterpieces, blending media such as painting, photography, and lenticular lightboxes. Through this fusion, Wang brings distant traditions and history into modern social reality, presenting a visually immersive experience that is both realistic and illusory. The exhibition is curated by Ji Shaofeng, director of Hubei Museum of Art.

On November 5, 2024, Eva Nguyen Binh, President of the French Institute and Cultural Ambassador of France, along with Emmanuel Tibloux, President of the National School of Decorative Arts in France, and Nicolas Pillerel, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy in China, visited the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA). President Lin Mao held talks with the delegation, focusing on deepening Sino-French cooperation in art education and cultural exchange.

"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.

On the evening of November 1, 2024, the annual "CAFA Global Exchange Program Sharing Session" was held as scheduled in the atrium on the fourth floor of Building 7. The Office of International Cooperation and Exchange invited student representatives who had participated in exchange programs with partner schools in Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, France, and the UK during the past academic year to share their experiences with the entire academy. The event was hosted by the exchange program coordinator, Ms. Wang Yun’ai.

In this lecture, Zhu Pei will present his design philosophy, the Architecture of Nature, which will reveal the simplicity and authenticity of architecture’s originality. By focusing on his recent works, he will present how his philosophy can be translated across different tectonic terrains.

On October 26, 2024, the exhibition titled The Great Sculpture Series: 90 Years of the Sculpture Discipline at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), hosted by CAFA and organized by the CAFA Sculpture Department and CAFA Art Museum, officially opened. This exhibition systematically reviews and reflects on the 90-year journey of CAFA’s Sculpture Department, from its inception in 1934 to the present day, highlighting its growth from solid foundations to diversity, from self-awareness to academic consciousness.

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.