EXHIBITIONS
LINGERING GAZE: Curated Art Collections from the 16th to 20th Century
GUANGDONG MUSEUM
DECEMBER 31 2024 - JUNE 2 2025
Dear visitors, welcome to the Guangdong Museum's "Lingering Gaze: Curated Art Collections from the 16th to 20th Century" exhibition. Treasures are not only the dazzling jewels of history, but also bridges that connect the past and the future, embodying the essence of human civilization and wisdom. This exhibition features exquisite treasures spanning hundreds of years, from the 16th to the 20th century. Like messengers of time, these artifacts take us back to those distant and glorious eras, allowing us to experience the depth of history and the charm of culture up close. In this exhibition, you will find nearly 400 pieces and sets of treasured artifacts from institutions such as the Guangdong Museum, the Palace Museum, the Capital Museum, and the Ming Tombs Management Center in Changping District, Beijing, among others. Shimmering diamonds, lustrous and delicate jade, fashionable and elegant evening bags, and dazzling phoenix crowns all express their own unique artistic narratives, revealing the cultures and diverse aesthetics of their eras.
The theme of this exhibition, "Lingering Gaze," invites you to focus your attention on these treasures as a medium to guide you on a journey through time, exploring the moments, memories, history, and emotions they encapsulate. By letting your gaze act as a window into these treasures, we welcome you to glimpse those extraordinary moments. The exhibition is divided into three sections: "Masterpieces of Nature," "Mirror of the Era," and "Radiant Symphony of East and West," showcasing the allure and significance of treasure art from the perspectives of material craftsmanship, societal changes, and cultural exchange. At this moment, let us slow our pace and immerse ourselves in this feast for the eyes and the soul, marveling together at the brilliance and splendor of human civilization.
Picasso, Modigliani & Modern Art: Masterpieces FROM LAM MUSEUM
BUND ONE ART MUSEUM SHANGHAI
SEPTEMBER 27 2024 - FEBRUARY 9 2025
Picasso, Modigliani, and Modern Art is an exceptional exhibition that marks the first ever collaboration between the Bund One Art Museum from Shanghai and the Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider Art, as well as the latter’s inaugural presentation of its notable collection in China. The exhibition features 61 meticulously selected works by 18 renowned avant-garde artists from Europe, including 14 by Pablo Picasso and Amedeo Modigliani, and a further 7 by Fernand Léger. Masterpieces by Modigliani and Léger will be exhibited side by side and on a large scale, marking another first in China.
Picasso, Modigliani, and Modern Art is a key feature of the China- France Year of Culture and Tourism, officially launched in 2024 in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and is thus of particular importance to Sino-French exchanges.
THE ADORNED BODY: FRENCH FASHION AND JEWELLERY 1770–1910
MUSÉE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS AT PALACE MUSEUM
June 25 2024 - October 14 2024
The inaugural partnership between the Hong Kong Palace Museum and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs of Paris is being supported by the Foundation for Art and Culture. This groundbreaking endeavor will present a remarkable exhibition centered around the evolution of fashion in France from the late 18th to the early 20th century. With more than 300 stunning pieces of men and women’s costume, jewellery, and accessory, illustrating how fashion transformed the body in France during that period of time. Moreover, visitors will be enlightened on the interconnectedness of French fashion on a global scale, as evidenced by the incorporation of designs and textiles, including Chinese silk.
Augmented Paris: The New International Art Scene
ZHI ART MUSEUM
JUNE 27 - NOVEMBER 30 2024
From June to September 2024, the Foundation brings to the Zhi Art Museum in Chengdu the latest exhibition Poush and currently showcased at Collection Lambert, which will assemble the works of 25 rising artists from Paris. Organized through the prism of a contemporary art center and a collective artistic creation space, Revenir du Présent is intended as an observation tool, an echo chamber in which works created by a multitude of artists and gestures would resonate, bearing witness to the art being created in France nowadays.
Starry Dream:
A Collection of Treasured Art from the16th to THE 20th Century
ChangSha Museum
JUNE 1 - October 10 2024
“Starry Dream: A Collection of Treasured Art from the 16th to the 20th Century” is supported by the FAC and showcases a series of jewelry pieces, including 10 loaned to the museum through the Foundation. An aesthetic feast of Eastern and Western styles, over 200 timeless treasures converge in Changsha, touching the soul of epochal transformation and artistic interpretation. A tribute that transcends time and space, the “Stardust Journey” in Changsha takes you on a brilliant journey, retracing the integration and collision between the East and the West.
The exhibition is divided into three sections: “Unveiling: From Stardust to Artifacts”, “Transition : The Waltz of Ages”, and “Searching for Dreams: A Dialogue Between East and West”. These showcase the craftsmanship of the treasures, the evolution of fashion, and the fusion of aesthetics. The beauty of materials, the precision of craftsmanship, and the depth of emotion offer a triple aesthetic experience through the antique artifacts. Although most are only the size of a square inch, they present a complex interplay of material and form, natural and artificial, production and consumption, East and West. This leads the audience away from the narrow perspectives of the present to a broader vista of life.
THE WAY IS INFINITE: CENTENNIAL RETROSPECTIVE OF ZAO WOU-KI
ZAO WOU-KI RETROSPECTIVE AT THE CHINA ART ACADEMY
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ZAO WOU-KI FOUNDATION | SEPTEMBER 20 2023 - FebRUARY 20 2024
TOTAL NUMBER OF VISITORS
170,000
REACHED COUNTRIES
54
HIGH LEVEL VISITS
>130
COMMUNICATED WITH ART EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
290
The Foundation co-curated the centennial retrospective exhibition of Zao Wou-ki, in collaboration with the China Academy of Art and the Zao Wou-ki Foundation. Officially opened on September 19th 2023, this major exhibition showcases over 200 pieces of Zao’s important oil paintings, watercolours, lithographs and porcelains and can be considered a salute to his Chinese roots as well as a presentation of the outcome of China-France culture exchange.