Ogawa Machiko's artistic connection to raw natural beauty is linked to her time living abroad with her anthropologist husband as well as to the seaside landscape of her hometown of Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido.
Asian Art Museum
A day of two Suns (2019) is an ensemble of plywood mountain sculptures and found objects staged around a large paper screen, upon which videos are projected on either side
Lam Tung Pang on “A day of ...
I Look for the Sky consists of two site-specific commissions that manipulate light and space, shifting our perspective of the ever-changing world.
Zheng Chongbin on “I Look for the ...
Au Ho-nien looks to Western realism and the practice of sketching from life as a way to revitalize Chinese art.
An interview with Au Ho-nien
After a violent crime in Delhi, Jas Charanjiva turned to art to confront harmful social conventions and raise awareness about the "boom" of new cultural attitudes towards women and women's safety.
Jas Charanjiva on “Don’t Mess With Me”
Buddhism thrived in India for over a thousand years. Discover important sites in the life of the Buddha.
Beliefs made visible: Buddhist art in South ...
Described as a “museum of religions,” Hinduism encompasses many beliefs and accepts a pantheon of deities.
Beliefs made visible: Hindu art in South ...
Buddhism thrived in India for over a thousand years. Discover important sites in the life of the Buddha.
Beliefs made visible: Buddhist art in South ...
Siddhartha achieved enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree. Now a major pilgrimage site, it is covered in offerings.
Bodh Gaya: center of the Buddhist world
Each year, millions of pilgrims come here to worship Shiva and to bathe in the holy waters of the River Ganges.
Varanasi: sacred city
Often covered with figural sculpture, these dwelling places of the gods draw worshipers to their inner sanctuaries.
Hindu temples
Described as a “museum of religions,” Hinduism encompasses many beliefs and accepts a pantheon of deities.
Beliefs made visible: Hindu art in South ...
Cut, abrade, polish. With these three actions, Chinese artisans have been refining jade for 6000 years.
Working jade
How are statues consecrated? What role do mandalas play in meditation? Discover ritual objects of Tibetan Buddhism.
Sacred arts of Tibet
Isolated for centuries, Japan opened to trade in the 1850s, providing fresh inspiration for Western artists.
Looking east: how Japan inspired Monet, Van ...
Learn more about the royal palaces of Seoul, Korea
Royal palaces of Seoul
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Ewer with lid
An inscription on the back of this sculpture identifies this as the earliest dated Buddha from China.
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