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This page features all video coverage of Asia Society New York's recent public programs, exhibitions, and performances. For videos on a specific topic — Arts, Current Affairs, Education, or Policy — please use the menu links to the left. Please note: Clicking on a video will send you to Asia Society's global video gallery.

Histories of the Present: Contemporary Korean Art in Context
Arts

Histories of the Present: Contemporary Korean Art in Context

Asia Society Triennial Artistic Director Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe explores the sociopolitical and emotional schism of North and South Korea through the lens of contemporary art with artists Mina Cheon, Kyungah Ham, and Minouk Lim.
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Hacking the Syllabus: Critical Solidarities with Nadine Naber and Alisa Bierria
Arts

Hacking the Syllabus: Critical Solidarities with Nadine Naber and Alisa Bierria

Dr. Nadine Naber delivers the lecture "The Radical Potential of Mothering for Abolition, Anti-Militarism, and Transnational Feminist Solidarity," followed by a discussion with Dr. Alisa Bierria.
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The Prospect of a U.S.-Taiwan Bilateral Trade Agreement
Policy

The Prospect of a U.S.-Taiwan Bilateral Trade Agreement

Wendy Cutler, Rupert Hammond-Chambers, and Roy Chun Lee discuss whether a deal would be in the U.S.' national interest and to what degree it might provoke China. James K.J. Lee provided opening remarks.
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2020 Presidential Election: The Biden Administration & U.S.-Japan Relations
Policy
 /  Japan

2020 Presidential Election: The Biden Administration and U.S.-Japan Relations

Wendy Cutler, Daniel Russel, and Yuichi Hosoya discuss President-elect Biden’s victory in the U.S. presidential election and its implications on U.S.-Japan relations.
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The Future of Democracy and Philanthropy
Policy

The Future of Democracy and Philanthropy

Andreas Dracopoulos and Kevin Rudd discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the democracies in the 21st century.
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Not Home Alone: Contemporary Art as Resistance in the Asia Society Triennial
Arts

Not Home Alone: Contemporary Art as Resistance in the Asia Society Triennial

In this curatorial lecture, cocurator and former Artistic Director of the Triennial Boon Hui Tan presents his artistic concept and guiding themes through a close reading of artworks in the inaugural Asia Society Triennial.
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Looking Like the Enemy: Race and the Legacy of the Vietnam War
Arts

Looking Like the Enemy: Race and the Legacy of the Vietnam War

A group of experts explores the reverberations of the American-Vietnam War across the two countries' cultures.
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President Biden: The Asia Inbox
Policy

President Biden: The Asia Inbox

A discussion on the results of the 2020 U.S. election with Ambassador Chan Heng Chee, Wendy Cutler, and Vali Nasr.
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We Are All Contemporary
Arts

We Are All Contemporary

Two Asia Society Triennial artists working South Asian miniature and western oil painting practices discuss how historical context and cultural specificity enrich our understanding of the global contemporary.
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Home and Away: Asian Artists in America
Arts

Home and Away: Asian Artists in America

Asia Society Triennial artists Jordan Nassar and Shahzia Sikander reflect on the current playing field of artistic representation for Asian American and Asian diasporic artists in the United States.
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Why Art? Why Now?
Arts

Why Art? Why Now?: Artistic Practice as a Way of Thinking

This panel gathers Asia Society Triennial artists whose practice responds to questions of historical conflict and memory, cultural ignorance and difference, and the complex cultural contexts around environmental safety.
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Between War and Peace: U.S. Policy on Iran
Policy

Between War and Peace: U.S. Policy on Iran

Puneet Talwar and Andrew Parasiliti discuss the state of the U.S.-Iran relationship.
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We The People: Xu Bing and Sun Xun Respond to the Declaration of Independence
Arts

We The People: Xu Bing and Sun Xun Respond to the Declaration of Independence

Artists Xu Bing and Sun Xun discuss their Triennial pieces responding to the Declaration of Independence with Asia Society Triennial Executive Chair Agnes Hsu-Tang and guest curator Susan Beningson.
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Asia Society in 2020, Never More Relevant
Current Affairs

Asia Society in 2020 — Never More Relevant

See how Asia Society rose to the occasion during a year marked by unprecedented challenges.
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Dreaming Together: New-York Historical Society and Asia Society Museum
Arts

Dreaming Together: New-York Historical Society and Asia Society Museum

Asia Society Triennial Artistic Director Boon Hui Tan and New-York Historical Society curator Wendy N.E. Ikemoto discuss the themes of the Triennial collateral exhibition Dreaming Together: New-York Historical Society & Asia Society Museum.
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Hacking the Syllabus: Critical Solidarities with Ananya Chatterjea and Thomas F. DeFrantz
Arts

Hacking the Syllabus: Critical Solidarities with Ananya Chatterjea and Thomas F. DeFrantz

Choreographer, dancer, and professor Ananya Chatterjea lectures on movement in alignment with the uprising, followed by a conversation between her and professor Thomas F. DeFrantz.
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'The India Way' with India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Policy

'The India Way' with India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, discusses his new book The India Way with ASPI President Kevin Rudd
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Kazakhstan: Minister of Foreign Affairs Mukhtar Tileuberdi
Policy

Kazakhstan: Minister of Foreign Affairs Mukhtar Tileuberdi

Mukhtar Tileuberdi, minister of foreign affairs of Kazakhstan, delivers an address before joining Tom Nagorski for a conversation.
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