ARTSHOW: China: Through The Looking Glass

Photo courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. From Left: Chen Zhang, Silas Chou, Wendi Murdoch, Emily Rafferty, Thomas P. Campbell, Anna Wintour, Max Baucus, Andrew Bolton and Maxwell K. Hearn.

On January 7, The Metropolitan Museum of Art held a press briefing about its spring 2015 Costume Institute exhibition, "China: Through the Looking Glass" at the Palace Museum in Beijing, China. The exhibition, on view at the Met from May 7 to August 16, will explore how Chinese art and film have influenced western fashion design for centuries. Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum; Shan Jixiang, Director of the Palace Museum; Max Baucus, U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China; Andrew Bolton, Curator in The Costume Institute; Maxwell K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon Chairman, Department of Asian Art; Anna Wintour, Artistic Director of Condé Nast and Editor-in-Chief of American Vogue; and renowned filmmaker Wong Kar Wai, Artistic Director of the exhibition, all attended the press briefing. A special feature on the Museum’s website, www.metmuseum.org/ChinaLookingGlass, provides information about the exhibition.

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