[Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily]

Chen Junde's art on show

Shanghai native Chen Junde, 80, has worked on giving a Chinese context to Western oil painting techniques and has helped to modernize Chinese art to reach more people.

An exhibition at the National Art Museum of China is now showing dozens of his oil paintings and sketches, many of which Chen portray harmony and tranquility in dynamic colors.

Learn more here.

If you go:

9 am - 5 pm, through Aug 31 (closed on Mondays). National Art Museum of China, 1 Wusi Avenue, Dongcheng district. 010-6400-1476.

Ticket: Free