Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco

The Museum is one of San Francisco's premier arts institutions and home to a world-renowned collection of more than 18,000 Art treasures spanning 6,000 years of history and representing countries and cultures throughout asia. The collection's scope and breadth enable the Museum to introduce all of the major traditions of Asian Art and culture, as well as the work of many Asian american artists. More than 2,500 artworks from the collection are generally on view in the Museum's 33 collection galleries, with another 500 objects removed and refreshed with works from storage each year.

Seeing genderjan 21, 2022 sep 5, 2022look at the Museum's collection through a new lens with seeing gender, a focused selection that reveals the complexities and nuances of gender across Asian art.carlos villa jun 17, 2022 oct 24, 2022carlos villa: worlds in collision celebrates the exuberant work and enduring influence of San Francisco artist carlos villa (1936 2013). The first major Museum retrospective dedicated to the work of a filipino american artist, this groundbreaking exhibition shows us villa not only as one of the most important artists of his generation, but also as a teacher, curator, activist, and community organizer.into view: bernice bingoct 7, 2022 dec 4, 2023discover the life, career, and community of modern artist bernice "bingo" bing (19361998), a San Francisco original.bearing witness: selected works by chiura obataoct 20, 2022 feb 27, 2023bearing witness invites audiences to follow the evolution of chiura obata's distinctive blending of japanese techniques with modern abstraction, from some of his earliest watercolors depicting the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake, to his famous prints of California landscapes, to his somber consideration of world war ii's devastation.delightful luxury: the Art of chinese lacquernov 17, 2022 nov 19, 2023explore highlights from the Museum's superb collection of chinese lacquer, including court accessories, scholars' objects, luxury items, and household furniture.kongkee: warring states cyberpunknov 18, 2022 jan 23, 2023explore an immersive animated futurist fantasy part comic book, part motion picture making its dazzling north american debut.chinese ink paintings: a selection of modern mastersdec 15, 2022 oct 9, 2023highlights from the collection demonstrate the cross-cultural influences brought by modern masters to traditional chinese ink painting. Color trip: yoshida hodaka's modern printsdec 16, 2022 may 1, 2023defying tradition with non-traditional techniques and diverse influences from his travels around the world, yoshida hodaka opened new frontiers in japanese printmaking.past continuous tensedec 16, 2022 dec 11, 2023in a gallery-spanning installation, vancouver-based artist lam tung pang synthesizes a millennium of chinese, korean, and japanese nature scenes scaled up from the picture page to near life size.beyond bollywood: 2000 years of dance in artmar 31, 2023 jul 10, 2023a journey for the mind, body, and senses through two millennia of Art inspired by dance from south and southeast asia and the himalayas. Hell: arts of Asian underworldsjun 16, 2023 sep 18, 2023from the humorous to the grotesque, see the many ways that Asian cultures have envisioned the realm of the condemned over time.

The Museum provides a broad range of programs that explore the cultures represented in the Museum's collection and exhibitions, and which are designed to reach all levels of education (k-12, college, and adult) and awareness of Art (novice through expert). Free docent-led tours of the collection galleries and special exhibitions are conducted throughout the day. The Museum's storytelling corps offers entertaining and educational programs for children and adults relating to artworks on view. School programs include a variety of industry-based activities: all class tours are interactive and emphasize observation skills, critical thinking, group work, and peer presentations.