In 2001, the Palace Museum and the World Monuments Fund partnered to conserve the magnificent 18th-century Qianlong Garden in the Forbidden City, choosing first to restore Juanqinzhai (the Studio of Exhaustion From Diligent Service), a unique building with some of the palace's finest surviving architectural interiors and dcor.

This film highlights the search for and use of disappearing traditional craftsmanship during the conservation. Screening introduced by Henry Tzu Ng, WMF's executive vice-president, who has overseen the WMF side of the collaboration, and followed by a Q&A. Co-presented with World Monuments Fund.

Additional information:

Henry Tzu Ng, executive vice-president of World Monuments Fund, is responsible for institutional initiatives. Ng has a B.S. from New York University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Before joining WMF, Ng worked at the Municipal Art Society of New York, the American Academy in Rome, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the J.M. Kaplan Fund.

Date: March 21, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Venue: 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY

Website: asiasociety.org

(China Daily 02/22/2013 page23)