Current Exhibitions

An image of an abstract oil painting on linen. It is dominated by azure blues, with gestural strokes of white, yellow, pink, orange, and black filling the bottom two-thirds of the composition.

Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians—The Mohammed Afkhami Collection

10 Sep 2021 - 08 May 2022
Drawn from the Mohammed Afkhami collection, “Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians” presents works by more than twenty artists from Iran and its diaspora.
A still from a video set in Ho Chi Minh City that follows twenty-eight scooter riders literally connected by their brightly colored ponchos and identical face masks.

Video Spotlight: UuDam Tran Nguyen

10 Sep 2021 - 16 Jan 2022
UuDam Tran Nguyen’s video “Waltz of the Machine Equestrians” is a witty examination of the social and environmental effects of the rapid urbanization occurring throughout Vietnam.
Lotus, Shiva Ahmadi

Video Spotlight: Shiva Ahmadi

10 Sep 2021 - 16 Jan 2022
Shiva Ahmadi's “Lotus” is a single-channel video installation inspired by two Buddha sculptures from the Asia Society Museum Collection.
Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Shiva Nataraja). India, Tamil Nadu. Chola period, about 970.

Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon

08 Oct 2021 - 09 Jan 2022
Ackland Art Museum
Presenting nearly seventy of the finest examples of Asian art in the United States, the exhibition showcases the extraordinary range of artworks thoughtfully assembled by John D. Rockefeller 3rd and his wife Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller.