Arts Programs & Events

An evening with a trailblazing collector of contemporary Chinese art in the Western World, Uli Sigg.

Join a conversation between Japanese and American writers as part of the annual PEN World Voices Festival.

In this performance, traditional Nanyin is merged with its Zen influences, and with other elements such as vocals, Indian tabla and keyboard instrumentation, Liyuan dance and more, to bring new life to this ancient art form.

Eko Nugroho’s Wayang Bocor is a cutting-edge theater group where puppets and actors combine elements of street art, comics, video games and Indonesia traditional shadow puppets, weaving a surreal retelling of the arrival of Islam in Java.

Eko Nugroho’s Wayang Bocor is a cutting-edge theater group where puppets and actors combine elements of street art, comics, video games and Indonesia traditional shadow puppets, weaving a surreal retelling of the arrival of Islam in Java.

Space-Time Continuum-Pro et Contra is a contemporary chamber concerto for 13 wind and string instruments that examines the nature of time by utilizing a uniquely unstable tempo that creates an ethereal effect.

Invocation is Pakistani-born jazz guitarist Rez Abbasi’s sextet featuring pianist Vijay Iyer and saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa. This new project explores Carnatic classical music from Southern India through the idiom of jazz.

In the far mountains of Ningxia province, Muslim elder Ma Zishan mourns his deceased wife. His son wants to sacrifice the family’s only bull in memory of his mother, yet Zishan’s sorrow and his love for the old animal leave him unsure.

Look back at Asia Society's pioneering Asian contemporary art exhibitions.

In this lush backstage drama set in the decades leading up to 1949, a pair of Chinese opera actresses sing their way from the countryside to the city and back again.