CCTV host holds art exhibition

Zhu Jun listens to the audience at the opening ceremony of his art show at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, May 17, 2014. [Photo/The Beijing News]

Zhu Jun, 50, a host with China's Central Television (CCTV), has surprised the public with his artistic talent by holding an art exhibition, Beijing Youth Daily reported.

The ongoing exhibition, which will run through May 26 at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, displays his paintings on people and nature. Many celebrities, including actor Zhao Benshan, singer Han Hong and actor Pu Cunxin attended the opening ceremony.

"When flowers and applause become ordinary things in my life, what else can bring me into tears? I try to find myself at another space and in art, I seem to start a new life," said Zhu.