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Art Districts

ARTIST RESIDENCY CHINA — BEIJING, no. 4

Today Art Museum

On Saturday the Inside Out Art Museum academic director Liang Shuang and I attended openings in two art districts in northeast Beijing. We saw a wide spectrum of work in museums and galleries. I felt unbelievably lucky to meet so many people working in contemporary art. And it was inspiring to see the range of work and exhibition venues.

ABOVE: Today Art Museum, Building no. 1 — towers were not there five years ago

Yue Minjun - Today Art Museum

Yue Minjun in front of Today Art Museum

Friend, Wu-Hwa, Amelia

(l to r) Friend & Wu Hwa, solo artist, with Liang of Inside Out Art Museum, my guide for the day

Jessie - Wu-Hwa - Today Art Museum

Jessie in front of her favorite painting by Wu Hwa solo show Sheng at Today Art Museum. She heard our conversation about art on the subway and asked to join us. Instant best friends.

Wu-Hwa - Today Art Museum

Wu Hwa solo show Sheng at Today Art Museum

Wu-Hwa - Today Art Museum

Wu Hwa solo show Sheng at Today Art Museum

Today Art Museum

Today Art Museum, Building no. 2

Xu Qi – Spark

Xu Qi — Today Art Museum, Spark : The Programme of Discovering Contemporary Youth Artists in China

Xu Qi – Spark

Xu Qi — Today Art Museum, Spark : The Programme of Discovering Contemporary Youth Artists in China

Jessie at Spark

Li Zi (on right in long dress) — Today Art Museum, Spark : The Programme of Discovering Contemporary Youth Artists in China

Today Gallery

in a private gallery, we all liked this one & someone else did too: it had sold

Wechat QR exchange

exchanging we-chat contacts by QR

Caochangdi Market

taxi ride dropped us off north of Caochangdi artist district

Caochangdi Market

short walk through a village marketCaochangdi

Caochangdi Art District, designed by Ai Wei Wei

Cipa Gallery - Kong Ning

Cipa Gallery poster for show of Kong Ning oil paintings 

Cipa Gallery - Kong Ning

Kong Ning oil paintings at Cipa Gallery

Cipa Gallery - Kong Ning

Cipa Gallery - Kong Ning

Kong Ning oil paintings at Cipa Gallery

Amelia & Lisa Lee

Liang with Cipa Gallery friend

Caochangdi

a nice place to play

Wang Huangsheng

Wang Huangsheng, Anitya at CAFA International

Wang Huangsheng

Wang Huangsheng, Anitya

Wang Huangsheng

razor wire and lights installation for Anitya

Wang Huangsheng

ink drawings in Anitya show

Caochangdi

Caochangdi alleys felt like being in a modern version of Raise the Red Lantern, (Da hong deng long gao gao gua — original title)

Caochangdi

Caochangdi

posters for the CAFA Spark show at Today Art Museum

Caochangdi

Chambers Fine Art courtyard

Teapot

a pot of hot water with an excellent meal at the end of a day of art in Beijing

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