What's on in Beijing (May 6-12)

Famous author San Mao by Xiao Quan. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Art:

Portraits of cultural celebrities

Chinese photographer Xiao Quan, 58, is known for his portrait series, Our Generation, a decade-long project completed in 1996. It comprises portraits of leading figures from Chinese art and literary circles in the 1980s and 1990s, including Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Tan Dun and Cui Jian.

Xiao's ongoing solo show, Today's Xiao Quan & Portraits, showcases 96 works from a career that has spanned more than three decades.

Learn more here.

If you go:

10 am - 6 pm, through June 13 (closed on Mondays). Building 4, Apple Community, 32 Baiziwan Road, Chaoyang district. 010-58760600

Ticket: 20 yuan