The Forbidden Kingdom is a much awaited movie a team up of two of the most well known Chinese celebrity starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
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Six years after the success of its China: One Hundred Treasures exhibition in 2001, which displayed Chinese treasures covering 5,000 years, from neolithic bronzes to Ming porcelains, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, presents the newest chapter in the history of Chinese art on view from September 18, 2007 to March 1, 2008.
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Brush and Ink: The Chinese Art of Writing: Through January 21, 2007
In China, calligraphy, "the art of writing," is regarded as the quintessential visual art, ranking above painting as the most important vehicle for individual expression. As such, calligraphy may be appreciated in much the same way as some abstract art-by following the artist's every gesture, reexperiencing the kinesthetic action of creation as preserved in the inked lines.
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Journeys: Mapping the Earth and Mind in Chinese Art: February 10-August 26, 2007
This installation, featuring 70 works dating from the 11th to the 21st century, explores the theme of journeys both real and imagined. Depictions of real journeys range from intimate scenes of individual departures and returns to grand imperially commissioned panoramas of royal inspection tours and extravagantly detailed maps of the Yangzi River and Grand Canal.
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