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Discover the best things to do in Beijing with our weekly roundup of art and exhibitions, music, performances and trending activities around town.
Russian treasures
Cultural relics from Russia's Peterhof State Museum-Reserve are on display at the China Millennium M onument. Portraits of 14 tsars(沙皇) are featured at the exhibition, along with royal belongings, such as costumes, watches, fans and kitchen wares.
If you go:
Through June 10. The China Millennium Monument, 9A Fuxing Road, Haidian district. 010-8418-7900.
Art Beijing to feature new faces
Launched in 2006, this year's Art Beijing expo will open in grand fashion, running from April 29 to May 2 at the National Agricultural Center. More than 100 galleries and cultural institutions from home and abroad will bring a variety of artworks and designs, to a venue of nearly 30,000 square meters.
If you go:
9 am - 4 pm, closed on Mondays. National Agricultural Center, 16 North East Third Rind Road, Chaoyang district. 010-6509-6688.
Group exhibition of artists from New York
The HdM gallery is displaying paintings and installations by US artist Spencer Sweeney and 16 other artists based in New York. It's like a diary that gives people "a sense of the art community in New York, the energy and creativity", Sweeney says.
If you go:
10 am-6 pm, through May 6. No 4, Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang district, Beijing. 010-5978-9320.
Woodblock prints
A tota l of 89 woodblock prints by 39 artists from East China's Songxi county, Fujian province, are on show at an exhibition titled Ecological Home at the National Art Museum. Songxi was named the "home of Chinese woodblock printing art" by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2000.
If you go:
9 am - 5 pm, closed on Mondays, through May 6. National Art Museum of China, 1 Wusi Avenue, Dongcheng district. 010 -6400-1476.
21 . At which exhibition can people only appreciate Chinese art?
A. Woodblock prints
B. Group exhibition of artists from New York
C. Art Beijing to feature new faces
D. Russian treasu res
22. What is special about Group exhibition of artists from New York?
A. It shows royal life.
B. It stresses ecological protection.
C. It displays modern fashion.
D. It makes people sense energy and creativity.
23. If you want to visit this year's Art Beijing expo, you can go there ____.
A. at 10 am, on Monday, June 10
B. at 2 pm, on Tuesday, May 6
C. at 3 pm, on Wednesday, April 30
D. at 9 am, on Friday, May 3