Picasso on Show in Shanghai

A staff member of the National Picasso Museum of France checks one of the great Spanish artist Pablo Picasso’s works at the China Pavilion inside the site of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai on October 12.Sixty-two priceless paintings and statues selected from the works of the renowned artist have been brought to the pavilion for an upcoming exhibition to premiere on October 18.Besides these representative masterpieces,50 valuable photographs showing the artist’s whole life will also be presented.The exhibition’s estimated value is 678 million euros ($934 million).It will be held until January 10,2012.     

Te Ao Maori Arrives

<正>Shanghai Museum exhibit shines light on Maori culture and its similarities with Chinese customs and traditions An exhibition of Maori taonga (treasures) from New Zealand at the Shanghai Museum is exceeding expectations.     

Yuan Yunsheng,Bringing Chinese Culture and Arts to the World

Aone-man painting exhibition called Starting fromChina - Yuan YunshengPainting Exhibition, wasrecently held on three floors of theCentral Academy of Fine Arts inBeijing. The vibrant colors andstartling vitality of the 46 oil paintings exhibited left a deep impression on all that viewed them.There were some that had hints ofthe unconfined lines of Matisse fauvism. Others had drawn inspiration from Picasso, while therewere those that had plainly beeninfluenced by the bright tints andhues of…     

Shanghai World Expo Reaches More People via the Internet

The virtual Shanghai World Expo will be distinguished by the fact it will be a 3-D space, in which visitors can enter any of the exhibition halls with the click of a mouse and view the full range of items on display.     

Harmony in Action

After coming out from the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall this summer, I took a stroll on one of the city's hot and humid after- noons.Impressed by the scale plan designed to rejuvenate already modern Shanghai,I headed off to the People's Square to reflect on the exhibition I had just seen.Strolling my way onto the square,my thoughts on space development (i.e.Nanjinglu has not     

Behind the Scenes

<正>Strenuous efforts are made to stage a British exhibition in China The British Museum's acclaimed exhibition,A History of the World in 100 Objects,opened in Beijing in March after a tour of cities such as Abu Dhabi,Tokyo and Canberra.The audience turnout was larger than expected,with an average of 2,000 to 3,000visitors per day during weekdays and nearly6,000 on the weekends.Audience numbers are expected to grow until the exhibition ends on May 31.     

Deke Erh's Shanghai——A Bird's-Eye View 2010 Photo Exhibition

Deke Erh’s Shanghai—A Bird’s Eye View 2010,a photo exhibition,was mounted in the National Art Museum of China from December 27,2010 to January 9,2011.     

A Multitude Of Choices

<正>Lifestyle exhibition caters to consumers’developing tastes By Ma Li A lifestyle exhibition showcasing ideas and future trends in urban living for people in China attracted over 600 entrepreneurs,artists,scholars,journalists and consumers to the Phoenix International Media Center in Beijing on November 5.The exhibition transformed the Beijing offices of Hong Kong-based     

Exporters Boost Their Growth With Innovative Products

正The 29th East China Fair, the largest regional trade fair in China, closed in Shanghai on March 5 with a trading volume of $2.3 billion. More than 3,500 Chinese companies and over 450 overseas companies took part in the four-day event, which is regarded as an important barometer of China’s foreign trade. The fair boasted an exhibition area of 126,500 square     

Shanghai Retrospective

THE last day of October was also the last day of the Shanghai Expo. During the course of the 184-day event China Today printed some 100 reports by itS reporters and photographers who were dispatched to the host city itself, to neighbor cities, and tothe Expo pavilions. Here, some of them look back on their experience and share what struck them most about the exhibition.     

To Impress The World

An Exhibition of Fine Works of Seal Engraving Art was held in the Cultural Center of the World Expo in Shanghai in mid-August. The exhibition was organized by the Chinese Academy of Seal     

FEAST FOR THE EYES

<正>A Tang Dynasty(618-907)tomb pottery figure from the British Museum is examined on February 15 at the National Museum of China in Beijing.The artifact is one of 100 objects from the British Museum that will comprise a public exhibition opening in China’s capital on March 1.     

Fair Commitment

正When the Second China International Import Expo (CIIE) opened in Shanghai on November 5,the larger scale compared to the first edition was evidence of China's commitment to continue opening up,economic globalization and free trade.Besides a larger exhibition area,it had over 3,800enterprises and 26 international organizations from 1 55 countries and regions     

Sports Magnates Go for Gold in China

CHINESE people are showing an unprecedented enthusiasm for sport in this post-Olympic era. Since September 2009,many of the world＇s top sporting contests were fought on Chinese soil, including the World Snooker Shanghai Masters, the China Open, NBA exhibition games in Beijing, the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, the Formula One Powerboat World Championship in Shenzhen and the Race of Champions held in the Bird＇s Nest. These events have succeeded in attracting large audiences while delivering healthy profits for the sport magnates who made them possible.     

Back to Nature

China gradually restoring the population of wild Pere David’s deer In the exhibition area of the World-Wide Fund for Nature in the International Organization Joint Pavilion of the World Expo in Shanghai,     

THIS WEEK

正A Snapshot of History A visitor looks at vintage cameras displayed at the Shanghai Museum of Vintage Camera Manufacturing on July 4. The museum was opened to the public on June 10.     

STANDING BY LAW

<正>A judge explains her understanding of justice with her actions At a recent exhibition held by Beijing Higher People’s Court on civil cases that made pioneering steps during trials,a divorce case in 2013 that saw the issuance of the first temporary restraining order in Beijing was on display.Liu Li,the judge of the case who granted the order against a husband charged     

INFORMATION

<正>Tree Bark and Fish-Skin Costumes in Joint Ethnic Display"Woven by Nature Itself:Exhibition of Li Ethnic Group Bark Costumes and Hezhe Ethnic Group Fish-skin Costumes"opened on June 4 in Heilongjiang Provincial Museum of Nationalities.Scheduled to run for seven months,the exhibition will move south to the Hainan Provincial Museum of Nationalities,the co-host of the exhibition.The exhibition,showcasing     

THIS WEEK

正A TRIBUTE TO MAOVisitors appreciate a statue of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong at the National Museum of China in Beijing on December 24,where Mao’s calligraphy works and contemporary artists’sculptures and paintings of him are currently on exhibition.December 26,2013,marks the 120th anniversary of Mao’s birth.People     

State of the Art Show

正A cutting-edge exhibition at the Palace Museum welcomes its first audience May 18 marked the 42nd International Museum Day and the launch of a hitech interactive art exhibition based on the ancient Chinese painting Life Along the Bian River at the Pure Brightness Festival(Qingming Shang He Tu)at Beijing’s Palace Museum,