The Jigoku-zoshi (“Handscrolls of Buddhist Hell”) is a Japanese scroll from the late 12th century that graphically depicts naked, horrified monks running away from bands of vicious, animal-headed ...

Long before “K-culture” became a global buzzword, Dr. Lee So-young, the first Korean American director of a major art museum ...

1200 Jefferson Dr. S.W. Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art is committed to preserving, exhibiting, researching and interpreting art in ways that deepen the public and ...

South Korean artist Park Chan-kyong brings new perspectives to the National Museum of Asian Art this fall with the opening of Park Chan-kyong: Gathering, the inaugural exhibition in the museum’s ...

Have you ever wondered why Chinese visual culture is full of images of dragons, phoenixes and other mythical creatures? Archaeologists certainly have. For centuries, they searched in vain for their ...

Soyoung Lee has big plans for San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum, as large as the sheer physical size and cultural footprint of the continent it’s showcasing and the City it resides in. That’s because ...

The art of Japan’s Edo period is undeniably beautiful, influencing creators across the centuries. Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai is most famous for his woodblock print, “Under the Wave off ...

Desire, passion and intimacy are at the centre of this thought-provoking exhibition at the National Gallery. Featuring over ...

(BCN) — A new director and CEO has taken the helm at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Soyoung Lee, a specialist in Korean ceramics, was named to the position in January. The formal title is the ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — A University of Michigan alumnus has donated $2 million to establish a permanent curator position dedicated ...