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In a clever piece of installation design, shelves built around the screen bring the painting’s illusions to life, displaying real bronzes, porcelains, texts and scholarly objects from Lee’s collection—modern curation fulfilling classical cultural capital.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

She’d racked up three silvers and two bronzes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

His show provided an antidote to the chilly Parisian air, with Middle Eastern warmth recreated through a colour palette of blush pinks, bronzes and desert tones.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

The inclusion of many stone sculptures allows us to compare their material effects with those of the bronzes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

Perhaps a speculative novel where the main character is an archaeologist digging for bronzes who is then transported to an idyllic past?

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie