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La Biennale di Venezia: The Wind Makes the Sky. La Biennale di Venezia on the traces of Marco Polo
A Special Project by La Biennale di Venezia’s Historical Archive to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the death of Marco Polo (1324 – 2024).Receivedthe special support of the Italian Cultural Institute in Shanghai and the Consulate General of Italy in Shanghai.Saturday 9 November is the opening date of the first stage The Perfect Path. Hangzhou, Marco Polo’s “city of heaven”, realized with the support of the China Academy of Art and curated by Luigia Lonardelli.The Perfect Path. Hangzhou,
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The Perfect Path: Hangzhou, Marco Polo's "city of heaven"
On the 700th anniversary of the death of Marco Polo, La Biennale di Venezia with its Historical Archive of the Contemporary Arts (ASAC) celebrates in Hangzhou, with the special support of the Consulate General of Italy in Shanghai and the Italian Cultural Institute in Shanghai, his extraordinary abilities as a traveler and connoisseur of peoples with a special project. The exhibition is jointly hosted by CAA and La Biennale di Venezia and organized by the Art Museum of CAA and ASAC. &q
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CHINA DAILY: New calligraphy
Wang Dongling, an artist and professor of calligraphy at Hangzhou’s China Academy of Art, in Zhejiang province, is known for paying contemporary homage to the traditional practice. For decades, the vanguard artist has explored new frontiers of calligraphy and the ways it is presented. Not only does Wang demonstrate technical expertise, he also surprises his audience by turning writing into a performance of strength, and integrates the presentation of his works with other
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CAA Makes a Historic Breakthrough at China's Top Art Award, Winning 4 Golds, 1 Silver, and 2 Bronzes!
The fourth "China Art Award" ceremony, hosted by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) and the China Artists Association, was held at the National Museum of China on the afternoon of October 24. Tie Ning, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Chairperson of CFLAC attended the event. Other distinguished attendees included Gao Shiming, CPC Committee Member and Secretary of the Secretariat of CFLAC; Jin Yibin, Chairman of the
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IDF2024 | The 7th West Lake International Documentary Festival Concludes
The West Lake International Documentary Festival (IDF) is a prestigious art platform that integrates documentary evaluation, screening, forums, proposals, and workshops. It is held each autumn at the China Academy of Art (CAA) by Hangzhou's scenic West Lake.Guided by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Zhejiang Province and hosted by CAA, the IDF 2024 took place in Hangzhou, China, from October 25 to 27, 2024. This year's edition featured three sections: "West Lake Honor"
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CHINA DAILY: Japanese exhibition exploring Tang poetry's legacy
In 2020, artists at China Academy of Art, in Zhejiang's provincial capital Hangzhou, started a project of traveling and creating, called The Way to Poetry. They have made works to trace how Tang Dynasty (618-907) poets addressed in their works the landscapes before their eyes, and how the scenes, maybe having changed a great deal today, and these classic poems have inspired people today. The school has expanded this artistic initiative to Japan, to the Shizuoka Convention and Arts
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GLOBAL TIMES: CAA hosts 7th West Lake Intl Documentary Festival
The 7th West Lake International Documentary Festival (IDF), which ran from Friday to Sunday, was held in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, by the China Academy of Art (CAA).According to CAA, IDF, which also stands for I Documentary Fact, aims to explore the relationship among creative subjects, methods and interviewees. As a platform for documentary film, it integrates documentary evaluation, screening, forums, proposals and workshops.Xu Xiaoming, dean of the School of Film Art at th
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The 7th West Lake International Documentary Festival
The West Lake International Documentary Festival (IDF) is a prestigious art platform that integrates documentary evaluation, screening, forums, proposals, and workshops. It is held each autumn at the China Academy of Art (CAA) by Hangzhou's scenic West Lake. Guided by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Zhejiang Province and hosted by CAA, the IDF 2024 took place in Hangzhou, China, from October 25 to 27, 2024. This year's edition featured three sections: "West Lake H
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Martin Kemp: Structural Intuitions in Art and Science
Martin Kemp: Structural Intuitions in Art and ScienceThe theme lecture titling "Structural Intuitions in Art and Science", jointly organized by the China Academy of Art (CAA) and Paragon Book Gallery was held at the CAA's Nanshan Campus on September 24. The lecture was delivered by Martin Kemp, a world-renowned scholar on Renaissance art, a student of Leonardo da Vinci and emeritus professor of art history from the University of Oxford. Francesco D’Arelli, Director of the Ital
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The Harvard Gazette：Calligrapher Wang Dongling creates piece with ‘chaotic script’ before Harvard Art Museums audience
At first it looked almost as if Wang Dongling was sweeping the floor with one hand, using a brush about a yard long. The graceful strokes trailed compacted, staccato black lines and sweeping curves on a rectangular white sheet the size of a living-room rug. The artist, dressed in black, his dark hair collar-length with streaks of gray, has been creating large-scale calligraphic works for decades. On Friday, in front of an eager crowd gathered in the courtyard of the Harvard Art Museums, he
