Exhibition
China Modern: Designing Popular Culture 1910-1970
August 06–February 06
Pacific Asia Museum, 46 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, California 91101
$7.00–9.00
This exhibition bring two dramatically different 20th century ideologies - capitalism and communism- to the level of popular culture, showing how, despite very different goals, the means of instilling these values was often strikingly similar.
More info: pacificasiamuseum.org
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