As a cradle of Chinese civilization, Gansu is also an important hub on the Silk Road which bridged the East and West in ancient times.
New York-based artist Elizabeth Peyton produces deep resonance in the hearts and minds of her audience with paintings where the strokes, the colors and the composition deliver poetry and sensibility.
Titled Light, Colour and Hope, the exhibition, which is set to open at the Yuz Museum on Sept 26 and run through Jan 10, 2021, will show vivid paintings in which the aura of life and the crisis of modernity underlie the lighthearted mood presented by Butzer.
A paved road, some forward thinking and an "a-ha" moment inspired by traditional architecture have helped a mountainous village out of poverty, Wang Kaihao and Shi Ruipeng report in Hezhou, Guangxi.