The University of Macau (UM) Centre for Chinese History and Culture and Research Centre for Humanities in South China recently held an opening ceremony for an exhibition of abstract paintings by the poet and painter Zhang Mo. Held in the university library, the event aims to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Chinese new poetry. Guests attending the ceremony included Zhang and his wife; Hao Yufan, dean of UM’s Faculty of Social Sciences and director of the Centre for Chinese History and Culture; Paul Pang, dean of students at UM; Zhu Shoutong, deputy director of the Centre for Chinese History and Culture; Raymond Wong, assistant librarian of UM; and Gong Gang, academic manager of UM’s Research Centre for Humanities in South China. The exhibition is now being held in the university library and will last until 23 September.