As Zhejiang Printmaking Academy opened its doors to the public on November 12, its inaugural exhibition, “Echoes of Reflection: Hangzhou International Printmaking Exhibition,” was also unveiled.

The academy is located at Zhijiang Neighborhood Center (Xihu District), founded and run in partnership with China National Archives of Publications and Culture (Hangzhou Branch). It’s a world-class platform for printmaking creation, research, collection, and exchange. The first exhibition, centered around mutual learning among civilizations, brings together over 300 print works from artists across the globe - all in five sections, i.e. “An Inscribed Past,” “Global Exchanges,” “Echoes of Reflection,” “An Open Garden,” and “Wisdom of the East.” It offers visitors a journey into the past century of dialogue between Eastern and Western printmaking traditions and different practices and visions shaped by regional cultures.