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Text reads 'Monstrous Beauty' overlaid on a blue-and-white porcelain figure. Subtitle: 'A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie.'
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Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie

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Two women one in red, and one in all black walking a dim lit gallery.

Exhibition Tour—Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie

Join curator Iris Moon and with artist Patty Chang to virtually explore Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie.
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Two women one in red, and one in all black walking a dim lit gallery.
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Exhibition Tour—Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie
Join curator Iris Moon and with artist Patty Chang to virtually explore Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie.
April 10, 2025
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Woman wearing purple gloves to stack a ancient marble sculptures on top of one another
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