Meditations in an Emergency

Meditations in an Emergency

May 21 – August 30

UCCA Center for Contemporary Art， Beijing

This exhibition displays works by more than 20 domestic and foreign artists over the past 15 years that reflect on the role of art during a time of crisis.

The exhibition is divided into five sections： “The Fragile Everyday，” “Vital Signs，” “Beyond Animality，” “Othered Movements” and “Out of Focus.” The works on display focus on daily life， illness and aging， connectivity， the thin line between human and animal， global flow of people and commodities， and the information landscape to predict the impact of the current experience on the future.

The exhibition was named after an anthology of poetry by Frank O’Hara（1926-1966）， better known during his short life as a curator at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

Unconventional： Emerging Media Artist Exhibition

May 16 – August 16

OCT Contemporary Art Terminal， Shanghai

This exhibition uses free space connection to present various social characters cosplayed by artists. By portraying various social characters such as geological surveyors， social movement practitioners， video bloggers， and news editors， the artists highlight the commonalities of characters from the same era as well as distinct personalities forged by different life experiences and creative perspectives.

Revive in Art

May 1 – June 21

Times Art Museum， Beijing

This exhibition brings together 57 artists to construct an energetic art stage inspired by four spring themes.

The “Green Pines and Blue Cypress” section uses pines as the carrier to present nine diverse and fascinating art projects. The “Exotic Scenes and Rare Plants” section features seven street artists with unique styles tasked to create a theater with the protagonist symbolizing the energy of spring’s recovery.

The “Grass Sprouts and Oriole Flies” section presents cutting-edge art experiment projects with positivity and action. The “Spring Breeze Brings Warm Weather” section features images of the most moving moments and stories of medical workers in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic.

The Fair Ladies of Jiangnan： Traditional Chinese Paintings of Beauty from the Collection of Suzhou Museum

May 18 – August 16

Suzhou Museum， Suzhou

A special theme of ancient Chinese figure paintings， the fair lady painting evolved into an independent genre by the middle of the Tang Dynasty （618-907） and peaked between the Ming （1368-1644） and Qing（1644-1911） dynasties.

The show exhibits dozens of high-quality fair lady paintings from the mid-Qing Dynasty to modern times collected by Suzhou Museum. The paintings on varied media including hanging scrolls， fans and album leaves vividly capture the beauty of women of the Jiangnan（meaning “south of the Yangtze River”） area during the Ming and Qing dynasties with a delicate and elegant painting style.