Professor Donald Stone is an American expert on western art. For 30 years he's taught here at Peking University, helping to build up what he says may be the only permanent public collection of western art in China. It's a project close to the professor's heart as he believes China needs more exposure to classical culture from the west. While Professor Stone's leaving much of his personal art collection to Peking University in his will, he says much more needs to be done to educate Chinese about western culture. Dominic Swire caught up with Professor Stone at the university's Sackler Museum just days before the opening of his latest exhibition on 18th century European prints.They begin talking about the size of the current collection at the Sackler. Part 2 "The Importance of Being Artistic" here: http://youtu.be/rx6-O59xiKE Part 3 "Artistically Challenged" here: http://youtu.be/5oXAgiS2o8s

• published: 20 Dec 2013
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