A visitor views a thangka painting by Liu Jingtao, a Chinese artist from central China's Hubei province, at an exhibition in New York City, the United States, on Aug. 15, 2024. Chinese artist Liu Jingtao on Thursday kicked off his solo exhibition of 17 artworks on Chinese landscapes, Tibetan buddhist art, and fine-brush flower-and-bird paintings in New York City. (Xinhua/Liu Yanan)