Calligraphy artists

Yu Youren and Gao Ershi are prominent intellectuals and calligraphers from 20th-century China, known for their accomplishments in the caoshu running script. Despite an age gap of more than 20 years, the two were friends, and often composed poems together. High Aspirations, an exhibition at the National Art Museum of China, until Jan 3, is now showing some 20 pieces of their calligraphy works. The museum's director Wu Weishan says the show "invites discussion about core values of calligraphy, as well as its role in conveying the aesthetic spirit of Chinese culture".

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