Art beat in October

Evolution of video art

Swiss visual artist Roman Signer's show, Video &Film1975-1989 and Now, features around 200 films and videos projected on walls by 100 cameras. The visual artist mainly focuses on sculptures, photography and video installations. Works on display include films and video recordings of his work from 1975 to 1989, a period when video art gained popularity. Signer will arrive in Beijing on Nov 23 to meet with Chinese art lovers.

9:30 am–5:30 pm,through Nov 23. Art Museum of Central Academy of FineArts, 8 South Huajiadi Street, Chaoyang district, Beijing. 010-6477-1575

Life on the river

American mixed-media installation artist Margaret Cogswell was the artist in residence for two months at Zhujiajiao in suburban Shanghai. Cogswell looked for links to China's history and culture through details seen in objects, food, music and movements in daily life and rituals. Viewing life on the river in the water town, through fragmented antique window frames, these details inspired her new work, Zhujiajiao River Poems.

10 am-6 pm,Oct 25-Nov 25. Zendai Zhujiajiao Art Museum, 222 Beidajie (North Street), Zhujiajiao Town, Shanghai. 021-5033-9801

Odell's China debut

Tom Odell, the 24-year-old British singer-songwriter, who rose to fame in early 2013 by winning the Brits Critics' Choice Award, will kick off his first China tour in Beijing, Shenzhen and Shanghai this November. Besides songs from his chart-topping debut album, Long Way Down, Odell will perform some new numbers.

7:30 pm, Nov 28. Beijing Exhibition Center Theater, 135 Xizhimenwai Dajie (Street), Xicheng district, Beijing. 400-610-3721