Chinese paintings

    He Xiangning Art Museum reopened Nov. 18 with a fresh exhibition, featuring paintings by 11 Chinese masters who had been greatly influenced by their studies in Japan in 1905-1937. The 11 masters at the exhibition are Gao Jianfu, Gao Qifeng, Chen Shuren, Guan Liang, Zhu Qizhan, Chen Zhifo, Ding Yanyong, Feng Zikai, Fang Rending, Li Xiongcai and Fu Baoshi. During their time in Japan, they were exposed to the synthesis of Western and Nihonga (traditional Japanese style) approaches in the contemporary Japanese art world.

    Dates: Until March 19

    Venue: He Xiangning Art Museum, Shennan Boulevard, Nanshan District (南山区深南大道9013号何香凝美术馆)

    Metro: Line 1, OCT Station (华侨城站), Exit C

    Animation biennale

    The Shenzhen Independent Animation Biennale is a cross-regional art event showcasing artists’ independent thought and critical thinking. It presents artists’ freedom of approach and their adaptation of new narration and focuses on video art presented with other disciplines such as installation, projection and digital art. With “Time Based, Non-Places” as this year’s theme, the biennale seeks to address the time-based experience of spatial presentation.

    Dates: Until March 2

    Venue: C2, North Area, OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城创意文化园北区C2)

    Metro: Line 1, Qiaocheng East Station (侨城东站), Exit A

    Japanese art

    Japanese artists Nobuyoshi Araki, Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara are exhibiting their works. Murakami’s work has been noted for its incorporation of motifs from Japanese traditional and popular culture, flat surfaces. Nara’s drawings and paintings are well known and often feature a single girl staring in various directions. Araki is a photographer and many of his photographs are erotic; some have been called pornographic.

    Dates: Until Jan. 22

    Open: 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

    Tickets: 30 yuan

    Venue: B-Park, Block B1, North Area, OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城创意园北区B1栋绽放花园)

    Metro: Line 1, Qiaocheng East Station (侨城东站), Exit A