Endless Development in Chinese Painting, which recently closed at the art gallery of Beijing Fine Art Academy, was one of the exhibitions presented by the association this year for lovers of gongbi paintings.
Road to Peak, a series exhibition running until Dec 7 at the Art News of China gallery in Beijing, puts a spotlight on different generations of painters working in the style of xiey i(presenting the spirit) of classical Chinese painting. The first show, now underway, displays works by those in the 1980s and '70s.
To mark the upcoming Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the Beijing Organizing Committee and China Post are jointly releasing a collection of two long sheets featuring stamps inspired by the tradition of bingxi, celebrating the joy of sports and the spirit of the Olympics.
An ongoing exhibition at the National Art Museum of China shows 10 ink paintings created by Xiao Yutian in the late 1980s for such a book that narrated the third century ballad Kongque Dongnanfei (Southeast the Peacock Flies). Done in the gongbi style, marked by attention to detail, Xiao vividly visualized the poetic beauty of the tragic love story.
Visitors took photos and interacted at the China-Laos high-speed rail station, which began full operations on Dec 3.
When actor Cao Bingkun was shooting a film in 2017, he got a chance to be more involved in the creative process and developed an interest to go behind the camera. Cao's directorial debut, My Son, is scheduled to open across the country on Dec 3.
At his solo exhibition Mozart-Gene, artist Li Jiwei has brought to his alma mater's art museum in Beijing some 17 works in which he has enriched the presentations of ink art, and employing Eastern aesthetics, he visualizes the spirit and faith embodied in the compositions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
"With the gentle wind blowing over the field, we admire the beautiful rainbow, hands in hands," sang a chorus of 21 children on a wooden stage beside a picturesque lake in East China's Zhejiang province. The scene is featured in the last episode of Tian Ye Li De Ge Sheng (Songs Sung from the Fields), a 10-episode TV program which has recently concluded its first showing on CCTV-17.
A concert was held at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing on Dec 1, featuring musicians including pianists Sheng Yuan and 12-year-old Du Peida, as well as organ player Shen Yuan and string quartet Amber Quartet.
Jin Shangyi, the preeminent artist and former dean of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, initiated an award in 2019 for the school's young teachers who demonstrate originality in their work.
Oil painter Zhang Jun says her works are a calm depiction of another self who is emotional, and who indulges in an intimate world of herself.
Charm of Ink in My Heart, running at the National Art Museum of China until Sunday, reviews Shao Dachen's extensive work in pushing forward the research of art history, theory and writing since the 1950s by showing dozens of his manuscripts.