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Exhibition of Traditional Chinese Tao Huawu & Yang Liuqing New Year Pictures Opens Recently
An exhibition of traditional Chinese Tao Huawu & Yang Liuqing New Year pictures opens at the CAA Crafts Museum today and will run until Dec 30. Tao Huawu and Yang Liuqing New Year pictures represent wood-block print in south and north China respectively. Works on display were made in the traditional style and were produced during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) and the first half of the twentieth century.
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VR Section of The 77th Venice Int'l Film Festival Open
The VR section of the 77th Venice Int'l Film Festival had an opening ceremony at China Academy of Art Art Museum on Aug 31. Forty-four top international VR films will be shown at the museum from Sept 2 to 12, providing visitors with an immersive theater experience and VR games. We will post some of the film trailers on official facebook and twitter page of China Academy of Art. Keep in tune!
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Please Check Your Admission Letters from CAA!
Admission letters from the China Academy of Art (CAA) began being delivered on Aug 20! This year's admission dispatches are designed in the style of an old letter. The undergraduate admission letter is red, representing enthusiasm and energy; the master's letter is silver for intelligence and creativity; and the doctoral admission letter is gold, representing tradition and brilliance. The cover reads ‘Fight for Art,’ with the words written by CAA’s first president Lin Fengmian.
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Mourn for Our Dearest friend- Professor Bernard Stiegler
Dear family members and friends of Professor Bernard Stiegler, Upon hearing the news of the world's sudden loss of Bernard, we, in Hangzhou, are in deep shock and grief beyond words. Please allow us, on behalf of Bernard's friends and readers across the fields of art and thought, to mourn for the sudden death of this great thinker. We feel indescribablely sorrowful for the loss of such a positive and highly creative thinker from the field of philosophy, at a time of human crisis. Our memory of P
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Illusion
Today we share with you the opening speech of Young to young International Collaborative Workshop 2020 by CAA president Gao Shiming.
Illusion
Illusion, could be translated as both misconception and hallucination in Chinese.
Chinese language system is unlike that of west, illusion has nothing to do with “right and wrong”， “existence and nonexistence". Wrong, in fact, means doesn’t match, while right is contrary. Wrong, mostly, refers to staggered or mi
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Modern sculpture pioneer honored in new exhibition
When Liu Kaiqu established the sculpture department at the academy, there were only eight students willing to study modern sculpting. At the time, most Chinese people considered figurines and sculptures as burial objects that were inauspicious.
“That was a melancholy time for modern sculptors,” said Liu Mina. “My father realized the importance of cultivating talent and populating modern sculpture. He recruited a number of students and wrote tons of articles to spread the new ar
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Youth art festival honors emerging talent
To support and encourage young artists, the second Zhijang International Youth Art Festival, sponsored by the China Academy of Art and the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, is honoring art students through July 4.
The festival includes exhibits and performances from recent graduates, lectures and seminars. All of the activities are livestreamed on popular platform Douyin (known overseas as TikTok).
This year, the graduation exhibition of the academy is hosted at six venues, including Pan Tianshou
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“Community Reborn”——CAA 2020 Department of Fashion & Textile Design Graduation Works
“Community Reborn”is the theme of the CAA 2020 Department of Fashion & Textile Design Graduation Works, which focus on four themes this year: eastern beat, materials, society, and egos. Highlighting the problems humans encounter, the works reflect on the possibility of design and its contemporary value. Check out a selection of art created by CAA students!
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Over 3000 works of art are on at CAA 2020 Graduation Exhibition
The 2nd Zhijiang International Youth Art Festival, which is also the 2020 #CAA Graduation Works Exhibition, is on in #Hangzhou from June 28 to July 4. The exhibition will showcase over 3000 works of art from 2265 graduates, with the displays covering 35,000square meters –– making it the largest graduation exhibition in the world. The art festival also includes over 30 activities including an online opening show, online exhibition, forums, art shows, and design workshops
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Being with You in the World - The 2nd Zhijiang International Youth Art Festival
The 2020s started with an extraordinary overture, as COVID-19 hit the whole world, altering the way we live. Humanity was facing a daunting test, not only of health and safety, but of values, ethics, governance, and ideology. Our fundamental understanding of "humanity" was challenged. However, for artists and designers, this crisis was a unique opportunity for growth and development; for all of us, it was a rare chance to strengthen ourselves. The pandemic was a universal experience, a
