05/21/2024
Landmark exhibition celebrating I.M. Pei’s Legacy set to debut in Honk Kong in June
Organized with the support of the Estate of I. M. Pei, PEI Architects, and Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, the exhibition is curated by Shirley Surya, Curator, Design and Architecture, M+, and Aric Chen, General and Artistic Director, The New Institute, Rotterdam. This retrospective features more than three hundred objects, many of them never exhibited before. These include original drawings, architectural models, photographs, films, and other archival documentation from institutional and private holdings.
The exhibition takes a close look at Pei’s life and work through six areas of focus that not only define his unique practice, but also place his architectural projects in dialogue with social, cultural, and biographical trajectories, showing architecture and life to be inseparable.
“This exhibition is the result of years of research into original archival materials documenting Pei’s outstanding career. It follows the trajectory of his work across the world, highlighting his long-lasting impact on architecture today.”
Doryun Chong, Deputy Director, Curatorial, and Chief Curator, M+
