3 Shows Explore Contemporary Chinese Ink Painting
Wang Mansheng, detail of Without Us . (c) 2024 Wang Mansheng. Image courtesy of the artist. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens A trio of exhibitions exploring the contemporary legacy of Chinese ink painting will be on view this summer. Opening this Sunday at LACMA is "Zheng Chongbin: Golden State" (Mar. 23, 2025–Jan. 4, 2026), a survey of the Marin County-based artist who blends painterly tradition with performance and Light and Space. Also in the Resnick Pavilion will be the second showing of works from the Fondation INK Collection, a 400-piece holding promised to LACMA in 2018. " Line, Form, Qi: Calligraphic Art From the Fondation Ink Collection" runs Apr. 6–Oct. 19, 2025. The upcoming exhibition at the Huntington's Studio for Lodging the Mind is "Wang Mansheng: Without Us" (May 17–Aug. 4, 2025). New York-based Wang, named 2025's Cheng Family Foundation Visiting Artist in the Chinese Garden, will display 22 ink-on-silk...
