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 […]
Chinese Artists on the Edge brings together five landmark films that reveal the fertile exchange between contemporary art and Chinese cinema from the late 1980s through the turn of the twenty-first century. Beijing Bastards (北京杂种) Zhang Yuan, China, 1993, 88 min. In Chinese with English subtitles. Few films capture the texture of early-1990s Beijing as vividly […]
Chinese Artists on the Edge brings together five landmark films that reveal the fertile exchange between contemporary art and Chinese cinema from the late 1980s through the turn of the twenty-first century. The Crack (缝) Li Wake, China, 2000, 101 min. In Chinese with English subtitles. Long circulated only through underground screenings before its restoration by […]
Chinese Artists on the Edge brings together five landmark films that reveal the fertile exchange between contemporary art and Chinese cinema from the late 1980s through the turn of the twenty-first century. The Paper (纸) Ding Jiancheng, China, 1993, 62 min. In Chinese with English subtitles. Followed by a Q&A with Ding Jiancheng. Adapted from a […]
Join the China Books Review book club this September to discuss Time Tunnel: Stories and Essays by Eileen Chang, tr. Karen S. Kingsbury (New York Review Books, October 2025), a collection of previously untranslated stories from Eileen Chang's literary career. Thirty years after her death, Time Tunnel reaffirms Eileen Chang’s place as one of the 20th century's finest writers. Spanning the […]
Join us for a thought provoking evening with multi-award-winning speculative fiction author Ken Liu, for the release of his new collection, The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories -- which includes the provocative title story on why misinterpretations are impossible to avoid in art. Renowned for his genre-defining "silkpunk" epics and deeply moving short fiction like The Paper […]
Join us for a vibrant evening celebrating the rich tapestry of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) culture, art, and community. In celebration of America’s semiquincentennial (250th birthday), Asia Society presents an exclusive evening event honoring the AAPI community’s foundational role in shaping the American story. What does it mean to be American? For two […]
Celebrating books, ideas, and dialogue, the Jaipur Literature Festival — described as “the greatest literary show on Earth” — returns to New York in 2026. A caravan of pre-eminent writers, performers, essayists, commentators, and raconteurs is almost here to take you on a journey to worlds woven by words and ideas. This year's JLF includes Kai Bird, […]
The US-China Music Forum: Chasing Dreams commemorates the 250th anniversary of the United States; it highlights two major musical works that focus on the sacrifices and contributions of Chinese Americans, featuring a panel discussion and live operatic excerpts. Join Huang Ruo, Su Wei and Jindong Cai in a vibrant discussion on how music captures the emotion and power of history, what the […]
An Eye for an Eye Tanaz Eshaghian and Farzad Jafari, 2025, 84 minutes. In Persian with English subtitles. An Eye for an Eye is a documentary that unfolds like a real-life courtroom thriller that pulls you inside a justice system unlike any other -- one where the fate of a life doesn't rest with a judge, […]
The Lahore Literary Festival (LLF), one of South Asia’s premier cultural events, returns to Asia Society New York, exploring contemporary Pakistan through artists, writers, and other experts. The festival will present American audiences with a more nuanced view of Pakistan, with discussions on fiction and nonfiction writing, art, science, history, and politics. This year's LLF speakers […]
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 […]