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Shanghai Special Art Exhibition Highlights (March 2026)
"Peng Zuqiang: Some Omissions, Silences and Opaque Sounds" (Visual Media & Installation Art) Dates: 2025.11.06–2026.04.26 Venue: Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai "The Great Concealment" (Contemporary Art Exhibition) Dates: 2025.11.06–2026.04.26 Venue: Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai "A Revolution in Looking: Special Exhibition of Modern Art for the 8th Anniversary of Powerlong Museum" (Chinese Modern Art Exhibition) Dates: 2025.11.06–2026.03.29 Venue: Hall No. 1, Powerlo

Cathy Shen
14 hours ago3 min read


Nanjing Yunjin (Cloud Brocade) Museum
The Nanjing Yunjin Museum is China's only museum dedicated exclusively to cloud brocade. It primarily showcases Chinese ethnic brocade weaving arts, with Nanjing cloud brocade as its centerpiece, and is listed among the "New Forty-Eight Scenic Spots of Jinling." The museum displays cloud brocade weaving techniques, authentic Ming and Qing dynasty cloud brocade masterpieces, and replicas of ancient Chinese silk textile artifacts. With over 1,500 years of handweaving history, N

Cathy Shen
Feb 198 min read


Islamic Aesthetics and the Legacy of Persian Culture from the 16th to 19th Centuries: Insights from the Pudong Art Museum Exhibition
"Miracles of Pattern: Masterpieces of Indian, Iranian, and Ottoman Art from the Louvre" is the title of the recent blockbuster exhibition at the Shanghai Pudong Art Museum. Many articles and videos introducing the exhibits are available online for those interested. Before this, many readers may have been puzzled when seeing the exhibition title: Why these three countries? Didn't the Ottoman Empire collapse over a hundred years ago? After seeing the map at the exhibition entra

Cathy Shen
Feb 185 min read


Understanding "Shifting Perspectives" in Chinese Painting
"Shifting perspectives" ( yíbù huànjǐng , 移步换景) is a unique spatial composition principle in traditional Chinese painting and a key to appreciating Chinese art. It stands in stark contrast to the "linear perspective" of Western painting, embodying the distinctive Chinese way of observing the world and its underlying philosophical thought. I. What Is "Shifting Perspectives"? Core concept: Rather than observing a scene from a single fixed viewpoint, the artist moves through th

Cathy Shen
Feb 174 min read
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