Art beat in March

Comic duo gives talk

Chinese comic artist Luo Yin and her French partner Richard Marazano are going to give a lecture on their latest book Butterfly's Dream in Guangzhou this Saturday. They will also share the techniques of creating comics with Chinese fans. The series won nominations at many awards in Europe. It tells the story of a girl who enters a fantasy world, where human beings hide themselves while animals wander in the streets. Rabbit police supervise everything. The girl also meets a black cat which can talk. She grows up to be brave and looks for the way back home.

3 pm-5 pm, March 8. Fang Suo Commune, TaiKoo Hui Shopping Mall, 383 Tianhe Lu (Road), Tianhe district, Guangzhou. 020-3868-2327.

Shakespeare goes Chinese

Shakespeare's classic Romeo and Juliet is adapted into modern China. The adaptation presented by National Theater of China with Tian Qinxin as the director will be staged in Zhuhai this weekend. The Chinese Romeo and Juliet represents the country's young people: They wear fashionable clothes, play with humorous dialect, have mobile phones and guitars, are passionate about rock 'n' roll and are always energetic, often cycling across the stage. Tian hopes to express the courage and craziness of love. Tian's previous hits include Green Snake.

8 pm, March 8-9. Zhuhai Great Hall, 1014 Fenghuang Lu (Road) South, Xiangzhou district, Zhuhai. 0756-2213-220.

Mexican art

Bronze statues made by Mexican contemporary artist Jorge Marin are on display at the Guangdong Museum of Art until March 9, showcasing the beauty of the human body and sports. A gymnast dancing on tiptoe on the ball upon the point of a cube, a surfer ready to dive down a U pool-Marin presents the tension and beauty of sports in his works. The figures are memorable for wearing a mask like a bird's beak and spreading their huge wings. While in reality, humans need to fly with modern technology, in art they can be as free as birds in the sky.

9 am-5 pm, daily until March 9 (closed on Mondays). Hall 7, Guangdong Museum of Art,38 Yanyu Lu (Road), Ersha Island, Yuexiu district, Guangzhou.

020-8735-1468.