Date:Jul 19-Oct 12, 2014

Time:11am-7pm (last entry at 6pm) Monday Closed

Tickets:20 RMB

Venue:Power Station of Art

Phone:021-3110 8550

Add:200 Huayuangang Rd (花园港路200号)

The renowned French jeweler and watchmaker Cartier’s traveling exhibition, Cartier Time Art, arrived in Shanghai for its third stop after having been to Zurich, Switzerland and Singapore.

Contemporary art museum Power Station of Art is hosting over 180 prestigious historical and contemporary Cartier timepieces spanning more than a century until October 12.

Curated by the internationally renowned designer Tokujin Yoshioka, the exhibition space, with 3D films depicting the mechanisms of the watches, guides visitors through the company’s legacy of watchmaking, capturing how the endless pursuit of beauty among artists from East and West has expressed itself in the domain of timekeeping.

By presenting the public with multiple perspectives from history and heritage, evolution of style and aesthetics in design, the exhibition offers a rare and invaluable opportunity to explore the artistry and craftsmanship of watchmaking.

Lots of quality on display

With its first time to China, the coming exhibition will showcase masterpieces from Cartier Collection, Metiers d’Art, Haute Horlogerie, watchmaking craftsmanship, innovation technology, together with 3D films and live demonstration by watchmakers and artisans.

Among the over 180 master timepieces to be on exhibit, there be 151 historical pieces from Cartier Collection. Since the first exhibition in 1989, the Cartier Collection has been shown at 27 of the world’s foremost institutions, including Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, British Museum in London and Grand Palais in Paris.

Cartier Collection also has deep ties to China and has been shown in Shanghai Museum, Palace Museum in Beijing and Liaoning Provincial Museum.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, Cartier Collection has returned to China.

The exhibition presents one of the highlights: Mystery Clock. These“miracles of clockmaking,”as described in La Gazette du Bon Ton, in 1925, were born of a collaboration between Louis Cartier and Maurice Couet.