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OPENING THIS WEEK | Katie Paterson: Across Deep Time

From October 25, 2026, to April 11, 2027, UCCA Dune presents “Katie Paterson: Across Deep Time,” the Scottish artist’s first institutional exhibition in China. Bringing together 21 works created over nearly two decades, including three new commissions by UCCA, the exhibition traces connections between Earth’s deep history and the vast reaches of the cosmos.

Through fossils, tree ash, sand, water, light, and scent, Paterson gives tangible form to timescales and natural processes that extend far beyond human experience. Moving from ancient forests and deserts to distant planets and the depths of space, her works offer ways to contemplate our place within a world shaped by forces and histories both intimate and immense.

Curated by Zhang Yao, UCCA Assistant Curator.

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UCCA Dune
Katie Paterson: Across Deep Time

From ancient forests and vast oceans to distant celestial bodies, Katie Paterson’s works offer ways to encounter timescales far beyond the span of a human life. Fossils, tree ash, light, scent, and sound become points of connection between the evolution of life, the history of Earth, and the immensity of the cosmos.

Rooted in scientific research and informed by Romanticism, Paterson’s practice brings these expansive histories into sensory experience. At UCCA Dune, where sea, wind, and shifting light shape the surrounding landscape, the works invite visitors to consider deep time not as something remote, but as a history in which we are already immersed.

“Katie Paterson: Across Deep Time” is curated by UCCA Assistant Curator Zhang Yao and is on view through April 11, 2027.

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🌕 中秋快乐。愿月光所至，皆是团圆。

All three UCCA locations —in Beijing, Beidaihe, and Yixing—will remain open as usual throughout the Mid-Autumn Holiday from September 25 to September 27.

Currently on view:
UCCA Beijing | Carsten Höller: Two
An evolving experiential environment exploring doubling, play, and doubt.
Through January 31, 2027

UCCA Dune | Yang Xinguang: Dark Surfaces
A meditation on decay, regeneration, and the life beneath our feet.
Through October 11, 2026

UCCA Clay | Raw Modernism: Accolay Clay Today
Postwar French ceramics in dialogue with contemporary practice.
Through October 18, 2026

🎑Wishing everyone a wonderful Mid-Autumn Festival!

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We remember artist Liang Shaoji, who passed away at age 81 on September 13, 2026.

In October 2018, Liang participated in UCCA Dune’s inaugural exhibition “After Nature.” His installation “Moon Garden” reflected his longstanding interest in the life cycle of the silkworm, accompanied by a video documenting silkworms spinning silk and forming cocoons on the work.

UCCA extends its deepest condolences to Liang Shaoji’s family, friends, and all those who encountered his work. by @uccadune

“Yang Xinguang: Dark Surfaces,” the artist’s largest institutional solo exhibition to date, brings together more than ten new sets of work spanning installation, sculpture, video, and site-specific interventions to UCCA Dune.

Over the past two decades, Yang Xinguang has worked extensively with natural materials such as stone, wood, soil, and plants, alongside industrial materials like steel, concrete, and paint. In this presentation, these elements are brought into shifting relations, tracing his ongoing inquiry into material transformation and human intervention in natural processes.

Drawing on the ecological concept of the “litter layer,” the exhibition considers the hidden surface where decomposition becomes renewal, and reflects on how natural cycles are shaped, interrupted, and reconfigured.

Curated by Chelsea Qianxi Liu.
On view through October 11, 2026.

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Now open at UCCA Dune
Yang Xinguang: Dark Surfaces

On view from April 19 to October 11, 2026, this exhibition marks the artist’s largest institutional solo presentation to date, bringing together more than ten newly commissioned works spanning installation, sculpture, video, and site-specific interventions.

Staged within the museum’s cave-like architecture and surrounding landscape, the exhibition draws on the ecological concept of the “litter layer”—a site of decomposition and regeneration—to reflect on material transformation and humanity’s entanglement with the natural world.

Through subtle interventions that suspend, replicate, or disrupt natural processes, Yang Xinguang repositions organic matter as something both familiar and estranged, inviting consideration of whether human action exists within, or apart from, natural cycles.

This exhibition is curated by UCCA Chief Curator Chelsea Qianxi Liu.

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COMING SOON: Yang Xinguang: Dark Surfaces

From April 19 to October 11, 2026, UCCA Dune presents Yang Xinguang’s most extensive institutional solo exhibition to date, bringing together new installations, sculptures, and site-specific works shaped by his ongoing engagement with natural materials—earth, plants, and detritus—alongside steel, concrete, and paint.

Taking the ecological “litter layer” as its point of departure, the exhibition traces processes of decay, accumulation, and transformation, where organic matter and human intervention intersect. The exhibition is curated by UCCA Chief Curator Chelsea Qianxi Liu.

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In its final weeks at UCCA Dune, “Kim Lim: Water Rests, Stone Speaks” remains on view through April 6.

The first institutional solo exhibition in mainland China dedicated to the late British-Singaporean artist traces Kim Lim’s sculptural and printmaking practice across three decades. Through works that explore form, rhythm, and light, the exhibition reveals a sustained inquiry into the expressive potential of materials—where stone seems to suggest movement, and carved surfaces hold shifting traces of light.

We invite visitors to experience the quiet dialogue of Lim‘s works with the seascape surroundings before the exhibition closes.

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UCCA is thrilled to share updates for our 2026 Exhibition Program across Beijing, Beidaihe, and Yixing.

@ucca798, Beijing – “Yang Fudong: Fragrant River” is now extended through May 31, 2026. Carsten Holler will now run July 4, 2026 – January 31, 2027, presenting iconic works and newly commissioned site-specific installations. The year will also feature presentations by Rutherford Chang, Michael Cherney, Duan Jianyu, and John Baldessari.

@uccadune, Beidaihe – New works by Yang Xinguang and interdisciplinary installations by Katie Paterson.

@uccaclay, Yixing – Three exhibitions: “Hidden Within Matter: Zhou Xiaohu and Zhang Yibei” (spring), “Raw Modernism: Accolay Clay Today” (summer–autumn), and the first institutional solo in China by Toshiko Takaezu (end of year), highlighting both historic and contemporary ceramic practices.

We look forward to welcoming audiences to a year of rigorous and engaging contemporary art by Chinese and international artists!

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🐎🏮Getting ready for Chinese New Year! 🏮🐎

Before we break to welcome the Year of the Horse, please note that UCCA will have adjusted holiday hours across all our locations starting from Feb. 15.

As such, plan your visit accordingly to experience our current exhibitions at @ucca798, @uccadune, and @uccaclay!

Currently presenting:

🏮UCCA Beijing
Yang Fudong: Fragrant River
(On view through May 5)

Rutherford Chang: Hundreds and Thousands
(On view through April 12)

Michael Cherney: Middle Distance
(On view through April 12)

🏮UCCA Dune - Beidaihe
Kim Lim: Water Rests, Stone Speaks
(On view through April 6)

🏮UCCA Clay - Yixing
Improvisational Drift: New Directions in Ceramics
(On view through March 1)

To stay up to date:
www.ucca.org.cn

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A look-back at UCCA’s 2025 exhibitions:

This year, we presented 13 exhibitions across our locations in UCCA Beijing, UCCA Dune, UCCA Clay, and UCCA Edge.

From new commissions to landmark retrospects, artists unfolded explorations of memory, movement, history, the present moment, identity and more, throughout our galleries, opening up new perspectives and dialogue. Thank you to the artists, collaborators, and audiences who made our year, and onward to what’s ahead!

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Happy Holidays!

All UCCA institutions will operate at our usual hours throughout this holiday season, including New Year‘s Day (January 1, 2026).

Wishing everyone a festive and artistic holiday season!

Current exhibitions:

UCCA Beijing | ”Yang Fudong: Fragrant River“
On view through May 5, 2026

UCCA Beijing | ”Koki Tanaka: Provisional Community“
On view through January 4, 2026

UCCA Dune | ”Kim Lim: Water Rests, Stone Speaks“
On view through April 6, 2026

UCCA Clay | ”Improvisional Drift: New Directions in Ceramics“
On view through March 1, 2026

For details on hours, directions, and Public Program activities, please visit: https://ucca.org.cn/en by @uccadune