Artworks & Context

Introduction to the exhibition
Spires and goose tails . . .
Preview select artworks
Bird-men of Siam (blog)
The aristocratic house and its furnishings

The regions of the exhibition
Burma
The upland regions
Siam (central Thailand)

Geographical and historical maps

Two reformer kings

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Doris Duke & Beyond the Exhibition

Doris Duke & her Southeast Asian art collection

Burma or Myanmar: which is right? (blog)

Names, Language
Burma or Myanmar: which is right? (blog)
Rocking Bangkok! (rock video, blog)
Thai words you already know (blog)
Thai language transcription (blog)

Buddhism in Burma and Siam
Theravada Buddhism in Burma and Siam
The previous lives of the Buddha

Readings
The Emerald Cities catalogue (blog)
Doris Duke:The Southeast Asian Art Collection by N. Tingley (ddcf.org)
First thoughts on further readings (blog)
More books

Conservation & Behind the Scenes

Conserving the Emerald Cities artworks
Conserving a fragile painting (blog, video)
Conserving a mirrored daybed (youtube video)
Damage control (blog, video)

Displaying a Burmese court costume (blog)
Discovering a new inscription (blog)

Connect

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Sponsors

This exhibition is organized by the Asian Art Museum.

Presentation at the Asian Art Museum is made possible by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Koret Foundation, Carmen M. Christensen, United Airlines, Kasikornbank, and the Connoisseurs’ Council, with additional support from the James H.W. Thompson Foundation and Dr. and Mrs. David P. Buchanan. Media sponsors: ABC7, San Francisco magazine. 

The museum gratefully acknowledges the underwriting of the exhibition catalogue by the Society for Asian Art and members of the museum’s Avery Brundage Circle.

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Media sponsors:

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