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OUTSTANDING CHINESE ART The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents “Great Chinese Museums,” the last of a five-part lecture series given by an art history professor, Janetta Rebold Benton. Ms. Benton discusses museums in Xi’an, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taipei, illuminating the history of their collections and the lives of the collectors. Today, 11 a.m., Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd Street, 212-535-7710, $22.

BEYOND BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Hall of Fame member Kareem Abdul-Jabbar speaks as part of the Harlem Speaks series, presented by the Jazz Museum of Harlem. He discusses his latest documentary, “On the Shoulders of Giants,” about the relationship between hip-hop and jazz. Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., the Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave., between 103rd and 104th streets, 212-348-8300, free.

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This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.


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