This August, a range of exhibitions will be on view at the Guangdong Museum of Art. Here's your guide to a rewarding artistic experience.
Fernando Botero's First Exhibition in South China
Fernando Botero (1932–2023) was one of the most iconic artists of Colombia and Latin America in the 20th century. His distinctive visual language—marked by voluminous forms and structured compositions—created a world of humor, order, and vibrant presence. Everyday scenes and figures in his work are transformed through exaggerated proportions and refined brushwork, forming his signature style known as "Boterismo."
Jointly presented by the Guangdong Museum of Art and the Fernando Botero Foundation, this exhibition marks Botero's return to China after the 2015 "Botero in China" tour (Beijing, Shanghai) and his first major show in South China. Featuring 81 key works across themes such as Latin American life, the circus, bullfighting, still life, and sculpture, the exhibition showcases a rich variety of media, including oil painting, watercolor, and bronze.
Through this exhibition, the Guangdong Museum of Art invites viewers not only to experience the formal beauty of Botero's art but also to connect with the warmth, depth, and universal resonance embedded in his uniquely Latin American vision.
After Velasquez（2005)
Oil on canvas,201×170 cm
Date: July 4 to November 23, 2025
Venue: Hall 1-3, 1F, Guangdong Museum of Art (BAIETAN)
Address: No. 19, Bai'etan South Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou (new venue of Guangdong Museum of Art)
Price:
Standard Ticket: ￥68
Concession Ticket: ￥48
Couple Ticket: ￥128
Parent-Child Ticket: ￥98 (One adult + One child)
Jongkyu Park’s Solo Exhibition: Spectres of the Bitstream
Jongkyu Park, an important figure in contemporary S. Korean art, works across painting, installation, and media art. His practice has long engaged with the notion of "nothingness" in Eastern philosophy and the binary logic of Western information systems, seeking to address the existential paradox of "being within non-being" through a distinct visual language. Central to his work is the recurring motif of the "bitstream," which evokes both the cadence of data transmission and the fundamental units of human perception and existence.
This exhibition explores the multiple pulses that shape the rhythm of human life—from the beat of the heart and the flow of consciousness to the silent relay of digital signals. Through the idea of the "phantom," Jongkyu Park weaves together life's rhythms and data's vibrations, crafting a narrative that crosses sensory boundaries.
Embodiment I（2018)
Acrylic paint on canvas,290.9×218.2cm
Date: August 5 to October 8, 2025
Venue: Hall 4/6, 2F, Guangdong Museum of Art (BAIETEN) (廣東美術館新館二樓4、6號廳)
Address: No. 19, Bai'etan South Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou (new venue of Guangdong Museum of Art)
Price: Free
Beyond Objects: The Poetics and Reflections of Lacquer Art
The Poetics and Reflections of Lacquer Art embarks on a critical inquiry into the expansive theme of tradition and innovation in contemporary lacquer practice. Anchored in this conceptual axis, the exhibition assembles the distinctive artistic trajectories of Tang Mingxiu, Xie Zhen, Zhang Wenzhi, Guo Xiaoyi, and Shi Pengcheng. Through their diverse approaches and material vocabularies, a multilayered, dialogic space emerges—one that opens up the manifold possibilities of lacquer as a medium for contemporary artistic expression and cultural reinterpretation.
By activating both formal language and audience experience, the exhibition seeks to explore new pathways for contemporary lacquer art at the intersection of public engagement, interactivity, and experimentation.
Landscape 192 (2015)
Date: August 5 to November 2, 2025
Venue: Hall 5, 2F, Guangdong Museum of Art (BAIETEN)
Address: No. 19, Bai'etan South Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou (new venue of Guangdong Museum of Art)
Price: Free
Atlas: HarmonyinDiversity
The 60th Venice International Art BiennaleTouring Exhibition—Guangdong
Atlas: Harmony in Diversity, co-curated by Wang Xiaosong and Jiang Jun, unfolds in two complementary sections. The first, Collect, draws on the rich visual archives of "A Comprehensive Collection of Ancient Chinese Paintings." The second, Transmit, features works by seven leading contemporary Chinese artists—Che Jianquan, Jiao Xingtao, Qiu Zhenzhong, Shi Hui, Wang Shaoqiang, Wang Zhenghong, and Zhu Jinshi. Together, these sections trace a dialogue between historical imagery and contemporary creation, offering a layered perspective on artistic inheritance and renewal.
Through the thematic lens of "gathering, exchange, and integration," the exhibition illuminates the diverse forms of expression within contemporary Chinese art, while embodying enduring cultural ideals of openness, mutual flourishing, and the celebration of beauty in diversity.
Date: August 8 to November 2, 2025
Venue: Hall 14, 4F, Guangdong Museum of Art (BAIETAN)
Address: No. 19, Bai'etan South Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou (new venue of Guangdong Museum of Art)
Price: Free
Perfecting for Sixty Years - Zhong Han’s Art from Beijing Fine Art Academy
As an outstanding scholar-painter, Zhong Han was one of the leading oil-painting artists and professors in China. Driven by an idealistic passion to create oil paintings with a unique modern Chinese style, Zhong produced a series of masterpieces with refined colors and a magnificent style, profoundly influencing the development of Chinese art.
The exhibition is composed of three units: The Zigzagging Yellow River, Never Alone in Art, and Poetic Scenery. It demonstrates Zhong Han’s creative process and artistic evolution over 60 years, showcasing his oil paintings, gouaches, and sketches from the collection of the Beijing Fine Art Academy.
Cradle in the Waves(1985-86)
oil on canvas,134×234cm
Date: August 8 to September 21, 2025
Venue: Hall 7, 2F, Guangdong Museum of Art (BAIETAN)
Address: No. 19, Bai'etan South Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou (new venue of Guangdong Museum of Art)
Price: Free
All materials marked with "source: English.gz.gov.cn" on this website (including but not limited to text, photographs, audio and video materials) are the copyrighted property of Guangzhou International (the official website of Guangzhou Municipality). Without prior authorization from Guangzhou International, any media, website, organization or individual shall not transmit, interlink, distribute or republish such materials in any form. Any media and website authorized to republish such materials shall mark them with "source: Guangzhou International (English.gz.gov.cn)". Infringement of these copyrights will result in legal action.