Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art · Kansas City · US

Form and Flow: Contemporary Shanshui Landscapes

Opens Nov 14, 2026 – May 16, 2027

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Since the early 1900s, Chinese artists have engaged in a dialogue between tradition and modernity, with shanshui (mountains and water, “landscape”) at its center. While some artists have embraced China’s defining artistic tradition since the 9th century, others have reinterpreted or even challenged the legacy.