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New rotations

Following positive feedback from visitors, the Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts recently rotated the paintings on show at the long-term exhibition Ancient Chinese Art. The display highlights the diversity of classical Chinese painting and calligraphy from the museum's collection, covering the three major genres: landscape, flower-and-bird and figure paintings. It also showcases works by influential artists who helped elevate Chinese art to new heights.

Among the newly added works is Washing the White Elephant by Wu Bin, a Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) painter. The subject, rich in Buddhist symbolism, reflects meditation and the pursuit of inner peace — a theme favored by many classical artists. Also on view is a four-meter-long hand-scroll landscape by Ming artist Zhang Fu, depicting a richly detailed winter scene on silk. Visitors can also admire pieces by Wang Shimin and Wang Jian, two of the celebrated Four Painters surnamed Wang of the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).

9:30 am-5:30 pm, closed on Mondays. 8 Huajiadi Nan Jie, Chaoyang district, Beijing. 010-6477-1575.

Legendary painter

Pan Yuliang passed away on July 22, 1977, in Paris — a city where she had studied, lived and created art for decades. According to her final wish, thousands of her works were sent back to her ancestral home in Anhui province, which later became a treasured part of the Anhui Museum collection in Hefei.

Pan remains one of modern China's most beloved artists, admired both for her inspiring life story — rising from humble beginnings — and the vitality and resilience expressed in her bold, colorful paintings.

To commemorate the 130th anniversary of her birth, the Beijing Lu Xun Museum is presenting Pan Yu Lin, an exhibition titled after the French spelling of her name. The show features selected works from the Anhui Museum collection, including some of her most iconic themes such as still-life flowers and dancing women. Her unique fusion of Chinese minimalist aesthetics with vivid European-style color and composition remains as captivating as ever.

9 am-4 pm, closed on Mondays.19 Gongmenkou Er Tiao, Fuchengmen Nei Dajie, Xicheng district, Beijing. 010-5087-2677.

Dual show

UCCA Clay Museum's newly opened exhibition, Underwater, on Fire, juxtaposes a series of the latest works of Cao Shuyi, born in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, and Candice Lin, born in Massachusetts. With diverse cultural experiences and cross-disciplinary education background, both artists explored clay as the material to evoke thought on the complicated relations between human activity and technology, and environment.

The museum is located in Yixing, Jiangsu province, famed for its fine purple clay, or zisha, and well-crafted clay teapots. Inspired by this tradition and the role of clay in craftsmanship, the two artists each embarked on an artistic journey to delve into mythologies, humanity, the course of civilization and world trade. Their sculptures, installations and mixed-media works are on show until Oct 12.

9 am-6 pm, daily. West Entrance, Creative & Cultural Ceramic Avenue, Dingshu Town, Yixing, Jiangsu province. 0510-8767-9989.