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Asian Art Books at The Met

July 8, 2020

By Min Xu

Museum Librarian Min Xu discusses the history of Asian art book collecting at The Met.

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Friends of Asian Art

The Friends of Asian Art brings together individuals with a serious interest in the arts of China, Japan, Korea, South and Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas.

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Painting Formats in East Asian Art

October 1, 2004

By Department of Asian Art

In all cases, it has never been the tradition in East Asia to display works of art for long periods of time. They are shown for short occasions and then put away in storage.

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Symposium: East Asian Paintings Conservation in the 21st Century—Part 2 of 2

June 1, 2019

By Yukio Lippit, Hyonjeong Kim Han, and Marco Leona

Watch part two of the Department of Asian Art's day-long symposium with speakers from Japan, China, Great Britain, and the U.S.

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MetKids Scavenger Hunt: Asian Art

October 4, 2018

By The MetKids Editoral Team

The #MetKids Team challenges kids to find Asian artworks through the #MetKids time machine.

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Nine "Secrets" about the History of the Met's Department of Asian Art

February 20, 2015

By Maxwell K. (Mike) Hearn

In conjunction with the Asian Art centennial, Mike Hearn, Douglas Dillon Chairman of the Department of Asian Art, discusses nine little-known facts regarding the department's history.

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Transcultural Trade and the History of Asian American Heritage

May 26, 2021

By Shivani Sud and Shweta Raghu

Five objects from The Met collection highlight the influence of Asian art on Western culture.

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Symposium: East Asian Paintings Conservation in the 21st Century—Part 1 of 2

June 1, 2019

By Keisuke Sugiyama, Pengzhu Lou, and Meejung Kim-Marandet

Watch part one of the Department of Asian Art's day-long symposium with speakers from Japan, China, Great Britain, and the U.S.

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South Asian Art and Culture

February 1, 2007

By Vidya Dehejia

The artistic remains, consisting of sacred image as well as sensuous, often flamboyant figures of women, emphasize the intermingling of the sacred and the secular in the art of India.

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"Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum"

This Bulletin marks the centennial celebration of the founding of the Department of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Showcasing some of the Met's most beautiful examples of Asian Art along with archival material, this Bulletin is a compact but lushly illustrated account of one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of the paintings, sculptures, textiles, and decorative arts of Asia.