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The Cornell East Asia Program will host Tong Yangtze (Grace Tong, born 1942), one of Taiwan’s most important avant-garde calligraphers, as the 2020 Wong Chai Lok Calligraphy Fellow at Cornell.
Lai Fong (ca. 1839–1890) was one of the most significant Chinese photographers of the nineteenth century, yet he remains a little-known figure outside of specialist circles.
Asia can be defined in many ways, geographically, culturally, and historically. As the world’s largest and most populated continent, Asia is not uniform or fixed: its boundaries shift, its people and cultures are diverse, and its histories are complex. After a transformative renovation, the Seattle Asian Art Museum—one of only a few Asian art museums in the United States—reopens with a presentation that embraces this complexity. You will not find galleries labeled by geography. Instead, works from different cultures and from ancient to contemporary times come together to tell stories about Asia in a non-linear narrative.
The Princeton University Art Museum presents an exhibiton focused on the transformation of feasting in the Song, Liao and Yuan dynasties.
The Newark Museum presents an exhibition on birds in art featuring works from around Asia.
Highlighting the artistic traditions of diverse cultural regions, this new installation brings together a stunning array of objects from India, Nepal, Tibet, China, Korea, Japan, Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia. (Exhibition dates: October 1, 2017 – October 1, 2020)
Explore the Philadelphia Museuem of Art's recently redone Chinese galleries, full of newly restored art, textiles and photographs.
A new installation, Pure Amusements: Wealth, Leisure, and Culture in Late Imperial China features Chinese works ranging from prints to sculpture and furnishings to ceramics drawn from SAM's collection and focused on objects created for, and enjoyed during, the intentional practice of leisure. (December 24, 2016 - Ongoing)