JAN 2003

VOLUME 34 - NUMBER 1

The Asian Art Museum will reopen on 20 March at the Civic Center in downtown San Fracisco. In this issue, the museum's curators commemorate the occasion with a series of articles featuring new acquisitions and fresh research on objects in the existing collections. Director Emily Sano discusses the complexities of relocating the museum, while Marjorie Bissinger looks back on its founding and her friendship with Avery Brundage.

FEATURES
Kumja Paik Kim. New Acquisitions of Korean Painting
Yoko Woodson. Acquisitions of Japanese Art: 1988-2002
Michael Knight, He Li and Terese Tse Bartholomew. Imperial Art from the Reign of the Qianlong Emperor
Tushara Bindu Gude. South Asian Paintings in the Asian Art Museum Collection: A Selection of Courtly Portraits
Terese Tse Bartholomew. Revisiting the Old, Receiving the New
Forrest McGill and M.L. Pattaratorn Chirapravati. Thai Art of the Bangkok Period at the Asian Art Museum
The Reopening of the Asian Art Museum
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Helmut F. Neumann. Exhibition Review: 'Tibetan Rituals: Secret Visions of the 5th Dalai Lama', Musee National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet, Paris
INTERVIEWS
An Interview with Marjorie Bissinger
COMMENTARY
Commentary: Interview with Peter Marks