Press Releases

Asia Society celebrates 60th anniversary with special exhibitions and signature events across the Society’s global network.

On view at Asia Society Museum in New York March 8, 2016 through January 8, 2017

Four theatrical tales of paper making from Japanese history unfold in a world created by distinguished paper artist, Kyoko Ibe.

A new Asia Society Policy Institute report argues that India has can boost economic growth at home, in the Asia-Pacific, and globally if it is better integrated with the region by joining APEC.

Survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami join 9-11 first-responders, victims and family members to discuss a powerful outreach program that has transcended borders.

On view at Asia Society Museum in New York February 9 through May 8, 2016

'Season of Japan' will include talks, films, and performances, explores Japan’s past, present and future.

“Catching Tigers and Flies” is designed to give users a sense of the scope and character of the anti-corruption campaign by graphically rendering information about nearly 1,500 of its targets whose cases have been publicly announced

Prize is awarded annually to the best example of journalism about Asia during the calendar year.

Grant will be used to establish a new endowment at Asia Society, The Mary Griggs Burke Fund, dedicated to exhibition development, as well as related educational programming.

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and Asia Society President and CEO Josette Sheeran, sign agreement to work together to implement Global Citizenship Education at global, regional, national and/or school levels.

Asia Society Switzerland, based in Zurich, to hold inaugural program in January 2016

COAL+ICE, a documentary photography and video exhibition and project of the Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations, opened November 30th at the Hôtel de Pontalba.

Recognizing Threats to Cultural Heritage in Asian Arts, Summit Focuses on Paths to Assure Asia’s Cultural Legacy.

Asia-Pacific’s preeminent young leadership summit to feature more than 100 alumni, Asia Society co-chair Ronnie Chan, former U.S. General David Petraeus, filmmaker David Holbrooke, former political prisoner Maziar Bahari.

The documentary photography exhibition features 32 artists whose work visually narrates the complex chain of consequences triggered by mankind’s use of fossil fuels.

U.S.-China Film Summit teams up with China’s most prestigious film festival to promote international collaboration.

Includes Q&A with director Isabel Sandoval; screening of Thy Womb by Cannes’ Best Director winner Brillante Mendoza.

In Voicing the Ancestral Sacred, Grace reclaims and revitalizes oral and aural traditional performances of the precolonial Philippines.

Bringing together leading entrepreneurs, business executives, and policymakers from both China and the West, Innovation 2015: From China to Silicon Valley offers a one-of-a-kind platform for dialogue and exchange.