The Big Bounce, The special exhibition, titled “The Forbidden City and The Palace of Versailles: China-France Cultural Encounters in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries”
16/12/2024
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監製:Pang Kai Kwong, Mak Ka Wai
16/12/2024
Starting from December 21, The Big Bounce will be stationed on the lawn of the Art Park in the West Kowloon Cultural District. The Big Bounce world tour from the US has been held in many cities in America, Canada and Australia, and Hong Kong is its first stop in Asia.
Starting from December 21, The Big Bounce will be stationed on the lawn of the Art Park in the West Kowloon Cultural District. The Big Bounce world tour from the US has been held in many cities in America, Canada and Australia, and Hong Kong is its first stop in Asia.
The exhibition presents nearly 150 treasures from the Palace Museum and the Palace of Versailles, highlighting the rich history of mutual respect, inspiration, and exchanges in the realms of culture, arts, science, and more between the Forbidden City and Versailles — two distinguished World Heritage Sites — during the latter half of the 17th century and throughout the 18th century.
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