Sea World Light Festival

    Artistic light installations are lighting up around Minghua ship. The Fourth Sea World International Light Festival showcases lights designed by Dutch, Chinese, German and Canadian artists, such as Daniel Iregui, Xu Zhengyue, Tropisme, Antonin Fourneau and Stichting Barstow.

    Dates: Until Feb. 15

    Venue: Sea World, Shekou, Nanshan District (南山区蛇口海上世界)

    Metro: Line 2, Sea World Station (海上世界站), Exit A

    Marvel heroes

    Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man and Wolverine — their names resound like legends. Their stories occupy a fundamental place in our imaginations and in the culture of our time. Now the Marvel superheroes are gathering in Shekou.

    Dates: Until Feb. 19

    Venue: Huigang Shopping Center, Sea World, Shekou, Nanshan District (南山区蛇口海上世界汇港购物中心)

    Metro: Line 2, Sea World Station (海上世界站), Exit A

    ‘All’

    Photographic works, installations, videos and sculptures created by Chinese contemporary artist Jiang Zhi are on display at his “All” exhibition. His photography series “Elegy” and “Love Letters” show the powerful sensory experience of light and fire.

    Dates: Until March 26

    Venue: OCAT Shenzhen, South Area, OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城创意文化园南区OCAT深圳馆)

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

    ‘The World’

    Chinese contemporary artists Liu Zhuoquan, Xu Tan, Li Liao, Ma Yandong and Sun Li are showcasing their new works at the group exhibition “The World” at 33 Space. They will use videos and installations to convey their perceptions of the “interfered” world.

    Dates: Until Feb. 25

    Venue: 33 Space, Window of the World, 9037 Shennan Boulevard, Nanshan District (南山区深南大道9037号世界之窗33空间)

    Metro: Line 1 or 2, Window of the World Station (世界之窗站), Exit I

    Luo Zhongli

    Luo Zhongli, a significant Chinese artist in both modern and contemporary art from Sichuan Province, is exhibiting his oil paintings and sculptures at the “Partita in Bashan” exhibition. Dates: Until March

    Venue: E Contemporary Art Museum, 1/F, Creative Free Trade Zone, Binglang Road, Futian Free Trade Zone (福田保税区槟榔道创意保税园首层E当代美术馆)

    Metro: Line 3, Yitian Station (益田站), Exit A(SD News)

    German design

    An exhibition introducing elite German design from the 20th century is now open to local audiences. With furniture designs, posters, publications, architecture models, paintings as well as photos and films arranged in chronological order in seven sections, the exhibition expounds on the 100-year history of Deutscher Werkbund, the German association for artists, architects, designers and industrialists.

    Dates: Until March 5

    Venue: OCT Art & Design Gallery, 9009-1 Shennan Boulevard, Overseas Chinese Town (南山区华侨城深南大道9009-1号华•美术馆)

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

    Treasures

    Tang Dynasty relics from Famen Temple and Anguo Temple, Shaanxi Province, are on display at the Shenzhen Museum until Feb. 28. The relics were unearthed in 1987 from the underground palace of True Relic Pagoda in Famen Temple. Meanwhile, treasures on loan from the magnificent Potala Palace and Norbulingka, as well as Tibet Museum and Southeast Tibet Cultural Heritage Museum of Nyingchi City are also on display until May 3. The exquisite objects have great historical and religious significance.

    Venue: Shenzhen Museum, Block A, Civic Center, Futian District (福田区市民中心A区深圳博物馆新馆)

    Metro: Line 2 or 4, Civic Center Station (市民中心站), Exit B

    Animation biennale

    The Third Shenzhen Independent Animation Biennale is a cross-regional art event showcasing videos and talks. Animation works created by artists from China, the United States, Germany, Italy, Australia, Britain and Switzerland are on display.

    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

    Chinese paintings

    “Appropriation and Transformation” exhibition features paintings by 11 Chinese masters who had been greatly influenced by their studies in Japan in 1905-1937. The 11 masters 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 traditional Japanese approaches.

    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(SD News)