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Celebrating Sixty Years of China Institute Gallery: 1966-2026
China Institute Gallery 100 Washington Street, New York
John Pai – Meditation: Myth and Memory
Gallery Hyundai New York Project Space 529 W 20th St, Room 6E, New York
Yoshitaka Amano: Origins at the American Academy of Arts and Letters
American Academy of Arts and Letters Audubon Terrace, New York
Free
MOCA PERFORMS – Echoes of Arrival: Becoming
Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) 215 Centre Street, New York
$20 – $25
Ongoing
Week of Events
Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon
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 […]
Japan Fes NYC 2026: Japanese Food Festival
JAPAN Fes, one of the city’s most beloved street food events, is returning to celebrate a major milestone: its 10th anniversary in New York City, bringing dozens of Japanese food vendors to the streets for a full day of snacking, sipping and exploring. Each event typically runs from 10 am to 6 pm and pops up […]
Free
Shu Lea Cheang, LOVER LOVE
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 […]
Bangladesh Not “Bhaangadesh”
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 […]
Free
Exhibition: Ed Young’s Bright Worlds
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. […]
Virtual Event
Ma-Yi Theatre Free FALL Playwriting Workshop with Lisa Sanaye Dring
Ma-Yi Theatre Free FALL Playwriting Workshop with Lisa Sanaye Dring Due to the overwhelming response to our summer Free Playwriting Workshop, Ma-Yi Theater Company is thrilled to announce two additional FREE playwriting workshops in Fall 2026, taught by award-winning playwright Lisa Sanaye Dring, author of SUMO and HAPPY FALL. Created for Filipino American and AANHPI aspiring writers, these workshops are open […]
Free
Celebrating Sixty Years of China Institute Gallery: 1966-2026
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 […]
John Pai – Meditation: Myth and Memory
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 […]
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Multiple Offerings
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 […]
Virtual Event
Teaching Asian American and Pacific Islander Histories Webinar Series
As a valued friend of Foundations and Futures, we cordially invite you to a free webinar series co-sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, UCLA Center X, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and the National Education Association (NEA). The Teaching Asian American and Pacific Islander Histories Webinar Series will take place once a month on Mondays throughout the […]
Free
Afterlayers: Tai Hwa Goh & Julia Kwon
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 […]
Zine* Together
Please join Asia Art Archive in America on Thursday, September 17th from 5-8pm for the opening reception of their exhibition, Zine﹡ Together. Zine﹡ Together is the first exhibition of its kind to examine Asian American zines not only as objects, but as actions—creative, collective, and relational. Drawing from Asia Art Archive in America’s Reading Room […]
Synthetic Mobility
Fou Gallery is pleased to present “Synthetic Mobility”, a two-person exhibition featuring Tokyo- and New York-based artist Ai Makita and China-born, Houston-based kinetic artist Sizhu Li, on view from September 19 through November 8, 2026. The exhibition brings to the fore important questions about the interaction between technology and humans, considering how larger societal shifts […]
Queens Night Market
The Queens Night Market is a large, family-friendly open-air night market in Queens, featuring over 100 independent vendors selling merchandise, art, and food and featuring small-scale cultural performances, all celebrating the rich cultural diversity and heritage of NYC and Queens. Every Saturday from 4pm to midnight April.18 to August 22 and September 19 to October 31. […]
Free
Yoshitaka Amano: Origins at the American Academy of Arts and Letters
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 […]
Free
Moving Rasa Discovery Cards Inside/Outside
Move what’s inside, outside. Move what’s outside, inside. What happens when something you’re carrying inside—a feeling, question, image, memory, impulse—gets to take shape in the world around you? And what happens when the world answers back? Over six gatherings, we’ll use the Moving Rasa Discovery Cards to improvise between our inner and outer worlds. We […]
MOCA PERFORMS – Echoes of Arrival: Becoming
Immigration is never a single arrival but an ongoing process of becoming. Beyond legal status and paperwork, immigrants navigate displacement, alienation, adaptation, and the long, sometimes complicated journey toward belonging. What did you have to learn to survive and build a life in the United States? What did you choose to carry with you from […]
$20 – $25
Art of Manga
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 […]
Gen’ichirō Inokuma’s NYC Salon
Gen’ichirō Inokuma’s NYC Salon is the first New York solo museum exhibition of the Japanese modern artist Gen’ichirō Inokuma (1902–1993). Organized by Japan Society Gallery in collaboration with the Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art (MIMOCA) in Marugame, Japan, the exhibition explores Inokuma’s paintings shown at the Willard Gallery and various multimedia works created during his […]
Featured
King of the Yees
For nearly twenty years, Larry Yee has been the heart and soul of the Yee Fung Toy Family Association, a fraternal organization in San Francisco’s iconic Chinatown. But to his daughter Lauren, a playwright living in New York, the association is an obsolete relic of a vanishing world. When Larry suddenly disappears, Lauren sets off on a […]
Hilda Shen: Their Landscapes
Hilda Shen’s Their Landscapes inaugurates Solo Artist Projects (SAP), a MOCA initiative dedicated to presenting compelling artistic voices through one-person exhibitions of new work. The Brooklyn-based artist will present an arrangement of recent ceramic sculptures and prints in the museum’s Cheng Gallery. Shen’s artistic practice is characterized by an inquisitive scrutiny of nature and an instinct for […]
Yoshitomo Nara Exhibition
David Zwirner is pleased to present an exhibition by Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959) featuring new paintings and drawings, recent sculptures, and early works selected by the artist. Spanning the gallery’s 537 West 20th Street and 533 West 19th Street locations in New York, this exhibition will be the artist’s first solo presentation with David Zwirner […]
Monday, October 26, 2026
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Tuesday, October 27, 2026
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Hybrid EventOctober 27, 2026 -Hand Taste: Cook Like a Korean Grandmother with Esther Choi
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Featured October 27, 2026 -Featured Marie Lu discusses & signs MORTAL THINGS
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October 27, 2026 -Joyful Activism
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October 27, 2026 -Festival Closing + MOONSquare Opening Party
Hybrid Event
Hand Taste: Cook Like a Korean Grandmother with Esther Choi
We all know cooks whose fingertips seem to infuse every meal with deliciousness. In Korean, that magic touch is called sohn-mat, or “hand taste”―but you don’t have to be born with it. Esther Choi picked hers up from her halmoni, or grandmother, who used her hands for everything from smearing cabbage with pepper paste to make […]
Free
Featured
Marie Lu discusses & signs MORTAL THINGS
Bestselling author Marie Lu is back with another exciting young adult fantasy novel Mortal Things. On a journey to save her best friend, Rose Lin Fairchild is forced to test her abilities against the gods and unravel the truth of the immortal world. How far is Rose willing to go? If you loved her Legend series, then you're […]
Joyful Activism
How can artists use their creative practice to respond to the moment, build solidarity, and support the communities they care about? Join us for an interactive workshop exploring the intersection of art, activism, and community-building with multidisciplinary artist and activist Perry Yung, co-founder of SLANT Performance Group. Inspired by the legacy of New York City’s […]
Free – $10
Festival Closing + MOONSquare Opening Party
Celebrate both the closing of Chinatown Arts Festival and the opening of our MOONSquare group show with drinks and desserts at the Think!Chinatown Studio! To make this party extra special, we want you to take a trip down memory lane to gear us up for Think!Chinatown’s upcoming 10th birthday. Jump in to our live doodle […]
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
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October 28, 2026 -Emily Feng: Uyghurs in Syria
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October 28, 2026 -Annual Sake Tasting
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October 28, 2026 -Art Show | Lucy Yu
Emily Feng: Uyghurs in Syria
Join us for a timely conversation with NPR journalist Emily Feng on her groundbreaking new book Our Hearts Burned for Home: Uyghur Militants in Syria’s Civil War (Columbia Global Reports, October 2026), an extraordinary work of reportage tracing one of the most surprising and consequential stories to emerge from the global war on terror. Drawing on years of reporting […]
$30
Annual Sake Tasting
Brooklyn Kura launched in 2016 in Brooklyn, NY, breaking ground as New York’s first sake brewery. Over the past 10 years, Brooklyn Kura would provide sake education and awareness far beyond NYC and fundamentally change the trajectory of the American sake landscape. Tonight, Brandon Doughan, Co-Founder and Master Brewer of Brooklyn Kura, speaks about the […]
$65
Art Show | Lucy Yu
All original artwork for sale! Free RSVP! This art show expands on my ever evolving journey with grief and love through my fragmented memories. Remembering my shadows and trying to bring them to light while tending to myself with compassion was the inspiration for all of these pieces. There is such deep, profound love we […]
Free
Thursday, October 29, 2026
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October 29, 2026 -Book Talk | Carryout by Hasan Dudar
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October 29, 2026 -Leenalchi
Book Talk | Carryout by Hasan Dudar
A Poets & Writers First Fiction 2026 Debut SelectionIn the late 1970s, Ziad Idilbi a Palestinian refugee from Lebanon, marries Salma, a Lebanese refugee escaping the war in Beirut. Resolving to start over for the very last time, the couple opens a corner store in Toledo, Ohio. Over the decades, whether it’s bigotry (pre- and post-9/11), […]
Free
Leenalchi
Seoul alt-pop sensation Leenalchi live at Pioneer Works, co-presented with WMI.The Seoul-based seven-piece phenomenon brings their infectious fusion of 17th-century Korean storytelling and deep-groove psychedelic funk to Brooklyn for an unforgettable, danceable night in the Main Hall.Pioneer Works is thrilled to team up with WMI to present the Brooklyn debut of Leenalchi, the sensational Seoul-based […]
Friday, October 30, 2026
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October 30, 2026 -An American Meo: A Tale of Remembering and Forgetting
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October 30, 2026 -OCA-NY 50th Anniversary Gala
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October 30, 2026 -Adrift in the South: China’s Migrant Literature
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Featured October 30, 2026 -Featured MOCA TALKS with Ming-Na Wen Have You Eaten Yet?
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October 30, 2026 -Laughing Lassi – The #1 South Asian Stand-Up Comedy Show in New York City!
An American Meo: A Tale of Remembering and Forgetting
Author Anisa Rahim will discuss her book, An American Meo, a hybrid work of nonfiction, fiction, and myth that explores identity, heritage, and the weight of generational memory.
Free
OCA-NY 50th Anniversary Gala
Tisa Chang has been a pioneering force in Asian American theater, as an actress, dancer, director, and founding artistic director of Pan Asian Repertory Theatre. OCA-NY is proud to present Tisa Chang with our Trailblazer Award at the 50th Anniversary Gala, honoring her enduring contributions to Asian American arts and culture. Join us on Friday, […]
Adrift in the South: China’s Migrant Literature
Join us for a lively conversation on the rise of China's migrant worker literature, bringing the voices and lived experiences of the country’s vast internal migrant population into the literary […]
$30
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MOCA TALKS with Ming-Na Wen Have You Eaten Yet?
The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) welcomes legendary actress and Asian American icon Ming-Na Wen for a conversation about her new cookbook, Have You Eaten Yet? Family Recipes from a Restaurant Daughter. Honored with a Disney Legends Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Wen has inspired generations of audiences, from […]
$15 – $40
Laughing Lassi – The #1 South Asian Stand-Up Comedy Show in New York City!
Laughing Lassi brings the funniest South Asian comedians from NYC and around the world to one stage. After four years of sold-out shows, we’re kicking off 2026 with a killer lineup and fresh programming. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! Laughing Lassi is New York City’s premier South Asian stand-up comedy show, featuring the best Desi and […]
Saturday, October 31, 2026
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Sunday, November 1, 2026
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November 1, 2026 -Diwali Festival: The Indian Wedding
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November 1, 2026 -Between Homes
Diwali Festival: The Indian Wedding
Flushing Town Hall celebrates its 12th annual Diwali, the Festival of Light, with food, dance, music, and art for audiences of all ages. The fun-filled afternoon features a performance by Kathak classical dancer Abha Roy, her Srijan Dance Company, and special guests!
Free – $22
Between Homes
New York Chinese Cultural Center HOME Project 2026 Presents “Between Homes” HOME Project 2026: Between Homes is a curated performance series featuring Chinese and Chinese diasporic artists working across dance, theater, and multidisciplinary performance. Centered on the notion of “between-ness,” this year’s program explores home not as a fixed place, but as a shifting condition […]
Free