TA is here！TA is finally here！More than 200 ancient Chinese art treasures in the collection were unveiled CAFA Art Museum

TA is here！TA is finally here！More than 200 ancient Chinese art treasures in the collection were unveiled

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TA is here！

TA is finally here！

After a whole year of meticulous preparation and planning

on this occasion of the New Year's Eve

the complete appearance of

“Collection of CAFA Art Museum--Ancient Chinese Art”

is shockingly unveiled today!

"Ancient Chinese Art" section

A total of 217 treasures from the collection are on permanent display.

From the initial germination of the concept

To countless creative collisions and adjustments

To the final selection of exhibits and layout design

Every step of the process has gathered the efforts and wisdom of the planning team.

We dig deep into the essence of art

We carve every detail with care

Strive to present the most beautiful collection to the audience

We hope you will feel the sincerity of CAFAM's work

Experience the ultimate pursuit of art

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The "Collection of CAFA Art Museum" includes the first appearance of the "Ancient Chinese Art" part and the exhibition hall after the renewal of the "Modern Chinese Art" part. The "Ancient Chinese Art" section exhibits 217 items, and the "Modern Chinese Art" section exhibits 247 items.

CAFA Art Museum is one of the national key art galleries, adhering to the academic concept of "inclusiveness, inheriting the past and opening up the present", it has made great efforts in the construction of contemporary public cultural space and art collection, and is committed to constructing a unique narrative of art history. The "Ancient Chinese Art" exhibition launched this time is the second part of the collection exhibition, the first part "Modern Chinese Art" have been launched in July 2024.

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Since the 1950s, CAFA Art Museum has been carrying out collection work in a continuous and orderly manner, and has accumulated more than 20,000 pieces of various kinds of collections, which are rich in variety, involving the ancient and modern, taking into account the Chinese and Western, and encompassing various fields of art. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized in his reply to the old experts and artists of the National Art Museum of China in 2023 that "efforts should be made on high-quality collection, high-level utilization, and high-quality service", and CAFA Art Museum has always attached great importance to the excavation, organization and utilization of classic collections, and has carried out a series of academic researches, exhibitions, educational promotion and foreign exchange activities around the collections, the museum has launched a series of academic research, exhibition, education promotion and foreign exchange activities around the collection. The launch of this long-term display is not only an important exploration of the museum's classic collection, but also a stage-by-stage summary of the collection and research work, a positive response to the national cultural policy, and a demonstration of the core values of the museum in the new era.

The ancient Chinese art on display this time is one of the features of the collection. During the more than 100 years of the college's development history, several generations of scholars have accumulated a number of ancient collections for the college for the purpose of serving teaching and scientific research, covering the main types of ancient art, and there are many fine works in calligraphy and painting, bronze mirrors and other types, especially 110 ancient paintings included in the Catalogue of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy and Painting. Ancient art is the foundation for the construction of the aesthetic concept of Chinese culture, the channel for understanding the spiritual inheritance of the Chinese nation, and the source of inspiration for current artistic innovation. At the beginning of the art museum's planning and display of collections, ancient art was regarded as an important cornerstone, as the main part of the display and the source of innovation.

To this end, the museum draws on the results of historical research and actively integrates them into the various new dynamics of contemporary research. In the selection of the collection, the museum based on the 1983 Chinese ancient painting and calligraphy appraisal group (Xie Zhiliu, Qigong, Xu Banda, Yang Renkai, Fu Hinian, Liu Jiu'an, Xie Chensheng) and 2024 Central Academy of Fine Arts appraisal group (School of Humanities of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Fine Arts and Archaeology Research Center), to the aesthetic interest, the rites and rituals of the system and cultural connotation of the criteria, selected more than 200 pieces of collections, "artifacts" and "calligraphy and painting" as two major types of display, "objects" and "painting", and actively incorporate various current research trends. The exhibition is organized in two major categories, namely "artifacts" and "calligraphy and painting", and includes nine subcategories of bronze mirrors, portrait bricks, figurines, ceramics, religious statues, human figure paintings, bird and flower paintings, landscape paintings, and calligraphy, with a period spanning 2,000 years.

In terms of innovative display, the museum and the college's courses related to digital media art research, ancient painting and calligraphy research, art archaeology research, and traditional art restoration have been organically combined, and in-depth exploration has been carried out in the digital analog restoration and immersion interactive experience of traditional culture. Different types of digital cultural relics in the exhibition hall create an atmosphere of cross-temporal dialogue between modern digital art and ancient traditional art.

Simulation restoration demonstration of some cultural relics

It can be said that the display of "ancient Chinese art" is not only a display of art and aesthetics in the past, but also a reflection on the relationship between current technology and tradition. It is also a visual expression of the spirit of Chinese art.

We hope that through these ancient cultural relics containing historical memory and this artistic journey across time and space, the audience can truly feel the social customs, moral beliefs and ideological interests from ancient times to the present, and truly appreciate the Chinese people's spiritual outlook of advocating etiquette, reverence for nature and cultural confidence.

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CAFAM

Ancient Chinese Art

Important collections

bronze mirror

Bridge Button Feather Wing Mosaic Pattern Four Mountain Mirror, Warring States (Chu) Collection of CAFA Art Museum

Round - knob Four - bird Flower - twig Bronze Mirror, Tang Dynasty, Collection of CAFA Art Museum

portrait brick

Portrait Brick of Rice - pounding, Han Dynasty, Collected by CAFA Art Museum

Portrait Bricks of Cars and Horses Crossing the Bridge, Han Dynasty, Collection of CAFA Art MUseum

Figurine

Pottery horse, Han Dynasty, Collected by CAFA Art Museum

Painted civil official figurine, Tang Dynasty, Collected by CAFA Art Museum

Religious statue

Gilt - bronze seated Sakyamuni statue with a screen - shaped back, Style of the mid - Ming Dynasty, Collected by CAFA Art Museum

Gilt-bronze seated statue of Sakyamuni, Imitated in Qing Dynasty after Yuan Dynasty, Collected by CAFA Art Museum

ceramics

Longquan celadon plate, Ming Dynasty, Collected by CAFA Art Museum

Multicolored censer with two dragons playing with a pearl pattern, Qing Dynasty, Collected by CAFA Art Museum

Figure painting

Ren Bonian, "Portrait of Yicheng", Ink and color on paper, 1877, Collected by CAFA Art Museum

Flower and Bird Painting

Zhu Da, "Picture of Pine, Crane and Mushroom Stone", ink and color on silk, Qing Dynasty, collected by CAFA Art Museum

Landscape painting

Zhang Yu (attributed), "Landscape Painting", ink and color on silk, Yuan Dynasty, collected by CAFA Art Museum

Shen Zhou, "Clouds and Waters Hut Picture", color on paper, 1503, collected by CAFA Art Museum

Calligraphy

Wang Duo, Running Scripts and Five-character Poems, Ayamoto Ink Painting, 1645, Collected by CAFA Art Museum

Collection Of CAFA Art Museum

-- Ancient Chinese Art

Exhibition time: From January 21, 2025

Venue: Hall A, 2nd Floor, CAFA Art Museum

Exhibition Planning and Working Groups

General Counsel: Xu Yang

Academic Director: Lin Mao

Overall guidance: Liu Peiyuan, Wang Xiaolin, Lv Pinjing, Pan Chenghui

Academic guidance: Su Honor, He Xilin, Zheng Yan, Zhang Wei, Qiu Ting, Shao Yan, Wang Yun, Zhang Nan Nantian, Sun Yue, Zheng Yi, Guo Huaiyu, Gou Huan

Chief Curator: Jin Jun

Curatorial Director: Han Wenchao
Curatorial Advisors: Huang Xiaofeng, Geng Shuo, Wang Liming, Sun Zhou, Wang Ximin
Curatorial Hosts: Gao Gao, Hai Jun
Curatorial Executors: Liu Xiyan, Li Yaochen, Yi Yue, Wang Ruobing, Xu Xinchen
Design Director: Ji Yujie
Exhibition Production Director: Wu Peng

Scheme Planning and Preparation: Wang Jing, Li Jie, Hu Xiaolan, Chen Guanshi, Sun Yimei, Yang Linsi, Wang Sizhe

Collection Management: Li Yaochen, Xu Yan, Dou Tianwei, Wang Chunling, Ma Liang, Cui Ranran, Li Wei, Mei Qi, Jiang Nan
Design Coordination: Min Zhiyi, Liu Yuhan, Chen Jiayi, Li Shuangting, Pang Minghao, Yang Yongchun
Exhibition Management: Su Shicun, Jing Peng
Cultural Relic Interpretation Writing: Wang Ziyi, An Yuemeng, Ding Simin, Li Xinyi, Meng Yuening, Zhou Ziyu, Tang Yirui, Wang Ying, Zhang Han, Qu Shufan, Li Hao
Digital Display Development: Chang Yuqing, Liu Cui, Liao Zude, Li Wentao, Sun Yue, Yang Jie, Ren Zhiying, Zhang Tuo, Sun Yulong, Wang Zihan, Bu Yitong, Liao Jinting
Collection Restoration: Dou Tianwei, Yang Jing, Zhang Zhenyu, Luo Yongchong, Yang Ziqi
Media Promotion: He Yisha, Wu Jing, He Yifei, Du Yinzhu, Ding Yi
Public Education: Xiao Baozhen, Geng Jinghua, Wang Jun, Yao Yiqun, Liang Wen, Xi Huawei
Development and Promotion: Sun Wei, Yi Yi, Liu Xingling, Jin Jianru
Administrative Support: Jiang Siyu, Yue Junyao, Zhang Qian, Guo Xu
Financial Affairs: Yang Liu, Men Jing, Kou Lei
Logistics and Security: Chen Xiaohua, Lü Zhifa

Special thanks to:

Exhibition academic cooperation: School of Humanities, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Archaeology Research Center

Digital Art Collaboration: School of Design, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Mural Painting, Central Academy of Fine Arts

Collection Restoration Cooperation: The Sixth Studio of the Sculpture Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts

Exhibition professional lighting sponsor: AKZU (Shenzhen Exu Lighting System Co., Ltd.)

Exhibition space architectural design consultant: China Academy of Building Sciences

Professional low-reflection display materials support: Taibo (Qingdao) Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd

Chief Editor / He Yisha

Editor / Du Yinzhu
On-site Photos / He Yifei

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Event participants should be adults (people 18 years or older with full civil legal capacity). Underage persons must be accompanied by an adult.

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CAFA Art Museum Portraiture Rights Licensing Agreement

I. General Provisions

(1) Party A is the portraiture rights holder in this agreement. Party A voluntarily licenses its portraiture rights to Party B for the purposes stipulated in this agreement and permitted by law.

(3) Party B will photograph all CAFA Public Education Department events for Party A.

II. Content, Forms of Use, and Geographical Scope of Use

(2) Forms of Use. For use in CAFA’s publications, products with CDs, and promotional materials.

(3) Geographical Scope of Use

The applicable geographic scope is global.

The media in which the portraiture may be used encompasses any media that does not infringe upon Party A’s portraiture rights (e.g., magazines and the internet).

III. Term of Portraiture Rights Use

Use in perpetuity.

IV. Licensing Fees

The fees for images bearing Party A’s likeness will be undertaken by Party B.

After completion, Party B does not need to pay any fees to Party A for images bearing Party A’s likeness.

Additional Terms

(2) This agreement comes into effect on the date that it is signed (sealed) and the relevant boxes are selected by Party A and Party B.

(3) This agreement exists in paper and electronic forms. The paper form is made in duplicate, with Party A and Party B each retaining one copy with the same legal efficacy.

I have carefully read and agree to the above provisions.

Group Visit Agreement
and Statement

CAFA Art Museum Publication Authorization Agreement

CAFA Art Museum Event Safety Disclaimer

Article I

Article II

Article III

Event participants should be adults (people 18 years or older with full civil legal capacity). Underage persons must be accompanied by an adult.

Article IV

Article V

Article VI

CAFA Art Museum Portraiture Rights Licensing Agreement

I. General Provisions

(1) Party A is the portraiture rights holder in this agreement. Party A voluntarily licenses its portraiture rights to Party B for the purposes stipulated in this agreement and permitted by law.

(3) Party B will photograph all CAFA Public Education Department events for Party A.

II. Content, Forms of Use, and Geographical Scope of Use

(2) Forms of Use. For use in CAFA’s publications, products with CDs, and promotional materials.

(3) Geographical Scope of Use

The applicable geographic scope is global.

The media in which the portraiture may be used encompasses any media that does not infringe upon Party A’s portraiture rights (e.g., magazines and the internet).

III. Term of Portraiture Rights Use

Use in perpetuity.

IV. Licensing Fees

The fees for images bearing Party A’s likeness will be undertaken by Party B.

After completion, Party B does not need to pay any fees to Party A for images bearing Party A’s likeness.

Additional Terms

(2) This agreement comes into effect on the date that it is signed (sealed) and the relevant boxes are selected by Party A and Party B.

(3) This agreement exists in paper and electronic forms. The paper form is made in duplicate, with Party A and Party B each retaining one copy with the same legal efficacy.

I have carefully read and agree to the above provisions.