An exhibition titled Heart · Realm has opened at the Chinese Traditional Culture Museum in Beijing, showcasing works by graduates of fine arts and design programs at the Chinese National Academy of Arts. The show features Chinese painting, calligraphy, seal carving, oil painting, sculpture, photography, and design, with pieces created through both traditional techniques and cross-disciplinary approaches incorporating new technologies.
Beijing-born artist Ouyang Chun presents his solo exhibition "Nirvana" at White Space in Beijing's 798 Art Zone, as a special program of Gallery Weekend Beijing 2025. The show features paintings created between 2018 and 2025, including the 2021 oil painting "Nirvana" made with sand and asphalt, marking a stylistic shift from his earlier exhibition "Road to Heaven" (2023) toward richer detail, color, and explosive tension. Ouyang describes his current work as depicting the world's "structure, atmosphere and entanglements."
An exhibition at the China National Academy of Painting showcases over 30 artworks, calligraphic scrolls, opera costumes, and documents from the collection of celebrated couple Wu Zuguang (1917–2003), a renowned scholar and dramatist, and Xin Fengxia (1927–98), a master of Pingju Opera. The works were donated by their son, Wu Huan, in 2025, adding to the family's history of public cultural preservation—Wu Huan's grandfather and father previously donated 241 artworks to the Palace Museum, and Xin Fengxia donated her stage costumes for research.
A symposium for young scholars and curators was recently held at Beijing's Culture Palace of Nationalities, moderated by a council of museums with ethnic content from the Chinese Museums Association. Ten speakers from museums, cultural institutions and universities, both on-site and online, presented case studies and ideas under the theme "Bridge, Symbiosis," focusing on the research and exhibition of China's ethnic cultures. The event coincided with International Museum Day, when many museums and art spaces opened their doors to the public, with exhibitions and events held throughout the week to encourage more time at museums.
An exhibition titled 'New Steeds of the Silk Road' has opened at Yanhuang Art Museum in Beijing, featuring horse-themed paintings and sculptures by artists from China and Belarus. The show celebrates the horse as a symbol of strength, courage, freedom, and loyalty, and coincides with the Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac. It runs until May 18.
A new exhibition titled *Metamorphosis: Beyond the Real. Searching for Victoria Lu – When Humans and AI Think Together, the Story Begins* has opened at Ca' Foscari Esposizioni in Venice, running parallel to the 2026 Venice Biennale. The show centers on Victoria Lu, a pioneering Chinese curator whose five-decade career helped shape contemporary Asian art. It features archival materials, AI-generated works, and collaborative experiments exploring the intersection of human creativity and artificial intelligence.
The fourth edition of the Young Teachers Support Program, founded by 92-year-old oil painter Jin Shangyi in 2017, culminates in the exhibition "Asking Tao and Forging Realms" at the Art Museum of the Chinese Academy of Oil Painting in Beijing. The program provides financial support for selected young art teachers from Chinese colleges to travel to Europe for classical study in museums, followed by field trips to China's border regions, resulting in new works displayed in a group show featuring nine artists.
Artist Ai Jing has launched a major solo exhibition titled "Walking in the Sun" at the Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning. Curated by He Guiyan, the multidisciplinary showcase features music, painting, installation, sculpture, and video, all centered around the conceptual theme of "walking" as a philosophical journey. A centerpiece of the show involves a literal connection to the artist's roots, featuring 150 bags of black soil transported from her hometown of Shenyang to create an immersive installation exploring memory and belonging.
The Times Art Museum has launched a major retrospective of Henri Matisse’s printmaking, featuring 100 works that span his career from early line drawings to his iconic late-period cut-outs. Titled "Bathe in Color — A Journey of Lines, Body and Dreams," the exhibition includes significant collaborations with Paris-based workshops Mourlot Studios and Atelier Auval, highlighted by the vibrant composition La Gerbe.
Chinese artist Cao Fei is set to debut her latest multimedia project, "Dash" (known as "Super Farms" in China), at the Fondazione Prada in Milan on April 9. The exhibition is the result of three years of field research across China and Southeast Asia, where Cao documented the rise of smart farming and the integration of AI, drones, and autonomous vehicles into traditional agricultural landscapes. Her work captures a unique cultural synthesis where modern technology is sometimes integrated into ancient rituals, such as the worship of drones as deities.
The Jiushi Art Museum has officially opened its new permanent home in Shanghai with its inaugural exhibition, "The Shape of Time." The museum, which previously operated as a non-collecting institution without a fixed venue, now occupies a purpose-built space in the city's Huangpu district.
Collector Patricia Poon and artist Angel Hui are among the figures highlighted in a series examining how Hong Kong women artists are gaining market share and recognition. The article reports that major auction houses Christie's, Sotheby's, and Phillips have moved their Asia headquarters to Hong Kong and now employ young women in key auctioneering roles. It notes a sharp increase in women artists featured in Chinese auctions, from 79 in 2019 to 231 in 2024, with 201 of those in Hong Kong. Works by artists like Firenze Lai, Elaine Chiu, and Kristy M Chan have performed strongly at auction, and Phillips has made promoting Hong Kong women artists a key priority.
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has opened 'Dimensions: Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts,' a landmark exhibition in its China Gallery that pairs nearly 50 newly acquired contemporary works with historic artifacts from the Ming and Tang dynasties. Curated by Li Xiaoxin, the show features artists including Lin Fanglu, Zhao Jinya, and Eliza Au, who transform traditional crafts such as tie-dye, glassmaking, and ceramics into contemporary art forms. The exhibition, which opened on October 28, is the first major V&A show dedicated solely to contemporary Chinese studio crafts, the result of a five-year research journey by Li to address the museum's lack of modern Chinese representation.