As part of the 2nd Jiangnan Culture and Arts & International Tourism Festival, the 3rd Suzhou Wenhua Prize excellent art works exhibition will be held at Suzhou Art Museum from Sept. 25 to Oct. 25. The final review of the selected works for the exhibition was held on the afternoon of Aug. 29. The panel of judges was composed of famous painters including Zhou Jingxin, Chen Shining, Xu Huiquan, Sun Junliang, and Zhou Jumin.
The Suzhou Wenhua Prize is awarded every two years, aiming to present the achievements of art creation in Suzhou.
This year’s exhibition has received 378 entries featuring a variety of art forms, including traditional Chinese painting, oil painting, printmaking, sculpture, watercolor and pastel. The participants range from professional painters to university professors and teachers of fine arts in primary and secondary schools.
After two rounds of careful evaluation, 154 works have been selected for the exhibition, 10 of them winning the Wenhua Fine Art Prize and 15 the Wenhua Fine Art Nomination Prize.
A total of 170 works will be on display, including works of the judges and specially invited artists.