NY Times: Yayoi Kusama, Pop Artist Who Expanded and Endured, Dies at 97
Yayoi Kusama (Photo credit: David Zwirner Gallery) By Holland Cotter Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist whose polka-dot-covered paintings, phallic sculptures and public performances caused a stir in New York City and Europe in the 1960s, and whose mirrored “Infinity...
NY Times: George Ariyoshi, 100, America’s First Governor of Asian Descent, Dies
Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi (center) visits with former Hawaii Gov. George Ariyoshi (left) and First Lady Jean Ariyoshi (right) Saturday, Nov. 10, 2011 during the International Trade Reception at Bishop Museum in Honolulu. By Robert D. McFadden George R. Ariyoshi,...
NY Times: Lunar New Year Across America
By Chevaz Clarke, Miya Lee and Emily Wolfe With Tuesday’s arrival of the new moon, Asian Americans gathered to celebrate the Lunar New Year, a holiday that lasts several days to weeks, depending on the culture, and generally culminates on the full moon, which this...
NY Times: Christine Choy, Documentarian of Asian American Life, Dies at 76
By Ash Wu Christine Choy, a bold filmmaker whose influential documentaries, including the Oscar-nominated “Who Killed Vincent Chin?,” probed social-justice issues involving Asian Americans and other marginalized people, died on Dec. 7 in the Bronx. She was 76. Her...