Editor's Note: The June exhibition "Journey to Lin Xi's World: I Am What I Am" at Beijing's Guardian Art Center brought together more than 500 works by Chinese ink painter Lin Xi, offering a decade-long perspective on her blend of contemporary ink techniques and traditional scholarly painting styles. The show closed on June 19.

Artwork showing plants and Chinese ink brushes on a desk at the "Journey to Lin Xi's World: I Am What I Am" exhibition at the Guardian Art Center in Beijing, June 19, 2025. [Photo by Liao Jiaxin/China.org.cn]