Past Exhibitions

Inspired by Modern Indian Art: Works by New York City Students

21 May 2019 - 04 Aug 2019

The work of New York City students created in response to the great artistic traditions of Asia.

M.F. Husain: Art and the Nation

20 Mar 2019 - 04 Aug 2019

An exhibition focused on M.F. Husain's mural-sized painting Lightning, created for then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s Congress Party public rally in 1975.

Masterpieces from the Asia Society Museum Collection

05 Mar 2019 - 04 Aug 2019

This exhibition features a selection of the finest artworks from the renowned Asia Society Museum Collection.

Reza Aramesh: 12 noon, Monday 5 August, 1963

05 Mar 2019 - 04 Aug 2019

Reza Aramesh examines the power imbalance between captor and captive and the aestheticization of violence in media coverage of wartime atrocities.

In Focus: A Complete Map of the World—The Eighteenth-century Convergence of China and Europe

05 Feb 2019 - 05 May 2019

This exhibition takes Ma Junliang’s Complete Map of the World as a starting point to consider interactions between China and Europe during the eighteenth century.

The Progressive Revolution: Modern Art for a New India

14 Sep 2018 - 20 Jan 2019

A landmark exhibition of works by members of the Progressive Artists’ Group, formed in India following independence from the British Empire.

Tuan Andrew Nguyen: Letters from Saigon to Saigon

07 Sep 2018 - 06 Jan 2019

A series of newly acquired photographs from artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen, the works capture a correspondence between a young Vietnamese rapper and African American rapper Saigon.