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Wood sculpture of a male figure or tiki
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Tiki Manifesto
Pacific poet Dan Taulapapa McMullin addresses the violent erasure and commodification of Oceania and its people under colonial rule.
Dan Taulapapa McMullin
May 22, 2023
Cover of Starving Artists’ Restaurant Guide
Chinatown(s) and the City
Documenting Iconic American Neighborhoods
Ella Hook
May 17, 2023
Two construction workers onsite installing the Ming Garden in Astor Court.
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Ming Garden, 1983 | From the Vaults
This short film from 1983 documents the installation of a Ming-style garden courtyard at The Met, the first permanent cultural exchange between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
May 16, 2023
Maori hei tiki, or greenstone pendant, carved with large eyes and abstracted human facial features, embryonic quality
Immaterial: Bonus Feature, Sharing Taonga at The Pacific Virtual Museum
Making the cultural heritage of the Pacific visible and accessible to all.
Tim Kong
July 28, 2022
Two suited men walk in opposite directions in a large room with white walls covered by large paintings
Asian American Modernism with Abang-guard
Explore how four pioneering artists made their way in New York City.
Maureen Catbagan, Louisa Lam, and Jevijoe Vitug
June 9, 2022
Headshot images of the artists from Godzilla
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in Watson Library
Highlighting the works of Godzilla, an Asian American arts network
Anna Lee
May 18, 2022
The Novelist Min Jin Lee peruses through an assortment of books atop a red-orange tabletop surface, set against a backdrop of book shelves in a New York Public Library study room.
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Spotlight: “Writers are reaching for our thorns; the thorns which define our entire being.”
Novelist Min Jin Lee reflects on Antico’s Spinario in relation to her creative pursuits.
January 6, 2022
Photograph Tomie Arai, artist, and Mei Lum, civic practice partnership artist in residence at the Met, sitting down and smiling with a studio space in the background
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Chinatown’s Art and Activism—Then and Now
In this conversation between artists Tomie Arai and Mei Lum, learn about the relationship between art and activism in Manhattan's Chinatown.
Mei Lum and Tomie Arai
August 19, 2021
Transcultural Trade and the History of Asian American Heritage
Five objects from The Met collection highlight the influence of Asian art on Western culture.
Shivani Sud and Shweta Raghu
May 26, 2021
The Met Fifth facade
The Yellow of the Mamo’s Wing: Lei Mamo, a #MetKids Poem
Hawai'i-based poet Laurel Nakanishi explores the history of the native ‘ohi‘a lehua plant and extinct mamo bird in an original poem inspired by a traditional Hawaiian quilt.
Laurel Nakanishi
May 25, 2021