Installation view, COAL + ICE, Asia Society
As we head into August, why not spend these late summer days exploring some fascinating art exhibitions in and around New York City at our Asia Week New York member museums listed below? There’s a great mix of newly opened shows and those that are about to close, so be sure to catch them all in the coming weeks!
Asia Society
COAL + ICE
Closing August 11, 2024
Closing this coming Sunday, this immersive photography and video exhibition brings together the works of more than 37 photographers and artists from China and around the world that visualize the causes and consequences of the climate crisis. While the exhibit brings to life the environmental and human costs of climate change, it also highlights the innovative solutions that provide hope for a more sustainable future.
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Kondō Takahiro, Reflection: TK Self Portrait, 2010., glazed porcelain, 19 1/16 × 6 3/16 in. (48.5 × 15.7 cm), Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection, © Kondō Takahiro, photo by Richard P. Goodbody and John Morgan; Courtesy Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum
Museum Spotlight: Porcelains in the Mist: The Kondō Family of Ceramicists
Through December 8, 2024
Porcelains in the Mist brings together 61 pieces that celebrate the Kondō family’s innovations and talents. Their early creations range from freehand-painted vases to pure-white jars. Most of the works on view are by the younger ceramicist, Kondō Takahiro (b. 1958), who invented the technique of “silver mist,” or gintekisai, as seen in his self-portrait sculpture above. Describing this effect as “water born from fire,” he often pairs his mists with dramatic shapes and textures.
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Courtesy Korean Cultural Center NY
Korean Cultural Center NY
Jinhee Lee: Boundaries of Existence
Closing August 17, 2024
Boundaries of Existence by Jinhee Lee, professor in the Department of Stage Design at the Korea National University of Arts and award-winning costume designer of films and Korean dramas, features stage design pieces from Lee’s career since 1999, traditional Korean costume designs for film, and her sculptures, paintings, and media art. In this exhibition, Lee combines sculptural characteristics with three-dimensional media to emphasize a dynamic and immersive experience. Her works embody a free and bold aesthetic sense, reflecting Korea’s unique nature-friendly philosophy.
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Courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.
Through October 20, 2024
This newly opened exhibition features the personal collection of Edward C. Moore, the creative force who led Tiffany & Co. to unparalleled originality and success during the second half of the 19th century. His collection of decorative arts were of exceptional quality and in various media, from Japanese baskets to metalwork from the Islamic world, and were a great source of inspiration for Moore and the designers he supervised. The show features more than 180 pieces from his collection that were donated to the Museum, alongside 70 magnificent silver objects designed and created at Tiffany & Co. under his direction.
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Landscape (detail), Hosokawa Rinkoku (1782–1842), Japan, Edo period, 1835, handscroll, ink and color on paper, Freer Gallery of Art Collection, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, F2021.4.11a–c; Courtesy National Museum of Asian Art
National Museum of Asian Art
Imagined Neighbors: Japanese Visions of China, 1680–1980
Closing September 15, 2024
Imagined Neighbors presents Japanese artworks from the Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, which was gifted to the Museum between 2018 and 2022 and is arguably the largest and most comprehensive group of Japanese literati works outside of Japan. The paintings and calligraphy in this exhibition fuse reality with imagination and remain important to understanding the continuing, complex engagement of Japanese artists with China, to them both a real and an imagined place.
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Artist/maker unknown, Astrological Sign of Capricorn, c. 1810-1820, Indian; Courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Mythical Creatures: China and the World
Through June 1, 2025
This exhibition explores the theme of diversity by bringing together mythical creatures from China as well as across Asia and Europe. Representations of paintings, prints, sculptures, ceramics, textiles, and contemporary toy bricks, dating from the 1000s to today illustrate how these fantastical beasts, although sometimes perceived as the same, are quite different.
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The Great Elephant Migration: A Coexistence Story, The Breakers; Courtesy The Preservation Society of Newport County
The Preservation Society of Newport County
The Great Elephant Migration: A Coexistence Story
Through September 6, 2024
Come face-to-face with 26 life-size Indian elephant sculptures as they parade across the back lawn of The Breakers this summer. The Great Elephant Migration is an outdoor art exhibition presented by Elephant Family USA in collaboration with Dodie Kazanjian of Art & Newport and various contemporary artists. It promotes human-wildlife coexistence as a solution to biodiversity loss. Each elephant is also available for purchase with proceeds going towards non-governmental organizations performing conservation work around the world.
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Installation View, Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now, Rubin Museum of Art
Rubin Museum of Art
Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now
Through October 6, 2024
These are the last few months to experience this Museum-wide exhibition before The Rubin closes their physical location and transition into a global museum model on October 6, 2024. With over 30 contemporary artists, many from the Himalayan region and diaspora and others inspired by Himalayan art and cultures, this show contemplates and celebrates what Himalayan art means now inviting new ways of encountering traditional Himalayan art.
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Installation View, Year of the Dragon, Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery
Year of the Dragon
Through November 10, 2024
This exhibition celebrates this Year of the Dragon with a presentation of nearly 30 artworks spanning from the 17th century to the present day. The objects on view, which are largely drawn from their collection, feature dragons on folding screens, paintings, textiles, ceramics, ivory, and woodblock prints. Taking inspiration from East Asian history, folklore, and myth, these works demonstrate a long, complex, and continuing artistic tradition around this fantastical creature.
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