The exhibition, which closes today at Shixiang Art Space, displays a selection of works from classic Chinese painting and calligraphy to be sold at auction during Poly Auction's autumn sale next week in Beijing.

Exhibition curator Li Dajun said the exhibition is thought-provoking and renews people's understanding of 20th-century Chinese art. It encourages collectors to engage in discussion on this group of artists, their work and how to better preserve the cultural spirit embodied in their work through collection.

Jiang Yingchun, general manager of Poly Culture Group Corporation Limited, said the exhibition also demonstrates an increasing endeavor of the newly-established Poly Academy of Arts to promote academic research, publication and exhibition in years to come, by which they hope to link artists, scholars, collectors and the public.