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The Denver Art Museum (DAM) will proudly present Perfectly Imperfect: Korean Buncheong Ceramics, co-organized with the National Museum of Korea (NMK), from Dec. 3, 2023, to Dec. 7, 2025. Perfectly Imperfect will be on view in the museum’s William Sharpless Jackson Jr. Gallery and the Korea Gallery on level 5 of the Martin Building and will be included in general admission.
Drawn from the M+ Collections, this exhibition explores the complex connections between landscape and humanity in our post-industrial and increasingly virtual world. Rotating displays will periodically renew the dialogues among the works and with the natural and urban environments beyond the museum itself.
Contemporary Japanese metalworking breathes life into traditional methods that have been passed down and practiced over generations. The artists featured in Striking Objects create masterpieces that combine tradition with creativity and innovation.
Sightlines highlights the imprint of Asian Americans on the physical and cultural terrain of Washington, D.C.
Making It Matters mostly draws upon the diverse works of the M+ Collections. The artists, designers, and architects featured include John Cage, Harold Cohen, Julie & Jesse, John Maeda, Raffaella della Olga, Anna Ridler, Ki Saigon, Fujimori Terunobu, Jay Sae Jung Oh, Stanley Wong, and Võ Trọng Nghĩa Architects.
The exhibition features nearly 190 military artefacts from the Qing court in The Palace Museum’s collection, featuring a wide range of objects such as helmets, archery sets, sabres and swords, equestrian equipment, paintings, textiles, books, albums, and scientific instruments.
A Passion for Jade: The Bishop Collection is now on view at the Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 222 from March 1st 2025 to January 4th 2026.
Over the course of three months, Jette Bang and ethnographer Klaus Ferdinand followed two Bedouin tribes in Qatar’s desert landscape. The outcome was over 1,200 photographs, both black and white and in colour, as well as footage for the documentary film Bedouins (1962).
Over the past four decades, Shanghai-born, Marin County–based artist Zheng Chongbin (b. 1961) has cultivated a unique practice that engages with the driving concepts and aesthetics of the Light and Space movement and East Asia’s tradition of ink painting.
Storytelling is a vital part of many Asian cultures. The works in this gallery were created by Japanese, Chinese, Burmese, Indian, Persian, and Armenian artists from the 1200s to 1800s. Drawing inspiration from Asian literature, religion, and history, these artists enliven stories with their dynamic visual narratives.
Worldwide, only around 160 Buddhist paintings from the Goryeo period (918–1392) have survived – one of which is part of the Korea collection in the Museum für Asiatische Kunst (Asian Art Museum).
The Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM) presents Anila Quayyum Agha: Geometry of Light from August 27, 2025 through April 19, 2026. In her Pacific Northwest debut, renowned contemporary artist Anila Quayyum Agha will mesmerize visitors with her ornate light and shadow installations inspired by Islamic and world art and architecture, inviting contemplation of identity and cultural belonging.
Rajput paintings evoke many moods and senses. They tell stories about the beliefs, desires, myths, poetry, and power that shaped the royal Rajput courts of northern India during the 16th to 19th centuries.
Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) proudly announces A Seat at the Table: Food & Feasting in the Islamic World, a large-scale exhibition exploring the cultural role of food across the Islamic world and within Muslim traditions. The compelling exhibition is organised by MIA in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and will be on view from 22 May till 8 November 2025.
As the Sun Appears from Beyond celebrates over 20 years of contemporary Islamic art, illuminating its enduring legacy, creativity, and spiritual resonance. Making its North American debut after opening at the 18th Al Burda Award ceremony, which took place at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the exhibition is presented in collaboration with the UAE Ministry of Culture.
Cut + Paste showcases seventeen Japanese artists who pushed the limits of printmaking and photography. By combining techniques, these artists created multilayered images that challenge distinctions between mediums, art-making traditions, and notions of fine art and commercial design.
Inner Structures – Outer Rhythms offers a glimpse into the dynamic graphic design scene of Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA), showcasing how innovative Arabic and Persian typography contribute to global visual culture. On display in the Rasheed Dhuka and Nooruddin Khawja Family Gallery, Atrium, and external façade of the Museum, the artworks bridge tradition and innovation, demonstrating the continuity of historic Islamic art in contemporary design.
Blue and white porcelain, which originated in the Tang Dynasty and matured during the Yuan Dynasty, rapidly rose to prominence in the Ming Dynasty replacing traditional celadon and white porcelain as the dominant ceramic ware.
‘The Spiraling Glory: Treasures from Guyuan, Ningxia’ is on display at the Shanghai Museum from July 9th till 17th November, 2025. The exhibition can be found in Shanghai Museum East, China Eastern Airlines Exhibition Gallery 2 (2F).
At the heart of The Many Lives of the Nakagin Capsule Tower stands capsule A1305, a fully restored unit from the Tower’s top floor. The exhibition also brings together original drawings and models with ephemera, photographs, and films to explore how this unconventional structure became a hive of creativity, debate, and community.
Colourful Korea: The Lea R. Sneider Collection is now on view at the Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 23 from July 26, 2025 to February 15th 2026.
The Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) presents a new special exhibition “The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Treasures of the Mughal Court from the Victoria and Albert Museum” (“Treasures of the Mughal Court”), which will be open to the public from 6 August 2025 to 23 February 2026.
The exhibition reimagines Peking Opera through contemporary wearable art, showcasing over 30 works by Dr. Fu Shaoxiong that blend traditional craftsmanship such as metal cloisonné and gemstone inlay with modern technology like 3D printing.
On the occasion of The Textile Museum’s centennial, Enduring Traditions explores the cultural significance of treasures from the collection. From festival robes to palace carpets, these exceptional textiles reveal the traditions and values of communities across continents.
Beyond Onchi: Works by Creative Print (Sōsaku Hanga) Artists is currently on display in Gallery 21 at the Honolulu Museum of Art until 30 November, 2025.
This exhibition, presented in collaboration with the Portland Japanese Garden in Oregon, explores how select contemporary artists throughout the world are incorporating the techniques of traditional Japanese woodblock printmaking (mokuhanga) into their practices today.
In celebration of the 65th anniversary of the Society, this exhibition features over 400 sets of precious Chinese artefacts from their collections, including Chinese painting and calligraphy, ceramics, bronzes, lacquerware, jades, bamboo carvings, furniture and snuff bottles, for the enjoyment, appreciation and enlightenment for all.
Restless Circle brings together a selection of works by Afra Al Dhaheri that explore the structural effects of tension, repetition and time. Working with materials such as cotton rope, fabric, cement and hair, the artist emphasises slow gestures, intentional movements and the fatigue that can build from ongoing, repetitive and even invisible labour.
Prism of the Real examines the practices of more than 50 artists from Japan and abroad. It explores both the art that emerged in Japan and how Japanese culture inspired the world between 1989, when the Shōwa era (1926–1989) ended and the Heisei era (1989–2019) began, and 2010.
In the second half of 2025, we will hold a large-scale survey exhibition, “Lee Bul Solo Exhibition,” that will examine the world of Lee Bul’s work, which explores the relationship between humans and technology, utopian modernity, and humanity’s progressive aspirations and failures. This exhibition, jointly planned by Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art and M+ Museum in Hong Kong, will begin at Leeum in September 2025, continue at M+ in March 2026, and then tour to major overseas institutions.
Incorporating playable interactives, outdoor installations and more, Let’s Play! explores the rich history of games across Asia and the role they have played in shaping culture, identity, and community. Featuring works of extraordinary beauty and craftsmanship, the exhibition invites visitors to discover how the act of play continues to inspire, evolve, and connect people across time and place.
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the National Asian Culture Center (ACC), Manifesto of Spring is an exhibition co-produced by M+, Hong Kong, and ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, open to the public from Friday, 5 September 2025 to Sunday, 22 February 2026 at ACC.
Metamorphosis: Chinese Imagination and Transformation, on view at China Institute Gallery from September 10, 2025 to January 11, 2026, features contemporary work by 28 artists of Chinese descent—many making their U.S. debut—and explores themes of personal, cultural, environmental, and historical transformation through painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and video spanning the years 1974 to 2025.
Eye on the Weather: Atmospheric Metaphor in American Works on Paper is currently on show in Gallery 9 at the Honolulu Museum of Art. The exhibition will close on 4 January, 2026.
Para Site is thrilled to present ‘Empty Set’, a solo exhibition by Pratchaya Phinthong, curated by Billy Tang.
Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and sponsored by 2007-2036 Biennial Sponsor Koç Holding, the 18th Istanbul Biennial will be curated by Christine Tohmé.
The 18th Istanbul Biennial will unfold in three distinct legs, each building on the previous one and carrying forward lines of inquiry and research from 2025 to 2027.
M+ presents Special Exhibition 'Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s–Now' in September, inviting audiences to experience art through the mind and the body.
‘Self-portrait with a cat I don’t have’ is Bady Dalloul's first institutional solo exhibition in the United Arab Emirates. Blending autobiographical anecdotes with stories of individuals he encounters, the artworks feature fragile heroes and ordinary people navigating systems larger than themselves.
The Art Museum of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) proudly presents the special exhibition, ¨National Treasures in CUHK: Rare Rubbings of the Song Dynasty donated by Bei Shan Tang〃, open to the public from 23 September to 28 December 2025.
The panoramic exhibition Stay Connected: Art and China Since 2008 presents twenty-first century art that addresses changes in social realities in China and their impacts on the world.
By the late 19th century, the mantón de Manila had come to embody a dialogue between East and West, luxury and folk tradition, global commerce and local identity—a testament to the beauty born of cultural exchange.
In a new exhibition at the Salm Palace, the Collection of Asian Art of the National Gallery Prague presents a selection of 520 artworks from Asia and the Islamic world, spanning 5,000 years and set in the context of cultural relations with Central Europe.
The House of Pikachu: Art, Anime, and Pop Culture opens on October 17th at Asia Society Texas. Exhibition highlights Anime’s global influence.
Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective is on from October 19th 2025 to February 7th, 2026.
24 Oct 2025 - 8 Feb 2026: 2/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
The Minneapolis Institute of Art presents the Royal Bronzes: Cambodian Art of the Divine from the October 25, 2025 - January 18, 2026.
Sopheap Pich’s ‘In the Prescence of’ opens on October 25, 2025 and runs until February 1, 2026, in the Sit Investment Associates Gallery at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Every autumn Asian Art in London brings together leading international dealers and auction houses from the UK, Europe, USA and Asia. They specialise in a wide variety of ancient to modern Asian art, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Islamic and Middle Eastern, Himalayan and Central Asian, Southeast Asian.
A Dialogue Between Two Distinguished Private Collections, Marking the Debut of Jade Masterpieces from the K Collection.
5 Nov 2025 - 8 Feb 2026
2/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
6November
2025 to 8March 2026
Jameel Arts Centre
8 November 2025–26 April 2026
Galleries 2 and 3, Photography Gallery, Al Manakh, Sharjah
Collecting is a timeless passion—an enduring way to preserve memories, express one’s taste, and safeguard traditions for generations to come. Korean Treasures: Collected, Cherished, Shared honors this practice by presenting a remarkable selection of masterpieces generously donated to the Korean nation by the family of Lee Kun-Hee, the late chairman of Samsung Group.
We are thrilled to announce that the 13th edition of ART021 will take place at Shanghai Exhibition Center from November 13th to 16th, 2025. With a global vision based on local roots, ART021 commits to present outstanding art practice from leading galleries and institutions, providing an open and professional platform for galleries, artists, collectors and art lovers all over the world.
The annual art fair each November is the culmination of the year-round visual arts programme. The fair brings together a number of local and international galleries offering artworks for sale which are shown alongside exhibitions, artist commissions and installations both at the fair and across the emirate.
M+ presents Robert Rauschenberg and Asia, the first exhibition dedicated to the artist’s travels across Asia, opening in November 2025/
Discover how a once-coveted cloth reshaped global trade, inspired revolutions, and changed the course of history in Global Threads: India’s Textile Revolution, opening at Bowers Museum on December 13, 2025. This groundbreaking exhibition reveals the story of Indian chintz—painted and printed cottons that revolutionized the way the world dressed and drove the development of modern industry.
Experience a line-up of leading international and regional galleries showing the best in contemporary art alongside exclusive events, parties, museum and gallery openings, private collection visits and unique art, food and wellness experiences throughout the week.
Save the date for the fourth edition of ART SG, presented by Founding and Lead Partner UBS. Southeast Asia’s leading international art fair will return to Singapore from 23 to 25 January 2026 (VIP Preview and Vernissage on 22 January), at Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands.
India Art Fair is returning for its 17th edition to the NSIC Grounds in New Delhi from 5—8 FEB, 2026. Continuing our legacy of showcasing the very best of modern and contemporary art in South Asia, we’re calling on the most cutting-edge and visionary arts organisations to join us!
Singapore Biennale 2025: More than 80 Artists to Active the Everyday with ‘Pure Intention’. Artists and thinkers enliven residential neighbourhoods and the urban core across four distinct areas of the city, inviting the public to reimagine Singapore’s rapid change through everyday encounters.
