Panel Discussion with The Winter Show, Art and the Great Expositions: The Worldwide Web of Taste, 1876-1904, Courtesy The Winter Show

If you missed our special live panel discussion, Art and the Great Expositions: The World Wide Web of Taste, 1876–1904 at The Winter Show in January, you can watch it now on our site!

Our esteemed panel of experts assessed the long-term aesthetic impact that World Fairs had on American decorative art and painting during the Gilded Age and on early twentieth century decorative arts and paintings, including the part played by Japanese art and crafts.

With a focus on works displayed in Philadelphia, Paris, Chicago, and St. Louis, the distinguished experts on the panel–moderated by Dessa Goddard, U.S. Head of the Asian Art Group, Senior Vice President of Bonhams–discussed the influence of Paris on American painting, the impact of Japanese arts and crafts on American decorative arts, especially Tiffany, and how the expositions served as a background for the transformation in 19th century painting.

Panelists:

Annette Blaugrund, Curator and former director (and first woman director) of the National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts (1997-2007)

Joe Earle, Global Senior Consultant for Japanese Art at Bonhams

Medill Harvey, Ruth Bigelow Wriston Curator of American Decorative Arts and Manager of the Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mark D. Mitchell, Holcombe T. Green Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at the Yale University Art Gallery

Moderate by Dessa Goddard, U.S. Head of the Asian Art Group, Senior Vice President and Head, Business Strategy for Chinese Paintings, and Senior Specialist for Chinese Art at Bonhams

Watch this insightful discussion here!

Maa Laxmi, From the Darshan Series, 2011, Manjari Sharma (b. Mumbai, India, lives and works in California), archival inkjet print in brass-embossed frame, Collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art; Museum purchase, 2020.48.2a-b, Photography credit: Manjari Sharma, © Manjari Sharma

Envisioning the Hindu Divine: Expanding Darshan and Manjari Sharma
March 7 – July 6, 2025
Lecture: Friday, March 7 from 6-7pm (in-person and live-streamed)
Exhibition Tours: Beginning Sunday, March 9 (times vary)
Free Spring Break Family Day: Tuesday, March 11, 10am-7pm

The San Antonio Museum of Art is pleased to open Envisioning the Hindu Divine: Expanding Darshan and Manjari Sharma, an exhibition features forty historical objects from India and Southeast Asia and nine photographs by global contemporary artist Manjari Sharma. Bringing together the striking work of the rising contemporary art star with the historic collections of the Birmingham Museum of Art, this exhibition showcases nine of the most significant deities of the Hindu pantheon and their contemporary relevance in art and faith. These works serve as a gateway to the concept of darshan—seeing and being seen by the divine, a profound spiritual exchange of glances experienced through consecrated images of gods. The vibrant, varied, and sometimes contradictory stories of these gods—as well as their familial relationships with each other—are shared through the works in this exhibition.

Contemporary artist Manjari Sharma makes work that is rooted in portraiture and addresses issues of identity, multiculturalism, and personal mythology. Beginning as a multiyear, crowdfunded project on Kickstarter, Sharma’s Darshan series of photographs aimed to recreate the experience of encountering the nine Hindu deities. An extraordinary aspect of Sharma’s work is her commitment to creating each scene without digital manipulation. All items visible in the images were present when photographed, not digitally added later.

Be sure to catch an evening lecture on opening day, Meeting Some Gods: Contemporary and Classic Visions of Hinduism, with curator Katherine Anne Paul. Explore the rich diversity of Hindu art through Manjari Sharma’s striking portraits of nine major deities, alongside historic depictions from the Birmingham Museum of Art and SAMA. This illustrated lecture examines Sharma’s work in dialogue with traditional representations of Ganesha, Lakshmi, Saraswati, and others, highlighting India’s artistic influence across Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, and Thailand.

To learn more and view all the related programs, click here.

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Atagoshita and Yabu Lane (Meisho Edo hyakkei: Atagoshita Yabukoji), 1857, oban tate-e 14 x 9 5/8 in. (35.5 x 24.4 cm)

Landscape Escapes: Famous Views of the Floating World
March 13 – 21, 2025
Asia Week Hours: 11am-5pm (appointments appreciated)
145 West 58th Street, Suite 6D

Scholten Japanese Art is excited to announce their new exhibition, Landscape Escapes: Famous Views of the Floating World, opening on March 13, as part of Asia Week New York!

Landscape Escapes includes numerous works by the 19th century masters of the landscape genre, including Katsushika Hokusai, and Utagawa Hiroshige, as well as rare contributions by artists who are not as closely associated with the subject such as Keisai Eisen, and Yashima Gakutei. The show will also explore some of the earliest forms of landscape prints by artists of the Katsukawa School, including Katsukawa Shunsho, and his followers, Katsukawa Shunsen (Shunko II) and Katsukawa Shuntei.

They look forward to welcoming you to the gallery soon!  Until then, preview Part I of the exhibit by clicking here and preview Part II by clicking here.

Arnold Chang (American, b. 1954), Secluded Valley in the Cold Mountains 寒山幽谷, 2008, handscroll; ink on paper, painting section: 23 5/8 x 136 5/8 in.(60 x 347 cm), John L. Severance Fund 2024.69 © Arnold Chang

Landscapes by Arnold Chang: A Retrospective and Recent Acquisitions 張洪山水畫回顧展
March 8 – November 9, 2025
240A Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy
Clara T. Rankin Suite of Chinese Art Galleries

Celebrate the remarkable career of Arnold Chang with the Cleveland Museum of Art’s latest exhibition, Landscapes by Arnold Chang: A Retrospective and Recent Acquisitions 張洪山水畫回顧展. The exhibit features the museum’s newly acquired Secluded Valley in the Cold Mountains, a pivotal work that marked his breakthrough as an international contemporary ink artist. Showcasing 18 works by the artist, plus the CMA’s Number 5, 1950 (1950) by Jackson Pollock, the exhibition explores Chang’s formative years, which eventually culminate in free and exploratory ways that include the use of photography and color.

To learn more, click here.

Also opening soon are two new gallery rotations, Indian Painting of the 1500s: Continuities and Transformations and Juxtaposition and Juncture in Korean Modern and Contemporary Art, offering fresh perspectives on significant works from the museum’s renowned collections.

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Inoue Yuichi (Japanese, 1916-1985), Hin (poverty, the naked state of birth, in Zen philosophy), 1974, ink on Japanese paper, 107 × 126 cm (image); 109 × 128 cm (overall)

Masterpieces of Japanese Art: A Timeless Dialogue
March 14 – 21, 2025
Exhibiting at: Joan B Mirviss LTD, 39 East 78th Street, Suite 401
Asia Week Hours: March 14 & 17-21, 11am-6pm; March 15, 11am-5pm; March 16, 12-5pm (otherwise by appointment)

Shibunkaku is delighted to present Masterpieces of Japanese Art: A Timeless Dialogue, an exhibition showcasing the richness of Japanese artistry, from classical ink paintings to avant-garde expressions during this season’s Asia Week New York. Featuring masterpieces such as Hakuin Ekaku’s Edo-period Zen scrolls, Munakata Shikō’s dynamic woodcut prints, and Inoue Yuichi’s powerful single-character calligraphy, this collection highlights the enduring interplay between tradition and innovation, celebrating the timeless beauty of Japanese artistic expression.

They look forward to welcoming you to their exhibition in New York soon!

Kalacakra, Tibet, 18th c., gilt-copper alloy with pigment, h:13 3/8 in. (34 cm)

Classical Art from India and the Himalayas
March 13 – 21, 2025
Exhibiting at: Adam Williams Fine Art, 24 East 80th Street
Asia Week Hours: March 13-15 & 17-21, 10am-6pm; March 16, 11am-5pm (otherwise by appointment)

Carlton Rochell Asian Art is delighted to present Classical Art from India and the Himalayas, featuring several notable works from Tibet in this year’s Asia Week exhibition. From an American private collection is a rare image of the Buddhist divinity Kalacakra, beautifully cast in copper alloy and sumptuously gilded. It dates to the 18th century and shares some stylistic influences from the finest Qianlong period sculptures from China.

Another exquisite work is a painting depicting the Second Taklung Abbot Kuyalwa, commissioned for the Riwoche Monastery in Tibet and dating to c.1297-1366. This regal portrait has survived in remarkable condition with its vibrant mineral-based color palette of rich reds, blues, and yellows. The intricate details of his robe, throne and surrounding lineage figures are drawn in extremely-fine detail.

Finally, there is an elegant standing figure of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara hailing from the renowned Zimmerman Collection. One of the most popular bodhisattvas in the Buddhist pantheon, Avalokitesvara’s elegant tribhanga pose and right hand in a mudra bestowing charity reinforce his divine countenance. This work, which dates from the 15th century, has been published numerously in many exhibition catalogs.

They look forward to welcoming you soon to their exhibition!

To learn more, click here.

David Stanley Hewett, The Instant, 2024, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas, 60 H × 24 W × 1.5 D in (152.4 × 61 × 3.8 cm)

KOGEI and Art
March 13 – April 11, 2025
Opening Reception: Thursday March 13, 6-8pm (with Artist Talk by George Inaki Root at 7pm)
Asia Week Hours: March 13–21, 10am-5pm, daily (otherwise by appointment)
16 East 79th Street

During this season’s Asia Week New York, Onishi Gallery is thrilled to showcase contemporary works that celebrate Japanese traditional craftsmanship and innovation at their newly established Upper East Side location.  KOGEI and Art features artworks that vary in mediums and categories of KOGEI, including metalwork, lacquerware, ceramic, screen and painting.

“KOGEI” refers to works made using materials and methods that have stood the test of time, reflecting uncompromising dedication to technical perfection and a search for new forms of expression. This exhibition highlights the growing role of KOGEI in contemporary Western lifestyle and global art and design. The title KOGEI and Art is given to reflect the unique character of KOGEI, not seen in other cultures, and to emphasize its separate but complementary status compared to “Art” in the conventional Western sense.

They look forward to seeing you soon in New York!

Courtesy Charles B. Wang Center

Cycles of Clay: The Ceramic Narratives of Sunkoo Yuh
March 7 – May 24, 2025
Artist lecture: Friday, March 7, 2025, 4-5pm in Theatre
Opening reception: Friday, March 7, 2025, 5-7pm in Skylight Gallery

Charles B. Wang Center is delighted to present Cycles of Clay: The Ceramic Narratives of Sunkoo Yuh, an exhibition exploring the profound creativity of Sunkoo Yuh, an artist who navigates the intersections of cultural heritage and contemporary expression. Yuh’s ceramic sculptures combine bold colors, evocative imagery, and intricate figures layered vertically to evoke histories and community connection. Themes of Buddhist cycles, Confucian ideals, and sociopolitical commentary permeate his works, which includes monumental pieces like Long Beach Summer and Athens Winter. Through experimental glazing and unpredictable firing techniques, Yuh captures the tension between order and chaos to create visually compelling sculptures that explore life’s beauty, fragility, and complexity.

Join The Wang Center for both the artist lecture and opening reception on Friday, March 7th. They look forward to welcoming you for engaging conversations over refreshments, good company, and art!

To learn more and RSVP for free, click here.

Wada Morihiro (1944-2008), Yōmonki; Dancing Pattern Vessel, ca. 2007, glazed and slip-glazed stoneware, 14 1/2 x 8 7/8 x 7 3/8 in.; Kakugen jōmonki; Brilliance and Mystery Banded Pattern Vessel, ca. 2006, slip-glazed stoneware, 20 x 10 5/8 x 7 in; Hōenki II; Square and Round Vessel II, ca. 2006, slip-glazed stoneware with Oribe glazed interior, 11 3/4 x 21 1/4 x 11 5/8 in.

BEYOND THE SURFACE: The Unity of Form and Pattern in the Work of Wada Morihiro (1944-2008)
March 13 – 21, 2025
Asia Week Hours: March 13–14 & 17–21, 11am-6pm, March 15, 11am-5pm, March 16, 12-5pm
39 East 78th Street, Suite 401

Presented by Joan B Mirviss LTD, Beyond Surface: The Unity of Form and Pattern in the Work of Wada Morihiro (1944-2008), an exhibition fifteen years in the making, will be the first comprehensive retrospective for this seminal clay master during Asia Week New York. It will showcase seventy works, most acquired directly from the estate of the artist, representing nearly all of his diverse patterns on his ever-changing forms. Eleven of these works, including two unique entwining-vine patterned vessels previously unseen outside Japan, were intended for his 2008 solo exhibition at the gallery–– a show that would have been Wada’s first comprehensive retrospective–– had it not been for his untimely passing. Fortunately, the Wada family reserved these works and many others and then encouraged Joan B Mirviss LTD to host this important exhibition in New York. A bilingual, fully illustrated, scholarly book with essays by four leading Japanese scholars accompanies the exhibition and is now available for purchase.

They look forward to welcoming you soon to experience this exceptional exhibition.

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Yuen Fu Rapids, John Thomson, carbon print, From Foochow and the River Min, c.1870

Sun and Silver: Early Photographs of China by Lai Fong and John Thomson
March 13 – 21, 2025
Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 18 from 6-8pm
Exhibiting at: 10 West 18th Street, 7th Floor
Asia Week Hours: By appointment from March 13-14 & 18-21, 10am-5pm; March 15, 11am-5pm

Loewentheil Photography of China Collection is thrilled to present Sun and Silver: Early Photographs of China by Lai Fong and John Thomson during this season’s Asia Week New York. This exhibition brings together masterpieces by two giants of 19th-century photography of China.  Lai Fong and John Thomson originated many of the most significant developments in the early art of photography in China. This show reveals the intricate and fascinating relationship between the works of the most famous early Chinese photographer and those of his leading foreign contemporary. The two photographers crossed paths, competed for patrons, and had a meaningful influence on one another and the art of photography.

This major exhibition gives viewers the opportunity to compare and contrast Lai Fong’s expressive artistry and technical ingenuity alongside Thomson’s stylistic virtuosity.

Sun and Silver: Early Photographs of China by Lai Fong and John Thomson spans the careers of both artists through the finest examples of vintage prints, all dating to the 1860s and 1870s. It also presents works by other 19th-century photography studios in China that share the themes and subjects of Lai Fong’s and Thomson’s photographs. The exhibition suggests new ways of looking at the origins of photography in China.

This exhibition of works by Lai Fong and John Thomson presents a tiny sliver of the holdings of the Loewentheil Collection, the most important collection of early China photographs in the world.

They look forward to welcoming you soon!