In the first half year of 2011, many eminent Chinese modern and contemporary art works debut abroad.

The Largest Version of Xu Bing’s The Living Word Installed at the Morgan

Among the elites of China’s New Wave artists, Xu Bing has concentrated on the reflections of language and the nature of calligraphy since the mid of 1980s. As a library and museum which particularly fits his creation, the Morgan invites Xu Bing to present his spectacular installation, The Living Word, a poetic evocation of the relationship between the written word and its meaning in the Morgan’s Gilbert Court. The piece consists of some 350 carved and painted Chinese characters for the word “bird” in various historical scripts—all hung from the ceiling of the Morgan’s soaring court in a cloudlike cluster that will rise dramatically from the floor to the top of a 50-foot high glass wall. Xu’s installation, The Living Word starts on July 12 and the finished piece will be on view through Sept. 15.

China's Xu Bing Gives Flight To Words at the Morgan

Chinese artist Xu Bing is about to turn New York's Morgan Library & Museum into an installation site. For its second annual contemporary art commission, the Morgan invited Mr. Xu to create a larger version of his well-known work "The Living Word," originally made in 2001. The piece will consist of some 350 carved and painted Chinese characters for the word "bird" in various historical scripts—all hung from the ceiling of the Morgan's soaring entry court in a cloudlike cluster that will rise dramatically from the floor to the top of a 50-foot glass wall.

Chinese Contemporary Warriors Stand in Formation at the Milwaukee Art Museum

The Milwaukee Art Museum presents the installation Chinese Contemporary Warriors by world-renowned contemporary artist Yue Minjun, in conjunction with its Summer of CHINA series of exhibitions. This latest addition to the ambitious CHINA lineup will be on view through December 2011.

Exhibition Series"Summer of CHINA" is ongoing at Milwaukee Art Museum

This summer, enter a realm of majesty and mystery. Experience three thousand years of Chinese art and culture in five exhibitions at the Milwaukee Art Museum. This ambitious series, titled the Summer of CHINA, is part of a year-long celebration honoring the ten-year anniversary of the Museum’s Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion.

Denver Art Museum to Present First U.S. Exhibition of the Work of Chinese Painter Xu Beihong

This fall, visitors to the Denver Art Museum (DAM) will get a rare look inside China’s artistic history through two special exhibitions. Xu Beihong: Pioneer of Modern Chinese Painting and Threads of Heaven: Silken Legacy of China’s Last Dynasty explore this mysterious and ceremonial country during two time periods—the latter years of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912), and the subsequent formation of the Republic of China during the early to middle 20th century.

UMMA Presents Multiple Impressions: Contemporary Chinese Woodblock Prints

The University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) presents an exhibition of works by 41 leading printmakers from contemporary China to showcase the extraordinary innovations, in both technique and conception, which have transformed this long-established art form in recent years. The exhibition features 114 works by such artists as Xu Bing, Kang Ning, Song Yuanwen, Chen Qi, He Kun, and Fang Limin, as well as many other accomplished printmakers.