Exhibition wows visitors with Chinese bronzes, cultural relics in NYC

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.

Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong met with Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Celeste Saulo on Monday in Beijing.

Liu, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said the Chinese government attaches great importance to global meteorological cooperation and has issued "MAZU," the Chinese solution for national early warning, to support the implementation of the Early Warning for All Initiative launched by the United Nations.

China will continue to support the WMO in playing a leading role in global meteorological governance, and make greater contributions to promoting the building of a community with a shared future for humankind, Liu said.

Saulo spoke highly of China's meteorological development and remarkable achievements in disaster prevention and mitigation, and expressed the willingness to further deepen cooperation with China.