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Wild Wonders of China: Unseen, Unexpected, Unforgettable

December 7, 2019 - May 3, 2020

This photography exhibition showcases China’s natural treasures and beauty to the world. It brings photography by Magnus Lundgren and Staffan Widstrand from the wild side of China, with fascinating wildlife and spectacular places. This exhibition uses the emotional power of stunning photography and filmmaking to inspire audiences worldwide. The exhibit shows that nature conservation really works, highlighting the many Chinese conservation success stories and the great people behind them, while at the same time showing the unique habitats and species that still deserve more protection.

Organized by Wild Wonders of China and the National Museum of Wildlife Art.

Photograph by Staffan Widstrand, Crab spider, Misumena sp. Thomisidae, sitting in a in a Chrysanthemum flower waiting for prey, East Lake Greenway park, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Photograph by Staffan Widstrand, Tangjiahe river, Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve, NNR, Qingchuan County, Sichuan province, China.
Photograph by Staffan Widstrand, Gaoligongshan Tree Frog, Gaoligongshan Mountains, Yunnan, China.
Photograph by Staffan Widstrand, Pallas's Cat (Otocolobus manul), Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China.
Photograph by Staffan Widstrand, Pallas's Cat (Otocolobus manul), Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China.
Photograph by Staffan Widstrand, Tibetan Macaque, Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve, NNR, Qingchuan County, Sichuan province, China.
Photograph by Staffan Widstrand, Tibetan Macaque, Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve, NNR, Qingchuan County, Sichuan province, China.
Photograph by Staffan Widstrand, Meili Snow Mountain, Yunnan province, China.
Photograph by Staffan Widstrand, Meili Snow Mountain, Yunnan province, China.
Photograph by Staffan Widstrand, Red panda or Lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens) in the humid montane mixed forest, Laba He National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China
Photograph by Staffan Widstrand, Père David's deer, or Milu, Elaphurus davidianus, at Hubei Tian'ezhou Milu National Nature Reserve, Shishou, Hubei, China. The dominant harem-keeping stag in the herd.
Photograph by Staffan Widstrand, Golden pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, Yangxian Nature Reserve, Shaanxi, China
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Out of the Shadows: Prints from the Permanent Collection

Through April 27, 2025

Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya, Picasso, Warhol—while many of the works in this show may be small in size, they are created by some of the biggest names in the canon of art history.

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Tony Foster: Watercolour Diaries from the Green River

Through May 4, 2025

Artist Tony Foster became fascinated with the 50-million-year-old Green River fossilized fish when he first saw them in 1985. It was from these small special objects that he comprised the idea to make a group of artworks about the Green River. He began his project in 2018, creating a major painting of Steamboat Rock and the horseshoe bend from his vantage point up a 400 foot cliff. In the summer of 2019 he took a rafting trip from the Gates of Lodore to Split Rock, creating five smaller paintings en route. From these initial works he created this exhibition about, in Foster’s words: “this magnificent river.”

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