Exhibition reviews the highlights of contemporary Chinese art over the past few years, Deng Zhangyu reports.

Though contemporary artists in China have been confronted with lots of challenges and difficulties caused by the pandemic over the past few years, they have still kept active and productive. A show based on 2,891 art exhibitions held in 2021 offers a comprehensive overview of the recent development and condition of contemporary art in China.

The show, The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China 2021, is held at Beijing's 798 Art Center and Shanghai's Duolun Museum of Modern Art. Works by 26 established artists are on display in Beijing while those of 12 artists, many of whom are young, are exhibited in Shanghai.