Asia Society Museum organizes groundbreaking exhibitions of both traditional and contemporary Asian and Asian American art. The Museum is known for its Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Collection of masterpiece-quality traditional Asian works, and for its cutting-edge Contemporary Art Collection of videos and new media art by Asian and Asian American artists.

A recognized leader in identifying and fostering contemporary Asian and Asian American artists, Asia Society Museum was one of the first American museums to establish a program of contemporary Asian art in the early 1990s.

Exhibits

The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan: Art of Gandhara
Explore the magnificent sculptural art of Gandhara, a once primarily Buddhist region that thrived where present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan are located.

Rabindranath Tagore: The Last Harvest
More than 60 paintings by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), beloved Indian poet, writer, artist, and thinker.

U-Ram Choe: In Focus
A new work inspired by a tenth-century Indian Sculpture from Asia Society’s permanent collection.

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