Press Release: ACAW 2016
Expanding beyond its usual format through a full season-long platform to capture the momentous energy of the field, Asia Contemporary Art Week (ACAW) kicks off its 11th edition on September 8, 2016 with over 200 artists, cutting-edge exhibitions, performances, public programs & other evening festivities across New York City thru November 18. Read More
Summer Exhibitions, screenings & artist talks at Consortium Member venues: Asia Society, Twelve Gates Arts, Arts Projects International, Sundaram Tagore and more! Read More
Spring exhibitions, screenings & artist talks at Consortium Member venues: Japan Society, The Met Breuer, Aicon Gallery, Chambers Fine Art and more. Read More
Lee Mingwei: Top 10 “Best in Art”
Julieta Cervantes for The New York Times We’re thrilled to announce that Asia Contemporary Art Week – ACAW 2015’s signature exhibition, ‘Lee Mingwei’s Sonic Blossom’ at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, was named one of the Top 10 “Best in Art” and “Best in Classical Music” of 2015 by The New York Times. >>... Read More
‘Sonic Blossom’ on ABC News
View a delightful clip of ABC News coverage of Lee Mingwei’s Sonic Blossom – ACAW 2015 Signature exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. October 30 – November 8, 2015 >> See the full coverage here Read More
The 10th Edition of ACAW
ACAW kicks off its 10th edition on October 28, 2015 with citywide exhibitions, receptions, performances, screenings and other evening festivities, alongside two ACAW signature programs: Lee Mingwei’s Sonic Blossom at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 30 to November 8, and FIELD MEETING Take 3: Thinking Performance, October 31 and November 1. Read More
In connection with ACAW 2015’s signature exhibition Sonic Blossom by Lee Mingwei, co-presented at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, FIELD MEETING Take 3: Thinking Performance will stage performances, talks and discussions with over 30 keynote figures to foreground the multiplicity and critical role of performance work coming out of the context of Asia. Read More
China Institute’s moved to LES
Asia Contemporary Art Consortium Member China Institute, the nation’s oldest educational institution devoted solely to Chinese culture, has moved to Lower Manhattan from the Upper East Side! Its new location at 100 Washington Street is approximately 50,000 square feet — five times its current size – and will include a 3,000-square-foot gallery, library, classrooms and... Read More
New Curators AT Guggenheim
Left: Hanru Hou. Right: Xiaoyu Weng ACAW Consortium Member Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has appointed two new curators to focus on exhibitions that will feature the work of artists born in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau: Xiaoyu Weng, founding director of the Kadist Art Foundation’s Asia programs and Program Director of the Asian Contemporary Arts Consortium in... Read More
PRESS FOR THINKING CURRENTS
“Thinking Currents was the most artistically significant thing that happened at Seattle Art Fair, and it was crowded all weekend.” Read More
