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Art exhibitions in Guangzhou during late May and early June

The Exhibition of Shellfish @ Guangdong Museum

Submarine, giant clam bracelet, grilled oyster, the shell of abalone or sea-ear, Squidward Tentacles, giant squid, snail, slug... All theses things seem to be unrelated, but there is a secret bond linking them together. Why do the Chinese Chinese characters about money all have the radical of bei (贝)? Shellfishes, master architect in the animal kingdom, can build strong and colorful shell houses, but why are they called mollusc? The Exhibition of Shellfish presents over 1000 shellfish specimens and cultural relics to answer all these questions.

Opening Hours: 9:00 - 17:00

Date: May 1 - August 27, 2017

Venue: Hall No. 1, 3rd Floor, Guangdong Museum

Add.: No. 2 Zhujiang Dong Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, Guangzhou

Metro: Zhujiang New Town station, Line 3 or Line 5;

Bus: No.40, No.44, No.183, No.293, No.886, No.886A

Admission: Free admission tickets can be got at Ticket Office from 8:50 a.m. to 4 p.m. Valid ID is required for one person to get one ticket. Tickets are valid on the day of issue only.


The Unknown Treasure — Chinese Folk Wood Carving and Life

Folk wood carving creatively blend drawing, relief and circular engravure. It is functional, decorative, artistic and humanistic. It is also interesting, lively and of living. Through four parts, the exhibition showcases the aesthetics and connotation of folk woodcarving from multiple perspectives. It is also meaningful for the development of Chinese aesthetic and art design.

Opening hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesdays-Sundays (closed on Mondays)

Venue: Halls No. 8 and 9, Guangdong Museum of Art

Add: 38 Yanyu Road, Ersha Island, Guangzhou

Bus: You can take one of the following buses in Guangzhou, and get off at Xinghai Concert Hall station to get to the museum, including Bus No. 89, 194, B21, 131A, 57, or 12.


Things are Man-made: Examination of Craftsman, Innovation and Crossover

The exhibition consists of three parts, inviting craftsmen, scholars, experts and interdisciplinary people to work together. Through case study and space revivification, it shows the most natural work condition of artists.

Opening hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesdays-Sundays (closed on Mondays)

Venue: Halls No. 5, 6 and 7, Guangdong Museum of Art

Add: 38 Yanyu Road, Ersha Island, Guangzhou

Bus: You can take one of the following buses in Guangzhou, and get off at Xinghai Concert Hall station to get to the museum, including Bus No. 89, 194, B21, 131A, 57, or 12.


Grand Spectacles on the Stone: The Pictorial Art of the Han Dynasty

The exhibits are only part of many objects collected in the Xuzhou Art Museum of the Stone Relief of the Han Dynasty. All the rubbings are printed from the fine stone reliefs, representing the best of the art in the Han Dynasty.

Date: May 18 - August 28, 2017

Venue: Hall No. 2, 1st Floor, Guangzhou Museum of Art

Add.: No.13 Luhu Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday: 9:00 - 17:00; Saturday, Sunday and official holidays: 9:30 - 16:30; closed on Monday.

Bus: Take bus No. 63, 245, Tourist Bus No. 1 and get off at Luhu Park (Guangzhou Museum of Art) station; or take bus No. 10, 63, 297, 808, 883 and get off at Guangdong Second Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital station; or take bus No. 109, 110, 184 and get off at Hengzhigang station.


Ceramic Painting by Xu Hongfei

Xu Hongfei just started ceramic painting for a very short time. The exhibition was only prepared for three months. It is the first exhibition of Xu Hongfei’s ceramic paintings. There are 100 ceramic paintings in the exhibition, some of which are borrowed from collectors, and some are newly made this Spring Festival.

Date: May 10 - May 31, 2017

Venue: Hall No. 8, 2nd Floor, Guangzhou Museum of Art

Add.: No.13 Luhu Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday: 9:00 - 17:00; Saturday, Sunday and official holidays: 9:30 - 16:30; closed on Monday.

Bus: Take bus No. 63, 245, Tourist Bus No. 1 and get off at Luhu Park (Guangzhou Museum of Art) station; or take bus No. 10, 63, 297, 808, 883 and get off at Guangdong Second Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital station; or take bus No. 109, 110, 184 and get off at Hengzhigang station.


Special Exhibition of Paintings and calligraphies donated by Mr. K. Yung

Of all the paintings and calligraphies collected in the museum, about one tenth are donated by Mr. K. Yung. Some of the donations are the treasure of the museum.

Date: May 26 - August 27, 2017

Venue: Guangzhou Museum of Art

Add.: No.13 Luhu Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday: 9:00 - 17:00; Saturday, Sunday and official holidays: 9:30 - 16:30; closed on Monday.

Bus: Take bus No. 63, 245, Tourist Bus No. 1 and get off at Luhu Park (Guangzhou Museum of Art) station; or take bus No. 10, 63, 297, 808, 883 and get off at Guangdong Second Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital station; or take bus No. 109, 110, 184 and get off at Hengzhigang station.


Essence of Cantonese Crafts of the Qing Dynasty

In this exhibition, you will see 36 exquisite crafts “Made in Canton”, including enamel, gold articles and silverware, glass paintings, export fans and more. Through these exhibits, you will learn more about the legendary stories of “Made in Canton” in the Qing Dynasty and get a glimpse of the innovation spirit of the Cantonese and its culture.

Date: Until May 24, 2017

Venue: Guangdong Folk Arts Museum

Opening hours: 8:30 - 17:30

Add.: Chen Clan’s Academy, Zhongshan 7 Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou

Nearby metro station: Chen Clan’s Academy, Line 1


The Highlights from the Collection of Jingde Town Porcelains with Painted Figures of the Republic of China (1912-1949)

The museum has a collection of about 1000 pieces (sets) of Jingde Town painted porcelains of the Republic of China (1912-1949). Most works of the collection dated the early and middle Republic of China. Their designs ranged from figures, animals, plants, landscapes, flowers, characters and patterns.

Period: Now through June 10, 2017

Venue: Back east exhibition hall of Guangdong Folk Arts Museum

Opening hours: 8:30 - 17:30

Add.: Chen Clan’s Academy, Zhongshan 7 Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou

Nearby metro station: Chen Clan’s Academy, Line 1


Against the Current: Gao Yang's Solo Exhibition in Guangzhou

This collection of works is extremely intense as if Gao Yang has the heart ripped out of his chest, shown his beating heart with thick red blood pouring out. These pieces have demonstrated Gao Yang’s almost primal instincts, so alive and powerful, with no disguise.

Gao Yang has never expected everyone to understand himself. He uses his own eyes to see, speaks in his own language, and portray in the most direct way. He well understands that, the more simple the compositions and forms are, the more clear his spiritual direction is, and thus results in more thorough visual and spiritual effects for the viewers.

Exhibition Duration: 2017. 05. 13 — 2017. 06. 19

Open Hours: 11:00 - 20:00

Venue: Kui Yuan Gallery, No.9, Xuguyuan Road,Yuexiu District, Guangzhou (广州市越秀区恤孤院路9号逵园艺术馆)

Nearby metro station: Dongshankou, Line 1 or 6


Carving Out — Solo Exhibition of Qi Zhe in Guangzhou

Statement of the artist: This exhibition features my woodblock prints. For a long time, woodblock printmaking and mural works of diverse materials have been the two directions of my art practice. I want to establish a mutually influential and complementary relationship between these two types of art forms. The prints exhibited here have explicitly demonstrated my studies, which have more references from and combinations with mural’s materials, techniques and other aspects, and thus able to work out more possibilities.

Exhibition Duration: 2017. 4. 22 — 6. 2

Open Hours: 10:30 - 19:00

Venue: Fl. 1&2, East Podium Building, The Westin Pazhou, Guangzhou

Nearby metro station: Pazhou, Line 8 


“Attaching to Appearances” —Two Person Exhibition of Chen Jinchao and You Dongkun

“Appearances of Unmoving Suchness” features representative works of You Dongkun and Chen Jinchao. You Dongkun delivers his understanding of corresponding relationship by taking mirror-image as “appearance” in his “Reflection” series, and his “In Perfect Tranquility” series lead the audience into an enlightened cognitive process and state where emptiness is also observed as something empty. It can be observed from Chen Jinchao’s works featuring dried ink blocks and scrolls a process where he simplifies, extracts and reshapes cultural elements by taking off culture’s cloak, and his “Basic Elements” clearly reflects a young artist’s unique temperament of daring to criticize the established criteria and seeking for breakthroughs.

Exhibition Duration: 2017.4. 15 — 6. 1

Opening Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10:00 AM— 18:00 PM

Venue: 33 Contemporary Center, 33/F,Tower A, Victory Plaza, 103 Tiyu West Road, Guangzhou

Nearby metro station: Tiyuxi, Line 1 or 3 


Two Places — A Landscape Line

China - Japan Contemporary Art of the Resident Creation and Exchange Exhibition in Guangzhou

12 Chinese and Japanese artists from different social background got away from their daily habits to make a two-week of resident creation in the 53 Art Museum, for all-round dialogue, mutual stimulation and projection, activating the creative ideas and sharing the fun, so that deepening the communication between people, and making a unique explanation of the contemporary art from every angle and view.

Duration: May 6 - 28, 2017

Venue: Guangzhou 53 Art Museum

Add.: No. 21 Huiyuan Street, Huijing Road, Guangyuan Express Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou (广州市广园快速路汇景路汇苑街19号 广州53美术馆)


Exhibition Youth by French photographer Maï Lucas

Photographer Maï Lucas, who casts her eye over youth on the streets of Kunming and Changsha, is exhibiting her works in Guangzhou.

Maï Lucas, who is French but splits her time between France and the U.S., is a former assistant of Nick Knight who went on to become a photographer in her own right. A detailed observer of styles and garments, she lends her eye to these fashion details that together form a highly distinctive image.

Date: May 13 - 31, 2017

Opening hours: 10:00 – 21:00 every day

Venue: Zinitang Cultural and Creative Park (紫泥堂文创园)

Address: Zini village, Shawan Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou (广州市番禺区沙湾镇紫泥村紫泥堂文创园)

How to get there:

1. Take Metro Line 3 to Shiqiao(市 桥) Station. Get out from Exit D, walk to Baiyue Square East Entrance (百越广场东门), and take bus K349 to Sanshan Cun (三善村口), and then walk southwest to Zinitang.

2. Take Metro Line 3 to Shiqiao(市桥) Station. Get out from Exit B, walk to Baiyue Plaza West Entrance(百越广场西门), and take bus Pan 67 to Zini Cun (紫坭村口), and then walk southwest to Zinitang.


The Exhibition for the 10th Anniversary of the FEI GALLERY

Date: Until May 31, 2017

Opening hours: 10:00 - 19:00 (closed on Tuesday)

Add.: G Floor, Estate Plaza, No.5, Nong Lin Xia Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou


The Year of Magical Experience 1 @ Shangrong Gallery

Add.: No. 10 Datianji South, West of Chengjie Village, Tianhe District, Guangzhou

Date: Until May 31, 2017

Opening hours: 10:00 - 18:00, Tuesday - Sunday, closed on Monday


“Earth” Akinori Ito Photographic Exhibition of Kenya

Date: Until June 18, 2017

Opening hours: 11:00-22:00, Tuesday - Sunday, closed on Monday

Venue: Spaces GOELIA 225

Add.: 3rd Floor, GOELIA No. 225 Beijing Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

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