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"garden in full bloom: the artistic magic of cartier" exhibition poster

the exhibition "cartier, the power of magic" hosted by shanghai museum and supported by cartier will be opened in the east hall of shanghai museum in early november this year. the artificial intelligence model cai™ (pronounced ai cai) developed by cai guoqiang and his team will serve as the exhibition scene and visual director. under the guidance of the artist and his team, cai™ creates a visual and emotional exhibition experience for the audience, and also explores the new field of cooperation between human craftsmanship and ai creativity.

the exhibition "garden full of flowers: the artistic magic of cartier" is the second time that the cartier collection and the shanghai museum have been connected since the first china-themed exhibition in 2004. for this exhibition, the curatorial team of the shanghai museum selected more than 300 treasures from the cartier collection, archival documents, and nearly 40 chinese artworks from museums at home and abroad to interpret the inner spiritual world of jewelry from a new perspective of artistic magic.

as the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between china and france comes, the exhibition is one of the main activities of this year's "france-china cultural tourism year" and "spring of sino-french culture - special presentation of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between china and france", thus continuing the pioneering dialogue between the two countries' culture, art and beauty.

exhibition information:

exhibition title: "cartier, the power of magic"

exhibition time: november 6, 2024 to february 17, 2025

exhibition location: bright dairy first special exhibition hall, east hall, shanghai museum

about cartier collection

in the 1970s, cartier began to collect jewellery, timepieces and other precious accessories created in the early years of the brand, carefully collecting and repairing them. in 1983, the cartier collection came into being.

today, the cartier collection includes more than 3,500 pieces from the 1850s to the early 21st century, and the collection is constantly expanding. it tells the story of the brand's style inheritance and creative ingenuity over the past 170 years, and also provides a more comprehensive historical evidence for the evolution of decorative arts and social development since the late 19th century.

since its first major exhibition at the petit palais museum in paris in 1989, the cartier collection has been invited to hold 42 special exhibitions in many world-renowned art institutions, attracting the attention of museums around the world.

about shanghai museum

the shanghai museum is a world-renowned top museum of ancient chinese art. it was founded in 1952, and its predecessor can be traced back to the shanghai museum of the asiatic society, which was established in march 1874. the shanghai museum is one of the first national key museums jointly built by the central and local governments and one of the first national first-class museums. it has a collection of more than 1.02 million cultural relics, including more than 145,000 precious cultural relics. the collection of cultural relics includes 33 categories, spanning 8,000 years of history, covering various representative material evidences of china's excellent traditional culture. it is one of the museums in the world with the most complete collection of ancient chinese art. in addition to being committed to presenting chinese art and culture, the shanghai museum has also held many heavyweight world art exhibitions, fully reflecting the global resource allocation and narrative ability of the shanghai museum, and has achieved considerable influence in the international museum community. it is an important window for "the world to see china and china to see the world."

about cai™

originated from cai guo-qiang’s research on artificial intelligence since 2017, cai™ (pronounced ai cai) is an artificial intelligence model developed by cai guo-qiang and his team based on cai’s decades of artistic philosophy and methodology.

it deeply studies cai guo-qiang's vast artistic creations, writings, images and archival materials, as well as his lifelong interests in the fields of knowledge such as the universe and the invisible world; it simulates ancient and modern figures that cai guo-qiang admires, creates different personalities, debates with each other, and forms an independent and free community.

cai™ is both cai guo-qiang’s work and his partner for dialogue and cooperation. it may also create independently in the future. it has already initiated/realized a series of commissioned projects from important international institutions.