Although museums and art institutions in some parts of China have temporarily closed due to the epidemic, there are still many exhibition halls that present heavyweight art exhibitions:
After more than 10 years of construction, the Shaanxi Archaeological Museum is currently open on a trial basis, and the exhibited cultural relics include archaeological excavation projects such as the Shi'an ruins, Yangguanzhai ruins, And Lushan'an ruins; the much-concerned Yan Zhenqing Shudan Epitaph and the Shangguan Wan'er Epitaph are exhibited to the public for the first time.
Overseas, the 59th Venice Biennale has been postponed due to the epidemic, the "Raphael Exhibition" of the National Gallery of Art has been opened, and the discovery of the Louvre Archaeological Team in Sudan in France has uncovered the story of the two pharaohs in the 8th century BC, King Napata.
The Paper, Art Review, in the form of a "cloud viewing exhibition", approached the exhibitions around the world with readers and friends.
Sheng Shi Fanghua - Shanghai Museum donated cultural relics exhibition
Venue: Shanghai Museum (closed)
Exhibition period: March 10-September 4, 2022
The exhibition brings together 195 donated cultural relics, including Wang Anshi's "Xingshu Leng Yanjing Essential Volume" donated by Wang Nanping and Fang Shuyan, Wu Wangfu Chaluo donated by He Hongzhang in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and Shen Zhou's "Lindai Wenjin Xie Andongshan Map Axis" donated by Weng Wange. The exhibition is another large-scale exhibition of donated cultural relics after last year's "Prosperous Thousand Autumns" and "High Mountain View Tour" held by Shangbo, and it is also a wonderful chapter in the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Shanghai Museum this year.
Yoshitomo Nara
Venue: Yuz Museum (Closed)
Exhibition period: March 5-September 4, 2022
Through more than 70 important paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and installations, and more than 700 manuscripts that have not been exhibited, the exhibition looks back at Nara Yoshitomo's prolific artistic career spanning 37 years. This exhibition is not only the first solo exhibition of Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara in Chinese mainland, but also his first large-scale retrospective tour around the world.
"Painting and Photography" "The First Person of Chinese Botanical Painting" Zeng Xiaolian solo exhibition
Venue: Shanghai Center for Photography (Temporarily Closed)
Exhibition period: March 5-May 22, 2022
A selection of 40 masterpieces by artist Zeng Xiaolian depicts the natural vientiane and the glory and withering of grass and trees. Zeng Xiaolian is a mainland plant science painter and a researcher-level senior engineer at the Kunming Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is known as "the first person in Chinese plant painting". The exhibition also includes works by domestic and foreign artists such as Araki Jingwei, Liu Ye, and Giovanni Ozula.
The Domain of Water
Venue: Pudong Art Museum (closed)
Exhibition period: February 28-June 5, 2022
The exhibition presents more than 100 pieces from the collections of two French art institutions in the form of ancient and modern dialogues, and tells the relationship between water and people, and social culture from multiple perspectives such as social space, ritual sacrifice, geographical territory, and technical tools.
Beijing
Why China
Venue: The Palace Museum
Exhibition period: January 25-May 4, 2022
More than 130 cultural relics from the Stone Age to the Qing Dynasty are exhibited, including stone tools, ceramics, jade, bronzes, gold and silverware, calligraphy and paintings, including He Zun, Changxin Palace lamps, Tibetan "Four Medical Classics" and other well-known national treasures. The exhibition will span important festivals such as the Spring Festival, the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the Qingming Festival. The exhibition summarizes and clearly presents why the land of China is China, why the Chinese nation is great, and why Chinese civilization is immortal.
Ode to the Red Candle: Wen Yiduo, Wen Lipeng Art Exhibition
Venue: Art Museum of Tsinghua University
Exhibition period: April 2 - July 3, 2022
The exhibition exhibits the artworks of Wen Yiduo and his son Wen Lipeng, showing the achievements of father and son in fine arts. The title of the exhibition is taken from Wen Lipeng's 1979 oil painting of the same name, Ode to the Red Candle, which pays tribute to the unremitting efforts made by scholars represented by Wen Yiduo to promote china's social progress.
Colorful: The Art of Glass in the Ancient Exchange of Eastern and Western Civilizations
Venue: Art Museum of Tsinghua University
Exhibition period: January 25-May 5, 2022
The exhibition presents 325 sets of ancient glass from the Collection of the Silk Road Art Museum in Hirayama, Japan, as well as a number of rare cultural relics from Chinese cultural institutions.
Common Scene: UCCA 15th Anniversary Council Collection Exhibition
Venue: UCCA Ullens Center for Contemporary Art
Exhibition period: April 16 - July 3, 2022
2022 marks the 15th anniversary of UCCA and the 10th anniversary of UCCA's council sponsorship system. From the collection of the director of the Ullens Art Foundation, the exhibition presents nearly 100 representative contemporary art works created by 52 (groups) domestic and foreign artists.
Refocusing on Media: The Rise of Video Art in East Asia
Venue: Beijing Minsheng Art Museum
Exhibition period: March 5-May 8, 2022
31 experimental, hands-on works in the video medium from 17 artists from China, Japan, and South Korea, spanning a wide range of years, are aimed at re-examining the way East Asian artists approach the medium of video.
Bruce Naumann: OK OK OK
Venue: Mumu Art Museum (Qianliang Hutong Museum)
Exhibition period: March 11-June 12, 2022
In collaboration with London's Tate Modern and the Stedelijk Museum amsterdam, muscular will present American artist Bruce Naumann's first institutional solo exhibition in The Country. While tracing the artist's more than 50 years of artistic practice, the exhibition focuses on and teases out his performance art, neon "identity", and creations based on sound and moving image art.
Gaetano Pecher: No one is perfect
Venue: Today Art Museum
Exhibition period: March 20-June 30, 2022
The exhibition presents nearly 100 pieces of furniture, product designs, architectural models, resin paintings, installations and video reproductions, documentary materials by Italian designer Gaetano Pesce, looking back at his creative process over the past 50 years. Highlights include UP5_6 armchairs, unsightly chairs, and artist self-portrait bookshelves.
Shaanxi
Shaanxi Archaeological Museum
Venue: Shaanxi Archaeological Museum
Exhibition period: April 28 - July 31, 2022
The shaanxi archaeological museum exhibits 138 archaeological projects, including the shiya site, Yangguanzhai site, Lushan valley site, Liangdai village site and other archaeological excavation projects selected as the "Top Ten New Archaeological Discoveries in China"; among the 4218 groups of cultural relics on display, the cultural relics above the ninth floor are the first time to meet the audience. Among them, the most eye-catching is the national first archaeological excavation excavation of Yan Zhenqing Shudan's epitaph, and the Shangguan Wan'er epitaph excavated in Xianyang in 2013 is the first time to be exhibited to the public.
The Light of Ruling the World - Archaeological Achievements of the Western Han Dynasty Emperor's Mausoleum and Tribute to archaeology Centennial Exhibition
Venue: Hanjing Emperor Yang Mausoleum Museum
Time: Recent
Sponsored by the Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, the Hanjing Diyang Mausoleum Museum and the Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Research Institute jointly undertake this exhibition, and the 2021 National Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries Jiangcun Tomb, that is, the 23 pieces (groups) of cultural relics excavated from the Han Wen Emperor's Baling Tomb, were exhibited to the public for the first time. The "Archaeological Achievements of the Western Han Dynasty Emperor's Mausoleum and Tribute to Archaeology Centennial Exhibition" reviews the century-old archaeological history of the Western Han Emperor's Mausoleum, presents the century-old archaeological achievements of the Western Han Emperor's Mausoleum, and exhibits more than 100 fine cultural relics.
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Li Renxing - An Exhibition of Images of Women in Ancient China
Venue: Zhejiang Provincial Museum West Lake Art Museum
Exhibition period: March 8- May 8, 2022
The exhibition selects ancient female image paintings collected by Zhejiang Museum, and at the same time displays related ancient women's ornaments, costumes, daily necessities and other physical objects, as well as the works of contemporary female artists, through more than 160 pieces (groups) of exhibits, inviting the audience to see the beauty in the painting.
Seeing more mountains by pleasure - Huang Binhongji Landscape Exhibition (Part 1)
Venue: Zhejiang Museum Gushan Pavilion Area
Exhibition period: January 1- May 29, 2022
Ji You Landscape is one of the important painting themes of Huang Binhong's paintings. Huang Binhong traveled from north to south throughout his life, admiring the famous Chuan Lingyue, and often composing poems and paintings with the titles of Huangshan, Yandang, Shushan, Jialing and West Lake. In the first issue of the exhibition, the four types of landscape models of Binlao were taken as clues, starting with Binlao's hometown of Xin'an, following the eyes of the painter, and touring Xin'an, eastern Zhejiang, Shujiang, and western Guangdong.
China and the United Kingdom on the Maritime Silk Road: From Hangzhou to London
Venue: Hangzhou Museum
Exhibition period: March 18-May 22, 2022
In the context of time, the exhibition selects 162 exhibits, through the four units of "Chinese Atmosphere", "Oriental Eden", "Brilliant Made in China" and "Customs of East and West", recreating the social life of China and Britain in the 18th to 19th centuries, and exploring the similarities and differences between Chinese and Western cultures in this period.
The Lost Ancient Yin City: Fenghua Baidu Archaeological Culture Exhibition
Venue: Fenghua Museum
Exhibition period: January 26 - July 5, 2022
The exhibition displays more than 200 cultural relics, presenting the results of archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Baiduyin County, Fenghua. The exhibition is divided into two parts, "From Legends to Historical Facts : People of Guyin County" mainly introduces the living relics of the ancestors, the technology of burning pottery and porcelain, food beliefs, tombs and other information; "From settlement to city • Guyin County" focuses on the urban scale system and urban layout of Guyin County.
Jiangsu
Orthodox Painting "Four Kings" Under the Heavens: Nanjing Museum Collection of "Four Kings" Fine Painting Exhibition of the Early Qing Dynasty (Part 2)
Venue: Nanjing Museum
Duration: December 2021 – June 2022
This exhibition is an exhibition of the works of the "Four Kings" and later scholars, selecting famous artists and trying to outline and display the development context and artistic characteristics of the "Four Kings" orthodox painting school in the Qing Dynasty.
Elegant Calligraphy Brilliant Words - Nanjing Museum Collection of Qing Dynasty Couplet Special Exhibition
Venue: Nanjing Museum
Duration: December 2021 – June 2022
The exhibition selects dozens of couplets of Famous Artists of the Qing Dynasty from the rich calligraphy collection of the Nanjing Museum, with excellent joint language and calligraphy, both the style of the thesis and the taste of epigraphy, and has both five bodies, in order to show the development outline and artistic achievements of the Qing Dynasty couplet calligraphy.
Jiangnan Jiali - Suzhou Museum Collection of Women's Paintings Exhibition
Venue: Suzhou Museum Main Hall (closed)
Exhibition period: March 8-June 8, 2022
23 female paintings from the Qing Dynasty were selected. The composition of the picture is either taken from a corner of the garden, or in the boudoir, or in the land of herbs, or between the mountains and rivers; with the scenery of the bamboo banana stone, embellished with spring willows and plum blossoms; or to dress the mirror, or to watch the plum moon, or to play, or to be red, or to pick ling... The ornaments of lead and the state of pink, and so on, there are also those who take the historical story.
Henan
The "Dragon Gate on the Cloud" Mini Program of the Longmen Grotto Research Institute was officially launched on the line
The function list of the "Dragon Gate on the Cloud" Mini Program covers 8 popular columns such as "Roaming", "Exploration", "Courtyard Collection", "Outreach", "Micro-trace Recognition", "Scattered Relics" and "Grotto Protection". Rich in information, authoritative academic content, online video and audio learning materials are readily available. Through the mini program, the audience can travel to the dragon gate without leaving home.
Hunan
Return of the King - Ancient Chinese Bronze Parade
Venue: Hunan Provincial Museum
Exhibition period: December 30, 2021 - May 18, 2022
The exhibition brings together 280 pieces (sets) of bronze treasures, including many treasures of the National Museum of China, as well as bronze treasures from the Hunan Provincial Museum and the Sichuan Guanghan Sanxingdui Museum. They are an important carrier of ancient material culture and spiritual culture, from which we can glimpse the solemn elegance of Shang zhou bronzes, as well as the inheritance and change of bronzes from the Han to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Dominating the East - a special exhibition of Han Dynasty cultural relics in Shandong
Venue: Changsha Museum
Exhibition period: January 28-May 4, 2022
The Two Han Dynasties were a legendary and glorious era in Chinese history, and their political, military, scientific and technological, and cultural influences have been so far. In the Shandong region of the Han Dynasty, there were many princely kingdoms, developed nongsang fishing salt, and economic prosperity, which was one of the most developed areas of the Han Empire. The exhibition presents the majestic Han style of Haidai Oriental two thousand years ago. In addition to sealing mud, coins, bronzes, Han portraits, etc., the exhibits will also exhibit textbook-level Han Li inscriptions - the remnants of the "Xiping Stone Classic".
Jiang Pengyi: My life has sparked actively through several melancholy months
Venue: Xie Zilong Video Art Museum
Exhibition period: April 21 - July 21, 2022
Jiang Pengyi's current works mainly use photography and video as the medium, through the creation of surreal landscapes and subtle narratives of scenes, presenting the internal and external obstacles and doubts of individual life. The exhibition features three series of works by the artist, including Dark Love and The Sun! sun! and Polaroid's film transfer series Conductor.
Guangdong
Majestic Vientiane - An Exhibition of Chinese Water and Land Painting Art
Venue: Guangdong Provincial Museum
Exhibition period: March 15 - July 17, 2022
The exhibition is curated by the Guangdong Provincial Museum, which selects 70 land and water paintings with considerable representatives from museums across the country, and is divided into four parts: The Meeting of the Law, the Wonders of the Art Garden, the Vientiane of The Water and Land, and the Aftersound of Water and Land, which are comprehensively presented from the aspects of artistic background, artistic characteristics, artistic connotation and the protection and inheritance of art, providing a rare opportunity for the audience to understand and study this unique cultural treasure and appreciate the artistic charm of water and land painting.
Silk Road Guanghua - Guangdong Long Cultural Relics Group Exhibition
Venue: Guangdong Provincial Museum
Exhibition period: March 24 - June 26, 2022
Gansu is the transportation hub of the "Overland Silk Road", and Guangdong is an important node of the "Maritime Silk Road". The exhibition brings together more than 500 cultural relics from Guangdong and Gansu, combines the latest archaeological discoveries and historical documents, introduces the important role of the Hexi Corridor in Gansu and the Tonghaiyi Road in Guangzhou, and explores the profound impact of the Silk Road changes on Chinese history.
The Beauty of Dehua - Collection of Ming and Qing Dehua White Porcelain Exhibition
Venue: Guangzhou Museum
Exhibition period: March 2-May 25, 2022
The exhibition selects 134 pieces (sets) of more than 300 pieces of Dehua white porcelain from the Collection of Guangzhou Museum in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, divided into four parts: "Buddhist Statues", "Furnishing Utensils", "Eating Utensils" and "Literary Room Yayi", showing the unique charm of Dehua white porcelain and the glimpses of Chinese social life in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
As subtle as possible, to the vast - Xu Beihong copied Rembrandt's "Woman Leaning on the Window" restoration research exhibition
Venue: Guangdong And Art Museum
Exhibition period: March 8 - June 5, 2022
Xu Beihong copied Rembrandt's "Portrait of a Woman Leaning on the Window" at the invitation of a friend. After being restored by the Materials and Oil Painting Restoration Studio of the Oil Painting Department of the School of Painting and Art of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, this special exhibition also brings the audience closer to Xu Beihong's art from the perspective of intertwining technology and humanities.
Yunnan
In the 'Wild: Yunnan Architectural Traditions Research Exhibition
Venue: Kunming Museum of Contemporary Art
Exhibition period: April 2 - June 26, 2022
With the help of the diverse perspectives of Yunnan architectural scholars and the rich academic practice materials, the exhibition presents the unique charm of Yunnan architectural tradition and the research results of this tradition.
Taipei
National Treasure Focus: Qiu Ying's "Autumn River to Be Crossed"
Venue: National Palace Museum, Taipei
Exhibition period: April 2-June 29, 2022
Why is Qiu Ying's "Qiu Jiang To Be Crossed" in the Ming Dynasty one of the national treasures of the history of Chinese painting and calligraphy? What superb painting skills does "Autumn River to Be Crossed" show? Who in the past has collected "Autumn River to Be Crossed"? The "National Treasure Focus" room of the National Palace museum in Taipei ushered in a change of exhibition, and the "Autumn River to Be Crossed" on display gave answers to these questions.
Collection of openwork paintings - a special exhibition of embroidered landscape figures
Venue: National Palace Museum, Taipei
Duration: From 2 April 2022 onwards
On the one hand, the exhibition explains the characteristics and skills of silk reeling and embroidery craftsmanship from the contents of landscapes, characters and other contents, the layout and configuration of objects and techniques, and on the other hand, from the creation of craftsmen since the Song Yuanming, it explains the style and artistic achievements of the works of the times, and shows the multi-faceted aspects of embroidery.
Asian Textiles Exhibition
Venue: Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Exhibition period: March 12-September 11, 2022
Among the exhibits are precious South Asian traditional embroidery, traditional men's costumes in the Middle East, ceremonial cloths in Southeast Asia, etc., all of which are unique fabrics and costumes in the courtyard collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, presenting Asian multiculturalism.
Popular National Treasure Exhibition
Venue: Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Exhibition period: January 25, 2022 - January 29, 2023
The Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum in Taipei is holding a "Popular National Treasure Exhibition", focusing on the famous works in the art history of the National Palace museum in Taipei, and the cultural relics on display are all popular and popular national treasures, such as the treasure of the National Palace in Taipei, the treasure of the Town Garden, the "Ode to the Partridge", which is considered to be the only inkblot of Tang Xuanzong, the bronze Ehou Gui of the late Western Zhou Dynasty, and the Song "Su's Calligraphy Album".
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Italy
59th Venice Biennale
Location: Venice
Exhibition period: April 23 - November 27, 2022
Titled "The Milk of Dreams," a short story by the British-born Mexican surrealist artist Leonora Carrington, the exhibition explores posthuman, metamorphism, ecology, and more, and the exhibition itself is like a renaissance of surrealism in this era.
The Biennale's theme exhibition features 213 artists from 58 countries, as well as 81 countries. It is reported that the number of participating artists in this biennale will be the highest since 2005, double the number of people in the previous edition. At the same time, the biennale set a record for the highest number of female artists, with more than 80% of the participating artists being women.
Donatello: Renaissance
Venue: Strozzi Palace & Bargello National Museum
Exhibition period: March 19-July 31, 2022
The "Three Masters of the Renaissance" Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael overshadowed the brilliance of other artists, donatello (1386-1466). The exhibition discusses Donatello's artistic achievements in terms of materials, techniques and genres, and the Rijksmuseum berlin, the V&A in London, the Metropolitan of New York, the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Louvre in Paris, the Museum of Art and History in Vienna, the Uffizi Gallery and other institutions offer loans, and some of the exhibits have moved for the first time in 600 years.
France
The Pharaohs of Upper and Lower Egypt: An African Chapter in Ancient Egyptian History – King Napata
Location: Louvre
Exhibition period: April 28-July 25, 2022
In the 8th century BC, the Ancient Nubians established a kingdom near the capital Napata. Around 730 BC, King Piye of Kush conquered Egypt and founded the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. The pharaohs of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt ruled Egypt for more than fifty years, covering a vast area from the Nile Delta to the confluence of the White and Blue Niles. The most famous of the Pharaohs of the Kush is undoubtedly Pharaoh Taharka.
This sprawling ancient kingdom was located in the northern part of what is now The Sultan. By showcasing the discoveries of the Louvre Museum's archaeological team in Sudan, this exhibition highlights the important role of this ancient kingdom in the history of ancient Egypt. The Louvre's archaeological study at the site of Muwes lasted a decade, and now the site has moved 30 kilometers north, continuing in Hassa, not far from the Pyramids of Meroe.
Giorgio Vasari: Sketch book
Location: Louvre
Exhibition period: March 31- July 18, 2022
Vasari compiled the first sketch atlas based on historical logic, which was widely mentioned in the second edition of the Famous Biographies of the Artists, published in 1568, and became a means of identifying the artist's style. But shortly after Vasari's death, the sketch album mysteriously disappeared. The exhibition is co-organized by the Louvre and the National Museum of Sweden, and currently 162 of the "Sketch Atlas" are now in the Louvre and 83 in the Swedish National Museum.
The Adventures of Chamborian: The Secret of Hieroglyphs
Venue: Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Exhibition period: April 12-July 24, 2022
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the deciphering of ancient Egyptian scripts, and the exhibition showcases the research methods of Champollion and the fascinating Egyptian civilization, which deciphered the meaning of ancient Egyptian colloquial scripts and hieroglyphs, giving life to the silent civilization.
Yves Saint Laurent in the museum
Venue: Centre Pompidou, France
Exhibition period: January 29 - May 16, 2022
Co-organized by the Centre Pompidou, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Paris, the Musée des Beaux-Arts, the Musée Picasso in Paris and the Musée d'Éves Saint Laurent in Paris, the exhibition creates a dialogue between the iconic works of the designers of Saint Laurent and the collections of these different museums through some novel analogies and approaches.
Japan
A national treasure of the future: Paintings and calligraphy from the Tokyo National Museum
Venue: Tokyo National Museum
Exhibition period: April 12 - May 8, 2022
With the theme of "National Treasures of the Future", the exhibition presents masterpieces selected by researchers at the Tokyo National Museum from more than 10,000 paintings, calligraphy and historical materials. The exhibition is divided into 12 phases, each of which exhibits one (group) of works, and the first issue will introduce Lingchuan Shixuan's "Beauty Look back".
Southeast Asian Ceramics: A Trajectory of Collection and Research
Venue: Tokyo National Museum
Exhibition period: March 23 - May 15, 2022
The exhibition presents a collection of 26 Southeast Asian ceramics, spanning the Meiji and Taisho to the early Showa period, in order to trace the trajectory of modern Japanese ceramic collection and research, and present the modeling characteristics and artistic charm of Southeast Asian ceramics.
Kuya Kamigami with Rokupomi Temple
Venue: Tokyo National Museum
Exhibition period: March 1- May 8, 2022
Kyoto Rokupomi-ji Temple, known as the "Putuo Luoshan Pumen Temple", is famous as the 17th famous temple of the 33rd House in the Western Kingdom. The exhibition brings together Buddhist statues related to Rokupomi-ji temple from the Heian to Kamakura periods, including the statue of Kōyakami, the statue of the Four Heavenly Kings made when Rokupomi Temple was founded, and the statue of Jizo Bodhisattva, which is said to have been made for the Ding Dynasty.
Terracotta Warriors and Ancient China: The Legacy of the Qin and Han Civilizations
Venue: Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art
Exhibition period: March 25 - May 22, 2022
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, the exhibition takes the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin as the core, bringing together about 200 cultural relics, mainly unearthed in Shaanxi Province, the central region of the Qin and Han dynasties, in order to show the glorious civilization of the Qin and Han dynasties. Several artifacts were exhibited in Japan for the first time.
United Kingdom
Surrealism that transcends national borders
Venue: Tate Modern, London
The exhibition runs until August 29
Through the juxtaposition of a large number of incredible works, the exhibition shows the development and influence of this movement outside of France. Feminists, jazz musicians, black movement activists... The exhibition brings together people of different identities and nationalities, who are connected by surrealism, and their works still look amazing today.
Hockney's Eye: The Art and Technique of Depiction
Venue: Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge
Exhibition period: March 15 - August 29, 2022
The exhibition "Hockney's Eye: The Art and Technology of Depiction" opens up a dialogue spanning more than 500 years and attempts to explore Hockney's ideas and theories about technologies such as perspective and projection delineators.
The world of Stonehenge
Venue: British Museum
Exhibition period: February 17-May 8, 2022
This is the first time in the UK that a special exhibition themed "Stonehenge" will be held, telling the mysteries and folklore about Stonehenge through more than 430 artifacts from all over Europe, including stone axes from the Northern Italian Alps and Irish metal tools.
Raphael Exhibition
Venue: National Gallery
Exhibition period: April 9-July 31, 2022
This is one of the first exhibitions to explore Raphael's full career, bringing together the collections of the National Gallery of the United Kingdom and the Louvre in France, the National Gallery in Washington, the Prado Museum in Italy, the Uffizi Museum, the Vatican Museums and other institutions, giving a glimpse of Raphael's skills, creativity and originality.
Revisit Venice in Canaletto
Venue: National Maritime Museum
Duration: Until September 25th
The exhibition presents paintings, prints, photographs, etc. from the collections of Woburn Abbey and the Royal Museum of Greenwich, in order to present the Italian painter Canaletto's 18th-century Venetian cityscape and reflect the social and environmental challenges facing Venice today. In the curator's view, in Canaletto's pen, Venice was almost transformed into a theatrical city, with the Grand Canal as the stage and the architecture as the curtain.
Whistler's Woman in White: Joanna Schiffnan
Venue: Royal Academy of Arts
Exhibition period: February 26-May 22, 2022
The exhibition revolves around the story of Whistler and Joanna Schiffnan, who plays an important role in His life and work as Whistler's friend, model, lover and work partner. In the view of art critic Jonathan Jones, this was a revolutionary moment in art history, where Whistler and Schiffernan broke with Victorian painting and the nature of life swept away the hypocrisy and Mannerism.
River pot Xiao Zhai
Venue: Royal Academy of Arts
Exhibition period: March 19-June 19, 2022
Originally trained by the ukiyo-e painter Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Kazuna Kosai was trained by the Kano school to create a horrible, respectable, cute and ironic image, especially when Impressionist painters such as Monet studied in the East, while his contemporaries Kawaba Akira looked to the West in turn. The exhibits are the private collection of the art dealer Goldman, whose collections cover different eras and categories, and are one of the important collectors of River Pot Xiaozhai and ukiyo-e.
Van Gogh self-portrait
Venue: The Courtaud Gallery, London, UK
Exhibition period: February 3-May 8, 2022
The exhibition features more than 15 of Van Gogh's self-portraits, tracing the transformation of his painting's expressiveness.
Pissarro: The father of Impressionism
Venue: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Exhibition period: February 18-June 12, 2022
Pissarro is arguably the most committed master of Impressionism, expressing purity, simplicity, thickness, softness, freedom, spontaneity and freshness. He had a huge influence on many artists, including Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, and others.
Beatrice Potter: Love nature
Venue: V&A Museum, London
Exhibition period: February 12, 2022 - January 8, 2023
Beatrice Potter was one of the most popular children's fiction writers of the 20th century, and his Beat rabbit is a household name. The exhibition will be divided into four chapters and will feature more than 240 personal items related to Beatrice Potter, including rare letters, manuscripts, sketches, code diaries, family photographs, commercial products and personal handicrafts. The exhibition will showcase her innate talent for storytelling, her business acumen and her fascination with scientific research in nature, as well as her passion for raising sheep and protecting nature.
Majestic: The Art of Menswear
Venue: V&A Museum, London
Exhibition period: March 19-November 6, 2022
This is the first time that the V&A Museum has hosted a large-scale special exhibition of men's wear art, bringing together about 100 sets of fashion models and 100 works of art. Through the works of well-known contemporary fashion designers and historical costumes, combined with classical sculpture, Renaissance paintings, photographs, videos and performances, the exhibition explores how designers, tailors and artists have constructed and expressed masculinity over the past centuries.
United States
Whitney Biennale "Keep Quiet"
Venue: Whitney Museum of American Art
Exhibition period: April 6-September 5, 2022
Themed "Keep Quiet," the exhibition features 63 artists who explore the U.S.-Mexico border and how art can show its impact in times of crisis.
Flesh and Bones: The Art of Dissection
Location: Getty Institute, Los Angeles
Duration: Until 10 July 2022
For centuries, anatomical drawings have been the intersection of art and science. The exhibition features 150 images of the human body from the 16th century to the present day, including the first edition of Vesalius's The Structure of the Human Body in 1543 and the interpretations of the human body by artists of different eras.
Independent Project: Decolonized Architecture in South Asia, 1947-1985
Venue: Museum of Modern Art, New York
Duration: Until 2 July 2022
The exhibition focuses on how post-independence architects and engineers in South Asian countries embody political and social ambitions and new national identities, using limited, even barren, resources to build new cities. Curator Martino Stierli hopes to push South Asian architects who have long been in the "waiting room for history" back into a broader perspective.
Seclusion and Companionship: Seclusion and Social travel in Chinese painting
Venue: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Duration: Until 14 August 2022
The special exhibition presents more than 120 calligraphy and painting artifacts from the 11th century to the 21st century and 1,000 years, exploring how Chinese literati express themselves through art. "Seclusion" or "socializing"? The exhibition attempts to explore this choice, reflecting on the reasons and ways people seek refuge or communicate with others.
Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
Venue: Art Institute of Chicago
Duration: Permanent exhibition
Curated by the museum's independent "African Art Department" after its reorganization in 2020, the exhibition is from the museum's collection, through the artworks created by ancient Egyptians more than 3,000 years ago, imagining the life and civilization of that time.
Holbein: Portrait Capture
Location: Morgan Library and Museum, New York
Exhibition period: February 11-May 15, 2022
One of the most versatile and creative artists of the early 16th century, Hans Holbein Jr. has intriguing attributes in his portraits, and his visual representation of the identity of the people in his paintings gives a glimpse of the erudite, luxurious, and intelligent Renaissance culture. The exhibition features more than 30 Paintings and Drawings by Holbein, the first time in the United States that such a large number of works by the Renaissance artist have been exhibited.
From Monet to Morisso: Truth and Imagination in European Art
Location: Brooklyn Museum
Exhibition period: February 11, 2022 - May 21, 2023
The exhibition selects about 90 paintings, sculptures and works on paper, presenting the artistic styles and techniques of Monet, Courbet, Morisso, Matisse, Picasso, Kandinsky and others, focusing on the artistic development of European social changes in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Weave the story
Venue: Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA
Exhibition period: December 17, 2021 - May 2, 2022
The exhibition brings together nearly 45 outstanding textiles from dozens of communities in Indonesia, the Philippines and Malaysia, most of which are from the 19th and 20th centuries – the vast majority of which have never been exhibited before.
Frederick Bruley Buabré: The Infinite World
Venue: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Duration: Until 13 August 2022
This is the second retrospective exhibition of African artists in the museum's history. One of Sweeney's most famous works is the "Bader Alphabet", where he combines writing and painting to try to communicate with the world while showing West African traditions and indigenous life.