Qing era art set to wow US

NEW YORK - An exhibition to explore the role of empresses in China's last dynasty - the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) - will be on view from Aug 18 in the Untied States.

The Empresses of China's Forbidden City, which runs through Feb 10, 2019, at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, includes nearly 200 artworks such as imperial portraits, jewelry, garments, Buddhist sculptures and decorative art objects from the Palace Museum in Beijing.

The exhibition is being organized by the Palace Museum in conjunction with the 219-year-old PEM and the Smithsonian's Freer and Arthur M. Sackler Galleries in Washington, DC, to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of US-China diplomatic relations.