A recent press conference held in Beijing for the Ten Masterpieces of French Painting, an exhibit featuring 10 paintings on loan from five French museums, including Hyacinthe Rigaud's most famous work, Louis XIV, from the Palace of Versailles, Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette from the Musee d’Orsay, and Pablo Picasso's Matador from the Musee Picasso Paris. The event marks just one program from the Sino-French celebrations, and the paintings will be displayed at the National Museum of China through June 15.
A series of cultural programs that aims to boost Sino-French cultural exchanges will be presented in both countries during the year as the two countires ushered in their 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2014. An art exhibit from Chinese Xu Beihong and his French mentors, and a photography exhibit about China through the eyes of the French, are part of the package.
As an integral part of the celebration gala, the Festival Croisements which offers roughly 70 creative programs such as visual art, new media, dance, music, drama, children’s theater, circus performance, literature and film will also be held from April through July all over China.
A selection of major programs is listed as follows:
Claude Monet Master of Impressionism
March 3 – June 15, Shanghai K11 Art Mall/K11, Shanghai, www.tix-media.com
Tel: 400 040 6506; 021-64400372
Paris – Beijing, French Focus on China, 1844 – 2014
April 2 – 28, Today Art Museum, Beijing Tel: 010-58760600#100
May 12 – 25, World Financial Center, Beijing, www.bjwfc.com.cn Tel: 010-57630093
May 28 – June 15, Four seasons Hotel, Beijing Tel: 010 – 56958888
May 10 - 30, Kunming Museum, Kunming, www.kmmuseum.com Tel: 0871 – 3153359
June 6 – 7, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, www.gdmoa.org Tel: 020 - 87351393
Ten Masterpieces of French Painting
April 11 – June 15, the National Museum of China, www.chnmuseum.cn Tel: 010 – 65128901
The 11th French Film Panorama
April 16 – 22, Beijing, Chengdu, Jinan, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Xi’an and Yinchuan
The concert for the opening ceremony of the 14th Meet in Beijing Arts Festival
April 28, National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing, http://www.chncpa.org/ens/
Xu Beihong, A Master and his Masters
May 8, 2014 – January 2015, Beijing World Art Museum, Beijing
The 4th Chinese Film Festival in France
May 12 – June 19, cinemas affiliated to Le Gaumont et compagnie, France
Tea and Wine, an exhibit that focuses on the two beverages and their cultural connotations
May 19 – July 16, Yishu 8, House of Arts in Beijing, www.yishu-8.com
The Writers’ Cruise, five renowned French writers’ literary adventures on the Yangtze River
May 21, Talk with writers from China Writer’s Association, Beijing
May 23, Talk with writers from Chongqing Writer’s Association, Chongqing
May 28, Talk with writers from Hubei Writers’ Association, Wuhan
May 30, Talk with writers from Shanghai Writer’s Association, Shanghai
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