Silk Road-themed art exhibition kicks off in Beijing

Attendees at the opening ceremony got an overview of the exhibit, which officially opens to the public at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing on Aug 16. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily]

"This artistic and cultural feast for eyes and hearts alike is a vivid testimony to the great success of China's Belt and Road Initiative," said Wu Weishan, a curator of the exhibit and dean of the National Art Museum of China which co-organized the art show along with the China International Culture Association, the UNESCO Cluster Office in Beijing and the Silk Road International Alliance of Art Museums and Galleries.