Art beat in March

Harpist's second home

Scottish harpist and singer-songwriter Katie Targett-Adams (pictured above) considers China her second home. She has repeatedly visited the country since 2003 and will return to Beijing to perform alongside Benjamin Casey, who will play bagpipes and percussion. Besides traditional Scottish folk music, such as Auld Lang Syne and Marble Halls, she will also perform popular Chinese songs, including The Moon Represents My Heart and As Your Tenderness. Chinese guzheng (plucked zither) player Cui Yang and the Dulwich College Beijing's Primary School Choir will also accompany the recital.

7:30 pm, March 28. Zhongshan Park, west of Tian'anmen Square, Xicheng district, Beijing. 010-6585-5755.

-Chen Nan

Qi Baishi's oeuvre

Beijing Fine Art Academy's museum boasts many works by Qi Baishi (1864-1957), the Chinese painting master, ranging from his ink-and-wash works to calligraphy and seals. Among them the collection of Qi's original manuscripts is unparalleled in terms of cultural value, academic integrity and completeness of their categories. The exhibition enriches people's understanding of Qi's art philosophy by displaying his diaries, letters, poems and notes, along with his artworks. It also shows for the first time a set of 12 paintings of Chinese zodiac animals, which Guan Weishan, a friend of Qi, collected and donated to the academy. The subject was a rarity of Qi's oeuvre that mostly feature mountains and water, flowers and birds, and figures.

9 am-5 pm, until April 8. Art Museum of Beijing Fine Art Academy, Courtyard 12, Chaoyang Gongyuan Nan Lu (Road), Beijing. 010-6502-5171.

-Lin Qi