AUTUMN ASIA WEEK NEW YORK EXHIBITION
A Well of Rouge, a Flower of Fortune: Teaching and Learning in Chinese Flower Painting
September 12 – October 31, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 12, 5-7pm (RSVP required)
Exhibition Walkthrough: Sunday, September 13 at 11am
Special AWNY Autumn Hours (Sept 12-18): Open Daily, 10am-6pm
We are pleased to present A Well of Rouge, a Flower of Fortune: Teaching and Learning in Chinese Flower Painting during Asia Week New York this fall. At its center are Li Fenggong’s flower-painting lessons: baimiao, or “outline drawing,” demonstrations with written instructions, together with student studies bearing his vermilion annotations, shown alongside over ten flower paintings from the Ming and Qing dynasties through the modern period. Following two interwoven threads—the ke (lesson), encompassing demonstration and correction, and the pu (lineage), tracing transmission and schools—the exhibition traces how Chinese bird-and-flower painting was passed from teacher to student across centuries, generation after generation, before eventually crossing the sea and taking root in New York.
During Asia Week, we will also be open on Sunday, September 13, and Monday, September 14. Visitors are invited to an Opening Reception on Saturday, September 12, from 5–7pm (RSVP required), as well as an Exhibition Walkthrough at 11am on Sunday, September 13, offering a closer look at the works and the histories of teaching and artistic transmission explored in the exhibition.
We warmly invite you to visit, between the line of baimiao and the color of mogu, revisit this mid-twentieth-century lesson in flower painting, and witness firsthand how a lineage passed from teacher to student has endured on paper and been reborn across the sea.
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Gallery Videos
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About the Gallery
We work at the intersection of East and West, contemporary and traditional. We are dedicated to exploring the visual and geographic globalization of contemporary Asian art and documenting artists’ work that resonates with classical Asian philosophy, aesthetics, and culture, with no limits on their expressive mediums.
With the rapidly evolving contemporary art scene as our backdrop, our mission is to present major artists’ creative trajectories to a wider audience through exhibitions, in-depth interviews, critical analysis, and forums for scholarly exchanges. FQM ultimately provides an educational venue where visual pleasure is paired with intellectual challenge, highlighting the broad effects of globalization, and transnational and diaspora experiences.
Our team, enriched with over a decade of experience from leading global auction houses, offers unparalleled expertise in the appraisal, dealing, and management of Chinese art. Grounded in a commitment to excellence, we are certified by the Appraisers Association of America (AAA) and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).
