The M+ Sigg Collection: Chinese art from the 1970s to now

Eighty works, four decades of fast-moving art, one of the world’s finest collections of Chinese art – and the only chance to see it in the UK.

The M+ Sigg Collection is an extraordinary exhibition drawn from an extraordinary collection, one put together by the Swiss collector Uli Sigg and now...

Group portrait with Courtesans, Anonymous, Shanghai, c. 1885 Collection Ferry Bertholet

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About the Exhibition

"This exhibition explores the impact of Chinese aesthetics on Western fashion and how China has fueled the fashionable imagination for centuries. In this collaboration between The Costume Institute and the...

七夕節 (Qīxì jié), also known as 乞巧節 (Qǐqiǎo jié), falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. The festival celebrates the love story of the cowherd 牛郎 (niúláng) and the Weaving Maid 織女 (zhīnǚ). The myth of the Cowherd and the Weaving Maid 牛郎與織女 (niú láng yú zhī nǚ) is considered one of the Four Classic Chinese Folktales.  

The story begins in heaven where the Weaving Maid (Vega) and the Cowherd (Altair) were both heavenly stars. They fell deeply in love with each other. However, this love was forbidden and when the Queen Mother of...