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Spotlight: Celebrating Asian Art
This four-part series focuses on the Metropolitan Museum's Department of Asian Art and offers an intimate look at the treasures in the collection through the eyes of our curatorial staff.
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Monika Bincsik, Assistant Curator, Department of Asian Art, MMA
John Guy, Florence and Herbert Irving Curator of the Arts of South and Southeast Asia, Department of Asian Art, MMA
Soyoung Lee, Associate Curator, Department of Asian Art, MMA
Joseph Scheier-Dolberg, Assistant Curator, Department of Asian Art, MMA
This four-part series focuses on the Museum's Department of Asian Art and offers an intimate look at the treasures in the collection through the eyes of our curatorial staff. Each morning begins with a light breakfast in the Balcony Lounge, where you will have the opportunity to meet the curators and then venture into the galleries to see works of art before the Museum opens to the public.
October 15
Arts from the Roof of the World: The New Kashmir, Tibet, and Nepal Galleries
John Guy, Florence and Herbert Irving Curator of the Arts of South and Southeast Asia
October 22
Korea: 100 Years of Collecting at the Met
Soyoung Lee, Associate Curator
October 29
Celebrating the Arts of Japan: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection
Monika Bincsik, Assistant Curator
November 5
Masterpieces of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy from the Metropolitan Collection
Joseph Scheier-Dolberg, Assistant Curator of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy
Featured Articles
We note the passing of many prominent individuals who played some role in U.S.-China affairs, whether in politics, economics or in helping people in one place understand the other.
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Ying Zhu looks at new developments for Chinese and global streaming services.
David Zweig examines China's talent recruitment efforts, particularly towards those scientists and engineers who left China for further study. U.S. universities, labs and companies have long brought in talent from China. Are such people still welcome?