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Artist Cui Ruzhuo gets Forbidden City show

Xinhua, February 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

Works by Chinese artist Cui Ruzhuo have gone on display at the Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City.

Among the 209 items are traditional ink wash paintings, finger paintings as well as calligraphy.

The exhibition, the Palace Museum's first in 2016, will be on display in the newly-opened Meridian Gate exhibition hall till May 25. Visitors can access the exhibition free of charge.

Cui, known for his images of flowers, birds and landscapes, has come to international attention for the record values of his works at auction. In 2015, his "Landscape in Snow" was purchased for over 30 million U.S. dollars at Poly Auction Hong Kong. Endi