Art beat: Workshop/Seminar

Window on bullfighting

The origin of bullfights dates back hundreds of years ago. There is evidence of the presence of bulls in the Iberian Peninsula since prehistoric times.

Jose Campos, PhD in history from the Complutense University of Madrid, will explain the culture and art of bullfighting, including its origin, the bullring and many other facts.

7 pm, June 1.198-208 yuan. Miguel de Cervantes Library, Anfu Lu, Shanghai. 021-5467-0098.

Kids become designers

Fashion designer Zhou Gengfei, who specializes in making children's clothes, will share her ideas and creations with children on the occasion of International Children's Day. Those aged between 4 and 9 can play with leftover cloth and create their own fashions, under Zhou's instruction.

In Chinese with English translation.

4 pm-5 pm, June 3. Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, 798 Art Zone, 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang district, Beijing. 010-5780-0200.

Reporter on war

An independent combat correspondent will share her experiences covering conflicts in the Middle East during a lecture in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on June 2.

Susanna Cheung Chui-yung, from Hong Kong, has covered the independence referendum in East Timor and the last days of the Taliban in Afghanistan. She has been chasing after unrest and wars in the Third World since 1998. She loves her job because she regards it as her responsibility to expose the truth behind wars so that the world will treasure the importance of peace.

3 pm-5 pm, June 2. Fangsuo Commune, MU 35, TaiKoo Hui shopping mall, 383 Tianhe Road, Tianhe district, Guangzhou.