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Ever since its establishment in 1928, the China Academy of Art, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, has been on the forefront of the reform of Chinese painting. Its first dean, Lin Fengmian, who had studied art in France, initiated the integration of Chinese and Western art styles; Pan Tianshou, a professor and ink artist of repute, explored the modernization of teaching Chinese painting; and Huang Binhong, a great painter and art theorist, born in Jinhua, Zhejiang, took the creation of the mountain-and-water genre of painting to a new height.

Ever Glow, an exhibition now on at China Art Museum, Shanghai, until Oct 27, navigates the reinvention of Chinese painting at the academy, pushed forward by teachers of the academy, who have also been celebrated artists of the classical style, throughout decades, and by the students.

10 am-6 pm, closed on Mondays.205 Shangnan Lu, Pudong New Area, Shanghai. 400-921-9021.

Sporting role

Ma Yuehan (1882-1966), also known as John Ma, is remembered as a professor of physical education who established a sports culture at Tsinghua University, where he taught for years and was a leading figure of modern sports in the country. He believed and populated the roles of sports in cultivating body, mind and character.

An art exhibition named after him has been brought by Tsinghua University to his birthplace, Xiamen, Fujian province, at which artworks of various kinds are on show at Jinsha Academy to hail a shared mission of art and sports to make a person stay well physically and mentally.

To mark the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, a special section has been set up displaying works paying tribute to Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of modern Olympics, and the core values of the Games.

9 am-5 pm, closed on Mondays.200 meters north of Haicang Commerce Center Subway Station, Haicang district, Xiamen, Fujian province. 0592-680-6202.

Advice through art

Garnering acclaim since it was shown in Beijing in July, For So Long, and Colorful, an exhibition dedicated to the work of prolific artist Huang Yongyu (1924-2023), created in the last decade of his life, is touring Changsha, Hunan province, where the late painter, writer and designer grew up.

The show at Hunan Art Museum was curated in his last will. "It will show 100 paintings, to celebrate the 100 years I have lived," he once said. It has been his last sharing with the public of his passion in art, his interest in all types of life — flowers, plants and small animals — and his ambition of creating on paper an artwork of several meters. His works are also his last advice to people, to observe, with shrewd eyes, to read and think, and then to express, clearly and meanwhile with restraint. The exhibition runs until Nov 24.

9 am-5 pm, closed on Mondays. 2 Jinjiang Lu, Yuelu district, Changsha, Hunan province. 0731-8278-1500.

China Daily