Arts of Asia

Okwui Enwezor, curator of the upcoming Venice Biennale 2015, Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu look at current issues in international contemporary art. (1 hr., 20 min.)

Scholar and curator James C.Y. Watt, former Director of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Chinese art historian Marc F. Wilson, and Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu discuss how Chinese museums are changing ideas of history and scholarship, addressing audiences in new ways, and grappling with a new generation of private collectors. (1 hr., 32 min.)

Glenn Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, issues a call to his fellow museum leaders to "be subversive" in his keynote address at Asia Society's inaugural Arts & Museum Summit in Hong Kong. (30 min., 54 sec.)

Former Interview magazine editor Bob Colacello, "Iran Modern" co-curator Layla S. Diba, and artist Nicky Nodjoumi revisit Iran's contemporary art scene of the 1960s and '70s. Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu moderates the panel discussion. (1 hr., 16 min.)

Fereshteh Daftari, co-curator of Asia Society Museum's Iran Modern exhibition, offers an insider's view of the work on view. (1 hr., 2 min.)

Asia Society Museum's Melissa Chiu offers insights into the exhibition Iran Modern, on view at Asia Society Museum in New York City through January 5, 2014. (3 min., 23 sec.)

"Iran Modern," featuring work from painters, photographers, designers, and sculptors of pre-revolution Iran, is on view at Asia Society Museum from September 6, 2013 through January 5, 2014. Enjoy a rapid-fire montage of works in the exhibition. (55 sec.)

Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu speaks with Executive Vice President Tom Nagorski about the Fall 2013 exhibition "Iran Modern," with a focus on the importance of Iranian arts and culture of the 1960s-70s and their relevance in the 21st century. (10 min., 59 sec.)

Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu, Madhuvanti Ghose, Julian Raby, and Jay Xu examine the possibilities for collaboration between U.S. and Asian museums, in a talk moderated by Maxwell L. Anderson of the Dallas Museum of Art. In New York City. (1 hr., 13 min.)

Peter Sturman, co-curator of the Asia Society Museum exhibition "The Artful Recluse," explores the private world of 17th-century China's scholar-painters. Introduction by Asia Society Museum's Adriana Proser. (1 hr., 3 min.)

Contemporary art collector and Art.sy co-founder Wendi Murdoch and artist Kenzo Digital discuss how technology is transforming the practices of presenting and collecting art with Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu. (1 hr., 11 min.)

In Houston, visual artist CYJO joins Asia Society Texas Center for a lively discussion about her work and looking beyond stereotypes. (45 min., 32 sec.)

Mayanka Singh Nongpiur interviews artist Atul Dodiya in his Mumbai studio to find out about his influences, inspirations, time in Paris and his artwork. (9 mins., 52 sec.)

Artist Lin Tianmiao describes the role personal experience and process play in the artwork on display in her exhibition Bound Unbound: Lin Tianmiao, on view at Asia Society Museum through January 27, 2013. (6 min., 12 sec.)

In New York City, New York Times chief art critic Holland Cotter and Asia Society President Emerita Vishakha Desai reflect on the last two decades of contemporary Asian art and consider potential next directions. Asia Society Museum's Melissa Chiu moderates the conversation. (1 hr., 2 min.)

Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu examines the latest trends in the Chinese art scene. (54 min., 49 sec.)

Speaking from New York City, President Emerita Vishakha N. Desai reflects back on the exhibitions that put Asia Society at the forefront of Asian art in America. (3 min., 53 sec.)

In Mumbai, visual artist Shilpa Gupta talks with Asia Society India Centre's Pooja Varma about her decision to become an artist, issues of social injustice in her work and how she thinks people react to her art in different spaces. (7 min., 14 sec.)

Vidya Dehejia, Barbara Stoler Miller Professor of Indian and South Asian Art at Columbia University, delivers the Doris Wiener Memorial Lecture on the tradition of bronze sculpture in the Tamil-speaking region of South India. Introduced by Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu. (46 min.)

Visual artist Sarah Sze and her husband, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee, discuss the creative process with Asia Society President Vishakha N. Desai in New York City. In conjunction with the 2012 Asia Society Museum exhibition "Sarah Sze: Infinite Line." (1 hr., 16 min.)

Parviz Tanavoli, Iran's leading contemporary sculptor, speaks with Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu in New York about his career and work. (57 min., 22 sec.)

Visual artist Sarah Sze reveals the artistic intent behind her 2011-12 Asia Society Museum exhibition. (3 min., 26 sec.)

Korean artist U-Ram Choe's piece "Unicus-Cavum ad initial" hangs from our window display on East 70th Street, to the bewilderment of those who pass by. (3 min., 16 sec.)

In conjunction with the Asia Society Museum exhibition Altered States: Zhang Huan, artist Zhang Huan talks with Asia Society Museum Director Melissa Chiu about the phases of his constantly evolving artistic career in Beijing, New York, and Shanghai. (57 min., 39 sec.)