Before Bernardine moved to Paris in the late spring of 1925, she had socialized regularly with the founders of The New Yorker. In Paris, she had big plans to use her love of the visual and performing arts to bring people together. In 1929, she left everything behind, setting out for Shanghai, where she would begin to write her own story.

Mire Lee is (b. 1988) lives and works between Seoul, South Korea, and Amsterdam, Netherlands. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the Department of Sculpture (2012) and a graduate degree in media art (2013) at the Seoul National University College of Fine Arts. Her recent solo exhibitions include Black Sun (2023) at the New Museum, New York; Look, I’m a fountain of filth raving mad with love (2022) at ZOLLAMTMMK, MMK Frankfurt; HR Giger & Mire Lee (2022) at Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin; and Carriers (2020) at the Art Sonje Center, Seoul.