Editor’s note: Every year when March and April arrives, Guangzhou is transformed into a vast sea of flowers, filled with different types of blossom. For those who love the great outdoors, enjoying spring flowers is a great choice; but for the less outdoorsy, the following ten exhibitions could be right up your street. From treasures and artworks from overseas to photography works, these exhibitions in late March and early April are a real cultural feast. Take your pick.
Guangdong Museum (广东省博物馆)
Opening Hours: 9:00 - 17:00, closed on Mondays
Add.: No. 2 Zhujiang Dong Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, Guangzhou (广州市天河区珠江新城珠江东路2号)
Nearby metro station: Zhujiang New Town station, Line 3 or Line 5;
Bus: No.40, No.44, No.183, No.293, No.886, No.886A
Mucha and others: Treasures of Art Nouveau
Period: Until Mar. 25, 2018
Venue: Hall No. 3, 3rd Floor, Guangdong Museum
Admission: One must purchase a ticket to visit this special exhibition, priced at RMB 30-50. Please refer to the ticket office for further details.
Guangdong Museum presents a superb selection of works by Alphonse Mucha and other artists. These artworks were specially selected from the collections of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague. This is the first time Mucha’s works have been exhibited in China. These artworks testify to the ideals, dreams and visions of the early 20th Century that molded the art and culture of modern Europe.
Blue and White Porcelain: Science and Technology, Culture, Trade
Period: Dec. 8, 2017 - Apr. 07, 2018
Venue: Hall No. 2, 3rd Floor, Guangdong Museum
Admission: Free admission tickets can be obtained from the Ticket Office of Guangdong Museum 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.
A total of about 160 blue-and-white porcelain works are on display in this exhibition, along with photos, videos, experimental data and multimedia devices, showcasing technical, cultural and commercial achievements of blue-and-white porcelain. You can also learn from this exhibition about Guangdong’s role in overseas trade and cultural exchange via the porcelain export industry.
1st China Animation & Comic Art Exhibition
Period: Dec.15, 2017 - Apr. 26, 2018
Venue: Calligraphy and Painting Hall, 3rd Floor, Guangdong Museum
Admission: Free admission tickets can be obtained from the Ticket Office of Guangdong Museum 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.
At this exhibition, you can see most of the widely loved Chinese animations & comics, from classics like ‘Monkey King’, ‘Nezha Conquers the Dragon King’, ‘Lotus Lantern’, and ‘Old Master Q’, to currently hits such as ‘Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf’, ‘Grow Up With My Daughter’, ‘Mr. Box’, and ‘Life Smartphone’.
Other venues
Exhibition: Drifting Guangzhou
Admission: Free
Period: March 14 – April 7, 2018
Opening Hours: 9:00 – 17:00 (closed on Monday)
Venue: Hall 6.8, Guangdong Museum of Art (广东美术馆6.8号厅)
Add.: No. 38 Yanyu Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou (广州市越秀区二沙岛烟雨路38号)
Bus: You can take one of the following buses in Guangzhou to get there: Bus No. 89, 194, B21, 131A, 57, or 12.
Swiss photographer Catherine Gfeller walked through cities with her camera in hand, snapping pictures of architecture and pedestrians in their surroundings and expressing Guangzhou through women’s vision. The point of view, the sensations, the thoughts of Guangzhou women will be the read thread of this project.
Exhibition: Portraits of Francophone women
Entry Fee: RMB 10 per ticket
Period: Every Friday to Sunday, March 8 – May 8, 2018
Venue: Guangzhou Museum of Contemporary Art (广州当代美术馆)
Add.: No. 273 Huajiu Road, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, Guangzhou (广州天河区珠江新城华就路273号)
Nearby metro station: Zhujiang New Town station, Line 3 or Line 5; Guangzhou Opera House station, APM Line;
In partnership with exhibition curator, Jean Loh, the organizers invite you to discover Francophone women in all their diversity. Actresses, singers, sportswomen, writers - the legendary studio has photographed a plethora of women from around the world. Look no further: the glitz and glamour of the red carpet awaits you.
Omer Fast’s first solo exhibition The Invisible Hand
Period: March 27 - May 27, 2018
Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 10 am-6 pm (closed on Mondays except for public holidays)
Admission Fee: RMB 30
Venue: Times Museum (时代美术馆)
Add.: Times Rose Garden III, Huangbian North Road, Baiyun Avenue, Guangzhou (广州市白云大道北黄边北路时代玫瑰园三期)
Nearby metro station: Exit D, Huangbian Station, Line 2
Vernissage: Sunday, March 25 at 1-6 pm; guided tour at 3 pm with artist Omer Fast and curator Nikita Yingqian Cai (Invitation Only)
Kind Reminder: It takes about 2 hours to finish the exhibition, and visitors might need to wait in line to view the VR film, please pay attention to your time of admission
In addition to showcasing a selection of acclaimed works by Omer Fast since 2011, the exhibition also marks the public debut of Omer Fast first VR film The Invisible Hand (2018), which is commissioned by Times Museum and produced in the city of Guangzhou.
Pursuing · The Happy Dream Walker——Exhibition by Arx Lee
Duration: 2018. 03. 10 - 04. 23
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
Arx Lee was born in Zhongshan, Guangdong and graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 2002. He now works and lives in Guangzhou. Jean-François Roudillon, founder of LOFT Gallery in Paris said, “In front of Arx’s works, we feel that he is just a tool of his own imagination, and his imagination controls his hands to paint everything on the canvas, and interprets a completely different universal visual vocabulary through his paintbrush waving, almost magic.”
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Duration: 2018. 03.17 - 05.22
Opening Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10:00 - 18:00
Venue: Guangzhou 33 Contemporary Art Center (广州33当代艺术中心)
Nearby metro station: Tiyu Xilu station, Line 1 or Line 3;
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Zhang Haier is a well-known figure in photography in China, recognized for a steadfast devotion to style and content which has evolved through a thirty-year career that began in the mid-1980s. Now, the exhibition “MUSE” brings together familiar and previously unseen examples of work that spans Zhang Haier’s career. The selection begins from his primary sources of inspiration – women, yes, but family members initially not strangers – and is focused on the major themes that emerged.
Exhibition in memory of Xu Guangping
Admission: free
Opening Time: 9:00 - 17:00,
Period: March 8th - April 15th, 2018
Venue: Guangzhou Luxun Memorial Hall (广州鲁迅纪念馆)
Add.: No.215, Wenming Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
2018 marks the 120th birthday of Xu Guangping, partner, assistant and former student of Lu Xun (1881-1936), one of China’s greatest writers. Born in Guangzhou’s Panyu District, Xu Guangping was a brave, independent and progressive female writer in Chinese modern and contemporary history.
The exhibition tells Xu’s rebellious childhood, her love story and marriage with Lu Xun, and her personal growth. Precious exhibits are shown, including correspondence between Lu Xun and Xu Guangping, rarely known photos of their family life and daily use articles in last century.
Collision and Blending: an invitation exhibition of Chinese and Russian artists
Period: March 21 - April 9, 2018
Venue: Tianhe District Culture Museum (天河区文化馆)
Add.: 9th Floor, West Tower, Tianyu Plaza, No. 621 Tianhe Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou (广州市天河区天河路621号天娱广场西塔9楼)
Nearby metro station: Exit A of Gangding station (岗顶), Line 3
An art exhibition titled “Collision and Blending: an invitation exhibition of Chinese and Russian artists” is scheduled to be opened at the Tianhe District Culture Museum of Guangzhou on March 21, showcasing a variety of paintings by Russian and Guangdong’s artists.
The exhibition will last for 20 days until April 9, featuring 22 paintings by two Guangdong artists and 49 paintings by three Russian counterparts.
The paintings on display are of various themes and different styles. Artworks presented by Guangdong artists shows both traditional Chinese painting techniques and creative drawings of modern Chinese and western style. And the oil paintings presented by Russian artists are about true-life and nature, most of which were created after they visited China.
(Author: Monica Liu; Editor: Olivia Yang)
