Ming Dynasty Exhibition at the British Museum

Carved red lacquer on wood core, Yongle mark and period 1403-24, South China. Diameter 34.8 cm © The Trustees of the British Museum Ming: 50 years that changed China 18 September 2014 – 5 January 2015 at the Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery • Extraordinarily beautiful and rare loans tell the story of a critical period in […]

The Ten Thousand Things – 14th century China

Set in the final years of the Yuan Dynasty, THE TEN THOUSAND THINGS revolves around Wang Meng—a low-level government worker and gifted Chinese painter. Too astute to believe in an artist’s autonomy from society, and yet too devoted to his art to treat his job with requisite seriousness, Wang is always between two lives—never fully […]

Through the lens of John Thomson: Hong Kong & China, 1868-1872

手執折扇並站在屏風前的貴婦 廣東廣州 1869-1871年 Through the Lens of John Thomson: Hong Kong and Coastal China, 1868-1872 – photography exhibition will be held from 23 November 2013 to 16 February 2014 at the Hong Kong Maritime Museum (“HKMM”), Central Ferry Pier No.8.  The images in this exhibition were taken by Scottish photographer John Thomson, who opened a […]