In 1922, Isamu Noguchi first moved to New York—a city that would remain his on-again, off-again home for the remainder of his life. Though he was an avid traveler who built meaningful connections and temporary homes around the world, Noguchi always returned to New York. It was here that he created some of his most […]
In celebration of Asia Society’s seventieth anniversary, Asia Society Museum presents Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Celebrating 70 Years of Asia Society and the Rockefeller Legacy. Displaying seventy of the finest examples of Asian art in the United States drawn from Asia Society’s permanent collection, the exhibition showcases the extraordinary range of bronzes, ceramics, and […]
LOVER LOVE, a new commission for the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art by Shu Lea Cheang, begins with a portal. A window is flung open and the gray wall of an apartment block dissolves into a turbulent, overcast sky, against which a smoky being is enveloped by a six-winged seraphim—an angel of the highest order. This […]
This exhibition explores how Bangladeshis in Bangladesh and beyond took actions during the 2024 mass uprisings against the quota system in place, since 1972, immediately after the birth of the country in 1971. Featuring articles such as printed international artworks by Bangladeshi artists, handcrafted tools, and relevant media, the exhibition serves as a homage to […]
For over 60 years, Ed Young (1931–2023) invigorated the world of children’s books through intimate storytelling, inventive artistry, and potent emotionality. This first U.S. retrospective features original artwork from 15 of his most significant projects—focusing on works drawn from his personal story and Chinese folktales—alongside a selection of his sketchbooks, family photos, and personal effects. […]
Route 66 might be the U.S.’s most famous highway. Traversing the country from Santa Monica, CA to Chicago, IL, it’s been immortalized in songs, books, and movies. But along that iconic highway are stories that are far lesser known. With a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, illustrator Sammy Yuen set out on a […]
Fou Gallery is pleased to present Transcendence, a group exhibition featuring Tianshu Zhang (张天舒), Tao Xian(陶显), and Gloria Fan Duan(樊段晓春), on view from July 11 through September 5, 2026. As in the philosophy of the I-Ching , the world is not an empty abstraction, but a living structure of patterns through which all things transform. At […]
“Being” Curated by Artist Collective - Polyphony Yui Koshiyama / Sohei Yamaguchi / Akiyo Ochiai / Ayano Todaka August 27-31, 2026 | 12-5pm Reception: Saturday, August 27, 2026, 5–7PM Live Painting: 1–3PM Gallery60 NYC | 208 East 60th St, New York, NY 10022 tel. 347-601-4323 Photo Credit: Polyphony Questioning “Being” in New York in the […]
Gallery Hyundai is pleased to present Moon Mind, a solo exhibition by Christine Sun Kim (b. 1980), on view from August 26 through October 18. Marking Kim’s first gallery exhibition in Korea and her first solo presentation with Gallery Hyundai, the exhibition will debut the artist’s shaped canvas paintings for the first time. Kim has long transformed personal […]
“That a still surface can hold yesterday, today, tomorrow at once; that here, there, and elsewhere can meet in the same moment; that different times and spaces can unfold together on a single, fixed plane—it still fills me with wonder.” —Kim Bohie, July 2026 Gallery Hyundai is pleased to present TOWARDS: There Was Light, a solo […]
Six letters have been scattered, and a woman’s soul has fractured with them. New York–based Korean artist and vocalist Soohyun Jo presents “Love’s Last Letter,” an immersive solo exhibition exploring memory, loss, love, and the journey back to oneself. Visitors follow six lost letters through photography, painting, QR-accessed letters, and sound, gradually uncovering the story […]
ETA Gallery is pleased to present “Temporary Storage”, a duo exhibition featuring new works by Mi Chen and Yan Wang. Working through ceramic and language, both artists create objects that demand to be seen before they are read, deliberately keeping meaning in suspension. Where Wang stores memory and the absent body, Chen stores language itself—holding […]
Join us for the world premiere of Alison Nguyen's High Line & CHANEL co-commission, followed by a conversation with the artist. In her compelling new film for High Line Originals, co-commissioned with CHANEL Culture Fund, Nguyen explores the obscure nuclear history of Westbeth Artist Housing's building—the former headquarters for Bell Laboratories, a research facility tied […]
Founded in 1966, the China Institute Gallery has presented the history of Chinese art from antiquity to the present through superb and thought-provoking exhibitions. The masterworks featured in Celebrating Sixty Years of China Institute Gallery: 1966-2026 exemplify what has made the Institute’s exhibitions groundbreaking. From presentations of exquisite jades and bronze vessels, to the symbolism of old […]
Tina Kim Gallery is pleased to present Double Vision, Maia Ruth Lee’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. Interrogating migration as simultaneous perception, Lee conditions identity within multiple histories, temporalities, and systems of knowledge. Lee’s exhibition takes its title from Homi K. Bhabha’s The Location of Culture. The migrant’s double vision simultaneously inhabits both the place left […]
Gallery Hyundai is pleased to present “Meditation: Myth and Memory”, an exhibition of Korean American sculptor John Pai, a major force in the Korean American diaspora of the last half-century. The opening reception takes place on Thursday September 10, 6-8pm at Gallery Hyundai New York Project Space. This exhibition seeks to provide a space for […]
Artists Space presents “Multiple Offerings”, the first retrospective in twenty-five years dedicated to the groundbreaking work of the artist Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. She produced an expansive range of works comprising performances for film and video, installation, photography, artist’s books (including her genre-defying book Dictée from 1982), and works on paper, which will fill Artists […]
Portraiture is as old as the pharaohs of Egypt. While mediums such as drawing, painting, and photography dominate the practice, rendering a three-dimensional likeness yielded astounding work across centuries, from the chiseled marble of the Renaissance to Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s sensuous sculptures. Unlike marble, stone, or bronze, wax possesses a luminosity that makes it ideal […]
Let’s hop into a great year of learning together. Today’s topic? The Rabbit on the Moon! Chinese legend says that there’s a Jade Rabbit living on the moon. Learn how the rabbit got to the moon, and what it’s doing there, by reading the legend here! Then join us on September 12th to make fun Jade Rabbit-themed […]
Join us for an evening with artists Jesse Chun, Na Mira, Cici Wu, and curator Victoria Sung. AAAinA is thrilled to present an evening of presentations and conversation with artists Jesse Chun, Na Mira, Cici Wu, and curator Victoria Sung. This event is shared alongside the exhibition Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings, which will […]
Join three expert art historians in unraveling China Institute Gallery’s anniversary exhibition, China Institute Gallery at 60, 1966–2026: Selections from Three Millennia of Chinese Art. Bringing decades of collective expertise, the speakers will recount the multifaceted stories and messages embedded within these works. They will unpack their ancient history, whether as objects of private scholarly treasures […]
A residency-then-exhibition Artists: Clare Hu, Tianyi Sun, and Shaan Ken Rao 398 West Street, New York, NY 10014 Residency: July 21 - September 16, 2026 Exhibition: September 17 - October 17, 2026 Opening Reception with the artists: Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 6-8 PM Eli Klein Gallery is pleased to present Best by 07/21/2026, a […]
Opening reception: Thursday, September 17, 2026, 5-7pm Two artists transform traditional materials–textile and paper–to explore themes of identity and memory. Tai Hwa Goh creates intricate, layered installations from printed and cut paper, inspired by organic forms, landscapes, and the relationship between the interior and exterior. Goh’s process pushes the limits of traditional printmaking, as she […]
Tchah Sup Kim (1940–2022) was an artist whose lifelong practice explored fundamental questions of civilization, the universe, existence, and humanity. Moving beyond formal experimentation, his work sought new ways of seeing and understanding the world—often by challenging established boundaries between East and West, the individual and the cosmos, and the finite and the infinite. Kim […]
An immersive solo exhibition by Freda Xinyue Xia exploring body, repair, and transformation through biomaterial textiles and paintings. Negotiated Skin is an immersive, interdisciplinary solo exhibition by New York-based artist Freda Xinyue Xia, presented at Gallery 456, the visual arts exhibition space of the Chinese American Arts Council. Bringing together wearable sculpture, suspended fiber works, […]
This September, Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) presents a Town Hall centered on multi-hyphenates in the performing arts. Artists, collectives, and theatre companies are invited to share projects, resources, and opportunities with the AAPI creative community and to make connections. Featured presenters include Kyoung H. Park, the founder of K-Space International and KPB New York, […]
Community Arts Grantee: JH Art Talks Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 Location: Espresso 77 Cafe 35-55 77th St. Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Sculptor/installation artists Jae Hi Ahn and Ellen Jing Xu will each present images of their work for 20-25 minutes, followed by a Q&A in this informal community event. For more information on JH Art […]
Yoshitaka Amano (b. 1952, Shizuoka, Japan) creates worlds. It’s something he’s done since he was fifteen, when he moved to Tokyo and began working as a character designer for an anime studio. There, drawing was always an act of translation. His task was to convert narrative into illustrated concepts, drawings that would become the connective […]
NYC Mid-Autumn Fest 2026 is a day-long (12PM-12AM!) celebration of the Harvest Moon holiday showcasing Asian-American-made creativity. Experience live music, DJs, dance, theater, a breakdance battle, Open Frequencies DJ decks, incredible food & drinks, our artist marketplace, carnival games, immersive art + so much more—all powered by an amazing community of Asian American artists, performers, […]
A Figure Drawing Group by GAYSIAN ART GANG. Come draw and mingle with Queer Asian creatives. POC models & artists encouraged to join. Hosts: Derek (@theotherderekluu) Sammy (@sammysinsss) Zihao (@people_i_love__) 30 Seat Capacity. Doors open at 7:30pm. Bring your own supplies. $15 at the door. Cash/Venmo accepted. Discounted tickets available online through DICE app. Location […]
The Tenth Edition of JLF New York continues at the National Arts Club with two blockbuster events. JLF New York @ NAC With hundreds of thousands of spectators worldwide, and mini-festivals from Houston to Doha, India’s iconic Jaipur Literature Festival is known as “the greatest literary show on Earth” (Tina Brown). In conjunction with the […]
Be drawn into the world of manga. Art of Manga is the first major exhibition in the Americas to explore manga—Japanese comics and graphic novels—as an art form. Marking its East Coast debut, the Brooklyn Museum’s presentation is packed with more than 600 drawings that showcase manga’s immersive power and social impact. Don’t miss this rare […]