Luo Yang joins the Cité internationale des Arts in Paris
From the 2019 Jimei x Arles Photo Festival (where she was awarded the festival’s prize for women photographers) to the 2021 edition of the PhotoSaintGermain festival at A2Z Art Gallery, we are proud to have initiated a bridge between one of the most talented photographers of her generation and France. After focusing on women (“Girls” […]
Man Ray. Dreams, Images and Love
After Picasso in 2019, Doors continues to bring masters of the European 20th century to China by touring a Man Ray exhibition. Much like Man Ray’s autobiography, Self-Portrait, the exhibition follows the artist’s migrations between the United States of America and France : New York (1890-1921), Paris (1921 -1940), Hollywood (1940-1951), and the return to Paris (1951-1976). […]
ROCKS! The Mineral Seen by Five Contemporary Artists
The starting point of this exhibition lies in the typically Chinese tradition of stone collecting. Chinese scholars used to pick stones or rocks, preferably those eroded by time or natural elements, in order to decorate their gardens or studios. When combined with water, rocks symbolizing the mountain, become miniature reproductions of nature. The result acts […]
Luo Yang: Of Every Genre
« Ba ling hou » (born after 80): this idiom refers to the first generation born under the one-child policy and during the reform and opening up led by Deng Xiaoping after the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). These are young people who grew up in a world which they were the center of, with Internet and […]
Picasso – Birth of a Genius
Curated by Emilia Philippot, Head of Collections at Musée national Picasso-Paris, the exhibition has been conceived and organized specifically for this presentation at UCCA and in China. It includes 34 paintings, 14 sculptures, and 55 works on paper by Picasso (1881-1973). Taken together, this selection of works, predominantly realized between 1893 and 1921, tells the […]
KĀIWÙ. Art and Design from China
In the fifth century BC, the notion of “Junzi” – “good man” or “accomplished human being”, and by extension, the figure of the Chinese scholar – appears with the character of Confucius. The term “scholar” has evolved over the centuries to refer more generally to intellectuals versed in the arts of poetry, calligraphy, music or […]
