Tag: exhibition

Shanghai Museum hosts Prado’s Mona Lisa

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Ages of Splendor: A History of Spain in the Museo del Prado, running in Shanghai’s Museum of Art Pudong from Apr 23 to Sept 1, marks the largest presentation of the Prado Museum’s collection in China. [Photo provided to China Daily]

One of the most famous paintings of all time, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has a fine copy in the collection of Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain.

It was believed to be done by the pupils of the Renaissance master during his lifetime, with details and changes that mirrored those of the original at the Louvre in Paris, France.

The Prado’s Mona Lisa is among 70 paintings on exhibition in Shanghai’s Museum of Art Pudong from Apr 23 to Sept 1.

Exhibition lauds cases of solid work to build beautiful, better China


Songs of the Earth, a survey exhibition at the China Millennium Monument, hails those who carry out social reforms under the banner of “beautiful China”. [Photo provided to China Daily]

In his poem The Song of the Land of China, Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda (1904-73) wrote: “The land of China, I wish to speak to you, only in the language of land, only in the free language of paddy, only in the crimson language of flame …”

The passion mixed with a deep sentiment underlying the lines of Neruda has touched the hearts of the people in the country, and these days, members of different social sectors are “speaking” to their homeland by endeavoring in the extensive fields under the banner of “Beautiful China”.

Painter’s floral works a transplantation of Monet’s garden

Watercolorist Xu Minghui’s works on show usher the audience into the dynamism and vibrancy of spring. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Watercolorist Xu Minghui says she was enthralled at the moment she entered the prosperous garden at Claude Monet’s villa in Giverny, in France, known for its blooming flowers which were planted to the planning of the impressionist himself and became a recurring motif in his creation.

“The colorful blossoms, with pleasant smells, erupted with vigor in the bright sunlight,” she recalls of the visit in May 2010. “It was a celebration of life, and a hub for one to pacify his heart and soul.”