Asian Art Museum

Persimmons (detail), attributed to Muqi (Chinese, active 13th century), hanging scroll; ink on paper. Collection of Daitokuji Ryokoin Temple. Important Cultural Property.
Two Important Paintings from Asia On View for First Time in U.S.
The Heart of Zen, which is on view at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, presents, for the first time in the United States, two of the most important paintings in Asian art.
Hampyeonh Lee Family Collection. Photograph © Baekje Military Museum. 
Likeness and Legacy in Korean Portraiture
Drawing a line from centuries of Confucian tradition to today’s selfie-culture, Likeness and Legacy in Korean Portraiture presents exquisite traditional draft and finished paintings alongside…
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The Traditional Japanese Garment with a Big Impact on Fashion
For more than 150 years, this iconic garment has inspired Western designers and artists to think outside the dress form.
Isamu Noguchi in Nara with Saboro Hasegawa, Michio Noguchi, and other friends on his 1950 trip to Japan.
Changing and Unchanging Things: Two Artists in Postwar Japan
The friendship between the two artists did not only enrich their private lives, but also the development of their art in the post-WWII decades.
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"Painting is My Everything:" Transformative Indian Art
The exceptionally surprising and thought-provoking exhibition Painting Is My Everything—Art from India’s Mithila Region is on view at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco until December 30, 2018.…