Art Beijing to make a comeback at National Agricultural Exhibition Center in its 16th year

Programs that deserve attention include a show of Damien Hirst, one of the Young British Artists group, whose prints from his three famous series, Kaleidoscope Paintings, Spot Paintings and Spin Paintings, will be on display.

Trend of China will focus on the development of home-grown urban art. Influenced by street art and graffiti art, young Chinese artists also find their cultural traditions a wellspring to source from, and have created works winning wide acclaims at home and abroad.

Late oil painter Xin Dongwang is known for portraying the typical faces of a time: He spent years depicting grass-root people from different walks of life, particularly the underprivileged groups. By doing so, he documented the process of urbanization and its varying changes to people's mentality.