Today, August 5th is the opening for Open Art’s International Performance Festival. This festival has been running for over the decade and features artists from all over the world, including the USA, UK, Greece, Canada and Japan. The festivities start tonight at 5pm but go on for the following days.

*August 7th 1pm: Chinese performance artists
August 8th and 9th: Foreign Artists
For more info go to Open Art

This Saturday, August 8th, artist Wu Mingzhong is having a solo exhibition opening at the Today Art Museum. He is a well established artist that has an extremely beautiful way of expressing the fragility of life. While at the museum, catch the 2009 National Art Students Exhibition.

*August 8th 4pm Exhibition Opening at Today Art Museum
For more information go to Today Art Museum:Wu Mingzhong

UPDATE The Wu Mingzhong exhibition opening had quite a lively turnout. The museum exhibition featured many large scale oil paintings, each in Wu Mingzhong’s signature “red wine and glass” style. In my honest opinion I believe that the exhibition did not show his strongest work since I am quite a fan of his Sumo paintings. Wu Mingzhong is an talented artist that I have worked with in the past and hope to work with in the future.