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Define Happiness: Qingdao Edition officially opened at Gallery Hall No. 3 of V-Exit Art Museum. Curated by a project team led by emerging artist Sofya Postnikova, the exhibition also marks the first community-based investigative interactive project supported by Exit V Art Museum。

The new Chengyang space will open on July 1st, dedicated to the convergence of art and life. At the same time, it will launch an artist-in-residence program centered on themes of urban locality and contemporaneity, with core topics including marine culture, textiles, and fashion lifestyle.

When the fervor of fire meets the gentleness of water, and the power of hardness blends with the wisdom of softness, this artistic feast of "Fire and Water in Perfect Harmony" is brought to life, revealing the infinite possibilities of Eastern aesthetics in the contemporary world.

"Two-Dimensional Horse" — Duo Print Exhibition by Lin Jichang and He Fu Two artists use knives as brushes, galloping across the two-dimensional world of printmaking. Lin Jichang is serene and profound, while He Fu is absurd and humorous — together they present the contemporary tension of print works.

From March 31 to April 14, 2026, artist Zhu Zhenhong created the first outdoor installation "Niè" during his residency at V Exit Art Museum. Employing the technique of his "Niè" series, he blended fragments of coffee cups from Jingdezhen with shells collected from the beaches of Qingdao. Standing five meters tall, this piece is the tallest in his decade-long "Niè" series — like a totem pole of ascending colors.

To promote the overall development of Qingdao’s art ecosystem and to establish orderly connections and exchanges among artists, art enthusiasts, intermediary institutions, and other related parties, the organizer proudly launches the “V Art Fair” — an annual city art mini-expo. Serving as a complement to the “Qingdao International Art Annual Exhibition”, this yearly event jointly strives to build a sustainable and healthy art ecosystem in Qingdao.

Similarly, contemporary artistic phenomena—from creation to presentation and dissemination—are generally trending towards compromise and pleasing action-oriented appeals to worldly desires. The so-called value of art is increasingly determined by its suitability for social media photo-ops or its alignment with buyer preferences. This path veers further and further from art's true trajectory: ascending from material construction to spiritual edification. This phenomenon serves as the most telling