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The Empresses of China’s Forbidden City Get a Splendorous Look

by Dany Chan June 18, 2019March 11, 2022

Within their historical context in an exhibition at Freer | Sackler, the empresses of China’s Qing Dynasty succeeded in making meaningful lives for themselves, and that is something to celebrate and admire.

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The Material Legacy of Matrilineal Power in China’s Qing Dynasty

by Kealey Boyd June 18, 2019March 11, 2022

Many of the objects in Empresses of China’s Forbidden City, 1644-1912 at Freer | Sackler have not previously been available for research, have never traveled outside of China, and might not be likely to reemerge again.

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Power and Beauty in China as Seen Through the Designs of Robert Wilson

by Sheila Regan May 8, 2018May 8, 2018

Sensory pleasure inspires this exhibition design, treating the last imperial dynasty of China as a feast instead of a major art movement.

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A British Photographer in 19th-Century Peking

by Claire Voon November 13, 2015November 12, 2015

In 1870, 29-year-old British photographer Thomas Child moved to Peking — as Beijing was formerly known — to work as a gas engineer for the Imperial Maritime Customs Service.

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Fantasy and Utopia in the Metropolitan Museum’s Chinese Fashion Show

by Ellen Pearlman May 25, 2015May 26, 2015

China was, and will always be, in its heart of hearts, an empire — whether it is royal, revolutionary, or techno-bureaucratic-communist-cum-capitalist.

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