Art

Wu School and the Three Perfections

The Sackler Gallery presents works from the Wu School, a renowned group of Ming dynasty artists with a discussion from curator Stephen Allee.

Symbols in Buddhism

Join the LA County Museum of Art in their workshop on the symbolism of the wheel and lotus in Buddhist art.

Seeing Buddha, the Photographic Experience

The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford presents photojournalist David Butow. In this collection, Butow decided to explore the parallels of his craft with some of the Buddhist concepts he'd been studying such as empathy, compassion and awareness of the present moment.

Facets of the Three Jewels: Tibetan Buddhist Art from the Collections of George E. Hibbard and the Saint Louis Art Museum

From intricate paintings and sparkling bronzes to specialized ritual objects, the visual culture of Buddhism expresses deep religious ideas across a spectrum of philosophical, ethical, and cosmological concerns. This exhibition elucidates the visual language of such art works, establishing them as conveyors of religious meaning as well as objects of exquisite craftsmanship

Classical Chinese: New Ways of Teaching an Old Language

Paul van Els of Leiden University will be speaking at Princeton University.

Evenings With Ai Weiwei - Fairytale

The University of Washington presents a screening of Fairytale by Ai Weiwei.

Chen Shaoxiong: Ink. History. Media

The Seattle Art Museum presents Chen's two recent video works—Ink History and Ink Media—as well as their companion ink drawings.

Porcelain for the Emperor: Chinese Ceramics of the Kangxi Reign (1662–1722)

Philadelphia Museum of Art hosts an exhibition that showcases the extraordinary technical and aesthetic achievements of the Kangxi-era potters.

Chinese Jade - Inspiration from Nature & Auspicious Meanings

The Sunset Branch Library in San Francisco, CA presents a talk and slides about Chinese Jade.

Hiroshige’s City: From Edo to Tokyo

How does a city develop a distinct visual identity? This question became a major theme in Japanese art during the Edo period (1615–1868).

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