An art exhibition featuring Chinese bronzes opened in New York City of the United States on Thursday, offering local people a glimpse into China's cultural relics of different dynasties.
The exhibition, named "Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100-1900", is cohosted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Shanghai Museum, with exhibits of China's Song (960-1276), Yuan (1271-1368), Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties on display.
Besides the bronzes from China and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the exhibition also shows over 200 pieces of artworks including paintings, calligraphy pieces, ceramics, lacquer wares and jade wares.
The exhibition highlights the profound influence of bronzes in Chinese culture and art, aiming to promote exchanges between different cultures across the world.
"This is, first and foremost, a groundbreaking exhibition. It will shed a new light. It will kind of give, put a new eye on Chinese bronze making in the last millennium. It will celebrate these works of art as outstanding achievements of Chinese bronze art making and culture," said Max Hollein, CEO and curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
"The dialogue of art and cultural exchange between museums can strengthen people-to-people bonds. We are also very willing to carry out more extensive cooperation with museums and other cultural institutions around the world to make the garden of global civilizations more colorful," said Chu Xiaobo, director of Shanghai Museum. The exhibition is scheduled to last till Sept 28 this year at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and then to be held at Shanghai Museum from Nov 13, 2025 to March 16, 2026.
Exhibition wows visitors with Chinese bronzes, cultural relics in NYC
Exhibition wows visitors with Chinese bronzes, cultural relics in NYC
U.S. equities retreated on Tuesday as the fourth-quarter earnings season commenced with disappointing results from a major banking institution, overshadowed by ongoing policy debates and fresh inflation data.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 398.21 points, or 0.8 percent, to 49,191.99. The Standard and Poor's 500 fell 13.53 points, or 0.19 percent, to 6,963.74, and the Nasdaq Composite Index lost 24.03 points, or 0.1 percent, to 23,709.87.
The financial sector led the session's decline. JPMorgan Chase, the nation's largest lender, reported quarterly earnings that fell short of expectations, impacted by a 2.2 billion U.S. dollar hit related to its Apple Card partnership. Shares of JPMorgan plummeted 4.19 percent, while Goldman Sachs followed with a 1.2 percent decline.
The banking industry's performance faced further pressure from continued scrutiny of U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to cap credit card interest rates at 10 percent. JPMorgan CFO Jeremy Barnum signaled potential industry resistance to the plan, which was put forward late last week.
Conversely, the energy and consumer staples sectors bucked the downward trend, gaining 1.53 percent and 1.08 percent, respectively. Seven of the 11 primary Standard and Poor's 500 sectors ended the day in positive territory despite the losses in the major indices.
On the economic front, the Bureau of Labor Statistics' consumer price index report showed that inflation in the United States remained steady in December 2025. The headline annual rate remained at 2.7 percent, while core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy costs, rose 2.6 percent over the previous year. This core figure represents the lowest annual increase since early 2021.
According to the CME FedWatch Tool, the steady inflation and cooling labor market have led traders to expect the Federal Reserve to maintain interest rates at its upcoming meeting at the end of January, with the first of two projected rate cuts anticipated in June.
U.S. stocks close lower as earnings season kicks off
