The Art of Reading: Portrait of a Thief

Name: The Art of Reading: Portrait of a Thief
Start: 2026-05-20T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-20T19:30:00-04:00
Location: The Mint Museum (Randolph)

Schedule

Wed May 20 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

The Mint Museum (Randolph) | Charlotte, NC

“Portrait of a Thief” by Grace D. Li is a thrilling heist novel that blends Ocean’s Eleven with The Farewell. Inspired by the true story of Chinese art disappearing from Western museums, it explores themes of diaspora, cultural theft, and Chinese American identity.
“Irene never cared for the bronze zodiac heads but…she knew how much it meant to China to have these pieces. Art and power. They were always the same.”
Guided tour, Mint Museum Randolph: Art in the Americas, Spanish Colonial, Contemporary Native American Ceramics galleries to see connections to our art through the lens of reclamation and resistance.