To mark its opening, the Joseph Beuys Research Center (China) held an inaugural exhibition Joseph Beuys: 7000 Dreams at the Ennova Art Museum in Langfang, Hebei province, on Dec 15.

Founded by the Ennova Art Museum in partnership with the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, and Phoenix Art, the center is dedicated to the work and ideas of the prominent German artist, who was known for his contribution to conceptual art and to the Fluxus Movement, an interdisciplinary and experimental approach to art that emerged in the 1960s, which emphasized the importance of blending artistic media, and breaking down the traditional boundaries between art and the everyday.