Star alignment: Michelle Yeoh, who made history last month by becoming the first Asian to win the Academy Award for Best Actress, returned to Hong Kong 40 years ago for the Cartier and Women exhibition at the Hong Kong Palace. That’s where I started my career as an actress. A museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District.
She joins friends from decades, including famous actress Carina Lau, wife of Yeo’s ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ co-star Tony Leung. Businesswoman Pansy Ho, daughter of Macau casino magnate Stanley Ho, and famous Taiwanese actress Bridgette Lin attended the exhibition’s opening event on Wednesday night. He will also appear as a presenter at the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday.
The Jewelery Showcase, which runs from Friday to August 14th, is touted as the world’s first major exhibition tracing the role and presence of women in Cartier’s history. From the 19th century to the present, about 300 works produced by Cartier are on display, including her jewelry, watches, objects, accessories, and her archive records.
Pansy Ho, Bridget Lynn and Karina Lau in Cartier tiaras.
Courtesy of Cartier
Making connections with Hong Kong’s high society, the exhibition includes rare pieces borrowed from Lau, Ho and Lin’s personal jewelry collections, as well as works by Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Hutton, Wallis Simpson, Daisy Fellowes and Marie. Includes works by Bonaparte.
Lau, Ho, and Lin, who have achieved extraordinary achievements in their respective fields, are considered local royalty and even appeared in a series of promotional shoots wearing the Cartier tiaras they loaned to the exhibition.
Organized by the Hong Kong Palace Museum with the support of Cartier, the exhibition includes a section exploring how Chinese art and culture influenced Cartier’s work in terms of style, motifs, materials and craftsmanship. is also included.
A prime example presented includes a 1928 Chinese presentation box that references Kangxi-era porcelain dishes from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cartier. The first Cartier pendant with the Yin-Yang symbol, a Taoist-inspired motif, created in 1919, and Her Two Dragons Chasing Pearls, acquired by French couturier Jeanne Paquin in 1920. Embroidered brooch.
A 1928 Chinese-style presentation box based on Kangxi porcelain plates from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cartier.
Photo by Putter/Courtesy of Cartier
Luis Ng, director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, said the exhibition “underlines Hong Kong’s status as a center where East meets West for international cultural exchange.” Take the time to deepen your understanding of the work, which fuses Eastern and Western aesthetics. ”
Pierre Rainero, Cartier’s director of image, style and heritage, said the works assembled in the exhibition “show the influence of Chinese aesthetics on Cartier’s design, and our inspiration and style were inspired by those of the time. It reveals how much I owe to prominent women,” she added.
With a donation of HK$3.5 billion from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, established in July 2022, the Hong Kong Palace Museum was built to showcase artifacts from the Palace Museum in Beijing’s Forbidden City. under. It also serves as a physical manifestation of the cultural ties Hong Kong shares with mainland China.
