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… because of both my love of objects‚—of interrogating works of art in the original‚—and my love of museums, including my belief that … the wilderness without access to the very things that feed me as an art historian. Grateful as I am for the opportunities we are shaping in … Guanyin as it acts as sentinel in our new galleries of Asian art. How wonderful to share areas of the collections that have …

… is an invention of Bunchō's creative mind and knowledge of earlier art. For its period audience, it evoked not Japan but China (to which … at the same location. -- Andrew M. Watsky Professor of Japanese Art and Archaeology and Director, P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for East Asian Art …

… museum facility at a time of singular complexity. With the opening of Art on Hulfish, our new downtown gallery space, on December 4, the Art Museum is now programming two nontraditional venues in ways that … helped us think deeply about Native American, Latin American, and pan-Asian art, display, and interpretation. These discussions will be opened …

… we are celebrating two magnificent additions to the Princeton campus art collection. Both are conceptually compelling and materially … As novel as it is to inaugurate two such important works of public art at Princeton in a single season, it is even more striking that both … similar collaboration between the Museum and the Tang Center for East Asian Art. Cézanne and the Modern is the fruit of a partnership with the …

… Article Putting Art in the Path of Everyday Life March 16, 2022 … to the recent exhibition of Cézanne drawings at the Museum of Modern Art and the extent to which our Museum's closure‚—and the loss of … And we continue to teach. My colleague Zoe Kwok, associate curator of Asian art, is weaving magic in a seminar room this semester …

… Article Appropriation and Reinvention: Chigusa and the Art of Tea in Japan January 18, 2015 … Chigusa and the Art of Tea in Japan centers on a large ceramic vessel, known as Chigusa, … to become a prized tea object. Zoe S. Kwok Assistant Curator of Asian Art … Appropriation and Reinvention: Chigusa and the Art of Tea in Japan …

… Article The Art of Calligraphy June 7, 2017 … The Art Museum's collection of Chinese calligraphy may be considered one of … class of 1951. In 1967, Elliott, already a dedicated and passionate art collector, approached Fong, then professor of Chinese art history at … highly individualized works of art. Zoe S. Kwok Assistant Curator of Asian Art …

… Article Asian American Art at Princeton August 23, 2021 … diverse group of peoples who are united under the category "Asian Americans." The art produced by Asian Americans is staggeringly diverse as well. Some … Asian American Art at Princeton …

… periods is one of modernization along Western lines, and much of the art of the nearly sixty-year period reflects that narrative in varied … draws upon a pastiche of motifs associated with other East Asian cultures and generally exotic elements such as the elephant. In … Tale of the Heiji. -- Sinead R. C. Kehoe Assistant Curator of Asian Art SUGGESTED READING 1. Dobson, Sebastian, Anne Nishimura …

… Recarving China's Past: Art, Archaeology and Architecture of the "Wu Family Shrines" The act of … historical approaches to and methods of studying Chinese art and history, and have also been central to the dating of … properly to provide for the afterlife. -- Cary Y. Liu Curator of Asian art, Princeton University Art Museum …

… artist Xu Bing is an important addition to the Princeton University Art Museum's preeminent collection of Chinese calligraphy. The work ex … Regarded as one of the masterpieces of twentieth century Chinese art, Book from the Sky helped win for the artist the prestigious … Tang Professor of Chinese Art History Director,Tang Center for East Asian Art,Princeton University Further Reading: Britta Erickson. Words …

… Princeton University has maintained a dynamic, constantly evolving art collection since 1755, when what was then the College of New Jersey received its first portraits. Each year, the Art Museum continues to acquire new works of art to build on the … Curatorial Fellow for Collections Engagement Cary Y. Liu Curator of Asian Art Bryan R. Just Peter Jay Sharp, Class of 1952, Curator and …