Art beat in August

Ellie Goulding

Aug 14: 7:30 pm-10:30 pm

Venue: Beijing Exhibition Theater

Elena Jane "Ellie" Goulding is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actress. After signing to Polydor Records in July 2009, Goulding released her debut extended player, An Introduction to Ellie Goulding. Burn and Lights are among her most popular songs.

Ticket Price: RMB 280-480

Website for tickets: http://en.damai.cn/event/tickets_68997/

It's raining motions at group exhibition

Zhong Gallery's current exhibition Divine Signs explores the underlying connotations of contemporary art, from the perspective of transcendentalism, as paintings of Chinese artists Fang Lijun, Shang Yang, Su Xinping and Wang Guangyi go on display. The works portray the artists' understanding of how people pursue materialistic benefits. Fang's untitled paintings, for instance, show crowds expectantly looking up at the sky for "sweet dew drops" to fall, but are soon unwelcoming of a sticky liquid that rains instead. Fang uses dew drops as a metaphor for wealth.

10 am-10 pm, until Aug 15. Zhong Gallery Beijing, Unit 118, Ground Floor, Kerry Center, 1 Guanghua Lu (Road), Chaoyang district. 010-8529-6090/1.

Creating artwork from food

Italian photographer Alfonso Catalano creates art from food. Michelin chefs make abstract adaptations for their recipes, and Catalano captures the image with his camera. The exhibition is aesthetically pleasing and appetizing at the same time. This is one of a series of summer events at the 101-level skyscraper in the Lujiazui area. Grab a beer or soft drink at the B1 level square and you will be donating to The Library Project, a charity initiative to establish book collections in China's countryside.

10 am-10 pm, until Aug 31. Ground floor Lobby, Shanghai World Financial Center, 100 Century Dadao (Avenue), Pudong New Area Shanghai. 021-6877-7878.