Honoring its mission as a community museum, the Bruce Museum continues to offer exhibitions and related programming while undergoing a major renovation in preparation for a celebratory reopening on February 1, 2020. Its Bantle Lecture Gallery is currently featuring the American debut of 15 works on paper — calligraphic writing, drawings and color wash painting — by contemporary Chinese artists who continue to practice and explore traditional methods of Chinese brushwork. The works on view were gifted to the Town of Greenwich as part of the 2019 US-China Art and Culture Exchange, and then gifted to The Bruce by the Town of Greenwich. When the collection arrived, the museum immediately recognized an opportunity to create an exhibition that connected its art, science and international culture areas as well as continue to encourage and expand community involvement. Corinne Flax, the … [Read more...] about PEACE THROUGH UNDERSTANDING: CHINESE BRUSHWORK AT THE BRUCE MUSEUM
