Fall Exhibition Preview

August 8th, 2019 by Ami Li

Though Asia Society Museum has been closed for installation, our fall exhibitions open to the public on Tuesday, September 10, 2019. If you are a member of Asia Society, you are cordially invited to the members-only opening reception and lecture on Monday, September 9. Find out more about joining as a member.

Opening September 10, 2019

Xiaoze Xie. Chinese Library No. 62, 2017. Oil on canvas. H. 60 x W. 60 in. (152 x 152 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Chambers Fine Art. Photography courtesy of the artist.

Xiaoze Xie: Objects Of Evidence

Xiaoze Xie’s most recent work focuses on banned books across mediums to examine the subjectivity of censorship in relation to shifting sociopolitical and religious ideologies.

Wang Dongling: Ink In Motion

The exhibition marks the first public presentation of Wang Dongling’s Laozi, Dao De Jing, Chapter I & II, a large-scale calligraphy work created for Asia Society Museum by one of the most celebrated living calligraphers from China.

Laksmi detail — Lakshmi (Kichijoten). Japan. Possibly Meiji Period (1868–1912). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk. Image only, H. 46 x W. 21 3/4 in. (116.8 x 55.2 cm). Asia Society, New York: Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, 1979.208. Photograph by Synthescape

In Focus: Lakshmi

This exhibition explores the importance and worship of Lakshmi, a beloved goddess, and consort of the god Vishnu, who is part of the complex Hindu belief that originated in India.