Saturday, June 25

Designing Design – The Exhibition of Kenya Hara in China 2011
When: Until July 14, daily except Monday, 10 am – 8 pm

Admission: Free

Tel: 6559 8008

Sunday, June 26

Jin is a Chinese artist who has devoted his entire life to oil painting, never ceasing to pursue the special beauty of this art form. Through this exhibition, he wants to pay tribute to Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer and express his concerns about contemporary society.

Memory bridges past and present

Featuring both personal and social memories, the exhibition Present Past Tense: Falsified Visual Memory, featuring five young artists, will run until July 5 at Sanlitun Chunchi Contemporary Art Space.

Friday, June 17

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)
When: 7:30 pm

Admission: 15 yuan

Tel: 8231 0664

Saturday, June 18

Kungfu Revelations – Nine Scrolls
Where: Poly Theater, 14 Dongzhimen Nan Dajie, Dongcheng District

When: 7:30 pm

Admission: 50-800 yuan

Chinese artist in France ‘returns’ to motherland

A retrospective exhibition on T’ang Haywen, a Chinese-born artist who spent most of his life in Paris, is open untill June 25 at Yishu 8 Gallery.

Friday, June 10

The Bad Taste
Where: Mao Livehouse, 111 Gulou Dong Dajie, Dongcheng District

When: 9:30 pm

Admission: 40 yuan advance purchase, 50 yuan at the door

Saturday, June 11

Jin Nü’s Sculpture Solo Exhibition
Where: Star Gallery, 798 Arts District, 2 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District

When: Until July 5, daily except Monday, 10 am – 6 pm

Admission: Free

Sunday, June 12

Envy China Tour
Where: Yugongyishan, 3-2 Zhangzizhong Lu, Dongcheng District

When: 8 pm

Admission: 180 yuan advance purchase, 200 yuan at the door

A fairyland to scream at

At first glance, Wang Zun’s oil paintings look like pictures that could appear in a book of fairytales, with their colorful and simplified strokes depicting woods, grasslands and mountains.