Coloring outside the lines

The Central Academy of Fine Arts museum is displaying nearly 40 ink-and-water paintings by the national Beiping Art School's teachers. The school was founded in 1918 as a testimony to China's aspiration to modernize its art and culture. Its openness attracted many important modern fine art history figures, such as Xu Beihong, Lin Fengmian, Qi Baishi and Zhang Daqian, whose works are on show. The school was merged with the North China University's third campus in 1950 to form CAFA. The exhibition intends to help people recognize the school's achievements in modernizing traditional Chinese painting.

9:30 am-5:30 pm, Tuesday to Sunday, until Dec 1. CAFA Art Museum, 8 Huajiadi South Street, Chaoyang district, Beijing. 010-6477-1575.

- Lin Qi