Beijing
　　 Earth， Sea， and Sky： Nature in Western Art –Masterpieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
　　February 1 – May 9， 2013 National Museum of China
　　This exhibition marks the first trip to China for art housed in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Dating from the third millennium B.C. to the 20th Century， the 127 pieces trace the long development of Western art. Themed on ‘nature，’ the exhibits include paintings， sculptures， photographs and a broad range of decorative arts from immortal masters such as Rembrandt， Monet， Renoir and Van Gogh.
　　 Wang Xingwei
　　May 19 – August 18， 2013 Ullens Center for Contemporary Art （UCCA）
　　UCCA launched a large retrospective of work by Wang Xingwei， regarded as one of China’s most mature and influential contemporary painters. Following the quirky and sensitive nature of his work， the exhibition is organized neither chronologically nor by theme， but rather by the relationship between the content and the canvas. So， the exhibition， featuring nearly a third of his total work since 1991， is categorized as frontal， rear， lateral and profile.


　　 New York
　　 Zhang Xiaogang
　　March 29 – April 27， 2013 Pace Gallery （New York）
　　Zhang Xiaogang， born in 1958 in Kunming， capital of Yunnan Province， graduated from Sichuan Institute of Fine Arts in 1982， and now lives in Beijing. His contemporary classic work explores both individual and collective Chinese memories of the “cultural revolution.” The exhibition featured Zhang Xiaogang’s first series of painted bronzes， some of which reach 1.7 meters tall. Flavored with iconic images of the “cultural revolution，” the sculptures complement his paintings， invigorated with youth and idealism.


　　 Hidden Land – Shangjuanzu Villagers and Artists’ Image Experiment
　　April 8 – 28， 2013 Today Art Museum
　　Shangjuanzu is made up of a group of families from Yangzhuang Village， Shagou Township of Xiji County of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The village has been scheduled for ecological migration. The entire population will relocate to flatlands in 2013. The exhibition includes 2，600 pictures. Some images were captured by local peasants， many using cameras for the first time in their lives. The land was their and their ancestors’ homeland， so they documented it with special passion. Other pictures were snapped by professional artists from various backgrounds. The exhibition is a collective depiction and multi-faceted visual documentary of a group of people living under extraordinary conditions.




　　 Shanghai
　　Quest – Gao Xiaowu Mimesis – Joyce Ho
　　April 26 – June 7， 2013 Museum of Contemporary Art， Shanghai
　　Already well-known on the Chinese mainland， Gao Xiaowu has veered away from his previous work in both form and concept with his latest sculptures， which tend towards humanistic concern in connotation and are displayed as part of a large installation. This exhibition includes an unprecedented volume of his sculptures.
　　An emerging artist， Joyce Ho from Taiwan expresses observations about ‘mimesis’ through her paintings and installations. Ho moved to the United States from Taiwan when she was 14 years old. Such great independence at such a young age makes her work seem free from constraint， but also unsettling. Her early experience made a huge impact on her life as well as her work. By using a luminescent palette to create a theater atmosphere， she creates a conscious state that is balanced on the surface， but perpetually unstable from a feminist perspective.