A journey through history

Ancestral Couple, wood, Flores Island, late 19th to early 20th century. [Photo provided to China Daily]

The exhibition, The Shape of Time: Art and Ancestors of Oceania from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, opened at the Museum of Art Pudong on June 1 and will run until Aug 20.

This is the first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is holding an exhibition in Shanghai. The showcase by the museum, colloquially known as "the Met", features about 110 artworks over the past four centuries.

The exhibition is produced by Lujiazui (Group) Co Ltd and co-organized by the Met and the Museum of Art Pudong.