For the first time in history, 60 European masterworks from the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s (IMA) collection traveled to China in the exhibition “Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.”

The exhibition at Guangdong Museum in Guangzhou encompasses the most influential periods and schools of European art history. Highlights include works by Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, Goya, Gauguin and Monet, among others. This international exhibition is curated by Kjell Wangensteen, assistant curator of European Art at Newfields of the IMA.

The paintings were selected for their exceptional quality and for their ability to clearly convey the broader narrative of European art history, from the early Italian Renaissance through 19th-century French Impressionism. Among the most notable works in the show are Rembrandt van Rijn’s “Self-Portrait” (circa 1629) and Claude Monet’s painting “Charing Cross Bridge,” which the Impressionist master painted around the year 1900.

The IMA is renowned for its collection of European art from the Renaissance through the 19th century. Many of the works now traveling abroad were once in the collections of Dr. George H.A. Clowes and Edith Clowes, prominent Indianapolis art collectors. Most of these important works now belong to the IMA and have been on view to the public for decades in the IMA’s Clowes Pavilion.

Dates: Until May 5 (closed Mondays and Jan. 24)

Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (Tue.-Thur., Sat.-Sun.), 9 a.m.-8:30 p.m. (Fridays)

Tickets: 40-80 yuan, free for seniors elder than 65, children younger than 6, children shorter than 1.2 meters, soldiers and the disabled

Venue: Guangdong Museum, Guangzhou (广州市广东省博物馆)

Metro: Line 3 or 5 to Zhujiang New Town Station (珠江新城站), Exit C(SD News)