Art beat in May

Putting the brakes on high-speed life

At his solo exhibition Hey, Just Chill, Wu Mingzhong revisits his original subject, a transparent glass figure, looking free and somewhat desolated, who is sometimes an innocent teenage boy and sometimes an adult man whose face resembles the artist himself. He has added common elements in classic Chinese paintings, such as pine trees and red-crowned cranes. The paintings were created over the past four years while the painter has been fighting against cancer. In them, Wu questions the rapid pace of modern life and ultimate issues of existence.

10 am-6:30 pm, until June 30. Xin Dong Cheng Space for Contemporary Art, 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu (Road), Chaoyang district, Beijing. 010-5978-9356.

-Lin Qi

Show on ancient weaving

Decorum is an exhibition of carpets and tapestries by artists. Jointly hosted by Power House of Art Shanghai and Musee d'art Moderne in Paris, France, it showcases more than 100 pieces from the 6th century. Curators Gong Yan and Anne

Dressen highlight important art movements in the development of tapestry as a media for art. China's first institute for fiber art was established in the 1980s, and its creations are among the exhibits. Artists, academics and critics have been scheduled to host a series of workshops and lectures, introducing one about "fiber art" and its possibilities.

9 am-5 pm, Tues-Sun, April 26-July 13. Power House of Art Shanghai, 2F, 200 Huayuangang Lu (Road), Shanghai. 021-3110-8550.