BIZEMBASSY
B8 Monday September 2, 2019
The Argentine Embassy in China
and CAFA (Central Academy of
Fine Arts) Art Museum hosted the
closing ceremony of the Argentinian
artist Leandro Erlich’s exhibition the
Confines of the Great Void in Beijing
on August 23.
During the one-and-a-half-month
exhibition from July 10 to August
25, the number of visitors exceeded
200,000, and the visits to the gal-
lery’s online platform exceeded one
million. The total of 20 pieces of
artworks were exhibited. Accordingto the Argentine Embassy, this is so
far the most popular exhibition of
Argentine artists in China. The cura-
tor of the CAFA Art Museum Zhang
Zikang also noted that this is the first
time the entire museum has been
occupied to hold an exhibition for a
foreign artist’s works.
“Right now, in Buenos Aires,
someone is interacting with the
artworks of Leandro at the Latin
American Art Museum, where
they’re having the same exhibition,”
the Argentine Ambassador to ChinaDiego Ramiro Guelar said. “It is as
if a wonderful game of mirrors has
eliminated the distance between the
two ends of the Earth. That’s the
miracle of art.”
In the closing ceremony, the Ar-
gentine composer Astor Piazzolla’s
music was performed by Chinese
musicians. Diplomats, media rep-
resentatives and other guests were
invited to give a tour at the exhibition
after the ceremony.Global TimesArgentine Embassy, CAFA Art
Museum hold cultural show
Danish Queen unveils hero’s statue from Nanjing
UAE Embassy hails
Emirati Women’s
Day in Beijing
UAE Ambassador to China Ali Obaid Al
Dhaheri makes remarks at the event.
Photo: Courtesy of UAE Embassy in ChinaDanish Queen Margrethe II unveiled
a three-meter tall bronze statue of the
Danish hero Bernhard Arp Sindberg
in the Mindeparken memorial park in
Aarhus, Denmark on Saturday, accord-
ing to the Danish Embassy in China.
During the Nanjing Massacre
(1937-38), an estimated 300,000
Chinese were slaughtered by Japanese
troops in the six weeks of atrocities
committed against the people of the
city of Nanjing. Sindberg, the young
Dane from Aarhus, who was just 26
years old at the time, succeeded in sav-
ing thousands by protecting them in
a Danish concrete factory in the city,where he worked as a guard.
The statue is the result of a
Chinese-Danish artistic collaboration
between three artists, Shang Rong, Fu
Licheng and Lene Desmentik, and is a
gift to Aarhus from Nanjing.Global TimesThe United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy in
China, in partnership with Girlup, the Women’s
Association for Young Entrepreneurship, held a
celebration for Emirati Women’s Day in Beijing on
Wednesday.
Ali Obaid Al Dhaheri, the UAE Ambassador
to China, said in his speech that one of the most
important indicators of the UAE’s progress is
gender equality in various sectors of the country’s
government.
The status of women in the UAE is improving
and developing. Obaid Al Dhaheri said that so far
there are 234 women working in the UAE Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,
42 more working in the UAE embassies and con-
sulates abroad, and seven female ambassadors.
“This in itself shows the great value placed
upon female contributions towards the UAE and
the importance placed upon women in the develop-
ment of our country,” the ambassador said. “The
central role of Emirati women in the social and
economic fabric of the UAE has been evolving
and growing since the foundation of the nation by
our founding father Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al
Nahyan.”
The day’s activities included a screening of
UAE documentary and a music performance.Global TimesPage Editor:
[email protected]Argentine Ambassador to China
Diego Ramiro Guelar (left)
gives a speech at the closing
ceremony. Photo: Yin Yeping/GT