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Urban people subjects of figure paintings at China Art Museum
The exhibition “City & Figure – 2023 National Teaching and Creation on Figure Painting from Art Academies” is showing at the China Art Museum through February 25, 2024.
The exhibition features 450 artworks by students and teachers from 40 art academies around the country, reflecting a panoramic view, and the high level, of Chinese figure painting.
Chen Xiang, director of the China Art Museum, believes that figure painting has a critical position in the development of Chinese painting, as it directly reflects real life with a distinctive zeitgeist.
“This exhibition brings together more than 40 colleges and universities across the country, as well as many famous painters, young teachers in the area,” Chen said. “I hope that this exhibition will not only show the unique charm of Chinese figure painting with a contemporary spirit, but attract more viewers to appreciate this special art genre.”
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Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is set to make the announcement on Thursday, including a 5% budget increase for all national museums and art galleries.
She is expected to use a speech in Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare, to announce a new £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund to help organisations in urgent need of financial support.
Five museums in Yorkshire have been awarded funding as part of a £270m investment in arts and culture in the UK.
The Museum of North Craven Life, in Settle, will receive almost £800,000, while the Land of Iron, in Skinningrove, will be given almost £656,000.
Millennium Gallery, in Sheffield, will be awarded £315,000, the Bankfield Museum in Halifax, is to receive £442,000 and the Beck Isle Museum, in Pickering, will receive almost £400,000.
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brand-new private museum to its ranks – PoMo, short for Post Office Modern. Its mission is to make art more accessible, challenge gender inequality in collections, and boost the region’s cultural scene.
Set in an Art Nouveau building that used to serve as the city’s post office, PoMo spans five floors and 4,000 square metres. The space is a product of the vision and personal art collection of Monica Reitan and Ole Robert Reitan, who’ve spent over two decades collecting works from artists like Simone Leigh, Louise Bourgeois, Anne Imhof, and Franz West. Ole Robert, who’s also a co-owner of the Norwegian retail and finance giant Reitan AS, believes art should be for everyone
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