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Space City: Art in the Age of Artemis

From Asia Society Texas Center: "Participating artists: Michael Bhichitkul, Erika Blumenfeld, John Chae, Angela Chen, Leroy Chiao, JooYoung Choi, James Clar, Nathaniel Donnett, Farima Fooladi,…

10.17.24 | 03.16.25

Xu Bing: Word Alchemy

From Asia Society Texas: "Xu Bing: Word Alchemy assembles more than 50 of Xu Bing’s most important woodcut prints, videos, drawings, installations, and other ephemera representing almost…

02.22.24 | 07.14.24

Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu: Heat Silhouette

From Asia Society Texas Center: "Asia Society Texas is pleased to present Rafael Domenech and Tomas Vu: Heat Silhouette, the organization’s first public art installation.…

11.11.23 | 06.02.24

TSHERIN SHERPA: SPIRITS

From Asia Society Texas Center: "Asia Society Texas (AST) announces the opening of Tsherin Sherpa: Spirits, a stunning mid-career retrospective of today’s most visible, well-known, and accomplished contemporary…

09.21.23 | 01.07.24

Artists on Site 4

From Asia Society Texas Center: "Representing the fourth volume of Artists on Site, Houston artists Tatiana Escallón, Farima Fooladi, Naomi Kuo, and Alexis Pye bring their painting, fiber, and installation…

07.26.23 | 08.27.23

Explore Asia

From Asia Society Texas Center: "Celebrate the grand opening of our new permanent exhibition Explore Asia! Highlighting five Asian countries across six unique experiences, Explore Asia is…

07.06.23 | 07.06.23

Summoning Memories: Art Beyond Chinese Traditions

From Asia Society Texas: "Summoning Memories: Art Beyond Chinese Traditions highlights works by over 30 contemporary artists of Chinese descent who reinterpret traditions in dynamic and…

02.10.23 | 07.02.23

YŌKAI: SCENES OF THE SUPERNATURAL IN JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS

From Asia Society Texas: "Asia Society Texas’ (AST) newest exhibition, Yōkai: Scenes of the Supernatural in Japanese Woodblock Prints, revels in the eerie and mystical realms found in Japanese…

09.30.22 | 12.11.22

Making Home: Artists and Immigration

From the organizers: "Making Home: Artists and Immigration' focuses on immigration and related themes through the works of Phung Huynh, Beili Liu, Tuan Andrew Nguyen,…

02.05.22 | 07.03.22

2021 Children's Film Festival

From Asia Society Texas Center: "Celebrate the winter break holiday at Asia Society Texas Center with a magical film festival! Exploring the humor, action, and…

12.20.21 | 12.22.21

Kana Harada: Divine Spark

From Asia Society Texas: "Artist Kana Harada has produced new works during this time of global pandemic that blend messages of hope and positivity with…

10.08.21 | 11.15.21

Artists on Site Series 2

From Asia Society Texas Center: "In this presentation of Artists on Site at Asia Society Texas, the four featured artists — Bennie Flores Ansell, Guadalupe Hernandez, Preetika Rajgariah, and Stevie…

07.29.21 | 09.12.21

Hong Hong: The Mountain That Does Not Describe a Circle

From Asia Society Texas Center: "Asia Society Texas Center (ASTC) welcomes Houston-based artist Hong Hong in a new FREE exhibition of her large-scale paper works on view now through…

04.17.21 | 07.25.21

Shahidul Alam: Truth to Power

From Asia Society Texas Center: "Shahidul Alam: Truth to Power presents the first comprehensive U.S. museum survey of Shahidul Alam, the renowned Bangladeshi photographer, writer, activist, and…

02.13.21 | 07.11.21

Artists on Site

To register for the January 13 artist talk with Laura Drey and Brandon Tho Harris, go here. From Asia Society Texas Center: "Due to the…

12.17.20 | 01.24.21

Joss: Works by Joseph Havel

A solo exhibition featuring works by Joseph Havel. To register for the virtual studio visit with Joseph Havel, go here. From Asia Society Texas Center:…

08.29.20 | 11.08.20

[WEBCAST] Indigo Moon Calendar: A Studio Visit with Miya Ando

Note: This event is online only From Asia Society Texas Center: "During this time of quarantine in New York City, artist Miya Ando has deeply engaged with…

07.30.20 | 07.30.20

Webcast: Ocean as Boundary: Conversation with Three Artists

Note: This is an online-only event. No in-person meeting will take place. Checking in from the East, Gulf, and West Coasts, artists Jeanne F. Jalandoni,…

06.16.20 | 06.16.20

Lee Ufan: Relatum—signal

https://youtu.be/NDiU1E7NcCs Korean artist Lee Ufan’s Relatum — signal, his first commissioned piece for a public institution in the United States, inaugurates Asia Society Texas Center’s Allen Sculpture…

02.29.20 | 06.15.20

Tiffany Chung & Kim Yasuda: While the World Stands Still

Note: this event is only-only. During this time of isolation, artists Tiffany Chung and Kim Yasuda have been talking about their daily lives — what they think, what they…

05.12.20 | 05.12.20

Form is Emptiness, Emptiness is Form: Works by Miya Ando

A solo exhibition featuring work by Miya Ando. "Drawing on the important Buddhist text known as the Heart Sutra, artist Miya Ando responds to our unique building…

11.16.19 | 03.29.20

Eternal Offerings: Chinese Ritual Bronzes

Exploring the ritual significance of ancient Chinese bronzes, Eternal Offerings: Chinese Ritual Bronzes sheds new light on innovations of form and ornamentation. Join us for a preview…

02.26.20 | 02.26.20

Tsuruya Kōkei: Modern Kabuki Prints Revised & Revisited

A solo exhibition featuring prints by Tsuruya Kōkei "The exhibition will present a remarkable 77 prints by Kōkei, including all his kabuki actor portraits from…

09.14.19 | 01.19.20

Scraping the Sky: Photographs by Vicky Roy

A solo exhibition in Houston featuring work by Vicki Roy. "The photos showcase humanity’s unceasing drive to build at great heights by juxtaposing two extremes…

08.10.19 | 10.20.19

Sight Lines

"Asia Society Texas Center features a new exhibition, Site Lines: Artists Working in Texas. Celebrating five artists who are based in Texas, Site Lines draws…

04.11.19 | 08.18.19

2019 Houston Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival (HAAPIFEST)

A film festival in Houston featuring screenings from the Asian American Pacific Islander community. Tickets range from $5-50. For ticketing, go here. For more information,…

06.20.19 | 06.28.19

AsiaFest 2019

"Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at AsiaFest! An international bazaar, performances, arts and crafts, and live demonstrations await at our annual, free festival."

05.11.19 | 05.11.19

Aimee Lee: The Legacy and Future of Korean Papermaking

"Asia Society Texas Center welcomes artist Aimee Lee to discuss her work as part of The Magic of Korean Papermaking workshop at the Glassell School…

04.12.19 | 04.12.19

New Cartographies

"This exhibition delves into the unique ways that contemporary artists are incorporating cartography into their practices as they look at globally relevant topics such as…

09.15.18 | 03.17.19

Ayomi Yoshida

"Building on her family background in woodblock printing, artist Ayomi Yoshida has focused recently on large-scale installations that incorporate prints to achieve dramatic transformations of…

07.28.18 | 01.13.19

Zheng Chongbin: Clusters of Memory

"Artist Zheng Chongbin fuses western abstraction with the Chinese calligraphic tradition in works of ink and acrylic on paper, finding contemporary relevance from earlier forms…

10.28.17 | 07.08.18

Wondrous Worlds: Art & Islam Through Time & Place

An exhibition highlighting the long history, geographic expanse, and diversity of works of art in the Islamic world. Works in the exhibition cover nearly all media,…

09.23.17 | 02.25.18

Sunil Gupta Discusses the FotoFest 2018 Biennial

Sunil Gupta, the lead curator of the FotoFest 2018 Biennial, will discuss the upcoming exhibition.

11.07.17 | 11.07.17

9th Annual Indian Film Festival of Houston

A film festival showcasing documentaries, shorts, and feature films, along with Q&A sessions with directors and actors.

10.06.17 | 10.07.17

Sangram Majumdar

A show of works by Indian-born artist Sangram Majumdar. The pieces in the exhibition "refer to the cyclical nature of history and the catalytic connections…

04.22.17 | 09.10.17

The Mystical Arts of Tibet Featuring the Tibetan Monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery

"Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a mandala sand painting and perform special ceremonies. During this ritual, millions of grains of sand…

08.10.17 | 08.13.17

Modern Twist: Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Art

An exhibition celebrating artists who have helped redefine the traditional craft of Japanese bamboo art. Artists include Katsushiro Sōhō, Fujinuma Noboru, Matsumoto Hafū, Honma Hideaki, Ueno…

01.27.17 | 07.30.17

Representation and 21 st Century Responsibilities in the Performing Arts

Via Asia Society: "If Houston is the most racially diverse cosmopolitan area in the country and its current demographics reflect the future composition of most…

03.31.17 | 03.31.17

3DPRK: North Korean Portraits by Matjaž Tančič

An exhibition of photographs taken by Slovenian photographer Matjaž Tančič of citizens of Pyongyang. For the images in the show, Tančič used a 3D stereoscopic photographic technique that required…

09.03.16 | 03.26.17

Into the Art Process

A screening of two films by Franz Galo.

03.09.17 | 03.09.17

In the Wake: Japanese Photographers Respond to 3/11

An exhibition of works by photographers responding to the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. The works in the show explore "the way art…

10.01.16 | 01.01.17

Voices of the Spirit

The sixth Voices of the Spirit concert presented by Houston Arts Alliance’s Folklife + Civic Engagement program. The concert will explore devotional music from Houston’s diverse faith…

12.03.16 | 12.04.16

Architecture Tour

Guided architecture tour stops will include: The Brown Foundation Performing Arts Theater Edward Rudge Allen III Education Center Elkins Foundation Water Garden Fayez Sarofim Grand…

10.08.16 | 10.08.16

Screen Asia: SOLD: Human Trafficking is Modern Slavery

A presentation of the narrative feature film SOLD. The movie is a film adaptation of the globally acclaimed novel by Patricia McCormick and discusses issues of…

09.15.16 | 09.15.16

The Mystical Arts of Tibet Featuring the Tibetan Monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery

"Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a mandala sand painting and perform special ceremonies August 18-21 in Asia Society Texas Center’s Louisa…

08.18.16 | 08.21.16

Yuriko Yamaguchi

An exhibition by Yuriko Yamaguchi. In her work, Yamaguchi uses "materials such as resins, wire, and LED lights to create large-scale abstract sculptures that resonate uniquely in…

04.23.16 | 08.21.16

We Chat: A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art

An exhibition featuring works by Chen Wei, Guo Xi, Jin Shan, Pixy Yijun Liao, Liu Chuang, Lu Yang, Ma Qiusha, Shi Zhiying, Sun Xun, and Bo Wang. The show explores "how a new generation of…

03.26.16 | 07.03.16

Molla Nasreddin: Embrace Your Antithesis

Part of the Performance-Lecture series for Slavs and Tatars: Mirrors for Princes. Reserve tickets here. "Arguably the most important periodical of the Muslim world in the…

04.15.16 | 04.15.16

79.89.09

Part of the Performance-Lecture series for Slavs and Tatars: Mirrors for Princes. Reserve tickets here. "79.89.09 looks at two key modern moments - the Iranian Revolution…

04.13.16 | 04.13.16

Drawn From Nature

A group exhibition of works that are inspired by nature. The featured artists are Sopheap Pich, Mineko Grimmer, Palden Weinreb, and Seon Ghi Bahk.

09.19.15 | 02.21.16

Gulf Coast Reading Series

Featuring readings by Jake Levine, Kim Kyung Ju, Henk Rossouw, and Luisa Muradyan Tannahill.

01.22.16 | 01.22.16

The Mystical Arts of Tibet

From August 20-23, Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will create a mandala sand painting and perform ceremonies in Asia Society's gallery.

08.20.15 | 08.23.15

The Other Side: Chinese and Mexican Immigration to America

An exhibition exploring recurring issues of immigration, border relations, and labor practices, featuring the work of six contemporary artists, Andrea Bowers, Margarita Cabrera, Blane De…

03.27.15 | 07.19.15

Mel Chin: Rematch (Asia Society)

Part of the multi-venue survey of Houston artist Mel Chin, the six works on view at Asia Society Texas Center extends the artist’s connection to…

01.17.15 | 04.19.15

Traditions Transfigured: The Noh Masks of Bidou Yamaguchi

The work from the contemporary Japanese artist Bidou Yamaguchi, who is a master Noh mask carver in the Hōshō tradition, employing a modern interpretation to…

10.25.14 | 02.15.15

Transcendent Deities of India: The Everyday Occurrence of the Divine

Modern and contemporary representations of Hindu deities by contemporary artists Manjari Sharma and Abhishek Singh, with 19th-century chromolithographs from the Raja Ravi Varma Press.

05.02.14 | 09.14.14

Kirk Pedersen: Urban Asia

The great cities of Asia in photos that highlight the charged relationship between resident and city.

06.27.14 | 01.04.14

Dallas Asian Film Festival Experimental Shorts

Nine experimental shorts from the 11th annual Asian Film Festival of Dallas. Presented as part of the Cultural Binoculars screening series by Aurora Picture Show…

01.26.13 | 01.26.13

Unfinished Country: New Video from China, part II

The second of a two-part special screening of works by Chinese artists. The program includes Wang Qingsong's 1 2 3 4 5 6 Chops, Chen…

01.06.13 | 01.06.13

Unfinished Country: New Video from China, part I

The program includes Yu Ying's Unfinished Country, Huang Ran's Blithe Tragedy, Lu Yang's Reanimation! Zombie Frog Underwater Ballet!, Chen Qiulin's River, River, Cheng Ran's Tears,…

12.02.12 | 12.02.12

Light Surgeons: SuperEverything*

The Light Surgeons’ Mitchell Center Houston residency begins with SuperEverything*, an explosive live cinema performance incorporating multiple projections across over-sized screens, filmed on location across…

11.09.12 | 11.10.12

Contemporary Asian Art: Texas Connections

The Asia Society Texas Center's inaugural exhibition showcases work by Asian and Asian American artists with Texas connections, guest-curated by Kimberly Davenport of Rice Art…

04.14.12 | 09.16.12

Treasures of Asian Art: A Rockefeller Legacy

60 masterpieces from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection. Korean artist Lee Ufan’s first commissioned piece for a public institution in the…

04.14.12 | 09.16.12

What Lies Between: Contemporary Asian Art, Politics, and the Social Value of Collecting

Artist Mel Chin and collector Jereann Chaney for a lively discussion exploring artistic practice, the social value of collecting, and the ties that bind. FREE,…

09.12.12 | 09.12.12

Jonah Bokaer: On Vanishing

A 40-minute choreographic work by Mitchell Center resident Jonah Bokaer originally created for the Guggenheim Museum. The piece will be recreated for the Asia Society…

05.17.12 | 05.17.12

In Conversation: Barbara Pollock on Ai Weiwei and Art's New Superpower

Author and critic Barbara Pollock explores the provocative vision of artist Ai Weiwei, China's booming art scene, and the blurring distinction between life and art.…

04.22.12 | 04.22.12

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