UPCOMING EXHIBITION
Zhang Xiaoli: Traveller 旅者
May 5 – June 13, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 7, 5-8pm (kindly RSVP)
Artist Talk: Saturday, May 9, 10:30-12pm (kindly RSVP)
Artist-led Fan-Painting Workshop: Saturday & Sunday, May 16-17, 2:30-4:30pm (ticketed)
On May 5, the story unfolds at our gallery. Here, a theater built from LEGO® bricks takes shape, and you are its protagonist: a traveller on horseback. For this moment, step out of everyday life. Welcome to Zhang Xiaoli’s world.
This exhibition is structured as “theatre”, and centered on the idea of “play”. It unfolds in four sections. In the Prologue, the grammar of Chinese landscape painting is translated into a LEGO®-based visual order, establishing the rules of this world. In the Scenes, the traveler moves through shifting landscapes, wandering across time and space. In the Open Rehearsal, viewers are brought behind the stage. Over the course of a week, the artist works on-site, and the making of a distinctly “Zhang Xiaoli” work gradually comes into view. In the final act, Into the Play, LEGO® bricks are placed in your hands. The moment you begin to assemble, you become part of the story.
Alongside the exhibition, join a special artist talk and an artist-led fan painting workshop with Zhang Xiaoli, inviting participants to engage directly with the artist’s playful reinterpretation of pictorial traditions through hands-on experience. To learn more and reserve tickets, click here.
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PAST ASIA WEEK NEW YORK EXHIBITIONS & PROGRAMS
Contemplation / Meditation: Concepts and Cultures
March 5 – April 11, 2026
Asia Week Reception: Thursday, March 19, 5-8pm
Book Launch and Talk Kathleen Yang: Sunday, March 22, 10:30am–12pm
Curator-led Walkthrough with Fu Qiumeng and Jeffrey Wechsler: Wednesday, March 25, 2:30–5pm
Special AWNY Hours: March 19–27, 10am-6pm
We are pleased to present Contemplation / Meditation: Concepts and Cultures, a co-curated exhibition by Fu Qiumeng and Jeffrey Wechsler that explores how Eastern and Western artistic traditions have visualized inner stillness, reflection, and states of heightened awareness.
Rooted in classical Chinese philosophy, the exhibition draws inspiration from Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist thought, where inner cultivation and cosmic order are understood as deeply interconnected. From Confucian contemplation—emphasizing moral clarity, calm reflection, and self-perfection—to Daoist and Zen practices of meditation that quiet the mind, dissolve conceptual thinking, and release ego attachment, Eastern traditions have long approached art not as visual imitation, but as a conduit for spiritual resonance and embodied presence.
In contrast and dialogue, the exhibition also considers Western artists who, whether intuitively or through direct engagement with Eastern philosophy, pursued similar contemplative states. Featuring works that range from classical and modern East Asian art to modern and contemporary American painting, Contemplation / Meditation presents images that are sometimes representational, often abstract, and always oriented toward inducing clarity, calmness, or mental acuity.
Through restrained brushwork, expansive emptiness, spontaneous gesture, and subtle fields of color, the exhibition reveals how different cultural frameworks converge in a shared pursuit: using art to access states of stillness, insight, and presence.
The exhibition includes works by Arnold Chang, Michael Cherney, Duxi Chen, Hisao Hanafusa, Zhang Xiaoli, Brandon Sadler, Luo Min, Fung Ming Chip, Tang Ke, Wang Mansheng, Yau Wingfung, Sal Sirugo, and Rollin Crampton, among others.
We thank Carol Sirugo, Gracious Pine Studio, The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation and Pace Gallery for their important loans.
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PAST RELATED EVENTS
Curator Walkthrough | Contemplation / Meditation: Concepts and Cultures
Wednesday, March 25, 2:30–5pm
We warmly invite you to a special curator-led walkthrough of the exhibition Contemplation / Meditation: Concepts and Cultures, presented during AWNY. Led by curators Fu Qiumeng and Jeffrey Wechsler, this guided tour will introduce key works in the exhibition while offering insight into the curatorial vision behind the project. Through selected artworks, the curators will discuss how artists across different cultural backgrounds engage with ideas of contemplation, meditation, and inner reflection, revealing the ways artistic practice can become a space for spiritual inquiry, philosophical thought, and attentive looking.
The walkthrough will explore the conceptual framework of the exhibition as well as the artistic approaches represented in the show, highlighting how contemporary and modern artists reinterpret traditions, materials, and visual languages to address questions of stillness, perception, and awareness.
Several participating artists will also be present, offering visitors the opportunity to engage in informal dialogue and gain first-hand perspectives on their work.
This program offers a unique opportunity to experience the exhibition through the curators’ perspectives and to deepen your understanding of the ideas and practices that shape Contemplation and Meditation.
The event is free and open to the public. Kindly RSVP here.
Book Launch | My Encounter with Qian Xuan’s Paintings by Kathleen Yang
Sunday, March 22, 10:30am–12pm
Join writer, independent scholar, and collector Kathleen Yang as she launches her newest book My Encounter with Qian Xuan’s Paintings. The book presents Yang’s study of the Chinese Yuan Dynasty painter Qian Xuan (钱选, 1235-1305) favored by multiple innovative methods of connoisseurship that are made possible by recent technological developments. Yang will also give a presentation that introduces her process of research and writing. This event is open to the public, but RSVP is encouraged for attending.
Gallery Videos
We’re excited to offer video recordings of our past tours, talk series and artist insights on our website – available to view anytime!
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About the Gallery
We work at the intersection of East and West, contemporary and traditional. We are dedicated to exploring the visual and geographic globalization of contemporary Asian art and documenting artists’ work that resonates with classical Asian philosophy, aesthetics, and culture, with no limits on their expressive mediums.
With the rapidly evolving contemporary art scene as our backdrop, our mission is to present major artists’ creative trajectories to a wider audience through exhibitions, in-depth interviews, critical analysis, and forums for scholarly exchanges. FQM ultimately provides an educational venue where visual pleasure is paired with intellectual challenge, highlighting the broad effects of globalization, and transnational and diaspora experiences.
Our team, enriched with over a decade of experience from leading global auction houses, offers unparalleled expertise in the appraisal, dealing, and management of Chinese art. Grounded in a commitment to excellence, we are certified by the Appraisers Association of America (AAA) and adhere to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).
