In Shanghai with Mister Alain Pompidou

With Mister Alain Pompidou – Pompidou Center Shanghai West Bund Museum – in front of Zao Wou-ki artwork

With Mister Alain Pompidou – Centre Pompidou Shanghai West Bund Museum – in front of Zao Wou-ki artwork

French President Emmanuel Macron (C) arrives for the inauguration of Centre Pompidou West Bund Museum in Shanghai on november 5, 2019. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Pompidou’s couple visiting Christian Lu’s atelier

International conference for Chinese Youth Calligraphers

with Mister Su Shizhen, President of the National Calligraphers Association

With former Chinese ambassador in France, Mister Zhao Jinjun

4th global calligraphy conference with the Chinese youth

Christian Lu as Jury of the calligraphy contest

13th National exhibition of fine arts, Pékin

BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) — A national exhibition of fine arts has opened at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, showcasing a lineup of carefully selected and award-winning works that depict China’s new era.

The 13th National Exhibition of Fine Arts features a total of 573 artworks, which were selected from among over 4,000 works from 13 exhibitions across the country, including 37 award-winning works and 62 nominated works from the third Chinese Fine Art Awards.

Covering various genres including Chinese painting, oil painting, sculpture, architecture and graphic design, the works put the spotlight on everyday people, different communities and symbolic snapshots of China’s development, showing remarkable changes and progress in the country and moments in Chinese history.

Mr LU Christian and Mr XU li Secretary Of Party Subcommittee Of Chinese Artists Association

Christian Lu standing by his painting “Renaissance”

Mr. LI Yi Secretary of Party for cultural Affairs and Mr. XU Li, Secretary Of Party Subcommittee Of Chinese Artists Association

13th National Exhibition of Fine Arts Works

The 13th National Exhibition of Fine Arts Works reunites artists from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese

The exhibition is jointly organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China, the Chinese Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the Chinese Artists Association.

The opening ceremony was held at the University City Art Museum of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts on September 7, 2019. The exhibition will continue until October 7.

The National Exhibition of Fine Arts coincides with the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

Christian Lu’s painting at the exhibition