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    New Mandala Lab
    Place: The Rubin Museum of Art - New York, 150 West 17th St., USA
    Date: Oct 01, 2021 to Oct 30, 2027
    Detail: An Interactive Space for Social, Emotional, and Ethical Learning

    The Mandala Lab, located on the Museum’s remodeled third floor, invites curiosity about our emotions. Consider how complex feelings show up in your everyday life and imagine how you might have the power to transform them.
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    New Ruth Asawa: Untitled (S.272)
    Place: Asian Art Museum - San Francisco, 200 Larkin Street, California, USA
    Date: Nov 17, 2023 to Feb 24, 2025
    Detail: A chance to intimately encounter one of Ruth Asawa’s most celebrated works.
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    New Knotted Clay: Raku Ceramics and Tea
    Place: Smithsonian Institution - Washington, 1050 Independence Ave. SW, USA
    Date: Dec 09, 2023 to Dec 09, 2026
    Detail: Japan’s rich history of ceramic artistry developed in large part alongside the culture of drinking tea. The practice of preparing and serving matcha, powdered green tea, was called chanoyu (literally, “hot water for tea”) and gained popularity in the sixteenth century. Japanese tea practitioners initially used Chinese and Korean antique ceramics as tea bowls but began using newly made Japanese tea bowls, such as Raku ware, in the sixteenth century. Raku ware shares its name with the family that has made these ceramics in Kyoto since the sixteenth century. Unlike most tea bowls, Raku ceramics are built by hand—a process described as “knotting clay”—as opposed to using a wheel. Sixteenth-century potters are said to have collaborated closely with their tea-practitioner patrons to create distinctive vessels best-suited for tea drinking.

    Over the next four centuries, a network of Japanese potters incorporated Raku techniques into their practice; these techniques were later adopted in the 1950s by the American studio pottery movement. Raku wares are now internationally recognized as a Japanese ceramic style and continue to inspire artistic creativity worldwide. Knotted Clay: Raku Ceramics and Tea explores these distinctive, hand-molded ceramics and their close relationship to Japanese tea culture. This exhibition features tea bowls, water containers, and other vessels in the museum’s permanent collection that demonstrate the glazes and forms unique to Raku ware.
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    New Striking Objects: Contemporary Japanese Metalwork
    Place: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery | Gallery 22 - Washington, 1050 Independence Ave. SW, USA
    Date: Mar 02, 2024 to Jan 02, 2026
    Detail: Metalworking is at once powerful and delicate. Immense labor and heat are required to extract pure metals from ore to form alloys that are then made into flat metal sheets. The technique of hammering introduces powerful blows to create a shape, yet it can also soften and refine metal through the gentle warmth of rhythmic strikes. Traditional Japanese metalworking evolved to produce functional items, such as vessels and tools. Hammering was primarily applied to create water containers for making tea, gongs for both religious and secular use, bells, swords, and armor. Over time, the development of alloys, patination methods, and the infusion of foreign decorative techniques, such as chasing and inlay, expanded the visual and aesthetic potential of hammered metalwork.

    Contemporary Japanese metalworking breathes life into traditional methods that have been passed down and practiced over generations. The artists featured in Striking Objects create masterpieces that combine tradition with creativity and innovation. The exhibition highlights works from the collection of Shirley Z. Johnson (1940–2021), distinguished lawyer, philanthropist, and former board member of the National Museum of Asian Art. Her passion for contemporary Japanese metalwork and her visionary gift have made the National Museum of Asian Art home to the largest collection of such works in the United States.
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    New Do Ho Suh: Public Figures
    Place: National Museum of Asian Art | Freer Plaza - Washington, 1050 Independence Ave. SW, USA
    Date: Apr 27, 2024 to Apr 29, 2029
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    New Bizen: Contemporary Expressions of an Ancient Japanese Pottery
    Place: Minneapolis Institute of Art - Minneapolis, 2400 Third Avenue South, Minnesota, USA
    Date: Jun 01, 2024 to Feb 16, 2025
    Detail: Bizen ware, characterized by its rich reddish-brown clay with natural ash glaze, is one of Japan’s six pottery traditions. Originating from today’s Okayama prefecture on the Seto Inland Sea, its history reaches back to the 14th century. It peaked during the late 16th century when the tea masters in and around Kyoto, the center of culture in Japan, found it most appealing. With the modernization of Japan in the mid-19th century, Bizen almost disappeared, but the tradition was revived in the 1930s and many artists since have explored its potential. While some have stayed closer to conventional forms, others have surprised with new shapes while staying true to the core of Bizen. This exhibition showcases the journey in Bizen from the 16th century to the 21st.
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    New Contemporary Calligraphy and Clay
    Place: The Cleveland Museum of Art - Cleveland, 11150 East Boulevard, Ohio, USA
    Date: Jun 07, 2024 to Jun 15, 2025
    Detail: Calligraphy and ceramics are two major art forms in Japanese culture. They have historically been appreciated together, often paired in spaces called tokonoma, or simply toko, a term that can be translated as “display alcove.” For centuries, people have hung calligraphy or paintings on the wall of a toko and placed ceramics, lacquers, or metalworks on the deck to create a particular mood for an occasion. Traditional reception rooms, living rooms, guest rooms, and teahouses, places where people hold small, significant gatherings, often feature toko. While toko are less common in newer architectural structures due to various factors, including limited space and a shift away from floor culture, today’s artists continue to create with them in mind but also increasingly envision new environments for their works. This installation considers the bond of calligraphy and clay through contemporary artworks set in the modern space of the museum gallery.
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    New A Passion for Jade: The Bishop Collection
    Place: The Met Fifth Avenue - New York, 1000 Fifth Avenue, USA
    Date: Jul 02, 2024 to Jan 04, 2026
    Detail: More than a hundred remarkable objects from the Heber Bishop collection, including carvings of jade, the most esteemed stone in China, and many other hardstones, are on view in this focused presentation. The refined works represent the sophisticated art of Chinese gemstone carvers during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911) as well as the highly accomplished skills of Mogul Indian (1526–1857) craftsmen, which provided an exotic inspiration to their Chinese counterparts. Also on view are a set of Chinese stone-working tools and illustrations of jade workshops, which will introduce the traditional method of working jade.
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    New The Life and Art of Tokio Ueyama
    Place: Denver Art Museum - Denver, 100 W 14th Ave. Pkwy., Colorado, USA
    Date: Jul 28, 2024 to Jun 01, 2025
    Detail: The Life and Art of Tokio Ueyama features more than 40 paintings loaned to the museum by the Japanese American National Museum and Ueyama’s family, whose combined efforts to preserve his work have allowed the story of this accomplished and cosmopolitan artist to be told at the DAM for the first time.
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    New Against Time: The Noguchi Museum 40th Anniversary Reinstallation
    Place: The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum - Long Island City, 9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Boulevard), New York, USA
    Date: Aug 28, 2024 to Sep 14, 2025
    Detail: Coinciding with The Noguchi Museum’s 40th anniversary in 2025, works from the Museum’s original second floor installation will return to those galleries for the first time since 2009. Against Time is curated by Matthew Kirsch, Noguchi Museum Curator and Director of Research.
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    New The Dancing Brush: Ming Dynasty Calligraphers and Eccentrics
    Place: The Cleveland Museum of Art - Cleveland, 11150 East Boulevard, Ohio, USA
    Date: Sep 08, 2024 to Mar 02, 2025
    Detail: Calligraphy, poetry, and painting are considered the high arts of China. By the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), calligraphers used the term qi (eccentric or strange) to describe novel approaches to their writings, expressing more artistic freedom, sentiment, and personality in their individual styles. This exhibition presents about a dozen works of calligraphy from the collections of the museum and a private collector, some on display for the first time.
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    New Temples and Worship in South Asia
    Place: The Cleveland Museum of Art - Cleveland, 11150 East Boulevard, Ohio, USA
    Date: Sep 14, 2024 to Mar 09, 2025
    Detail: Six paintings and 13 photographs illuminate contrasting approaches of depicting sacred Hindu sites. Indian artists, who created paintings for Indian viewers, emphasized the devotee’s intimate interaction with the divinity. Conspicuous are the offerings intended to please the living deity believed to reside in an object of worship, either in human or nonhuman form.

    When early British photographers documented Hindu temples in the mid-1800s, they focused on creating a visual record of impressive premodern architectural achievements, avoiding traces of devotional activity. Contemporary photographers, on the other hand, emphasized the bustling interiors in scenes that evoke an overwhelming multisensory experience. The colonial and contemporary photographs invite reflection on how non-Indians interacted with Hindu temples and projected their images to non-Indian audiences.
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    New Cai Guo-Qiang: A Material Odyssey
    Place: USC Pacific Asia Museum - Pasadena, 46 North Los Robles Avenue, California, USA
    Date: Sep 17, 2024 to Jun 15, 2025
    Detail: For several decades, artist Cai Guo-Qiang has used gunpowder and pyrotechnics to create drawings, paintings, and explosion events. The exhibition Cai Guo-Qiang:A Material Odyssey will fill the first floor galleries at the USC Pacific Asia Museum. Based on years of research by the Getty Conservation Institute and the Getty Research Institute, A Material Odyssey will explore the nature and properties of gunpowder and chronicle its use by the artist. This explosive material, invented in China over 1,100 years ago, has come to define Cai’s work. Its unpredictable nature dictates his artistic process and determines the outcome. Through gunpowder, the artist invites uncontrollable forces to participate in the creation of his work. With an abundance of artworks and scientific displays, the exhibition will narrate the lifelong love story of Cai Guo-Qiang with gunpowder.

    Programs accompanying A Material Odyssey will include videos illustrating the making of fireworks, the process of creating gunpowder paintings, interactive displays, and a variety of film screenings and conversations.
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    New Celebrity Forms and Figures
    Place: Asian Art Museum - San Francisco, 200 Larkin Street, USA
    Date: Oct 03, 2024 to Apr 28, 2025
    Detail: Inspired by the aura of global fame and popularity in Hallyu! The Korean Wave, the Koret Korean Galleries currently highlight artworks that speak to the idea of celebrity in a variety of creative ways.

    A brief survey of celebrity artists — renowned figures in the Korean art scene — includes works in watercolor, photography, and sculpture by Kim Whanki, Lee Gapchul, and Paik Nam June, as well as an arresting abstract painting by Korean American artist SoHyun Bae.
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    New Time Flows like Water: Works by Masumi Sakagami
    Place: Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens - Delray Beach, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Florida, USA
    Date: Oct 05, 2024 to Feb 16, 2025
    Detail: The Morikami Museum presents, Time Flows like Water: Works by Masumi Sakagami, an exhibition with a contemporary twist. All 34 works are by Masumi Sakagami. Her work interfuses abstract paintings with classical Japanese calligraphy. The Morikami created this exhibition with partial funding from DMG Mori Co., LTD. and from the Henri & Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation.
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    New Reinstallation of Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan
    Place: The Cleveland Museum of Art - Cleveland, 11150 East Boulevard, Ohio, USA
    Date: Oct 12, 2024 to Oct 12, 2025
    Detail: The monumental sculpture of Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan returns to the permanent collection galleries for the first time since its new reconstruction was completed in 2021. To complement this major addition, 13 stone and bronze works from India, Cambodia, and Indonesia are also brought out for display.
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    New Catch of the Day: Humans and Marine Animals in Japan
    Place: Minneapolis Institute of Art - Minneapolis, 2400 Third Avenue South, Minnesota, USA
    Date: Oct 12, 2024 to May 25, 2025
    Detail: Living on an archipelago, surrounded by water on all sides, the Japanese have always had a close relationship with the sea. The marine life depicted in Japanese art, however, is often more symbolic than real, meant to convey literary, visual, or seasonal associations. Sometimes, even the connections to the sea are abstract, such as geometric patterns meant to evoke fishnets or scales on dishes and clothing. This exhibition explores the sea creatures that permeate Japanese art and culture, and dives into their deeper meaning.
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    New Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now
    Place: Wrightwood 659 - Chicago, 659 W. Wrightwood, Illinois, USA
    Date: Nov 08, 2024 to Feb 15, 2025
    Detail: Organized by the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art in New York on the occasion of its 20th anniversary, Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now presents 28 contemporary artists from the Himalayas, Asia, and diaspora whose work is presented in dialogue with objects from the Rubin Museum’s permanent collection, inviting new ways of encountering traditional Himalayan art.

    The exhibition features 18 commissions as well as recent work across mediums—including painting, sculpture, sound, video, and installation—which reimagine the forms, symbols, and narratives found within the living cultural heritage of Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and other Himalayan regions. The artists explore the continuum of the cultures that shape their identity, merging past with present into one space, and posing questions about the potential for transformation today.
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    New Akira: Architecture of Neo-Tokyo
    Place: Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens - Delray Beach, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Florida, USA
    Date: Nov 09, 2024 to Apr 06, 2025
    Detail: This exhibit traces the architectural world-building process of Japan’s most influential animated science fiction film, AKIRA. In order to highlight the artists, designers and director of the meticulous backdrops that bring to life the futuristic urban environments this classic anime, co-curators Stefan Riekeles of Riekeles Gallery, Potsdam, Germany and Hiroko Kimura-Myokam of Eizo Workshop, Kaga city, Japan. Founded in part by the Henri and Tomoyo Takahashi charitable Foundation.
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    New Rustic Ceramics in the Japanese Teahouse
    Place: Asian Art Museum - San Francisco, 200 Larkin Street, USA
    Date: Nov 14, 2024 to Mar 12, 2025
    Detail: The Masako Martha Suzuki Teahouse is a tranquil and refreshing highlight of the Tateuchi Japanese galleries. Located in the Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Gallery and designed by architect Sato Osamu (b. 1931), the beloved teahouse features a display of collection objects that changes seasonally.

    The teahouse currently offers examples of rustic ceramics including a tea bowl, freshwater jar, and flower vase by renowned artist Tsujimura Shiro (b. 1947), curated by Associate Curator of Japanese Art Yuki Morishima.
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    New Moving Objects: Learning from Local and Global Communities
    Place: Asian Art Museum - San Francisco, 200 Larkin Street, USA
    Date: Nov 15, 2024 to Mar 10, 2025
    Detail: Moving Objects brings community voices directly into the Tateuchi Gallery, providing an opportunity to reflect and share your own point of view on the past and future of objects in the museum collection. In addition to viewing interviews with scholars and community members, visitors are invited to leave comments and feedback, becoming part of an ongoing conversation that informs the museum’s approach to history and collecting.

    The exhibition includes four ancient bronze sculptures from northeastern Thailand currently in the process of being returned to their home country. This move comes in response to a formal request from Thailand’s National Museums based on scholarship revealing that the sculptures were sold illegally.
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    New The Print Generation
    Place: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery | Gallery 25, Smithsonian Institution - Washington, 1050 Independence Ave. SW, USA
    Date: Nov 16, 2024 to Apr 27, 2025
    Detail: In the early decades of the twentieth century, a new generation of print artists broke from existing traditions in Japanese printmaking. While the labor of print production was historically divided among different craftspeople, these ambitious artists sought to reinvent the medium by undertaking all aspects of a work’s creation—designing, carving, and printing—themselves. This new approach to printmaking became known as the sōsaku hanga (creative print) movement, and the resulting artworks are often rough, raw, and unique to each artist’s developing techniques and abilities. Some of the most active practitioners of this new style joined the Ichimokukai, or “First Thursday Society,” organized by Onchi Kōshirō (1891–1955), whose members met on the first Thursday of every month from 1939 until Onchi’s death.

    Living through imperialist expansion, wartime scarcity, and foreign occupation, these artists sought international recognition for works that captured their individualism and self-expression amid a changing world. The Print Generation presents a selection of creative prints that challenged the dominant narrative of what it meant to be an artist in twentieth-century Japan. Highlights from the Kenneth and Kiyo Hitch Collection and the Gerhard Pulverer Collection illustrate the development and evolution of the sōsaku hanga movement as well as the international reach of these artists and the depth of their relationships to each other.
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    New Tough Guys: Warrior Prints by Kuniyoshi
    Place: Honolulu Museum of Art - Honolulu, 900 South Beretania St., Hawaii, USA
    Date: Nov 21, 2024 to Feb 16, 2025
    Detail: This selection of works by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861) reflect a major theme of Japanese woodblock prints throughout the Edo period (1615–1868)—the revival of classical art and literature. Inspired by the commercial success of tales about battles in Japan’s civil war era,19th-century publishers translated and sold similarly action-packed novels from 14th-century China.

    Kuniyoshi is best remembered for the portraits of burly, tattooed warriors he created to illustrate these novels. He also produced illustrations of Kabuki theater performances about war and revenge. Some minor characters from these dramas exuded such a deliciously sinister aura that they quickly became favorites among Kabuki fans and frequent subjects of Kuniyoshi prints.
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    New Catch of the Day: Flying Fish from Modern Japan
    Place: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art - Sarasota, 5401 Bay Shore Road, Florida, USA
    Date: Nov 23, 2024 to Apr 06, 2025
    Detail: Reaching speeds of thirty-five miles per hour and able to propel itself meters over the water, the flying fish seems to defy the laws of nature. Seen only occasionally in Japanese visual culture of earlier eras, images of flying fish began to proliferate in decorative arts during the 1930s and 40s, where they suggested agility, power, and new possibilities.

    This fall, a group of modernist lacquerware, glass, and metalwork objects, textiles, and works on paper and silk that feature this motif will enchant visitors to the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Center for Asian Art.
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    New And more by more they dream their sleep: Mezzotints by Yōzō Hamaguchi
    Place: Minneapolis Institute of Art - Minneapolis, 2400 Third Avenue South, Minnesota, USA
    Date: Nov 27, 2024 to Jul 20, 2025
    Detail: Yōzō Hamaguchi (1909–2000) was a master of color mezzotints, a technique that allowed printmakers to reproduce complex details of an artwork. Photography had rendered it obsolete by the 1900s, but Hamaguchi revived the technique after encountering it during a stay in Paris in the 1930s. There, he met American poet e.e. cummings, who gifted him a tool to achieve the signature tones in mezzotint. In the 1980s, Hamaguchi paid homage to the poet with the “e.e. cummings suite” of prints titled with lines from the poem “anyone lived in a pretty how town.”

    This exhibition explores how Hamaguchi transformed the ordinary into the uncanny, featuring prints generously donated by Charles and Robyn Citrin and Bill and Roberta Stein.
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    New Perfectly Imperfect: Korean Buncheong Ceramics
    Place: Denver Art Museum - Denver, 100 W 14th Ave. Pkwy., Colorado, USA
    Date: Dec 03, 2024 to Nov 20, 2025
    Detail: Perfectly Imperfect: Korean Buncheong Ceramics, co-organized with the National Museum of Korea (NMK), features more than 40 exquisite works of Korean Buncheong ceramics from the 15th century to today, renowned for their white slip and adorned with diverse surface decorative techniques. The exhibition also includes four 20th- and 21st-century paintings as well as 16 drawings by five painters.

    Sophisticated, playful, and engaging, buncheong ceramics became a uniquely Korean art form in the late 14th to 16th centuries. Elements of the Buncheong style have remained relevant in modern and contemporary Korean art and have influenced other artistic expressions. Its refined and rustic aesthetic has been admired by generations of potters and artists in Korea and across the world.
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    New 2024 New Generation Bamboo Art Prize Winners
    Place: Asian Art Museum - San Francisco, 200 Larkin Street, USA
    Date: Dec 12, 2024 to Mar 10, 2025
    Detail: Stunning bamboo artworks by the recipients of the 2024 New Generation Bamboo Art Prizes are currently on view in the Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Gallery, including the winner of this year’s Coffland Grand Prize, Frill: Surging Waves III by artist Nakatomi Hajime (Japanese, b. 1974).
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    New Qi Baishi: Inspiration in Ink
    Place: Asian Art Museum - San Francisco, 200 Larkin Street, USA
    Date: Dec 12, 2024 to Apr 07, 2025
    Detail: Reaching new heights with both its influential style and its staggering auction prices, the work of Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864–1957) remains an inspiration to audiences worldwide. Blending expertly minimal brushwork with passages of abstraction, Qi changed the course of traditional Chinese painting. His ink paintings capture everyday scenes and familiar moments, evoking the essential beauty of nature and the joy of life’s simple pleasures.

    In 1960, the de Young Museum presented a solo exhibition of Qi Baishi’s art in San Francisco, a recognition no other Chinese artist had previously achieved in the U.S. More recently, his paintings have set multimillion-dollar records as the most expensive Chinese artworks ever sold at auction. But throughout his lifetime, Qi maintained a down-to-earth sensibility rooted in his humble origins as a peasant carpenter — even as he rose to international prominence.

    In addition to 40 memorable works on paper, Qi Baishi: Inspiration in Ink features interactive experiences and a display of correspondence from the artist to his patrons. These handwritten letters offer an intimate, personal view of the unassuming man whose innovative style ushered Chinese ink painting into the modern era.
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    New Samurai Splendor: Sword Fittings from Edo Japan
    Place: The Met Fifth Avenue - New York, 1000 Fifth Avenue, USA
    Date: Jan 01, 2025 to Mar 23, 2025
    Detail: After almost a century and a half of near-constant civil war and political upheaval, Japan unified under a new ruling family, the Tokugawa, in the early 1600s. Their reign lasted for more than 250 years, in an era referred to as the Edo period, after the town of Edo (present-day Tokyo) that became the new capital of Japan. The Tokugawa regime brought economic growth, prolonged peace, and widespread enjoyment of the arts and culture. The administration also imposed strict class separation and rigid regulations for all. As a result, the ruling class—with the shogun as governing military official, the daimyo as local feudal lords, and the samurai as their retainers—had only a few ways to display personal taste in public. Fittings and accessories for their swords, which were an indispensable symbol of power and authority, became a critical means of self-expression and a focal point of artistic creation.

    This installation explores the luxurious aspects of Edo-period sword fashion, a fascinating form of arms and armor rarely featured in exhibitions outside Japan. It presents a selection of exquisite sword mountings, fittings, and related objects, including maker’s sketchbooks—all drawn from The Met collection and many rarely or never exhibited before.
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    New Ink and Ivory: Indian Drawings and Photographs Selected with James Ivory
    Place: The Met Fifth Avenue - New York, 1000 Fifth Avenue, USA
    Date: Jan 01, 2025 to May 04, 2025
    Detail: This focused exhibition presents a selection of superlative drawings from the courts and centers of India and Pakistan (with a few related Persian works) dating from the late sixteenth to the twentieth century. These works are mainly selected from The Met collection in partnership with film director James Ivory, whose recent gift to the Museum of nineteenth-century photograph albums will also be featured in the exhibition (2021.381.1-16). The drawings will include fresh and informal preparatory exercises for paintings as well as beautifully finished works in their own right. The photographs will present the subject matter and styles that came about in the contexts of royal patronage and ceremony; views of architecture, cities, landscapes, and people, among others. As an artist and filmmaker, James Ivory will help us appreciate this material through his unique gaze. A short film — An Arrested Moment — directed by Dev Benegal, will accompany the show.
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    New The Three Perfections: Japanese Poetry, Calligraphy, and Painting from the Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection
    Place: The Met Fifth Avenue - New York, 1000 Fifth Avenue, USA
    Date: Jan 01, 2025 to Aug 03, 2025
    Detail: In East Asian cultures, the arts of poetry, calligraphy, and painting are traditionally referred to as the “Three Perfections.” This exhibition presents over 160 rare and precious works—all created in Japan over the course of nearly a millennium—that showcase the power and complexity of the three forms of art. Examples include folding screens with poems brushed on sumptuous decorated papers, dynamic calligraphy by Zen monks of medieval Kyoto, hanging scrolls with paintings and inscriptions alluding to Chinese and Japanese literary classics, ceramics used for tea gatherings, and much more.

    The majority of the works are among the more than 250 examples of Japanese painting and calligraphy donated or promised to The Met by Mary and Cheney Cowles, whose collection is one of the finest and most comprehensive assemblages of Japanese art outside Japan.
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    New Ganesha: Lord of New Beginnings
    Place: The Met Fifth Avenue - New York, 1000 Fifth Avenue, USA
    Date: Jan 01, 2025 to Jan 04, 2026
    Detail: Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati, is a Brahmanical (Hindu) diety known to clear a path to the gods and remove obstacles in everyday life. He is loved by his devotees (bhakti) for his many traits, including his insatiable appetite for sweet cakes and his role as a dispenser of magic, surprise, and laughter. However, Ganesha is also the lord of ganas (nature deities) and can take on a fearsome aspect in this guise.

    The seventh- to twenty-first-century works in this exhibition trace his depiction across the Indian subcontinent, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Featuring 24 works across sculptures, paintings, musical instruments, ritual implements, and photography, the exhibition emphasizes the vitality and exuberance of Ganesha as the bringer of new beginnings.
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    New Colorful Korea: The Lea R. Sneider Collection
    Place: The Met Fifth Avenue - New York, 1000 Fifth Avenue, USA
    Date: Jan 01, 2025 to Feb 16, 2026
    Detail: Over the course of forty years, Lea R. Sneider (1925–2020) formed a significant collection of Korean art that challenged established norms. While appreciating literati art, she was particularly drawn to lively and colorful forms connected to everyday life, resulting in a diverse collection that illustrates Korea’s vibrant material culture. This exhibition features a substantial gift and loans from the Lea R. Sneider Collection, generously provided by her children. Through approximately 100 pieces from the fifth century to the present, including paintings, ceramics, furniture, textiles, and funerary and ritual objects, the exhibition highlights the pervasiveness of auspicious symbolism and the unpretentious dynamism in Korean art. Sneider has said that the works reflect the vitality and warmth of the people who engaged with them, a sentiment that her collection, with its emphasis on cultural and everyday relevance, underscores.
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    New ETHEREAL: Interpretations of the Ryūgūjо̄ Myth
    Place: The Japan Foundation - Los Angeles, 5700 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 100, USA
    Date: Jan 21, 2025 to Mar 15, 2025
    Detail: The Ryūgūjо̄ [竜宮城], or Dragon Palace, is a mythical undersea kingdom in East Asian folklore, often depicted as a magnificent, otherworldly palace beneath the ocean. In Japan, the legend of Ryūgūjо̄ appears in classical Japanese literature, including the Manyо̄shū (compiled in the late 8th century), Heiji Monogatari (compiled in the late 12th century), and Genpei Seisuiki (compiled in the late 13th century). In these stories, the palace is ruled by the dragon king Ryūjin [竜神], a powerful sea deity who controls the tides and storms. The story of Ryūgūjо̄ reflects the transience of life, the beauty of fleeting moments, and the connection between myth and reality.

    The myth has inspired many interpretations, with locations across Japan claiming ties to the Ryūgūjо̄. Some of these places include Kagoshima, Okinawa (Ryūkyū), Nagasaki, Miyagi, and Shiga, regions closely connected to major bodies of water. In these areas, you can also find paintings, statues, temples, shrines, and tourist attractions inspired by the Ryūgūjо̄, showing how people have woven various stories from the same legend over generations.

    In this exhibition, ETHEREAL: Interpretations of the Ryūgūjо̄ Myth by Dwight Hwang and Miki Yokoyama, two artists reimagine this myth through their practices of Gyotaku and mix media, exploring the eternal cycle of life, death, and rebirth beneath the waves.
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    New Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior
    Place: Cincinnati Art Museum - Cincinnati, 953 Eden Park Drive, USA
    Date: Feb 14, 2025 to May 04, 2025
    Detail: The Cincinnati Art Museum presents Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior, a career-spanning exhibition of the internationally renowned, New York-based artist. For more than three decades, Shahzia Sikander (born 1969, Lahore, Pakistan) has been reframing South Asian visual histories through a contemporary feminist perspective. Working in a variety of mediums—painting, drawing, print, digital animation, mosaic, sculpture, and glass—she reimagines the past for our present moment. Throughout her practice, she considers diasporic experiences, histories of colonialism, and Western relations with the global south and the wider Islamic world, often through the lens of gender and body politics.
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    New Gateway to Himalayan Art
    Place: Utah Museum of Fine Arts - Salt Lake City, University of Utah, Utah, USA
    Date: Feb 15, 2025 to Jul 27, 2025
    Detail: Gateway to Himalayan Art is a flexible exhibition designed to meet the needs of diverse educational institutions, art museums, and their audiences. It serves as an entry point to the integrated components of Project Himalayan Art (a three-part initiative comprising a traveling exhibition, publication, and digital platform), highlighting a thematic approach for teaching and engagement with objects.

    The exhibition’s three areas of focus are Symbols and Meanings, Materials and Technologies, and Living Practices. Traditional scroll paintings (thangkas), sculptures in various media, and ritual items comprise the diverse range of objects on view. Among the featured installations are in-depth displays that explain the process of Nepalese lost-wax metal casting and the stages of Tibetan thangka painting. Multimedia features include videos of art making and religious and cultural practices, audio recordings of voices from Himalayan communities that highlight the living traditions, and much more on the integrated digital platform that offers rich contextual material to dive deeper.
    The exhibition opens with a large map that highlights regions of the diverse Himalayan cultural sphere, including parts of present-day India, China, Nepal, Bhutan, and Mongolia. Gateway invites you to explore exemplary objects from the Museum’s collection, organized and presented in thematic sections: Figures and Symbols, Materials and Techniques, and Purpose and Function.

    In addition to sculptures and paintings, objects such as a stupa, prayer wheel, and ritual implements demonstrate how patrons sought the accumulation of merit and hoped for wealth, long life, and spiritual gains, all to be fulfilled through the ritual use of these objects and commissioning works of art.

    Among the featured installations are a display that explains the process of Nepalese lost-wax metal casting and a presentation of the stages of Tibetan hanging scroll painting (thangka). You will also encounter life-size reproductions of murals from Tibet’s Lukhang Temple, photographed by Thomas Laird and Clint Clemens.
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    New Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest
    Place: Asia Society - New York, 725 Park Avenue, USA
    Date: Feb 18, 2025 to Aug 10, 2025
    Detail: Yang Fudong (born 1971 in Beijing, China; lives and works in Shanghai). Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest, Part I, 2003. Single-channel video with sound; 35mm black-and-white film transferred to DVD. Duration: 29 minutes, 22 seconds. Asia Society, New York: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold and Ruth Newman, 2011.24

    Asia Society Museum is showing Yang Fudong’s Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest, in its entirety as a prelude to the upcoming exhibition, (Re)Generations: Rina Banerjee, Byron Kim, and Howardena Pindell amid the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Collection, opening in March. The work follows seven young men and women on journeys in search of their identities and ideal lives, reflecting the many urban, ideological, and economic transformations across China today.
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    New Imperial Treasures: Chinese Ceramics of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection
    Place: Asia Society - New York, 725 Park Avenue, USA
    Date: Feb 18, 2025 to Aug 10, 2025
    Detail: Known for exquisite porcelain production and expansive trade, the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) represents a period of Chinese imperial rule between the fall of the Mongol Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) and the rise of the Manchu Qing dynasty (1644–1911). The approximately 20 works selected for this exhibition demonstrate how early Ming ceramics inherited the rich and culturally diverse legacy of the Mongol rulers by adopting foreign influences through vibrant trade with the Islamic and Central Asian worlds and combining them with indigenous Chinese traditions.
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    New (Re)Generations: Rina Banerjee, Byron Kim, and Howardena Pindell amid the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection
    Place: Asia Society - New York, 725 Park Avenue, USA
    Date: Mar 04, 2025 to Aug 10, 2025
    Detail: This exhibition reintroduces key works in Asia Society Museum's Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection of pre-modern Asian art through the lenses of three leading contemporary artists: Rina Banerjee, Byron Kim, and Howardena Pindell. Each artist has selected a number of works in the collection within which to situate their own new and existing works, approaching historic objects in the collection through their practices and from multiple cultures, heritages, and positions. Creating dialogues across multiple histories and places, these artists offer a range of new insights and entry points into the collection.
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    New Cycles of Clay: The Ceramic Narratives of Sunkoo Yuh
    Place: The Charles B. Wang Center - Stony Brook, Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, New York, USA
    Date: Mar 07, 2025 to May 24, 2025
    Detail: Exhibition Opening Reception
    Friday, March 7, 2025 @ 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Skylight Gallery
    Free Admission

    Cycles of Clay explores the profound creativity of Sunkoo Yuh, an artist who navigates the intersections of cultural heritage and contemporary expression. Yuh’s ceramic sculptures combine bold colors, evocative imagery, and intricate figures layered vertically to evoke histories and community connection. Themes of Buddhist cycles, Confucian ideals, and sociopolitical commentary permeate his works, which includes monumental pieces like Long Beach Summer and Athens Winter. Through experimental glazing and unpredictable firing techniques, Yuh captures the tension between order and chaos to create visually compelling sculptures that explore life’s beauty, fragility, and complexity.

    This exhibition is curated by Jinyoung A. Jin, the director of Asian art and culture at the Charles B. Wang Center.

    The Wang Center will host the opening reception for this exhibition with Club Red, an informal gathering for all faculty and staff from every department across Stony Brook University, including both East and West Campuses. Join us for engaging conversations and getting to know each other better over refreshments, good company, and art!
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    New Indian Painting of the 1500s: Continuities and Transformations
    Place: The Cleveland Museum of Art - Cleveland, 11150 East Boulevard, Ohio, USA
    Date: Mar 07, 2025 to Sep 07, 2025
    Detail: When the 1500s began, the dominant style of Indian painting was flat and abstract with a limited, mainly primary color palette. By the 1520s, a new style emerged with greater narrative complexities and dramatic energy that was to be foundational for later developments. Concurrently, some artists began working in the pastel palette and with delicate motifs reinterpreted from Persian art.

    Then, around 1560, with the exuberant patronage of the third Mughal emperor Akbar (born 1542, reigned 1556–1605), artists from different parts of the empire and trained in a variety of Indian styles came together in a new imperial painting workshop. The workshop was led by Persian masters brought from the imperial court in Iran. The formation of Mughal painting shaped by Akbar’s taste for drama and realism had a lasting impact on the cultural life of India. With its naturalism and vibrant compositions, the revolutionary new style was distinct from its predecessors, both Indian and Persian. The paintings in this gallery trace the dramatic changes that occurred during the 1500s alongside compositions that artists chose to retain and reinvent. Central to this story is a manuscript of the Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), an illustrated collection of fables made for Akbar around 1560–65 now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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    New Landscapes by Arnold Chang (Zhang Hong): A Retrospective and Recent Acquisitions
    Place: The Cleveland Museum of Art - Cleveland, 11150 East Boulevard, Ohio, USA
    Date: Mar 08, 2025 to Nov 09, 2025
    Detail: This installation reviews the artistic career of Arnold Chang 张洪 (Zhang Hong, American, born 1954) and celebrates the museum’s recent acquisition by Chang, Secluded Valley in the Cold Mountains, a pivotal work that marks his breakthrough as an international contemporary ink artist. Showcasing 18 works by the artist, plus the CMA’s Number 5, 1950 (1950) by Jackson Pollock, the exhibition explores Chang’s formative years which eventually culminate in free and exploratory ways that include the use of photography and color.
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    New Kotobuki: Auspicious Celebrations of Japanese Art from New York Private Collections
    Place: Japan Society - New York, 333 East 47th Street, USA
    Date: Mar 13, 2025 to May 11, 2025
    Detail: Explore the auspicious theme of kotobuki, or “celebration,” through an inspired selection of paintings, calligraphy, surimono, textiles, ceramics, and baskets dating from the 12th-21st centuries. Curated by Dr. Miyeko Murase, Takeo and Itsuko Atsumi Professor Emerita of Japanese Art History at Columbia University, this joyful exhibition offers a unique opportunity to view important but rarely displayed works from significant private collections in the New York City area.
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    New Delighting Krishna: Paintings of the Child-God
    Place: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery | Gallery 24, Smithsonian Institution - Washington, 1050 Independence Ave. SW, USA
    Date: Mar 15, 2025 to Aug 24, 2025
    Detail: Imagine a god who appears to you as a mischievous child—you dance together in meadows, play with him, and gift him fruits and flowers. This may give you an idea of how the Hindu Pushtimarg community engages with the divine. They seek to delight and care for the child-god Krishna, and in return, they receive joy and spiritual insight. Delighting Krishna delves into the emotions and philosophy of the Pushtimarg tradition and the ingenuity of its artists.

    Pushtimarg religious spaces feature monumental paintings of Krishna on cotton cloth known as pichwais. For the first time since the 1970s, these fourteen pichwais from the National Museum of Asian Art’s collections are on view for the public. These paintings are literally larger than life, averaging about eight by eight feet in size. Pichwais are made to serve as backdrops for three-dimensional displays, typically paired with icons of Krishna, music, and scents. This collection of pichwais dates from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, and most were painted in Nathdwara, Rajasthan, the global epicenter of the Pushtimarg community.

    Encounter these intriguing paintings from multiple angles through insights from Hindu community members, curators, conservators, and a conservation scientist. Alongside the pichwais, court paintings illuminate Krishna’s playful charm, and mixed-media works show how the Pushtimarg tradition engages the senses. Awash with color and brimming with joy, these artworks themselves invite delight.
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    New Juxtaposition and Juncture in Korean Modern and Contemporary Art
    Place: The Cleveland Museum of Art - Cleveland, 11150 East Boulevard, Ohio, USA
    Date: Mar 21, 2025 to Apr 11, 2025
    Detail: The term “juxtaposition” here refers to the placement of two or more artworks that are significantly different from one another side by side. Featuring Korean modern and contemporary objects that the CMA has collected over the past 15 years, this thematic exhibition juxtaposes them to create an exciting juncture of connections through their visual and material contrasts.

    While the selected works were created by Korean artists from diverse backgrounds and different generations, they make a poignant meeting place illustrating how objects from the past inspired contemporary artists to create new experiences and artistic expressions.
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    New The Art of Peace: Jizai Okimono from a Private Collection
    Place: Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens - Delray Beach, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Florida, USA
    Date: Apr 29, 2025 to Sep 28, 2025
    Detail: A captivating new exhibition showcasing jizai okimono — intricately crafted movable sculptures. The 19 sculptures in this exhibition are quite unusual. They represent the shift from warrior-rule in the Edo period (1603-1868) to a constitutional monarchy in the Meiji period (1868-1912). These works of art were traditionally made by armorers. However, as the ruling shoguns were able to maintain peace for over 300 years, there were fewer and fewer requests for new armor. In order to maintain their skill and precision, the metalsmiths of the mid-Edo period turned to more artistic endeavors – creating jizai okimono. Ji-zai (自在), means articulated or moveable; and oki-mono (置物) are decorative objects. The works are realistic representations of animals and mythical beasts with joints that allow full range of motion. The art objects quickly became collectors’ items outside of Japan.
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    New Japanese War Brides: Across a Wide Divide
    Place: Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens - Delray Beach, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Florida, USA
    Date: May 03, 2025 to Aug 17, 2025
    Detail: Morikami Museum is pleased to present, Japanese War Brides: Across a Wide Divide, which explores the lives of more than 45,000 Japanese women who immigrated to the United States in the aftermath of World War II. This exhibit illuminates previously unknown American immigration stories and offers space to rethink how we hate, why we love, and what it means to be American. Produced by The War Bride Experience, Inc., the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
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    New World of the Terracotta Warriors: New Archaeological Discoveries in Shaanxi in the 21st Century
    Place: Bowers Museum - Santa Ana, 2002 North Main Street, California, USA
    Date: May 24, 2025 to Oct 19, 2025
    Detail: From the museum that brought you the U.S. premiere of China's Terracotta Warriors in 2008, Bowers proudly presents new groundbreaking discoveries with World of the Terracotta Warriors: New Archaeological Discoveries in Shaanxi in the 21st Century! Explore China’s captivating early history through recent archaeological finds from Shaanxi Province, learning why it is hailed as a cradle of ancient Chinese civilization. Traverse millennia, from Shimao around 2300 BCE—among the earliest walled cities in China—to pivotal sites of the Shang and Zhou eras, culminating in the iconic terracotta warriors commissioned by the Qin emperor and completed after his death in 210 BCE.
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    New Refocusing Photography: China at the Millennium
    Place: The Cleveland Museum of Art - Cleveland, 11150 East Boulevard, Ohio, USA
    Date: Jun 08, 2025 to Nov 16, 2025
    Detail: From 1949 to 1978, photography in the People’s Republic of China was reserved for governmental propaganda: its function was to present an idealized image of life under Chairman Mao and communist rule. In 1978, as China opened to global trade and Western societies, photography as documentation, art, and personal expression experienced a sudden awakening. Personal photographic societies formed, art schools began teaching photography, and information on Western contemporary art became available.

    In the late 1990s, a new generation of Chinese artists, many initially trained as painters, revolted against traditional academic definitions of photography. Building on the work done in the previous decades by Western artists, they dissolved the boundaries between photography, performance art, conceptual art, and installation. In so doing, they brought photography into the foreground in Chinese contemporary art. This exhibition presents works from the museum’s collection by eight key artists from that generation.

    Born between 1962 and 1969, these artists grew up during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), when conformity was required and past intellectual and artistic products—whether artistic, family history, or documentary—were banned and destroyed. They also experienced the cultural vacuum that followed this erasure. As adults, these artists lived in a radically different China—newly prosperous, individualistic, and consumerist. They helped develop a new visual idiom, producing artworks that addressed their country’s recent history, its swift societal transformation, and their own resultant shift in identity as Chinese.
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    New Hazara dress and embroidery from Afghanistan
    Place: V&A South Kensington - London, Cromwell Road, United Kingdom
    Date: Apr 14, 2024 to Apr 14, 2025
    Detail: Afghanistan has always been home to many peoples and cultures. The Hazara people speak Hazaragi, a language related to Persian, and make up the third largest ethnic group in the country. In the past, they lived in many areas of Afghanistan. But today, many have been displaced and they continue to face persecution. In the face of hostility, embroidery and dress help to maintain a sense of communal identity for the Hazara people, both in Afghanistan and among diaspora communities. The vibrant examples in this display reveal the technical and design skills of the Hazara dressmakers and embroiderers.
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    New Silk Roads
    Place: British Museum - London, Great Russell Street, United Kingdom
    Date: Sep 26, 2024 to Feb 23, 2025
    Detail: Camel caravans crossing desert dunes, merchants trading silks and spices at bazaars – these are the images that come to mind when we think of the Silk Roads. But the reality goes far beyond this.

    Rather than a single trade route from East to West, the Silk Roads were made up of overlapping networks linking communities across Asia, Africa and Europe, from Japan to Britain, and from Scandinavia to Madagascar. This major exhibition unravels how the journeys of people, objects and ideas that formed the Silk Roads shaped cultures and histories.

    The Silk Roads were in use for millennia, but this visually stunning show focuses on a defining period in their history, from about AD 500 to 1000. This time witnessed significant leaps in connectivity and the rise of universal religions that linked communities across continents.

    Working with 29 national and international partners to present objects from many regions and cultures alongside those from the British Museum collection, the exhibition offers a unique chance to see objects from the length and breadth of the Silk Roads. From Indian garnets found in Suffolk to Iranian glass unearthed in Japan, they reveal the astonishing reach of these networks.
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    New A Silk Road Oasis: Life in Ancient Dunhuang
    Place: British Library, Paccar 2 Gallery - London, 96 Euston Rd, Kings Cross, United Kingdom
    Date: Sep 27, 2024 to Feb 23, 2025
    Detail: This exhibition provides a rare glimpse into the ordinary lives of people long ago through the remarkable contents of the ‘Library Cave,’ part of the Buddhist cave complex of Mogao, where a wealth of manuscripts, documents and artworks remained sealed for nearly 900 years. Detailing life in and around Dunhuang during the first millennium CE, the documents include personal letters and wills encompassing multiple languages, faiths and cultures including Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism and Christianity; and span topics as diverse as literature, astronomy, medicine, politics and art.
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    New Kazakhstan, Treasures of the Great Steppe
    Place: Musée Guimet - Paris, 6, place d'Iéna, France
    Date: Nov 06, 2024 to Mar 24, 2025
    Detail: A deep dive into mythical and mysterious landscapes to explore five masterpieces and a five-millenium history.

    Land of the Golden Man and the great kurgans, Kazakhstan is a country of legends on the edge of the steppes of Central Asia. Its vast landscape, across which a web of silk routes once stretched, is steeped in rich cultural and human history. With Kazakhstan, Treasures of the Great Steppe, Guimet sheds light on moments that have marked this civilisation through five unique cultural stories, dating from third century BCE to the 18th century. Thanks to exceptional loans from prominent Kazakh museums, these treasures — including the original headdress from the emblematic Golden Man — are presented in a poetic and innovative exhibition which plunges the objects and visitors into the extraordinary landscapes of Kazakhstan.
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    New Tang China A Cosmopolitan Dynasty (7th -10th century)
    Place: Musée Guimet - Paris, 6, place d'Iéna, France
    Date: Nov 20, 2024 to Mar 03, 2025
    Detail: "Tang China" (618-907) is an exhibition of exceptional works devoted to one of the greatest ever Chinese dynasties. This unique and major event is one of the highlights of the Guimet x China 2024 programme.
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    New The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence
    Place: V&A South Kensington - London, Cromwell Road, United Kingdom
    Date: Jan 01, 2025 to May 05, 2025
    Detail: This major exhibition celebrates the extraordinary creative output and internationalist culture of the Golden Age of the Mughal Court (about 1560 – 1660) during the reigns of its most famous emperors: Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan.
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    New Pagoda Odyssey 1915: From Shanghai to San Francisco
    Place: Asian Civilisations Museum - Singapore, 1 Empress Place, Singapore
    Date: May 31, 2024 to Jun 01, 2025
    Detail: Pagoda Odyssey 1915: From Shanghai to San Francisco reunites a set of 84 hand-carved model pagodas for the first time in over a century. Originally made in Shanghai, they travelled thousands of miles away to San Francisco for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915 – a massive world’s fair that attracted over 18 million visitors during its 288-day run.

    Exquisitely detailed, the models are based on real structures, and embody the diversity of iconic pagodas from different regions and historical periods. For many visitors to the exposition they offered a first, tantalising glimpse of China’s rich architectural heritage. Together with related works, they paint a vivid picture of cosmopolitan Shanghai and San Francisco at the turn of the twentieth century.
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    New Batik Nyonyas: Three Generations of Art and Entrepreneurship
    Place: Peranakan Museum - Singapore, 39 Armenian St, Singapore 179941, Singapore
    Date: Oct 11, 2024 to Aug 31, 2025
    Detail: 11 October 2024 to 31 August 2025
    Daily, 10am–7pm | Fridays, 10am–9pm
    Peranakan Museum
    $6 for Singaporeans and Permanent Residents; $18 for Foreigners

    Family, art, and entrepreneurship converge in the story of three visionary Peranakan women from Indonesia – Nyonya Oeij Soen King, her daughter-in-law Nyonya Oeij Kok Sing, and her granddaughter Jane Hendromartono. From the 1890s to 1980s, they produced impressive batiks in the renowned batik centre of Pekalongan on Java’s north coast.

    Featuring about 200 batik textiles and accompanying objects, Batik Nyonyas: Three Generations of Art and Entrepreneurship examines the lives and careers of these Peranakan women through their works. With batik as a portrait of society, the exhibition reveals the influence of the Oeij family women as they became batik masters in their own right, as they ingeniously responded to the rapid political, cultural and economic changes of their time to run a business that produced great art. Visitors are invited to draw links to the development and evolution of Indonesian batik through a Peranakan perspective, and to participate in hands-on workshops, performances and tours. The exhibition will also feature a contemporary art commission by Aiko Tezuka, an artist specialised in producing art based on the unravelling of woven fabric.

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    New Becoming Lim Tze Peng
    Place: National Gallery Singapore - Singapore, 1 St Andrew's Road, Singapore
    Date: Oct 25, 2024 to Mar 23, 2025
    Detail: Marvel at the picturesque and nostalgic depictions of well-loved scenes of everyday Singapore and magnificent landscapes from around the world at Becoming Lim Tze Peng. From 25 October 2024 to 23 March 2025, National Gallery Singapore presents its first solo exhibition on Singapore’s oldest living and active artist, Lim Tze Peng, featuring over 50 artworks curated from Singapore’s public art collections, the artist’s personal art collection, and rare archival materials. Visitors can look forward to tracing the artistic evolution of the 103 year-old artist, with artworks dating back to 1946 and as recent as 2023.

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    New Seeing Forest
    Place: Singapore Art Museum at Tanjong Pagar Distripark - Singapore, 39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore 089065, Singapore
    Date: Jan 15, 2025 to May 18, 2025
    Detail: Step into Seeing Forest, presented for the first time in Singapore at Singapore Art Museum (SAM) at Tanjong Pagar Distripark. Returning from Venice, this exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Robert Zhao Renhui invites visitors to immerse themselves in the multifaceted life of Singapore’s secondary forests—overlooked forests regrown from deforested land due to human intervention. Drawing on nearly a decade of research, Zhao encourages audiences to look beyond our familiar cityscape and uncover the complex ecosystems that shape our natural environment.

    Visitors will be able to catch the full assemblage of videos and sculptural installations presented in Venice, transforming SAM’s gallery space into an enveloping, forested zone filled with sounds, sights, and stories that convey the richness of secondary forests. Through Zhao’s captivating scenes of these in-between spaces, spot sambar deer that escaped from the local zoo in the 1970s, Japanese sparrowhawks pausing for a drink and a wild boar giving birth in the forest next to the artist’s apartment.

    Seeing Forest was first presented at the Singapore Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia (Biennale Arte 2024), widely recognised as the Olympics of the art world. From Venice to SAM’s home ground, the exhibition invites audiences to discover a lesser-known side of Singapore, and reflect on their place within these wild, yet radically free environments.
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    New Ubud Open Studios
    Place: Nonfrasa Gallery - Ubud, Jl. Raya Sanggingan, Kedewatan, Kecamatan Ubud, Indonesia
    Date: May 22, 2025 to May 25, 2025
    Detail: Back for its 4th edition, Ubud Open Studios invites art lovers, cultural explorers, and the creatively curious to our annual celebration of art in Ubud, Bali.

    Discover Ubud's contemporary art scene right from artists’ studios. Imagine an art-filled scavenger hunt where every studio is a treasure trove of creativity.

    In 2024, Ubud Open Studios showcased over 50 local and international artists’ studios, inviting attendees to enter their world of creativity and craftsmanship. A journey of artistic discovery & connection offering a glimpse into the sacred spaces where art comes to life. It's about community—an opportunity to connect, converse, and collect experiences & artworks that resonate.

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    New Asia Week New York
    Place: Throughout metropolitan New York - New York, USA
    Date: Mar 13, 2025 to Mar 21, 2025
    Detail: Carrying forth a mission to celebrate and promote Asian art in New York City, Asia Week New York is a collaboration of top-tier Asian art specialists, major auction houses, and world-renowned museums and Asian cultural institutions in the metropolitan New York area. The Asia Week New York Association concentrates its efforts on presenting one non-stop, event-filled week in March of every year, drawing collectors and curators from every corner of the United States and an international clientele from across the globe. The annual event fulfills the broader aim of affirming the importance of Asian art in the citywide—and nationwide—cultural scene.
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    New Hybrid Nature
    Place: Alisan Fine Arts - New York, 120 East 65th Street, USA
    Date: Jan 09, 2025 to Mar 01, 2025
    Detail: Alisan Fine Arts is pleased to present Hybrid Nature, an exhibition featuring artists Bouie Choi, Chu Chu, and Jia Sung. Although the three artists’ artworks and processes differ, they all explore forms of hybridity, both in the themes at play within them and the mediums they use.
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    New Miné Okubo: Portraits
    Place: SEIZAN Gallery - New York, 525 West 26th Street, USA
    Date: Jan 09, 2025 to Mar 01, 2025
    Detail: Miné Okubo: Portraits, the gallery’s first solo exhibition featuring work by one of the most influential Japanese-American artists of the 20th Century. From January 9 through March 1, 2025, works by Okubo will be on public display, some for the first time, including eleven portraits completed in the late 1940s.

    Born in Riverside, California, in 1912, Miné Okubo achieved early success as an artist and continued to be extraordinarily prolific throughout her life until her death in 2001. She is most renown for Citizen 13660, a groundbreaking memoir that combines visual art and narrative to record her experience living in Japanese-American internment camps during World War II. From 1942 to 1944, Okubo was detained at the Tanforan Relocation Center in San Bruno, California, and at the Topaz Internment Camp in Utah. While in these camps, she created over 2,000 drawings using charcoal, watercolor, pen, and ink. During this time she taught art to others in the incarcerated population, alongside Chiura Obata and other notable artists. Published in 1946, Citizen 13660 includes nearly 200 illustrations documenting daily life in the camps. It received the American Book Award in 1984.

    After her release from the Topaz Camp in 1944, Okubo relocated to New York City, where she went on to have a successful career as a commercial illustrator for prestigious publications while continuing her painting practice. Portraits—especially of women and children—remained a central focus of her work. In “Personal Statement” she wrote “From the beginning, my work has been rooted in a concern for the humanities.”

    The eleven portraits featured in this exhibition were created in the late 1940s, just a few years after Okubo’s release from the camps. These bold, powerful works share stylistic connections with her earlier charcoal drawings from the internment period, which are also displayed in the gallery. While her camp drawings often convey the despair and trauma of the incarcerated, the later portraits—rendered in colorful pastel—capture energy, strength, and compassion. The anonymous figures exude vitality and humanity, celebrating everyday life and signal an early transition to Okubo’s iconic, color-rich style.
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    New Visions of a Blue Moon: Contemporary Arita Porcelain by Terauchi Shinji
    Place: Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd. - New York, 18 East 64th Street, USA
    Date: Jan 14, 2025 to Feb 10, 2025
    Detail: Japanese porcelain, born in the late 16th century after the discovery of porcelain clay near Arita, led to the establishment of numerous kilns, producing diverse styles. In the mid-17th century, Arita gained prominence with colorful overglaze “enameled” decoration, and its porcelain reached Europe via the Imari port, where it became known as Imari ware. Arita porcelain tradition boasts a long history of cultural exchange on a global scale. Among this rich history, a new kiln, Risogama (or Riso Kiln), emerges. Led by artist Terauchi Shinji, Riso porcelain explores timeless ceramic beauty integrated with modernity and contemporary art.

    This January, we are pleased to present a collection of new works by Terauchi Shinji, celebrating the bold spirit of Riso Kiln from Arita, which continues to honor tradition through innovation. The story of Riso is a compelling blend of heritage and a forward-thinking approach, asking “What’s next?” for the storied Japanese porcelain tradition.

    In his New York debut collection of new Arita porcelain, Terauchi reimagines the moon and our celestial universe – both of which are inspiring and universal symbols in both Western and Japanese culture – through a contemporary lens. Dedicated to natural materials such as clay, silver, gold, cobalt, his work celebrates the evolving essence of Arita ware.

    Modeled after the planets, comets, and moons of our galaxy, his works captivate with its contemporary flair, diverse textures, and vibrant colors, each evoking a unique aspect of the moon’s character. Through intricate patterns and dynamic forms, Terauchi pushes the boundaries of form and function. These sculptural vessels are not only visually striking but also practical, ideal for serving Osechi, the traditional Japanese New Year dishes.

    The exhibition catalog is accompanied by a new essay by Professor Arakawa Masaaki, professor of art history at Gakushin University, Tokyo.
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    New New Acquisitions
    Place: Hiroshi Yanagi Oriental Art @ Nicholas Hall - New York, 17 East 76th Street, USA
    Date: Mar 13, 2025 to Mar 18, 2025
    Detail: Asia Week hours: 10am-6pm
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    New India’s Fascination with the Natural World
    Place: Francesca Galloway @ Les Enluminures Gallery - New York, 23 East 73rd Street, 7th floor, USA
    Date: Mar 13, 2025 to Mar 20, 2025
    Detail: ndia’s Fascination with the Natural World
    Mughal, Rajput and Company School Paintings
    March 13 – 20, 2025
    Exhibiting at: Les Enluminures Gallery, 23 East 73rd Street, 7th floor Penthouse
    Asia Week hours: 10am-6pm (otherwise by appointment)

    In 1621 a zebra from eastern Africa was presented to the emperor Jahangir, who had never seen an animal like this and thought his coat had been painted. But ‘after inspection it was clear that that was how God had made it’ (Jahangirnama -Memoirs of Jahangir Emperor of India). And so he had his master artist Mansur paint this zebra. This painting is currently on display in The Great Mughals exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (Nov. 2024 – May 2025).

    Our Mughal zebra, which we are proud to present at Asia Week, is of a similar date, but by a different hand. Such paintings are extremely rare and important, because they illustrate Imperial fascination with the wider natural world – animals that were not indigenous to India, like red squirrels, turkeys, ostriches and in our case a zebra.

    A late 16th century Mughal portrait of a caparisoned horse with its three grooms, in spectacular condition, has a most unusual background, which evokes a Rothko painting. This miniature was once in the Imperial Mughal library, confirmed by numerous 17th century seals and inscriptions on the verso. The highly influential Mughal courtier, Asaf Khan,‘borrowed’ this painting during his lifetime. Of Persian origin, he became prime minister to Jahangir and later to Shah Jahan, and his daughter, Mumtaz Mahal, was the beloved wife of Shah Jahan who built the Taj Mahal in her memory.

    India’s natural world also enchanted foreigners who spent time in this country. Foremost amongst these was Lady Impey who commissioned master artists, trained in the naturalistic Mughal tradition, to depict the animals in her Calcutta menagerie. In Indian art the Impey series of natural history drawings are considered the finest of their kind. Our notoriously cheerful and cheeky Lorikeet is from Lady Impey’s collection. The Rainbow Lorikeet are native to Australia but are also to be found in India.

    Our large, bust-length portrait of a beguiling Mughal Princess is by an unknown 18th century master. She holds a Phalsa (an Indian berry) between her left thumb and forefinger because it was to be consumed with wine, in the tiny blue and white porcelain cup she holds in her right hand – a delicious delicacy of the time.
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    New Indian Art: Latest Acquisitions (online)
    Place: Art Passages - San Francisco, 3450 Sacramento Street, USA
    Date: Mar 13, 2025 to Mar 21, 2025
    Detail: Indian Art: Latest Acquisitions will be an online presentation of Indian paintings exhibiting a wide array of schools and subject matter. From Mughal portraiture to Company School, these paintings reflect the taste and interest of their patrons: Nobles, devotees, and English resident rulers of India.
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    New Kang Chunhui and Ethan Su: New Approaches to Gongbi Painting
    Place: INKstudio - New York, By appointment only, USA
    Date: Mar 13, 2025 to Mar 21, 2025
    Detail: One of the highlights featured in our upcoming Asia Week New York exhibition is “Sumeru No. 34,” which is part of Kang Chunhui’s Sumeru series. The series explores the relationship between color, shape, light, dimension, and boundary through the form of the fold. Folds of draping fabric are a key artistic element in Gandharan Greco-Buddhist sculpture and form the basis for the brush-line mode of early Chinese figure painting that later becomes the essence of East Asian brush painting
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    New From Timber to Tiger: the Many Bamboos of Japanese Bamboo Art
    Place: TAI Modern @ Colnaghi - New York, 23 East 67th Street, USA
    Date: Mar 13, 2025 to Mar 21, 2025
    Detail: We are excited to once again exhibit during Asia Week New York this March at Colnaghi on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
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    New Classical Art from India and the Himalayas
    Place: Carlton Rochell Asian Art @ Adam Williams Fine Art - New York, 24 East 80th Street, USA
    Date: Mar 13, 2025 to Mar 21, 2025
    Detail: We are delighted to present several notable works from Tibet in this year’s Asia Week exhibition. From an American private collection is a rare image of the Buddhist divinity Kalacakra, beautifully cast in copper alloy and sumptuously gilded. It dates to the 18th century and shares some stylistic influences from the finest Qianlong period sculptures from China.

    Another exquisite work is a painting depicting the Second Taklung Abbot Kuyalwa, commissioned for the Riwoche Monastery in Tibet and dating to c.1297-1366. This regal portrait has survived in remarkable condition with its vibrant mineral-based color palette of rich reds, blues, and yellows. The intricate details of his robe, throne and surrounding lineage figures are drawn in extremely-fine detail.

    Finally, there is an elegant standing figure of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara hailing from the renowned Zimmerman Collection. One of the most popular bodhisattvas in the Buddhist pantheon, Avalokitesvara’s elegant tribhanga pose and right hand in a mudra bestowing charity reinforce his divine countenance. This work, which dates from the 15th century, has been published numerously in many exhibition catalogs.
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    New Green Glazed Ceramics from China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam
    Place: Zetterquist Galleries - New York, 3 East 66th Street, USA
    Date: Mar 13, 2025 to Mar 21, 2025
    Detail: Asia Week hours: by appointment from 11am-6pm daily

    We are delighted to present an extraordinary exhibition of green glazed ceramics from China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam during Asia Week New York this March. Green Glazed Wares from China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam illustrates the evolution of celadons and other green glazes from their nexus in China to their adaption in other parts of Asia over 1400 years, and offers viewers a rare and valuable mini-course in these fields.

    Nearly half of the objects are exquisite examples of Goryeo Dynasty (11th – 13th c.) Korean celadons, offering a rare opportunity to learn about this underappreciated field. The star of this group is a large tile from the 12th – 13th century with inlaid black and white scrolling floral and flying crane decoration, all under an ideally realized sweet blueish green celadon glaze. It comes from a Japanese collection, with only five other known examples of this type outside of Korea. Other examples from Korea include large pear-shaped vases, bowls and plates with varied decorative techniques and glaze tones.

    Chinese pieces offer the greatest range of age, from the 5th century through the 18th century, most from old American and Japanese collections. The glaze types range from early Yue-ware examples to an 18th century “tea dust” glazed scholar’s object, with examples from several Northern and Southern Chinese kilns. A highlight of this group is a small “Yen-Yen”, otherwise known as “Phoenix Tail” shaped vase from the Yuan Dynasty, with applied decoration of scrolling flowers above a deeply carved band of elongated lotus petals, all beneath a ridged trumpet neck. Used as devotional flower vases, these pieces were often exported to Japan and Southeast Asia in the 14th century. This example is presented with double boxes and tea silks.

    There are three examples of Vietnamese celadons, all from the 14th and 15th centuries, both from important American collections.

    Another star of the show is a large Japanese “Ao-Oribe” indented bowl from the late 16th – early 17th century. The corners are dipped in an dark grassy green glaze, framing a central diagonal field of brown playful scrolling tendril decoration. The other Japanese entry is a 13th – 14th century Ko-Seto ewer with streaming translucent ash glaze.
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    New Light and Abundance: Gold in Japanese Art
    Place: Ippodo Gallery - New York, 35 N Moore Street, USA
    Date: Mar 13, 2025 to Apr 17, 2025
    Detail: The pure material, never to tarnish nor rust, is the object of fascination and admiration for more than a thousand years in Japan. Gold represents divinity, the eternal, and symbolizes spiritual enlightenment since ancient times, serving to cover statues of Buddha, temples like Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, and the feudal lord Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s famous Gold Tea Room. Under shadows the gold leaf adorned folding byobu screen thrives; “in the darkness, where sunlight never penetrates, gold leaf will pick up a distant glimmer, then suddenly send forth an ethereal glow, a faint golden light like the horizon at sunset” (Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows). ‘Zipangu, the Land of Gold’ as Marco Polo named the archipelago more than five-hundred years ago, reminds how the country was once the foremost global producer of gold, which empowered the development of a distinct Japanese visual culture. While modern minimalist and wabisabi philosophies rise, flamboyance remains a quintessential element of Japanese aesthetics. Ippodo Gallery presents twenty-four top emerging Japanese artists in contemporary kogei for whom gold persists as a medium of innovation and virtue.

    Rising star lacquer artist Terumasa Ikeda leads the tradition of raden inlay with mother-of-pearl and gold leaf towards the timeless. Each bejeweled box, tea caddy, and incense container is the thinnest Kiso hinoki wood enveloped in layers of brushed lacquer. The final hand-laid gold and mother-of-pearl sparkle with iridescence in patterns evocative of electronics and the extraterrestrial.

    Noriyuki Furutani elevates the tea bowl to its most formal form as the works from his kiln singularly focus the tenmoku—perfectly rounded walls of equal height slanted outward, culminating in a sublime shaped lip. Golden glaze, his latest advancement, realizes the beauty of the play between light and ceramic. Hirotomi Maeda crafts by hand meticulous metalworks that incorporate ancient hand-beaten methods for molding sheets of pure gold and silver into forms of exceptional intricacy and function. The precious metals are inlaid with patterns in scintillating Japanese shibuichi alloy of gold, silver, and copper.

    Painter Kaori Someya nurtures the deep and rich hues of mineral pigments with the nobility of gold; the rusticity of the powdered earth-based mediums made from precious ore, animal shells, and sumi charcoal set off the subtle details of her gilded figures. The light dances as it strikes the gold, textured washi paper, and voluptuous paints, giving animated life to the woman and kimono; this is her debut showcase at Ippodo Gallery.
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    New 250 Years of Japanese Woodblock Prints
    Place: The Art of Japan at The Mark Hotel - New York, 25 East 77th Street, USA
    Date: Mar 14, 2025 to Mar 16, 2025
    Detail: This year, Under the auspices of the Year of the Snake, The Art of Japan will exhibit our selections at the Mark Hotel Friday March 14 – Sunday March 16. Come visit us and see recent acquisitions including, but not limited to: a unique impression of Hiroaki’s Awabi Diver in very fine condition; a complete set of Hiroshi Yoshida’s “Sailboat” showing six different phases of the day; several important Utamaro okubi-e portraits; Kuniyoshi’s masterpiece “Yoshitsune’s Ship Attacked by Taira Ghosts at Daimatsu Bay”, several works from Hokusai’s 36 views of Fuji, and other figurative, genre, and landscape masterpieces from the 18th – 20th C.

    Exhibiting at: The Mark Hotel, 25 East 77th Street, Meeting Room 215
    Asia Week hours: 10am-6pm (otherwise by appointment)
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    New Japanese Prints and Paintings, 1720−1820
    Place: Sebastian Izzard LLC Asian Art - New York, 17 East 76th Street, 3rd Floor, USA
    Date: Mar 14, 2025 to Mar 21, 2025
    Detail: We are pleased to present Japanese Prints and Paintings, 1720−1820 during Asia Week New York. The paintings and prints in this exhibition begin in the 1720s and end approximately a century later. Many of the technical developments and changes that took place during that time are covered. The most important of these, the introduction of full color printing, is represented by a fine group prints by Suzuki Harunobu, as well as examples by his contemporaries. Harunobu was a late bloomer, and the prints included here survey the last years of his life, beginning with the first print in his ground-breaking series Zashiki hakkei (Eight views of the parlor room).

    The end of the 1760s saw idealized portraits of actors replaced by ones more grounded in realistic portrayal, which are represented here by fine works by Ippitsusai Bunchō and Katsukawa Shunshō. The dainty, almost doll-like figures of Harunobu, were also replaced by robust women of Kitao Shigemasa and Isoda Kōryūsai. The transition away from the dominance of Harunobu to the burgeoning influence of Shigemasa, is represented by an important painting by Shiba Kōkan of a young woman in a pastoral setting.

    Interest in imported European ideas and images manifested itself in the introduction of uki-e, or “floating pictures,” which allowed landscape artists to move from traditional isometric perspective to indicate depth and volume, to single-point perspective and low picture planes. Examples by Utagawa Toyoharu and other landscapes in the exhibition indicate just how pervasive this interest was.

    The golden era of the 1790s includes a very fine example of Tōshūsai Sharaku’s portrait of Segawa Kikunojō III as Ōshizu, performed in the fifth month of 1794. One of the artist’s finest portraits, this specimen has exceptionally well-preserved color, allowing the viewer insights into Sharaku’s skills as a colorist. The portrait is also complemented by four fine prints by Kitagawa Utamaro, in addition to a rare full-length portrait by Sharaku, and others by Katsukawa Shun’ei, Utagawa Toyokuni, and his student Utagawa Kunimasa.

    The exhibition concludes with a fine painting by Kubo Shunman, who was a contemporary of both Utamaro and Toyokuni. Shunman was deeply involved with the literary world of his period, and his late painting of a Yoshiwara courtesan celebrating the Hassaku festival held during the summer is accompanied by a text by the noted literatus Kameda Bōsai, detailing the history of the event.
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    New Walasse Ting: Joy, Temptation and Magic
    Place: Alisan Fine Arts - Central, 21/F Lyndhurst Tower, 1 Lyndhurst Terrace, Hong Kong
    Date: Dec 11, 2024 to Mar 15, 2025
    Detail: Alisan Fine Arts is proud to announce the opening of Walasse Ting: Joy, Temptation and Magic, a survey exhibition of the artist’s evolution over five decades. While widely recognised for his exuberant and colourful paintings of Dionysiac nudes, luscious flowers and menagerie of animals, Walasse Ting (1928-2010) was a groundbreaking figure who bridged diverse Western movements - including CoBrA, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop art - with Chinese artistic traditions. This exhibition features representative works from each decade, spanning the 1950s to the 1990s, in mediums such as drawing, acrylic on canvas, and ink on paper, paying homage to his liberal meandering across Western and Eastern artistic influences, and unadulterated celebration of life’s abundance and temptations.
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    New The Elegant Craft of Japanese Flower Arrangements (Ikebana)
    Place: The Charles B. Wang Center - Stony Brook, Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, New York, USA
    Date: Mar 28, 2025
    Detail: By Toyomi Sobue

    Friday, March 28, 2025
    East Hall

    Session 1: Ikebana Essentials: Discover the Art of Japanese Flower Arrangement
    11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

    Session 2: Ikebana Mastery: Elevating Technique and Creative Expression
    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

    Admission:
    $60 (General) per workshop
    $50 (Students/Seniors) per workshop

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    $100 (General) for both workshops (save $20!)
    $85 (Students/Seniors) for both workshops (save $15!)

    Fee includes all materials.
    Limited to 15 people per session. Advance reservation is required.

    The Charles B. Wang Center is proud to again offer a series of ikebana workshops led by Toyomi Sobue. These hands-on sessions invite participants to explore the fundamental principles and techniques of ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement. Designed for all skill levels, from beginners to experienced practitioners, these workshops provide a serene and creative space to delve into this timeless art form.

    Each session includes all necessary materials, enabling participants to craft their own unique floral arrangements to take home. Guided by Toyomi Sobue’s expertise, you’ll gain a deeper appreciation for the elegance, simplicity, and mindfulness inherent in ikebana. Perfect for those seeking to explore new artistic expressions or unwind in a peaceful environment, this workshop series offers an opportunity to infuse your life with the beauty of floral artistry.


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    New The Art of Bonsai
    Place: The Charles B. Wang Center - Stony Brook, Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, New York, USA
    Date: May 02, 2025
    Detail: By Robert Mahler

    Friday, May 2, 2025
    East Hall

    Session 1: Bonsai Basics: Cultivating Your First Tree
    11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

    Session 2: Mastering Bonsai: Advanced Techniques and Artistic Refinement
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

    Admission for each session:
    $20 (General)
    $15 (Students/Seniors)

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    The Charles B. Wang Center is thrilled to welcome back Robert Mahler, the renowned bonsai master, for our seasonal bonsai workshops in collaboration with the Long Island Bonsai Society. Building on the success of his previous sessions, Mahler returns this spring to guide both beginners and seasoned enthusiasts through the art and science of bonsai. Through expert instruction and engaging hands-on demonstrations, participants will gain the knowledge and techniques necessary to nurture and shape their own bonsai creations. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from one of the best and embark on your own bonsai journey in a supportive and inspiring environment!

    Co-presented by the Long Island Bonsai Society
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    New Japanese and Korean Art
    Place: Christie's - New York, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, USA
    Date: Mar 18, 2025
    Detail: This season’s Japanese and Korean Art sale is led by a magnificent Moon Jar, Katsushika Hokusai’s masterpiece Great Wave and an important Heian period Dainichi Nyorai sculpture. The auction also features a fine selection of Goryeo dyansty celadon from the David and Nayda Collection, examples of rare Joseon period porcelains, a beautiful painting by Ito Jakuchu and a curated selection of lacquer works, metalworks, modern and contemporary art, sculptures, ceramics and much more. Discover the auction in person at our New York galleries from 14 to 17 March.
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    New Chinese Art
    Place: Christie's - New York, 1334 York Avenue, USA
    Date: Mar 18, 2025
    Detail: Live Auction: 18 March 2025
    09:00 EDT
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    New South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art
    Place: Christie's - New York, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, USA
    Date: Mar 19, 2025
    Detail: This season, Christie’s live auction of South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art will be held on 19 March during Asian Art Week in New York. The sale celebrates the evolution and diversity of the arts of South Asia and its diaspora by showcasing seminal works by the most iconic South Asian artists practicing in the 20th and 21st centuries. The live auction is complemented by our South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Online auction, running from 12 to 25 March.
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    New Indian and Himalayan Art
    Place: Sotheby's - New York, 1334 York Avenue, USA
    Date: Mar 20, 2025
    Detail: The Indian and Himalayan Art auction is led by a magnificent large Central Tibetan 14th century gilt-copper alloy figure of Shakyamuni Buddha from a distinguished Dutch private collection, and includes several private collections of Indian and Himalayan paintings, sculpture and ritual objects.

    The auction opens with an important New York private collection of classical Indian paintings, many of which were acquired directly from the Ehrenfeld collection. Highlights include two folios from the Tehri Garhwal series of the Gita Govinda and an Imperial Mughal painting of mythical birds. The sale follows with twelve superb works of art from the collection of the financier and scholar Kevin R. Brine, including an important portrait of Thangpa Chenpo, commissioned for Taklung Monastery circa 1180-1210, and and a rare large 17th century silver figure of the Fifth Shamarpa Lama.
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    New Asian Works of Art
    Place: Freeman's | Hindman - New York, 32 East 67th Street, USA
    Date: Mar 21, 2025
    Detail: 10:00AM ET
    Sale 2046
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    New Asian Art Signature Auction
    Place: Heritage Auctions - New York, 445 Park Avenue, USA
    Date: Mar 21, 2025
    Detail: Lot Viewing: HIGHLIGHTS ONLY

    March 13-15, 2025
    10:00 AM - 05:00 PM ET

    March 17-20, 2025
    10:00 AM - 05:00 PM ET

    Auction Location
    Heritage Auctions
    2801 W. Airport Freeway
    Dallas, TX 75261
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    New Glazed Realities: A Journey in Clay
    Place: Charles B. Wang Center Skylight Gallery - Stony Brook, Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, New York, USA
    Date: Mar 07, 2025
    Detail: By Sunkoo Yuh
    Friday, March 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Theatre

    Explore the transformative artistry of Sunkoo Yuh, a celebrated ceramicist and professor of Art at the University of Georgia, Athens, whose works are exhibited in esteemed institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Best known for his intricate groupings of forms—plants, animals, fish, and human figures—Yuh’s sculptures are reflections of “stacked histories,” drawing deeply from personal experiences, cultural background, and daily encounters.

    In this lecture, Yuh offers a rare glimpse into his creative journey, exploring the inspirations, relationships, and concerns that shape his art. He will discuss his symbolic language, his vibrant and innovative use of high-temperature glazes, and his distinctive approach to crafting three-dimensional narrative sculptures that weave themes of identity, spirituality, and the human experience. The lecture concludes with the opening reception of Yuh’s solo exhibition, providing an opportunity to engage further with his transformative work.
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    New Japonist Gardens in France
    Place: The Mary Griggs Burke Center for Japanese Art at Columbia University - New York, 116 Street and Broadway, USA
    Date: Apr 03, 2025
    Detail: Aida Yuen Wong
    Nathan Cummings and Robert B. and Beatrice C. Mayer Professor, Brandeis University
    April 3, 2025; 5:30–7PM
    807 Schermerhorn Hall

    This talk delves into the philosophical and cultural underpinnings of three Japanese-style gardens in France: Monet's garden in Giverny, Le Parc Oriental in Maulévrier (the largest Japanese garden in Europe), and the Japanese garden at the Albert Kahn Museum in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris. Constructed during the height of Japonisme, between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, these gardens draw on the "stroll gardens with ponds" tradition in Japanese landscaping. These tranquil sanctuaries not only reflect the stylistic principles of Japanese garden design but also underscore the cross-cultural exchanges that influenced their creation. The lecture will explore how these gardens serve as a testament to the enduring appeal of Japanese aesthetics and their adaptations within changing French environments.
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    New The Alchemical Life of a Chinese Seal-stone
    Place: The Mary Griggs Burke Center for Japanese Art at Columbia University - New York, 116 Street and Broadway, USA
    Date: Apr 17, 2025
    Detail: Amy McNair
    Professor, University of Kansas
    April 17, 2025; 5:30–7PM
    807 Schermerhorn Hall

    Based on the belief that alchemists can turn cinnabar into gold, ‘turning stone to gold’ became a metaphor for making something valuable from the ordinary. Engraved seal-stones are stones that become gold – aesthetically, sentimentally, and commercially. A seal-stone called “As in a Dream” was ‘turned from stone to gold’ no less than three times. First, the Shanghai seal-carver Xu Sangeng (1826-1890) transformed a small block of stone into a valuable art object, engraved with his enchanting calligraphy. Next, his student Maruyama Shin’itsu (1838-1916) rediscovered and authenticated it. Finally, in 2017, the seal-stone was auctioned in China for a small fortune.
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