Glasstress
Glasstress brings together 50+ artists from across continents, all working through the tension built into the material itself. Formed between heat and stillness, glass holds a kind of internal pressure, something you can sense in the works on view. Some pieces lean into fragility, others into clarity or distortion, but all stay close to the idea of a material caught mid-transition. The exhibition follows glass from its roots in craft into a contemporary context, with Venice as a key reference point. Move through it slowly, light shifts across surfaces, and details emerge gradually as your eyes adjust.
April 1-May 5, 2026
Hall 1-3, 1/F, Tsinghua University Art Museum, Tsinghua University, No.30 Shuangqing Lu, Haidian 海淀区双清路30号清华大学艺术博物馆一层展馆1-3
Hua Xia Yi Guan: Chinese Costume Exhibition
Clothing here is read through structure, pattern, and use: how it was worn, when, and why. This exhibition traces dress from early periods through later dynasties, with nearly 50 reconstructed pieces based on archaeological finds and historical records. The focus stays on form: how sleeves fall, how layers sit, how motifs carry meaning across time. The reconstructions are precise without feeling static, giving a clear sense of how garments functioned within ritual and daily life. It’s a close look at clothing as part of a larger system—ceremony, identity, and craft moving together.
March 27-October 10, 2026
Beijing Folk Custom Museum, No.141 Chaowai Dajie, Chaoyang, 朝阳区朝外大街141号北京民俗博物馆
NAMOC: The Way of Craftsmanship
This is a wide survey of Chinese craft placed side by side, ceramics, lacquer, metalwork, textiles, carving, and more. Each section follows a material or discipline, from kiln traditions and sculptural carving to fiber work and folk practices still in circulation today. The exhibition moves between historical pieces and contemporary works, showing how techniques carry forward and shift in use. It’s dense but clearly laid out, with enough range to move between fine detail and broader context.
March 24-April 22, 2026
National Art Museum of China, No. 1 Wusi Dajie, Dongcheng 东城区五四大街1号中国美术馆
CAFA Art Museum: IN·100 – Fashion Program Exhibition
Cut, structure, and material take the lead here. This exhibition gathers 100 young designers selected through a national program spanning dozens of art schools and studios, presenting their work through both static displays and scheduled runway shows. The projects are grouped around themes like cultural reference, industry application, and material innovation, but what stands out is the range of approaches. It’s a snapshot of how a new generation is working across fashion, craft, and production right now.
March 22-April 19, 2026
CAFA Art Museum, No. 8 Huajiadi Nanjie, Chaoyang 朝阳区花家地南街8号中央美术学院美术馆
NAMOC: From Leonardo to Caravaggio
A compact yet focused look at the Italian Renaissance, built around 30+ works drawn from major collections. The exhibition brings together names that usually sit far apart in textbooks—Leonardo, Raphael, Caravaggio—placing them within a tighter visual sequence.You move through shifts in style rather than a strict timeline: early composure, growing attention to the human figure, then the dramatic use of light and shadow that defines later works. The scale is manageable, which helps—you can stay with individual paintings long enough to catch the details that carry across generations.
April 28-August 28, 2026
National Art Museum of China, No. 1 Wusi Dajie, Dongcheng 东城区五四大街1号中国美术馆
