Past Exhibitions

Action 132:  Saigon, 5 August 1963 (detail)

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.
Snuff Box

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.

M. F. Husain. Peasant Couple, 1950.

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. From Letters from Saigon to Saigon, 2008.

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.
Detail of still from Time Vivarium

Clouds Stretching for a Thousand Miles: Ink in Asian Art

22 Jun 2018 - 12 Aug 2018
Selections from Asia Society Museum’s new acquisitions of ink and calligraphic art

Masterpieces From the Asia Society Museum Collection

22 May 2018 - 12 Aug 2018
This exhibition features a selection of the finest artworks from the renowned Asia Society Museum Collection.
New York City public school students visit Asia Society Museum. Photo by Elsa Ruiz

Inspired by Asian Art: Works by New York City Students

15 May 2018 - 12 Aug 2018
The work of New York City students created in response to the great artistic traditions of Asia.
Vajriputra Arhat. 17th century. Possibly Kham (East Tibet). Tradition: Gelug. Pigments on cloth. MU-CIV/MAO 'Giuseppe Tucci,' inv. 926/759. Placement as indicated on verso: 3rd from right. Image courtesy of the Museum of Civilisation/Museum of Oriental Art 'Giuseppe Tucci,' Rome.

Unknown Tibet: The Tucci Expeditions and Buddhist Painting

27 Feb 2018 - 20 May 2018
Recently restored Tibetan paintings collected by Giuseppe Tucci during his expeditions to Tibet and now in the collection of the MU-CIV/MAO "Giuseppe Tucci," Rome.
An Assembly of Gods

In Focus: An Assembly of Gods

26 Sep 2017 - 25 Mar 2018
This exhibition takes an in-depth look at a large Chinese pantheon painting from the early nineteenth century.

After Darkness: Southeast Asian Art in the Wake of History

08 Sep 2017 - 21 Jan 2018
At a time of social and political tension, how should art and artists respond to the challenges of the moment? Does art have the power to change the world or does the world shape the evolution of art?