Renowned installation artist Liu Jianhua has created a thought-provoking new artwork that blends the classic and contemporary: Porcelain letters and fragments of Chinese characters, suspended in midair, invite you to hunt for meaning. Commissioned for our 50th anniversary, Liu’s striking artwork links the building’s past as the city’s Main Library with the museum’s distinctly forward-looking mission.
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This contemporary composition by David Samas and Peter Whitehead, was performed on the replica-bells and overtone flute at the Asian Art Museum as part of the exhibition, Tomb Treasures: New Discoveries from China's Han Dynasty. Special thanks to the Center for New Music in San Francisco.
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Artist Hwang Samyong discusses his artwork Pebbles, which will be on view at the Asian Art Museum as part of the exhibition Mother-of-Pearl Lacquerware from Korea.
Guest curator Allison Harding provides an overview of 28 Chinese, a special exhibition of 48 contemporary artworks by 28 Chinese artists presented at the Asian Art Museum (June 5–August 16, 2015).
Through the 3 People Project, the students of Donaldina Cameron House in Chinatown trained to capture on film the often untold immigration experiences of community elders.
Benoy K. Behl's documentary, Ramayana: The Greatest Epic, takes one to India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal and Indonesia to document and tell the story of this great epic through multi-religious, international cultural performances. Generations of children have learned the vast story of the “Ramayana” through the incredibly diverse methods of performance and storytelling. Join the conversation with the director and curator of the exhibition, Forrest McGill.
Join Mera and Donald Rubell, founders of the extraordinary Rubell Family Collection in conversation with Dr. Pedro Moura Carvalho, Deputy Director of Arts & Programs at the Asian Art Museum, as they discuss 28 Chinese, which was the result of more than a decade’s worth of exploration, research and collecting.