Upcoming Events

Many talented artists of Asian descent helped define the vibrant art scene in downtown New York in the last decades of the 20th century, including some in China Institute Gallery’s current exhibition, Metamorphosis: Chinese Imagination and Transformation. On World AIDS Day, we will remember their contributions and those who lost their lives during the AIDS […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), Fridman Gallery, and New Ear, Inc. present Crossing Boundaries 24: Between Breaths: A Sonic Memoir with gamin, an intimate multimedia performance by Korean-born, U.S.-based musician gamin, a multi-instrumentalist and designated Yisuja (official holder of Korea’s Important Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46). In this work, gamin invites audiences into a sonic memoir […]

Prof. Zai Liang's presentation focuses on the challenges faced by small businesses in Manhattan Chinatown post-Covid pandemic.

Presented by the NYU Center for the Study of Gender & Sexuality. Co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. REGISTER The publication of Gayatri Gopinath’s Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures (Duke University Press) in 2005 heralded a new moment in transnational scholarship in gender and sexuality studies. The book theorized queer and […]

Serica Storytellers: The Presidents | David Wu & Frank Wu A hybrid panel with Queens and Baruch College presidents explores how student visa revocations are reshaping CUNY campuses, immigrant communities, […]

Presented by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. Co-sponsored the Center for Collaborative Indigenous Research with Communities and Lands. The artist Sean Connelly reflects on his year-long residency at the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU, and shares his curatorial process and vision for Hawai‘i is not the United States, but it is your Future. The exhibition, on […]

Presented by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. Co-sponsored by the Center for Collaborative Indigenous Research with Communities and Lands. The artist Sean Connelly reflects on his year-long residency at the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU, and shares his curatorial process and vision for Hawai‘i is not the United States, but it is your Future. The installation, […]

Join us for a day of exploring how artists can preserve and showcase their work through archival thinking at this Artist Archive SymposiumArchival Thinking: Artist Archive SymposiumOn December 4, 2025, Archival Thinking: Artist Archive Symposium will be held at the Kunsthalle Gallery of MoMA PS1 in New York. Jointly organized by the Asian Cultural Council […]

Presented by the NYU Department of English. Co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU and Postcolonial, Race, and Diaspora Studies Colloquium. REGISTER Professor Lauren Nilsson-Siu delivers a lecture entitled, “Cultural Appropriation, Cultural Authenticity and the Diasporic South Asian/Australian Experience(s) of Multiculturalism.” Nilsson-Siu (NYU Sydney) specializes in critical race and ethnic studies. Her research broadly explores […]

Join us for the Korean American Winter Social—food, fun, and friends to warm up your winter vibes! Get Ready for the Korean American Winter Social! Join us in person for a fun and cozy gathering celebrating community and culture. It's the perfect chance to meet new friends, enjoy good vibes, and embrace the winter spirit […]

Join us for a conversation with Tae Kim, author of The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant. Now as the world’s leading AI chipmaker, Nvidia offers a fascinating window into the new era of global entrepreneurship vis-à-vis its partnership with Korea; Nvidia’s commitment to provide 260,000 GPUs to South Korean […]

A community-building, solidarity event to raise collective consciousness towards shared liberation. Join us for Mixed Asian Multitudes & Solidarities; an in-person community-building event to raise our collective consciousness! This event […]

"AGAIN" is an interactive full-length play being developed based on testimonies of seniors from University Settlement.

A “Lav Diaz Short” may sound like an oxymoron for worldwide admirers of the Filipino master writer/director, better known for his feature films that run as long as 11 hours.  Panawin/Visions presents an opportunity to explore another facet of the artist’s prolific output with this program of his short films, with running times from 40 […]

The Ping Chong Archival Symposium will be a full day gathering exploring the archive and artistic legacy of the visionary artist and Pink Fang Artistic Director Emertius, Ping Chong. This free, public event on December 6th marks a pivotal collaboration between Pink Fang and Hunter College Theatre Department, a semester-long partnership that includes a co-taught […]

Join us for an afternoon of community and cinema on Sunday, December 7th @ Film Noir Following the event we’ll be regrouping at a bar in Greenpoint for a post screening reception. Details will be shared with those who RSVP with their ticket purchase. There is no additional cost to attend, let us know if […]

Lotus Music & Dance and Robert Browning Associates present World Dance Festival: Dancing Across Cultural Borders. Sunday, December 7th, 4pm, Free Livestream from  sold out  show in NYC Ailey Citicorp Theatre, Featuring "Hidden Faces and the Harvest" with the Japanese Folk Dance Institute Saung Budaya, West Sumatran Dance Excerpts form the Cross Cultural Ramayana with Trinayan Odissi […]