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A staff member prepares the artwork Daylight and Watercolor for the upcoming 2015 Nanjing International Art Festival, in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Sept 16, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua] |
The 2015 Nanjing International Art Festival opens today, which will run through Sept 26 at the Nanjing International Exhibition Center. The festival has selected nearly 1,000 pieces of art among more than 20,000 artworks from all around the world. With the theme of A Beautiful New World, the exhibition has three themed exhibitions, an art expo and forums on art topics.
The highlight of the festival is an exhibition which puts on display 50 masterpieces from world renowned artists like Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, and Rosenstein-Rodin. The exhibition will present four themes to the public: Pablo Picasso, landscape paintings, figure portrait, and still life. 18 pieces of art created by Pablo Picasso from 1923 to his late years, and the noted Water Lilies from Claude Monet, as well as portraits from Vincent van Gogh are on display to the public.
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A visitor enjoys artworks during the preview of the 2015 Nanjing International Art Festival in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Sept 16, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua] |
Besides, contemporary masterpieces from Tate Gallery and Pompidou Center will also be on show during the art festival. Swedish film director Roy Arne Lennart Andersson will bring his film A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence to the festival which has won the Golden Lion Award during the 71st Venice film festival.
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A visitor enjoys artworks during the preview of the 2015 Nanjing International Art Festival in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Sept 16, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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A visitor enjoys artworks during the preview of the 2015 Nanjing International Art Festival in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Sept 16, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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Visitors enjoy artworks during the preview of the 2015 Nanjing International Art Festival in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Sept 16, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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Woman with Green Hat, by Pablo Picasso [xhby.net] |
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Water Lilies, by Claude Monet. [File Photo] |
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Visitors enjoy artworks during the preview of the 2015 Nanjing International Art Festival in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Sept 16, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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Visitors enjoy artworks during the preview of the 2015 Nanjing International Art Festival in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Sept 16, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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