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Oct 15, 2019Masterpieces Take Center Stage at Asian Art Museum
San Francisco landmark unveils refreshed collections galleries, highlighting 15 iconic artworks reimagined with bold new designs and dynamic digital tools that structure every visit as one of discovery.
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Oct 09, 2019Asian Art Museum Reaches $100 Million in Capital Campaign; Announces New Matching Grant Challenge
Major gifts exceed fundraising goals, position museum for successful transformation and expansion; Industry awards recognize museum’s excellence on multiple fronts.
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Sep 16, 2019Asian Art Museum Presents Chang Dai-chien’s Legendary Paintings
Discover the California connections of Chang Dai-chien, one of the most celebrated Chinese painter of the last hundred years
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Sep 16, 2019Asian Art Museum Presents Historic Vietnamese Art Recovered from Shipwrecks
Explore how centuries of art lost at sea travels the globe to find a new home.
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Aug 07, 2019Museum NewsAsian Art Museum Appoints Yael Eytan as New Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
Newly created position will spearhead development of strategic marketing and communications plan to build excitement for the forthcoming transformed museum experience.
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Jul 30, 2019Museum NewsDonate Your Old Cell Phones and Help Make Art
Don’t know what to do with all your old cell phones? Here’s your chance to get rid of all those unwanted cell phones taking up space in your drawers and have them repurposed into art.
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Jul 16, 2019Special ExhibitionsAsian Art Museum Presents Drawings, Prints, and Sculptures that Fuse East and West, Past and Present, from Midcentury Masters Noguchi and Hasegawa
In postwar Japan, Isamu Noguchi and Saburo Hasegawa shared an artistic kinship that balanced ancient traditions with modern materials, sparking designs that surround us today.
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Apr 22, 2019ASIAN ART MUSEUM DIRECTOR DR. JAY XU APPOINTED TO LEADERSHIP ROLES AT THE TERRA FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN ART AND THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Dr. Xu’s Professional Expertise and Experience to Shepherd Organizations’ Next Generation of Initiatives
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Apr 02, 2019Exhibitions & EventsTanabe Chikuunsai IV: Connection
Japanese Master Tanabe Chikuunsai IV Weaves Together Past and Present with a Spectacular Bamboo Installation at Asian Art Museum
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Mar 19, 2019Exhibitions & EventsTattoos in Japanese Prints
Asian Art Museum Presents Superb Japanese Prints Highlighting Origins of 19th-Century Tattoo Culture
