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Global Times: Graduation exhibitions showcase cultural fusion
As the 2025 graduation season arrives, graduation exhibitions by art academies across China have become prisms refl ecting what young artists are focusing on and value most in their creative practice. Be it a mechanical art installation featuring an ancient Chinese compass, or a futuristic industrial design inspired by traditional lacquerware, these works let us see how much Gen Z art creators value tradition while also seeing how seamlessly Chinese ancient legacies can b
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eHangzhou: Metamorphoses: 2025 CAA graduation season lights up Hangzhou
The Metamorphoses: 2025 CAA Graduation Season has opened, transforming Hangzhou into a citywide stage for creative expression, local media outlets reported.Running through June 20, the event showcases over 3,000 graduation works by 2,971 students from the China Academy of Art (CAA) across seven major venues including CAA's campuses, key museums, and a citywide media exhibition zone.According to President Yu Xuhong of CAA, "The 2025 Graduation Exhibition is a manifestation of C
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'Metamorphoses' gives voice to young artists
The China Academy of Art officially launched its 2025 Graduation Season on May 31 under the theme "Metamorphoses".One of the country's most anticipated annual art events, this year's exhibition unfolds across seven major venues, including the academy's Xiangshan, Liangzhu, and Nanshan campuses, as well as the Zhejiang Art Museum, World Tourism Museum, Quan Shanshi Art Center, and citywide media platforms.Spanning a diverse range of disciplines, from traditional Chinese pain
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Metamorphoses | 2025 CAA Graduation Season
As 2025 approaches its most vibrant and life-affirming season, the China Academy of Art (CAA) has already been radiating boundless vitality over the past months, igniting the city with one artistic celebration after another. While Black Myth: Wukong Art Exhibition continues to forge its brilliance, CAA now unveils another landmark cultural spectacle for Hangzhou—Metamorphoses: 2025 CAA Graduation Season—a blazing dialogue between art and life, unfolding in the most unrestrained days of summer.&n
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China Daily: Following in the footsteps of Polo
When the famous Venetian explorer Marco Polo visited Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in the late 13th century, well-traveled as he was, it is said that he was still filled with amazement and overwhelmed by what he saw. In his seminal account of his journey, The Travels of Marco Polo, he called Hangzhou the "city of heaven", describing it as "beyond dispute the finest and the noblest in the world".Some 700 years after Polo' s death, a
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China Daily: Stepping into the mythical world of Wukong
For fans of the blockbuster action role-playing game Black Myth: Wukong, its mythical landscapes, intricate props, and larger-than-life characters have long been familiar, albeit only through a screen. Now, visitors can step into that mythology, literally, until May 21.At the Art Museum of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, a stunning exhibition transforms pixels into physical presence. Visitors can walk through lifelike recreations of the game's iconic scenes, adm
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China Culture: Black Myth: Wukong Art Exhibition draws gamers, Monkey King fans
The ongoing Black Myth: Wukong Art Exhibition, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, draws both die-hard gamers and fans of Wukong, or the Monkey King, one of the most beloved figures in Chinese literary classics.It is being held at the Art Museum of China Academy of Art, the alma mater of Yang Qi, art director of Black Myth: Wukong, the blockbuster one-player action role-playing game and cofounder of GameScience, the Hangzhou-based company that developed the video game inspired by
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e-flux: 2025 CAA Report & 97th anniversary academic series
On the occasion of CAA’s 97th anniversary, the “2025 CAA Report” unveils three key initiatives: Donation ceremony of Zao Wou-Ki’s artworks & inauguration ceremony of the Zao Wou-Ki Research Center, inauguration of Zhejiang Key Research Base: Chinese Calligraphy and Seal Research Center, launch ceremony of Design Intelligence Award’s Innovation Incubation Initiative. On the same day, CAA also launched a series of events celebrating its 97th anniversary:
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Global Times: ‘Black Myth’ art show turns legend into trend
The ongoing Black Myth: Wukong Art Exhibition at the Art Museum of China Academy of Art in East China's Zhejiang Province stands as an exploration of how to fuse games and artistic expression. As a scholar specializing in game design and art, I have always been engaged in this intersection, and this exhibition offers a compelling case of how deeply games can participate in the language of art. The exhibition features life-sized recreations of core in-game elements, including t
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China Daily: Black Myth: Wukong art exhibition opens in Hangzhou
The Black Myth: Wukong Art Exhibition opened at the Art Museum of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, capital of East China’s Zhejiang province, on Wednesday.Inspired by the eponymous multiple award-winning video game, the exhibition showcases hundreds of artworks based on the game, including concept art and illustrations, character designs, field research photographs, 3D models, statues,sculptures,and cultural creative products, some of which are being shownto the public for the first ti
