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Melissa Chiu

Melissa Chiu

Dr. Melissa Chiu is Director of the Asia Society Museum in New York and Vice President of the Society's Global Arts Programming. She was appointed director in 2004 after serving for three years as the Museum's first curator of contemporary Asian and Asian American art. As a leading authority on Asian contemporary art, she has initiated a number of major initiatives at the Asia Society Museum, including the launch of a contemporary art collection to complement the museum's outstanding Rockefeller Collection of traditional Asian art.

Recent publications and appearances on AsiaSociety.org

Asia Society Museum Offers New Look at India's Late Mughal Era
Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu previews the upcoming exhibition <i>Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707–1857</i>.
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Video: Asia Society Museum Exhibit Depicts 'Transitional Moment' in India's History
Take a video tour of Asia Society's upcoming museum exhibition on the late Mughal period. It's the first time such portraits and historical photographs have been show in the West.
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Video: Artist Sarah Sze Crosses the 'Line' at Asia Society Museum
Video tour: the acclaimed American artist reveals the artistic intent behind her new exhibition at Asia Society Museum in New York.
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Melissa Chiu: Ai Weiwei's 'New York Photographs'
NEW YORK, June 27, 2011 — Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu offers background on the exhibition Ai Weiwei: New York Photographs...
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Asia Society Reacts to China's Release of Artist Ai Weiwei
Jailed dissident whose Asia Society photo exhibit begins June 29 was reportedly freed on bail.
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Ai Weiwei's Zodiac Heads
NEW YORK, May 16, 2011 - Director of the Asia Society Museum in New York, Melissa Chiu,discusses the history of Ai Weiwei's zodiac heads. (...
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Slideshow: Inside Ai Weiwei's 'Zodiac Heads'
Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu explains the history and cultural significance of detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads in New York City.
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In China, a Return to a 'Fearful Climate' for Artists
Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu writes about freedom of expression in China for CNN.com.
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Ai Weiwei's Detention a 'Shift Back to the Post-Tiananmen Square Atmosphere'
Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu recently took part in a discussion featured on the New York Times' Room for Debate page entitled "Ai Weiwei and the Artist's Role in China."
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Melissa Chiu: Ai Weiwei's 'Activism Different From His Art'
Artlog Magazine published a roundtable discussion on the detained Chinese artist.
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