Asia Society and Museum - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Asia Society and Museum. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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“Asia Society Triennial: We Do Not Dream Alone” Exhibition
This first edition of the Asia Society Triennial, titled We Do Not Dream Alone, is composed of a multi-venue exhibition, interdisciplinary panels, forums, and performances taking place at Asia Society...More »
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“The Art of Impermanence: Japanese Works from the John C. Weber Collection and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection” Exhibition
Impermanence is a pervasive subject in Japanese thought and art. Through masterpieces of calligraphy, painting, sculpture, ceramics, lacquers, and textiles drawn from two of America’s greatest Japanese...More »
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Xiaoze Xie “Objects of Evidence”
Asia Society presents an exhibition of paintings, installation, photography, and video by Xiaoze Xie (b. 1966 in Guangdong Province, China) tracing the history of banned books in China and exploring the...More »
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M.F. Husain “Art and the Nation”
Asia Society Museum presents Lightning, a mural-sized painting by M.F. Husain, a founding member of the Bombay Progressive Artists Group. Created during a tumultuous period of India’s history, this rarely-seen...More »
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Reza Aramesh “12 noon, Monday 5 August 1963”
Reza Aramesh examines the power imbalance between captor and captive and the aestheticization of violence in media coverage of wartime atrocities. The exhibition will focus on Aramesh’s series of limewood...More »
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“Masterpieces From The Asia Society Museum Collection” Exhibition
This exhibition features a selection of the finest artworks from the renowned Asia Society Museum Collection. Included are Chinese, Korean, and Japanese ceramics; Indian and Cambodian sculpture; and...More »
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“A Complete Map of the World—The Eighteenth-century Convergence of China and Europe” Exhibition
This small, focused exhibition uses one of the rare prints of Ma Junliang’s map of the world Jingban tianwen quantu as a starting point to consider the interaction between China and Europe during the eighteenth...More »
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“The Progressive Revolution: Modern Art for a New India” Exhibition
Just over seven decades after the declaration of India’s independence in 1947 and the emergence of a modern art movement in India, Asia Society presents a landmark exhibition of more than 80 works by members...More »
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“Clouds Stretching for a Thousand Miles: Ink in Asian Art” Exhibition
Asia Society Museum celebrates the versatility and enduring influence of the calligraphic ink tradition across Asia, through an exhibition highlighting a selection of new acquisitions of contemporary ink...More »
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“Unknown Tibet: The Tucci Expeditions and Buddhist Painting” Exhibition
Asia Society Museum presents an exhibition featuring more than 50 stunningly beautiful paintings collected by Italian scholar Giuseppe Tucci during his 1926–1948 expeditions to Tibet, along with a selection...More »
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“After Darkness: Southeast Asian Art in the Wake of History” Exhibition
At a time of social and political tension, how should art and artists respond to the challenges of the moment? Does art have the power to change the world or does the world shape the evolution of art?...More »
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“Lucid Dreams and Distant Visions: South Asian Art in the Diaspora” Exhibition
Asia Society Museum in New York shines a spotlight on the work of nineteen contemporary artists from the South Asian diaspora. As individuals living between worlds, diasporic artists often negotiate notions...More »
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“Art of the Tang Dynasty (618-906): Selections from the Asia Society Museum Collection” Exhibition
This presentation of exquisite gold and silver objects, sancai ceramics, and stoneware from the Asia Society Museum Collection showcases the artistry of Tang Dynasty China. More »
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“Secrets of the Sea: A Tang Shipwreck and Early Trade in Asia” Exhibition
Asia Society Museum in New York presents a selection of 76 artifacts from the wreck of an Arab merchant ship discovered in Southeast Asian waters. On view for the first time in the United States, the artifacts...More »
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“Video Spotlight: Eko Nugroho” Exhibition
Eko Nugroho’s multidisciplinary practice uses humor to address social issues, including changes within the rapidly urbanizing society of his native Indonesia, the risk of religious fanaticism, and the...More »
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“Masterpieces from the Asia Society Museum Collection” Exhibition
Even before John D. Rockefeller 3rd (1906–1978) established Asia Society in 1956, he was deeply involved with the arts and culture of Asia. He firmly believed that art was an indispensable tool for understanding...More »
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Zao Wou-Ki “No Limits”
“It is not easy to break free. Everybody is bound by a tradition—I, by two.” Zao Wou-Ki, 1964 No...More »
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Zhang Peili “Continuous Reproduction”
Zhang Peili is one of the leading artists from China who came of age during the social upheaval of the Cultural Revolution. This exhibition highlights Continuous Reproduction, 1993, an early series of...More »
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“Rewind: Selections from the Harold and Ruth Newman New Media Collection” Exhibition
Rewind: Selections from the Harold and Ruth Newman New Media Collection, Asia Society Museum commemorates Asia Society’s 60th anniversary and honors the generosity and vision of the Newman family in their...More »
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“In and Out of Context: Asia Society Celebrates the Collections at 60” Exhibition
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of Asia Society, this exhibition celebrates the legacy of collecting and exhibiting Asian art that John D. Rockefeller 3rd and Blanchette Hooker...More »
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“Kamakura: Realism and Spirituality in the Sculpture of Japan” Exhibition
The magnificent sculpture of the Kamakura period (1185–1333) has long been considered a high point in the history of Japanese art. Stylistic and technical innovations led to sculpture that displayed greater...More »
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Poklong Anading, Martha Atienza, and Mark Salvatus “Video Spotlight: Philippines”
This exhibition features a selection of recent video works by leading contemporary Filipino artists Poklong Anading, Martha Atienza, and Mark Salvatus that explore the rich cultural diversity present throughout...More »
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“Philippine Gold: Treasures of Forgotten Kingdoms” Exhibition
This exhibition of more than 100 gold objects focuses on the wealth of the golden age of Butuan (pronounced boot’ wan), a polity on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao that rose to commercial prominence...More »
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“DE/CONSTRUCTING CHINA: Selections from the Asia Society Museum Collection” Exhibition
Now that China has surpassed the United States as the largest trading nation in the world, it is timely to reflect on how China’s strides to attain this coveted position have affected the social and physical...More »
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“Inspired by Nam June Paik: Becoming Robot; Works by New York City Students” Exhibition
Inspired by Nam June Paik: Becoming Robot is part of a series of exhibitions that presents the work of New York City students created in response to the great artistic traditions of Asia. This year the...More »
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“Buddhist Art of Myanmar” Exhibition
Buddhist Art of Myanmar is the first exhibition in the West focusing on works of art from collections in Myanmar. The exhibition comprises approximately 70 spectacular works—including stone, bronze and...More »
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Takahiro Iwasaki “In Focus”
Asia Society Museum presents Takahiro Iwasaki: In Focus, the Japanese artist’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States. The exhibition comprises a newly commissioned work by Iwasaki (b. 1975;...More »
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Nam June Paik “Becoming Robot”
Asia Society Museum presents the first major institutional exhibition of Korean American video artist Nam June Paik in New York in more than a decade. Nam June Paik: Becoming Robot explores the artist’s...More »
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“SxSE: Selections from the Asia Society Museum Collection” Exhibition
SxSE: Selections from the Asia Society Museum Collection brings together video artworks created since 2000 by South and Southeast Asian artists reflecting current artistic trends in the region. Many of...More »
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Shiva Ahmadi “In Focus”
Asia Society Museum has invited the artist Shiva Ahmadi to create a new work as part of its ongoing In Focus series. Ahmadi’s practice is informed by the tradition of miniature painting. Her jewel-like...More »
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“Inspired by Iran Modern: Work by New York City Students” Exhibition
Inspired by Iran Modern is part of a series of exhibitions that presents the work of New York City students created in response to the great artistic traditions of Asia. This year the exhibition presents...More »
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Nalini Malani “Transgressions”
Nalini Malani was born in 1946 in Karachi before the 1947 Partition of India, and currently lives and works in Mumbai and Amsterdam. She is one of the foremost contemporary artists from India. Her practice...More »
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“Golden Visions of Densatil: A Tibetan Buddhist Monastery” Exhibition
This exhibition will be the first ever to explore the history, iconography, and extraordinary artistic production associated with the central Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Densatil that was largely destroyed...More »
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“Tales of Wonder: Indian Art from the Asia Society Museum Collection” Exhibition
Fantastic legends surround the plethora of deities that populate the religions of India. The sources for these images range from religious scriptures to great Indian epics. Dynamic sculptures and paintings...More »
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“Himalayan Sculpture from the Asia Society Museum Collection” Exhibition
The four sculptures on view in the Asia Society Visitor Center come from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, which forms a major part of the Asia Society Museum Collection of Asian and...More »
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“Himalayan Sculpture from the Asia Society Museum Collection” Exhibition
The four sculptures on view in the Asia Society Visitor Center come from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, which forms a major part of the Asia Society Museum Collection of Asian and...More »
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“Iran Modern” Exhibition
Asia Society is organizing a landmark exhibition, Iran Modern, that will focus on Iranian art created during the three decades leading up to the revolution of 1979. Asia Society’s aim is to shed light...More »
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“Chinese Ceramics for the Islamic World” Exhibition
During the Yuan period (1279–1368) the high-fired, glazed ceramics of China were among the most prized luxuries of the pre-industrial world. The Chinese kilns at Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province and the...More »
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“HOMEwork: Selections from the Asia Society Museum Collection” Exhibition
As modern day lifestyles become increasingly fast-paced and transient the distinctions between personal and public space, work and leisure have become blurred. Many of the works by the eight artists featured...More »
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"The Artful Recluse: Painting, Poetry, and Politics in 17th-Century China" Exhibition
Asia Society presents a major exhibition of Chinese paintings that reveal the private world of the scholar-painters who lived during one of the most tumultuous periods of Chinese history—the end of the...More »
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“Patronage and Power: Selections from the Asia Society Museum Collection” Exhibition
Throughout time and across cultures people from a wide range of social statuses and religious backgrounds have commissioned or donated funds so that works of beauty and religious significance could be...More »
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Vandy Rattana “Bomb Ponds”
Bomb Ponds, a special installation in the Asia Society Visitor Center, is a series of photographs and a one-channel video by Cambodian artist Vandy Rattana (b. 1980) that explores the U.S. bombing of Cambodia...More »
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Tim Lee “Blowin’ in the Wind, Bob Dylan, 1963”
Asia Society Museum has invited the artist Tim Lee to create a new work, Blowin’ in the Wind, Bob Dylan, 1963, 2013. Made specifically for the Asia Society, this interactive multimedia installation is...More »
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Lin Tianmiao "Bound Unbound'
Asia Society Museum presents the first major solo exhibition in the United States of leading Chinese artist Lin Tianmiao. Surveying her work since 1995, the exhibition highlights the remarkably consistent...More »
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"Revolutionary Ink: The Paintings of Wu Guanzhong" Exhibition
"Revolutionary Ink: The Paintings of Wu Guanzhong" celebrates the sixty-year career of Wu Guanzhong (1919–2010), one of China’s most significant and admired twentieth century artists. This first-ever major...More »
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"Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi 1707-1857" Exhibition
Delhi has served as a cultural center of North India for more than a millennium in different incarnations. This exhibition focuses on the 18th century to the mid-19th century, the crucial period when Delhi...More »
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Sarah Sze "Infinite Line"
Sarah Sze: Infinite Line is the first exhibition to focus specifically on Sarah Sze's process. It is an exploration of line, literally and figuratively, across mediums from drawings to sculpture to installation....More »
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"Rabindranath Tagore: Poet and Painter of India" Exhibition
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) is beloved by Indians as a poet and writer, and recognized around the world as the first non-European to be awarded a Nobel Prize for literature. Yet few outside India know...More »
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"U-Ram Choe: In Focus" Exhibition
For his first solo New York museum exhibition, artist U-Ram Choe (b. 1970, Korea) has created a new work inspired by a tenth-century Indian sculpture, Shiva Nataraja, which is part of Asia Society’s Mr....More »
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"The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan: Art of Gandhara" Exhibition
Asia Society Museum presents an exhibition of spectacular Buddhist sculptures, architectural reliefs and works of gold and bronze from the Gandhara region of Pakistan, most never exhibited before in the...More »
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Ai Weiwei "New York Photographs 1983-1993"
Asia Society Museum presents an exhibition of 227 photographs taken by Ai Weiwei, capturing the history, culture, and atmosphere of 1980s New York from his unique perspective. The exhibition marks the...More »
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"A Prince's Manuscript Unbound: Muhammad Juki's Shahnamah" Exhibition
Asia Society Museum presents an exquisite and richly illuminated fifteenth-century manuscript commissioned by the Timurid prince Muhammad Juki (1402–1444). This rarely exhibited volume, now in the collection...More »
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"Japanese Cinema 1960s" Film Series
The decade of the '60s produced a wide array and high quantity of films that made it the golden age of Japanese cinema. Politically radical New Wave films, formally vigorous art films, and mainstream genre...More »
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Yoshitomo Nara "Nobody's Fool"
This fall, Asia Society devotes its entire exhibition space to a major retrospective of Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara, one of the most influential Neo Pop artists working today. More than one hundred...More »
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Mariko Mori "Kimono"
Kumano, a video work by internationally renowned Japanese artist Mariko Mori (born 1967), was one of the first works in Mori’s oeuvre to explore religious iconography and belief systems, particularly Shintoism,...More »
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"Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art" Exhibition
Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art is the first major exhibition of its kind devoted to the impact of Buddhist pilgrimage on Asia’s artistic production. It highlights approximately 120 objects of importance and...More »
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"Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea" Exhibition
This exhibition of ancient and traditional Vietnamese art demonstrates the role of Vietnam as an important hub of cultural and commercial interchange from the prehistoric period in the first millennium...More »
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"Devotion in South India: Chola Bronzes" Exhibition
This exhibition presents, for the first time, the entire stunning collection of Chola bronzes from Asia Society’s Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, along with select bronzes from significant...More »
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Yoshihiro Suda "In Focus"
Asia Society Museum presents the first solo New York museum exhibition of Yoshihiro Suda (b. 1969, Japan), as part of an ongoing series of exhibitions in which contemporary Asian and Asian American artists...More »
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"Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan" Exhibition
- Media: Painting - Photography - Sculpture - Installation - Video installation
- 2009-09-10 - 2010-01-03
Hanging Fire is the first U.S. museum exhibition to focus on contemporary art from Pakistan. Representing the current energy, vitality, and range of expression in Pakistan’s little-known yet thriving arts...More »
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"Tarjama/Translation" New Video Art Screening and Panel Discussion
Explore the dynamic and complex processes of translation in an increasingly globalized world through a screening and discussion of new video art from renowned artists in the Middle East, Central Asia,...More »
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"What's Ahead for Asian Contemporary Art?" Panel Discussion
Join Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Documenta 13 Artistic Director, and artist Lee Mingwei in conversation with Melissa Chiu, Museum Director, on the future of Asian art. Followed by a reception and viewing...More »
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Yang Fudong "Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest"
Experience the first US museum presentation of the complete five-part cinematic masterpiece by Shanghai-based artist Yang Fudong. While referencing the Seven Sages, a popular subject in traditional East...More »
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"Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove " Exhibition
Delve deeper into the theme of "Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest" through an examination of the third-century group of Chinese learned men who have long been the subject of ink painting...More »
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"Asian Journeys: Collecting Art in Postwar America" Exhibition
Asian Journeys considers husband-and-wife collectors John D. Rockefeller 3rd (1906–1978) and Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller (1909–1992) in the context of Asian art collecting in post-war America. One of...More »
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"Bhutan: Preserving Identity" Exhibition
As Bhutan moves into the twenty-first century, the country is keenly aware of preserving its traditional national identity. Burt Todd first traveled to Bhutan in 1951. To show this country’s culture and...More »
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Traces of the Calligrapher: Islamic Calligraphy in Practice, c. 1600–1900 and Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur'an
These exhibitions present examples of Islamic calligraphy, such as practice exercises, manuscripts, and folios from the Qur'an, along with the tools used to create these masterful works. The approximately...More »
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"Art and China's Revolution" Exhibition
Asia Society presents Art and China's Revolution, a groundbreaking exhibition that considers the artistic achievement and legacy of one of the most tumultuous and catastrophic periods in recent Chinese...More »
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"Art and Satire in Iran" Panel Discussion
Ardeshir Mohassess’s illustrations and cartoons have been regularly published in Iranian newspapers and periodicals such as Kayhan, Ettelaat, Ayandegan, as well as international newspapers such as the...More »
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Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba "Vietnam: A Memorial Work"
Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba’s video work, Memorial Project Nha Trang, Vietnam: Towards the Complex—For the Courageous, the Curious, and the Cowards, was filmed in 2001 on the southeast coast of Vietnam. This...More »
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Ardeshir Mohassess "Art and Satire in Iran"
Mohassess (b. 1938, Iran) is a self-taught artist with a philosophical sense of humor. His drawings express the ironic and absurd in the human condition as witnessed both before and after the Iranian Revolution...More »
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"Designed for Pleasure" Exhibition
"Designed for Pleasure" is a dazzling exploration of Japan’s famous “floating world” of spectacle and entertainment. Through 140 masterworks from museums and private collections in the United States, the...More »
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"The Shape of Things" Exhibition
The Shape of Things: Chinese and Japanese Art from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd This exhibition of ceramics, metalworks, sculpture, and painting demonstrates that a depth of information can...More »
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"First Under Heaven" Exhibition
This exhibition features radiant Goryeo-period bowl-and-saucer sets and a handsome vase with broad shoulders. Also included are examples of the 6th through 9th century stonewares that preceded these extraordinary...More »
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"The Shape of Things: Chinese and Japanese Art from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection" Exhibition
This exhibition of ceramics, metalworks, sculpture, and painting demonstrates that a depth of information can be revealed through the careful observation and study of the form of an object. The first of...More »
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"Inspired by Kashmir: Works by New York City Students" Exhibition
This exhibition presents works created by students in response to Asia Society’s exhibition "The Arts of Kashmir." Students from four New York City public schools portray their own experiences as reflections...More »