Had wanted to see this special exhibition when i learnt about it from the papers. Was really excited the whole week and looking forward to the weekend cos of this. hehe. Had decided to pay for admission rather than waiting for the open house cos from my experience open houses are really crowded. Although guided tours are not starting till 2weeks later, we still decided to go ahead anyway. Was really pleasantly surprised and we can't believe our luck when we learnt that weekend guided tours is starting today! (weekday tours only from Apr) YAY! And the best part is cos we had stayed quite a while at The Verandah Cafe, we were just in time for the next (and last) guided tour which starts like one minute after we got the tickets. Simply awesome! Cool!
Some really rare items are on show in the region for the first time. You could see the items are really well preserved from the strong vibrant colours. My fav are the long scrolls and the intricate detailing on the portraits of Kangxi and Shunzi Emperors. Unbelievable thing is we couldn't finish the exhibition despite spending 4 hours there till lights are out! Cos we really read every single explanation and scrutinise each exhibit. Would have to drop by another day to finish up the 3 portraits or so... hehe... and i realised that i did not visit the permanent galleries after so many visits to ACM... Will do so in my Kangxi trail (Part 2)! :p
The Kangxi Emperor exhibition is at ACM from 13 Mar - 14 Jun 09. Lots of open houses ahead. Admission charge $8. Students go in free (*envy*) while Passion cardholders enjoy 50% off (yay! better than nothing).
Some really rare items are on show in the region for the first time. You could see the items are really well preserved from the strong vibrant colours. My fav are the long scrolls and the intricate detailing on the portraits of Kangxi and Shunzi Emperors. Unbelievable thing is we couldn't finish the exhibition despite spending 4 hours there till lights are out! Cos we really read every single explanation and scrutinise each exhibit. Would have to drop by another day to finish up the 3 portraits or so... hehe... and i realised that i did not visit the permanent galleries after so many visits to ACM... Will do so in my Kangxi trail (Part 2)! :p
The Kangxi Emperor exhibition is at ACM from 13 Mar - 14 Jun 09. Lots of open houses ahead. Admission charge $8. Students go in free (*envy*) while Passion cardholders enjoy 50% off (yay! better than nothing).
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