Art beat in November

Show of Ming Dynasty's best

Suzhou Museum is presenting a special exhibition of Wen Zhengming (1470-1559). Wen is one of the four great artists from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), celebrated for their personality, poetry, painting and calligraphy. The exhibition has gathered more than 70 pieces of paintings and calligraphy, borrowed from 22 museums at home and abroad. It's a rare chance to see the development of Wen's artistic style through his depiction of different subjects in different periods of his life.

9 am-5 pm, Tue-Sun, Nov 12-Feb 16, 2014. Suzhou Museum, 204 Dongbei Street, Pingjiang district, Suzhou, Jiangsu province. 0512-6757-6011.

Revival of ancient art style

Female painter Zhang Yidan is acclaimed for reviving the artistic spirit of Bada Shanren, aka Zhu Da, the ink painting master of late Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. She further diversifies her creations by absorbing the elements of portraits in the gongbi style and mountain-and-water in the xieyi approach, which she followed the discipline of noted painter Tang Yongli and Long Rui respectively. Under her meticulous strokes, Zhang has touched upon the loss, loneliness and solitude of urbanities. Her current solo exhibition at Prince Kung's Mansion displays 40-odd ink-and-color works that bridge today's audience with the spiritual world of ancient art.

8:40 am-4:50 pm, until Nov 22. Jiale Hall of Prince Kung's Mansion, 17 Qianhai West Street, Xicheng district, Beijing. 010-8328-8149.