A mouse of legend

"It all started with a mouse," as Walt Disney once said. Since he first appeared in Steamboat Willie, the world's first sound animated film in 1928, Mickey Mouse has become a worldwide cartoon icon, capturing the hearts of children and people of different ages and cultural backgrounds. Mickey has also been an influencer beyond animation in the field of contemporary art. Mickey: The True Original and Ever Curious, an exhibition jointly presented by Disney and the Beijing-based UCCA Lab, is now on in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, showing dozens of works by artists from China and other countries on the anthropomorphic mouse in new times. On show, which runs until July 3, are installations, images, illustrations and sculptures, including Liu Jiayu's immersive visual-and-audio work inspired by the 1928 film, which encourage people to never stop being courageous in pursuing their dreams. Also on display is May the World Fill With Love, a work by Wang Dongling, in which the artist draws the mouse in Chinese calligraphy in a semi-abstract way. The Mickey exhibition was first held in New York City in 2008 to celebrate his 90th birthday, and has toured Chinese cities such as Shanghai and Chengdu, Sichuan province.

11 am-10 pm, daily, 4/F, north zone, Mixc World Shenzhen, 9668 Shennan Dadao, Nanshan district, Shenzhen, Guangdong province.