STORY: Italian art exhibition highlights cultural exchanges along ancient Silk Road
DATELINE: July 9, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:34
LOCATION: XI'AN, China
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the exhibition
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YANG CHAO, Curator of Xi'an Art Museum

STORYLINE:

An Italian art exhibition, which was held in China's Xi'an, offered an artistic perspective on how the ancient Silk Road had promoted cultural exchanges along the route.

The exhibition, named "Italian Contemporary Art and Artists on the Silk Road", concluded on Sunday in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province. It presented over 30 works of 33 Italian artists spanning multiple generations.

Starting from Italy, the country where the Silk Road ends, the touring exhibition has traveled back in time, taking contemporary Italian art to different stations, including Ankara, Tbilisi, Tashkent, and finally arrived in Xi'an, the starting point of the ancient Silk Road.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YANG CHAO, Curator of Xi'an Art Museum
"The Western countries don't know much about China. So do the Western people. But the communication through arts is a language that doesn't need translation. Artistic works can help reach a common consensus on culture between European and Chinese peoples. Chang'an (now known as Xi'an) was the starting point of the ancient Silk Road. Therefore, this touring exhibition, which set Xi'an as its last stop, has such a significance."

As a major fruit of the China-Italy Year of Culture and Tourism, this international touring exhibition was presented by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Garuzzo Foundation.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xi'an, China.
(XHTV)