China Daily USA – HEZI JIANG
“The Lunar New Year is becoming a more fantastic celebration in New York. Nothing exemplifies that more than Fantastic Art China, a free exhibition from Feb 6-10 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. The China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing, in conjunction with the US-China Cultural Institute and Committee of 100, is bringing the art of China to New York…It’s the Year of the Monkey, and Chinese artist Duan Haikang’s Golden Monkey Celebrating Spring, a 3,000-pound steel monkey mounting the clouds and riding the mist, will welcome visitors at the entrance, who will be encouraged to write, draw and put stickers on the installation…Feb 8 also will be the first time that New York City’s 1.1 million public school pupils will have the day off for Chinese New Year.”(more)