Arts of Asia Fall 2024 Beyond the Familiar: A Deeper Look into the Asian Art Museum Collection

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Much has changed in the last few years at the Asian Art Museum. New curators and scholars have fresh ideas about objects in our collection. Others are re-examining common assumptions and ideas about the history, provenance, and context of even our well-known artifacts and will also introduce new acquisitions to our audience.
 
The Instructor of Record is none other than Chief Curatorial Director Robert Mintz. He has been working with our curatorial staff to present a significantly different approach to talking about art.

Just when you thought you knew our collection, join us in 14 lectures to take a new and deeper dive into our favorites, new and undiscovered treasures at the Asian Art Museum. The Arts of Asia committee welcomes comments about our lecture series. Please direct comments to info@societyforasianart.org.

Please refer to the schedule of Speaker & Topics below to ascertain the location of each lecture.

Speakers & Topics (Subject to Change)

Aug. 30, 2024
Beyond the Familiar: AAM Collections Old and New  Study Guide
Robert Mintz, Chief Curatorial Director, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Sept. 6, 2024
Immersive Sacred Environments
Jeffrey Durham, Associate Curator of Himalayan Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Sept. 13, 2024
Bridging the Indian Ocean: Comparisons and Contrasts  Study Guide
Forrest McGill, Former Curator, South and Southeast Asian Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Sept. 20, 2024
Sixteenth-Century Painting of Officials Gathering in Yeongbyeon: A Virtual Tour of the City in Today's North Korea  Study Guide - Revised 9/18/24 
Fall 2024 - Summer 2025 Korean Art Exhibitions in the U.S.
Hyonjeong Kim Han, Joseph de Heer Curator of Asian Art, Denver Art Museum

Sept. 27, 2024 - This lecture will be held in Koret Education Center.
Weak in the Knees: When Does Art Move, Inspire, or Bring us to Tears?  Study Guide
Padma Dorje Maitland, Malavalli Family Foundation Associate Curator of the Art of the Indian Subcontinent, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Oct. 11, 2024
Into View: Women Artists in the Asian Art Museum Collection  Study Guide
Abby Chen, Head of Contemporary Art and Senior Associate Curator, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Oct. 18, 2024
Who Was I Made For?: Provenance Research at the Asian Art Museum  Study Guide
Natasha Reichle, Associate Curator of Southeast Asian Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Oct. 25, 2024 - This lecture will be held in Koret Education Center.
Japanese Modern Prints  Study Guide
Yuki Morishima, Associate Curator of Japanese Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Nov. 1, 2024
Is that Art? Game and Tech as a Medium  Study Guide
Cheng Xu, Assistant Curator for Games and Technology, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Nov. 8, 2024
New Acquisitions/New Voices  Study Guide
Naz Cuguoglu, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art & Programs, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Nov. 15, 2024 - This lecture will be held on Zoom only.
Korean Popular Culture  Study Guide
Yoon-Jee Choi, Assistant Curator for Korean Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Nov. 22, 2024
Persuasion, Instruction, and Entertainment: Storytelling Pictures in Chinese Art  Study Guide
Fan Jeremy Zhang, Barbara and Gerson Bakar Curator of Chinese Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Dec. 6, 2024
Sumiyoshi Festival Screens  Study Guide
Laura W. Allen, Independent Scholar

Dec. 13, 2024
Melancholia: Nagahiro Toshio and the Japanese Wartime Survey of the Yungang Caves  Study Guide
Jun Hu, Mr. & Mrs. Pai Ruchu Presidential Professor in Arts & Humanities, University of California, Berkeley

Photo Credits:
Left: Seated Buddha in meditation, approx. 1300–1400. Cambodia. Leaded bronze. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, The Avery Brundage Collection, B71S4. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Right: The Melt, 2017, by Ang Tsherin Sherpa (Nepalese, b. 1968). Acrylic, ink, and gold on canvas. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Museum purchase, Mortimer-Harvey Fund, 2017.44. © Tsherin Sherpa. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Registered attendees of the lecture series are encouraged to attend in-person in Samsung Hall. Otherwise, registered attendees can attend via Zoom. Drop-ins for individual lectures are only available in-person in Samsung Hall on a space available basis. Drop-ins for individual lectures are not available on Zoom. The lecture series is organized as 14 separate Zoom webinars. A Zoom webinar confirmation email with information on how to join each week's webinar will be sent to all registered attendees 2 or 3 days before each lecture. Even though it is not required by Zoom, we recommend that you download and install Zoom on your computer or mobile device in advance, and set yourself up with a free account. Attendees will have a chance to participate in the Q&A via Zoom Q&A. Read Arts of Asia Zoom Webinar FAQs.