Art beat in April

Adnan's art shows power of landscape

Writer and visual artist Etel Adnan's solo exhibition at Galleria Continua Beijing displays her recent exploration - not only on her familiar canvas but also her ink-on-paper creations. As always she depicts no humans in her works, only landscapes. The small-format oil paintings continue her passion for the sceneries of Mount Tamalpais near her residence in San Francisco, while the ink paintings were inspired by her impressions of San Gimignano, a medieval hill town in Italy. Born in Beirut, Adnan is the daughter of a Syrian Muslim father and a Greek Christian mother. Now 89, she is recognized as one of the most complex figures of contemporary culture.

11 am-6 pm, daily except Monday, until April 13. Galleria Continua Beijing, 798 Art Zone, 2 Jiuxianqiao Lu (Road), Chaoyang district, Beijing. 010-5978-9505.

- Lin Qi

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Concert features Edouard Lal

Under the baton of conductor Hu Yongyan, the EOS Repertoire Orchestra from the Central Conservatory of Music will perform French composer Edouard Lal's Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21. As part of the ongoing First Concerto Music Festival held by the conservatory, which runs through June 11, the concert will also feature violinist Gao Can.

7:30 pm, April 16. Beijing Concert Hall, 1 Bei-xinhua Jie (Street), Xicheng district, Beijing. 010-6605-7006.

Roots on canvas

A joint exhibition of two established oil painters, Li Jiangfeng and Zhuang Zhong, demonstrates their distinct charisma and artistic styles nurtured by their respective home regions. The extensive northern soil where Li grew up has rendered a mixed feeling of innocence, breadth and straightforwardness to her landscapes. Zhuang's works are vibrant with sophistication and elegance distilled from his native scenery in Jiangsu province. Both have worked hard to portray a land of silence and sadness, from which they carry out a dialogue between the language of oil painting and the philosophy of Chinese ink-and-wash.

9 am-5 pm, until April 16. Art Museum of Beijing Fine Art Academy, Courtyard 12, Chao-yang Gongyuan Nan Lu (Road), Beijing. 010-6502-5171.