Ancient Ritual Bronzes Grace a Museum Reopening in Massachusetts

THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Randy Kennedy

An ancient container for cowrie shells with yaks sculpted on the lid,
in “Cast for Eternity” at the Clark Institute. Credit Shanghai Museum

MASSACHUSETTS---The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, which recently completed a 12-year, $145 million expansion project including new buildings by the Japanese architect Tadao Ando and renovations by the German-born architect Annabelle Selldorf, has reopened its doors in Williamstown, Mass., just in time for the great summer exodus of urban art pilgrims. “Cast for Eternity: Ancient Ritual Bronzes From the Shanghai Museum,” continuing through Sept. 21, features 32 elaborately decorated vessels and bells from China’s Bronze Age, the first of a series of exchanges between the Clark and the Shanghai institution. [link]

The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute: "Cast for Eternity: Ancient Ritual Bronzes From the Shanghai Museum," (Ends September 21); 225 South Street Williamstown, Massachusetts; (413) 458-2303; clarkart.edu