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Listed in reverse chronological order:
2009
March 13, 2009–January 17, 2010
Photographic Memories
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
October 23, 2009–January 10, 2010
Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
June 12-September 20, 2009
Lords of the Samurai: Legacy of a Daimyo Family
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
February 20–May 10, 2009
The Dragon's Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan
Organized by the Honolulu Academy of Arts and the Department of Culture, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs of the Royal Government of Bhutan.
2008
September 5, 2008–March 1, 2009
Arts of the Islamic World from Turkey to Indonesia
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
October 24, 2008–January 25, 2009
Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
Organized by the National Geographic Society and the National Gallery of Art, Washington in association with the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
June 27–September 21, 2008
Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty
Organized by the Asian Art Museum, the Palace Museum, the Nanjing Municipal Museum, and the Shanghai Museum.
November 10, 2007–August 17, 2008
Later Chinese Jades: Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
February 15–May 25
On Gold Mountain: Sculptures from the Sierra by Zhan Wang
Organized by the Asian Art Museum and the Haines Gallery, San Francisco.
February 15–May 4
Drama and Desire: Japanese Paintings from the Floating World 1690–1850
Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
2007
November 10, 2007–August 17, 2008
Thematic Exhibition:
Later Chinese Jades: Ming Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
October 12, 2007–January 6, 2008
Hiroshi Sugimoto: History of History
Organized by the Japan Society, New York, and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
October 12, 2007–January 6, 2008
Stylized Sculpture: Contemporary Japanese Fashion from the Kyoto Costume Institute
Organized by the Asian Art Museum and the Kyoto Costume Institute
June 2–September 9
Tezuka: The Marvel of Manga
Organized by the National Gallery of Victoria and Tezuka Productions
May 26–September 2
Yoshitoshi’s Strange Tales: Woodblock Prints from Edo to Meiji
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
April 21–October 21
Thematic Exhibition:
Telling Tales: Illustrated Storytelling Scrolls
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
February 2–May 6
Masters of Bamboo: Japanese Baskets and Sculpture from the Cotsen Collection
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
February 2–April 29
Princes, Palaces, and Passion: The Art of India’s Mewar Kingdom
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
2006
October 20–January 7, 2007
Pioneers of Philippine Art: Luna, Amorsolo, Zobel
Organized by the Ayala Museum, Manila
October 7–December 31
Hidden Meanings: Symbolism in Chinese Art
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
August 4–November 5
Karkhana: A Contemporary Collaboration
Organized by The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
September 2–March 25, 2007
Thematic Exhibition:
Sights Unseen: Recent Acquisitions
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
June 17–September 3
A Curious Affair: The Fascinations Between East and West
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
April 7–July 16
The Three Gorges Project: Paintings by Liu Xiaodong
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
March 24–May 21
From the Fire: Contemporary Korean Ceramics
Organized by International Arts & Artists, Washington, D.C.
February 18–August 6
Thematic Exhibition:
Elephants on Parade
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
2005
December 3, 2005-February 26, 2006
Traditions Unbound: Groundbreaking Painters of 18th-Century Kyoto
Organized by the Asian Art Museum, the Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan, and the Kyoto National Museum
April 23-January 22, 2006
Thematic exhibition:
Shadows, Masks, and Music: Aspects of the Performing Arts in Asia
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
June 12–September 11
Tibet: Treasures from the Roof of the World
Organized by the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, California in collaboration with the Bureau of Cultural Relics, Tibet Autonomous Region; the Potala Palace; and the Tibet Museum.
February 18–May 8
The Kingdom of Siam: The Art of Central Thailand 1350–1800
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
January 14–April 24
Sui Jianguo: The Sleep of Reason
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
2004
December 14–January 16, 2005
Cotsen Bamboo Prize
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
October 22–January 9, 2005
The Elegant Lotus: The Art and Life of Chang Shangpu
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
October 22–January 16, 2005
Days in a Life: The Art of Tetsuya Noda
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
September 25–March 27, 2005
Thematic exhibition:
Fakes, Copies, and Question Marks: Forensic Investigations of Asian Art
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
September 17–November 28
From Mind, Heart, and Hand: Indian, Persian, and Turkish Drawings from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection
Organized by the Harvard University Art Museums
June 25–September 26
Geisha: Beyond the Painted Smile
Organized by the Peabody Essex Museum
June 11–August 22
Spaces Within: Installations by Michael Lin and Wu Mali
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
March 20–July 18
Thematic exhibition:
New Acquisitions of Contemporary Art
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
November 5, 2003 – February 29, 2004
Commodore Perry's Black Ships and the 150th Anniversary of US-Japan Relations
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
February 6 – May 9, 2004
The Monumental Landscapes of Li Huayi
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
February 27 – May 23, 2004
Montien Boonma: Temple of the Mind
Organized by the Asia Society, New York
2003
October 18, 2003–January 11, 2004
Goryeo Dynasty: Korea’s Age of Enlightenment
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
October 18, 2003–January 11, 2004
Leaning Forward Looking Back: Eight Contemporary Artists from Korea
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
June 5–August 31
Warrior Kings and Divine Jesters: Indonesian Puppets from the Herbert Collection
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
March 20–November 2
From Monastery to Marketplace: Books and Manuscripts of Asia
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
exhibitions presented by the Asian Art Museum at its former home in Golden Gate Park
Listed in reverse chronological order:
2001
August 1–October 7
Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection
Organized by Art Services International
June 27–October 7
Zen: Painting & Calligraphy, 17th–20th Centuries
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
June 2–July 8
Carpets from China
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
February 21–May 13
Taoism and the Arts of China
Organized by the Art Institute of Chicago
2000
October 25–January 14, 2001
Between the Thunder and the Rain: Chinese Painting from the Opium Wars through the Cultural Revolution, 1840–1979.
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
June 17–September 11
The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology: Celebrated Discoveries from the People's Republic of China
The exhibition was organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, in cooperation with the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and Art Exhibitions China, The People's Republic of China.
March 1–May 7
Bamboo Masterworks: Japanese Baskets from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection
Organized by the Asia Society, New York
February 12–February 27
New Millennium Painting and Calligraphy by Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Master of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy
February 9–April 30
Alienation and Assimilation: Contemporary Images and Installations from the Republic of Korea
Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Photography of Columbia College Chicago
1999
September 22–January 9, 2000
The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms
Organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
June 23–August 15
From the Rainbow's Varied Hue: Textiles of the Southern Philippines
Organized by the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles.
February 26–June 1
Inside/Out: New Chinese Art
Organized by the Asia Society and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition was co-presented in San Francisco at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
1998
September 23–January 17, 1999
Hokusai & Hiroshige: Great Japanese Prints from the James A. Michener Collection, Honolulu Academy of Arts
The exhibition was organized by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and the Honolulu Academy of Arts.
June 13–August 30
At Home & Abroad: 20 Contemporary Filipino Artists
Organized by the Asian Art Museum.
February 14–May 10
Hopes & Aspirations: Decorative Painting of Korea
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
January 21–September 6
Essence of Style: Chinese Furniture
Organized by the Asian Art Museum
1997
October 22–January 25, 1998
Paintings by Masami Teraoka
June 28–September 28
India: A Celebration
Organized by the Asian Art Museum.
April 17–May 18
Joy Under the Blossoms: Lacquer Picnic Sets from the Osaka Municipal Government
April 2–June 15
The Art of Chao Shao-an
Organized by the Asian Art Museum.
February 5–March 23
Four Centuries of Fashion: Classical Kimono from the Kyoto National Museum
1996
December 20–April 20, 1997
Yoong Bae: Late Works
October 14–December 8
Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei
April 10–August 11
Mingei: Two Centuries of Japanese Folk Art
February 7–July 7
Living Masters: Recent Paintings by C.C. Wang
1995
December 6–February 25, 1996
A Chorus of Colors: Chinese Glass from Three American Collections
November 9–February 25, 1996
The Black Sea Scrolls
November 1–February 25, 1996
Vessels of a Culture: Korean Ceramics
July 19–October 15
Mongolia: The Legacy of Chinggis Khan
Organized by the Asian Art Museum.
February 28–April 30
Profusion of Color: Korean Costumes & Wrapping Cloths of the Choson Dynasty
1994
November 30– January 29, 1995
Latter Days of the Law: Images of Chinese Buddhism 850–1850
August 3–October 30
Tomb Treasures from China: The Buried Art of Ancient Xian
Organized by the Asian Art Museum.
1993
December 8–March 13, 1994
Thai Ceramics: The James and Elaine Connell collection
1992
October 14–January 3, 1993
Brushstrokes: Styles and Techniques of Chinese Painting
April 15–February 28, 1993
Beauty, Wealth and Power: Jewels & Ornaments of Asia
Organized by the Asian Art Museum.
1991
September 28–January 5, 1992
Sculpture of Indonesia
Organized by the National Gallery, Washington, D.C. as part of the Festival of Indonesia.
April 17–August 18
Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet
A traveling exhibition organized by the Asian Art Museum in association with Tibet House, New York; 159 masterworks from 17 museums and 4 private collectors; major sponsorship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Catalogue published by Harry N. Abrams.
1990
October 10–December 9
Yokohama: Prints from Nineteenth-Century Japan
Organized by Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC.
August 22–October 28
Master of the Lotus Garden: The Life and Art of Bada Shanren
Organized by Yale University Art Gallery.
July 4–October 28
The Qing Master Potter
Guest Curator Sheila Keppel, major funding by the National Endowment for the Arts.
March 21–March 3, 1991
Women Auspicious and Divine: Images of Southeast Asia and India
March 7–July 15
Yani: The Brush of Innocence
Organized by Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, major funding by United Technologies and California Arts Council.
1989
September 20–January, 1990
Looking at Patronage: Recent Acquisitions of Asian Art
Organized by the Asian Art Museum.
May 5–September 4
Curators' Choice: Metalworks from Asia
February 15–April 2
Views from the Jade Terrace: Chinese Women Artists, 1300–1912
1988
December 14 –February 26, 1989
Suzuki Lacquers: Recent Works by Mutsumi and Misako Suzuki
July 20–March 5, 1989
Myths and Rebuses in Chinese Art
May 17–August 26
Extraordinary Persons: Japanese Art of the Premodern Era 1553–1853
April 6–July 12
Asian Embroideries
1987
November 25–March 27, 1988
Paths to Enlightenment: Saints and Bodhisattvas
July 18–November 15
Later Japanese Lacquers
March 7–July 12
Ancestral Dwellings: Furnishing the Han Tomb
January 27–April 2
Shigeo Fukuda, From Japan: Venus Transmogrified
Organized by the Asian Art Museum in association with the artist.
1986
November 15–March 1, 1987
Ganesha: The Elephant-Headed God
August 5–November 9
Essence of Indian Art
March 11–July 29
Marvels of Medieval China: Those Lustrous Song and Yuan Lacquers. March Indian Sculpture from the Asian Art Museum
Organized by the Asian Art Museum to be shown at the San Francisco Airport.
January 28–March 4
San Francisco Bay Area Collects Asian Art: The Museum's 20th Anniversary
20th Anniversary exhibition to highlight major gifts to the Asian Art Museum, showing one object to represent each year from 1966 to 1986.
1985
December 17–January 26, 1986
Kawari Kabuto: Spectacular Helmets of Japan
Organized by Japan Society, New York.
November 5–January 21, 1986
The Art of Wine in East Asia
October 8–January 5, 1986
Japanese Fan Paintings from Western Collections
Organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art.
July 1–October 29
Art with the Written Word from China and Japan
March 24–June 25
The Hundred Flowers: Botanical Motifs in Chinese Art;
January 6–March 19
Masterworks of Ming: 15th century Blue-and-White Porcelains
1984
September 9–December 4
Thematic exhibition:
Selected Masterpieces of Near Eastern Art
June 15–July 29
Auspicious Spirits: Korean Folk Paintings and Related Objects
Organized by the International Exhibition Foundation, Washington, DC. sponsored by the Koret Foundation.
April 15–September 18
Asian Masterpieces in Wood
January 23–April 10
Medieval Stone Sculpture from Eastern India
1983
November 1–30
Kakiemon Porcelain: A Colorful Tradition
Organized by the Asian Art Museum and the Mitsui Group of Companies in Japan.
October 3–January 17, 1984
Bamboo Carving of China
Organized by China Institute, N.Y.
May 20–21
International symposium on Chinese art and archaeology, sponsored by the Society for Asian Art as a tribute to the Shanghai Museum and Asian Art Museum and to commemorate the Society's 25th anniversary
May 4–September 30
Treasures from the Shanghai Museum: 6,000 Years of Chinese Art
Originated by the Asian Art Museum and organized in cooperation with the San Francisco-Shanghai Sister City program.
1982
October 30–January 4, 1983
K'ang-hsi Porcelains
September 4–October 26
The Art of Tea in East Asia
May 22–August 30
Arts of the Ch'ing Court (1644-1912)
March 2–June 6
The Effie B. Allison Collection of Kosometsuke and Other Chinese Blue-and-White Porcelains
February 2–May 18
Gandharan Sculpture: An Alexandrian Heritage
1981
December 6–February 1, 1982
Southeast Asian Sculptures: Buddhism and Hindu Themes and Styles
October 3–December 1
Nagasaki and Yokohama Prints from the Richard Gump Collection
May 22–24
Treasures of the Orient II
Sponsored by The Society for Asian Art to benefit the Asian Art Museum.
April 18–September 29
Netsuke: Myth and Nature in Miniature
1980
August 28–September 28
Treasures from the Rietberg Museum
August 8–April 15, 1981
Religious Art of Nepal
June–July
Neolithic Painted Pottery from Northwestern China and Chinese Calligraphy
April 8–May 25
Song of the Brush: Japanese Paintings from the Sanso Collection
Organized by the Seattle Art Museum.
1979
June 15–August 1
Chinese Porcelains Found at Drake's Bay in conjunction with the 400th anniversary of Sir Francis Drake's landing in California
May 1–September 30
5,000 Years of Korean Art
Organized by Asian Art Museum in conjunction with the National Museum of Korea.
January 26–March 11
Folk Traditions in Japanese Art
Organized by Victor and Takako Hauge and the International Exhibition Foundation.
1978
June 16–September 21
I-Hsing Wares
Organized by AAM in conjunction with China Institute in America.
April 11–May 14
Westerners in Japan: 1639–1880
Organized by the Kobe City Museum of Namban Art and the Meadow Brook Art Gallery of Oakland University, Michigan.
1977
November 8–December 11
Chinese Ceramics from Japanese Collections
Organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs of the Japanese Government and U.S. participating institutions.
May 17–July 10
Chinese Folk Art
137 objects from American collections, 15th–20th century, organized by Dr. Tseng Yu-ho Ecke, of Honolulu
1976
November 15–March 15, 1977
A Decade of Collecting
280 objects, emphasizing Southeast Asian and Indian sculpture, Chinese and Japanese paintings, and Iranian metalwork
June 28–August 1
Selections from the Rudolph Schaeffer Collection of Oriental Art
Featuring 62 Chinese and Korean items in honor of Rudolph Schaeffer's 90th birthday.
May 10–June 20
Indian Drawings and Painted Sketches, 16th through 19th Centuries
Organized by Asia House Gallery and the Fogg Art Museum.
April–September
Emaki and Other Handscrolls
1975
June 28–August 28
The Exhibition of Archaeological Finds of the People's Republic of China
April 1–30
Four Centuries of Japanese Screens
March 6–April 3
Rarities of the Musee Guimet
Organized by Asia House Gallery.
1974
October 23–December 1
Japanese Netsuke from the Avery Brundage Collection
Organized for the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts.
October 4–31
Visions of Tantric Buddhism.
April–December
Blue-and-White Ceramics from Various Countries
1973
December 10–March 4, 1974
Exhibition of objects donated by Edward M. Nagel
October 4–November 18
Hans Popper Collection of Oriental Art
July 10–August 21
A Flower from Every Meadow: Indian Miniature Paintings
Organized by the Asia House Gallery, New York.
January–June 17 1972
1972 Acquisitions.
1972
November 16–January 2, 1973
Chang Dai-chien: A Retrospective Exhibition
Organized by the Asian Art Museum with Chang Dai-Chien.
May 19–July 16
Ancient Indonesian Art of the Central and Eastern Javanese Periods
Organized by Asia House; the first AAM exhibition funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
1971
November 22–December 26
Chinese Gold, Silver and Porcelain: The Kempe Collection
Organized in Stockholm.
1970
September 15–October 25
Osaka Exchange Paintings from the Abe Collection and Other Masterpieces of Chinese Art
June 12–July 19
Animal Style Art from East and West.
April 5–August 2
Chinese Treasures from the Avery Brundage Collection, Osaka Exchange Exhibition for Expo '70 On view first in Osaka, then Tokyo, Fukuoka, and Takaoka
February 5–March 15
In Pursuit of Antiquity, the Earl Morse Collection of Chinese Ming and Qing Dynasty Paintings.
1969
November 22–February 1, 1970
Indian and Southeast Asian Stone Sculptures from the Avery Brundage Collection
May 27–July 1
New Acquisitions of Asian Art.
January 15–February 16
Chinese Treasures from the Avery Brundage Collection
1968
October 1–November 30
Selected Works of World Art
Highlights from the Avery Brundage Collection sent to National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, for 19th Olympiad.
March 28–June 9
Unknown India: Ritual Art in Tribe and Village
Organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
January 18–December 27
Chinese Treasures from the Avery Brundage Collection
1967
September 15–November 15
Fantastics and Eccentrics of Chinese Painting
May 1–June 4
Chinese Art from the Collection of H.M. King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
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