China and ROK bond over ink traditions

After earning rave reviews in Seoul, an exhibition of ink works by modern Chinese and South Korean artists has arrived in Beijing, at the National Art Museum of China, celebrating the two neighboring countries' shared passion for deepening the cultural meaning of ink art.

The Modern and Contemporary Ink Art of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea, at the Beijing museum until Aug 11, gathers 120 works by dozens of artists who have introduced reforms in the realm of ink to enliven this long-standing art tradition in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Part of the exhibits are from the collections of the Beijing museum and National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea. The exhibition was first opened in December 2024, at Deoksugung, a historical landmark in Seoul and one of the South Korean museum's four major establishments, and concluded in February.