Below is a list of past and current exhibitions relating to Asian Art. For all current and upcoming exhibitions, click here.
Past and Current Exhibitions
Pleasures and Pastimes in Japanese Art
January 9, 2010 - Fall 2010The Two Qalams: Islamic Arts of Pen and Brush
July 11, 2009 - August 2010Arts of Bengal: Town, Temple, Mosque
March 13, 2010 - August 2010Arts of Bengal: Wives, Mothers, Goddesses
November 25, 2009 - August 2010Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz and the Stella Kramrisch Collections
December 12, 2009 - July 25, 2010Ragas and Rajas: Musical Imagery of Courtly India
July 11, 2009 - February 28, 2010Stories and Images in East Asian Art
March 12, 2009 - February 24, 2010Peaks of Faith: Buddhist Art of the Himalayas
December 20, 2008 - November 15, 2009The Art of Japanese Craft: 1875 to the Present
December 6, 2008 - September 13, 2009Heroism and Treachery: Paintings from the Safavid and Mughal Empires
October 1, 2008 - June 28, 2009The Privilege of Paint: Portraits from the Courts of India
December 20, 2008 - June 28, 2009Clay, Wood, and Paper: Materials for Korean Art
October 6, 2007 - February 29, 2009Marvels of the Malla Period: A Nepalese Renaissance 1200–1603
December 22, 2007 - December 7, 2008Multiple Modernities: India, 1905-2005
June 14, 2008 - December 7, 2008Cornucopia: Recent Acquisitions in Japanese Art
November 24, 2007 - November 16, 2008Rhythms of India: The Art of Nandalal Bose (1882-1966)
June 27, 2008 - September 1, 2008A Flute in the Forest: Tales of Young Krishna
December 22, 2007 - June 1, 2008The Book of War: The Free Library of Philadelphia's Mughal Razmnama Folios
July 14, 2007 - December 9, 2007Tibetan Ritual Arts
June 2, 2007 - December 9, 2007Japanese Literati Culture in the Edo Period
October 7, 2006 - November 11, 2007Celebrate Korea: A Decade of Collecting
July 8, 2006 - September 23, 2007Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush
May 1, 2007 - July 22, 2007Fantastic and Functional Animals in Indian Art
December 9, 2006 - June 30, 2007Conserving a Tibetan Altar
December 9, 2006 - May 27, 2007The Arts of War and Peace: Persian Miniatures from the Collection
November 29, 2005 - December 17, 2006Gilding the Lotus: Enriching the Himalayan Collection
June 10, 2006 - November 26, 2006Lines of Thought: Indian Drawings from the Dean Walker Collection
July 15, 2006 - November 26, 2006Kachō-ga: Flowers and Birds in Japanese Art
May 28, 2005 - September 24, 2006Adventures in a Perfect World: North Indian Narrative Paintings, 1750–1850
November 23, 2005 - July 6, 2006Paradise Found: Buddhist Art of Korea
February 26, 2005 - June 25, 2006The Arts of Korea: Selections from the Collection
May 5, 2005 - June 25, 2006Why the Wild Things Are: Personal Demons & Himalayan Protectors
November 23, 2005 - May 28, 2006Scenes from the Shahnama and Khavarannama
October 22, 2002 - November 27, 2005Book Arts of India
May 7, 2005 - November 6, 2005Mongols, Manchus, and Monks: The Art of Tibetan Diplomacy
May 7, 2005 - November 6, 2005Libations: Wine and Tea in East Asia
November 13, 2003 - May 15, 2005Himalayan Texts and Charms
October 23, 2004 - April 24, 2005Masterpieces of Indian Painting from the Alvin O. Bellak Collection, A Tribute
October 9, 2004 - April 24, 2005Korea Now!
August 2003 - February 23, 2005Primary Colors: Paintings from 17th-Century Central India and 18th-Century Nepal
May 13, 2004 - October 11, 2004Currents in Clay
September 13, 2000 - May 9, 2004India's Middle Ground: Art of the Deccan
August 16, 2003 - February 29, 2004Learned Lamas: The Teacher in Tibetan Art
August 16, 2003 - February 29, 2004Mountain Dreams: Contemporary Ceramics by Yoon Kwang-cho
September 2, 2003 - January 4, 2004Translations and Transformations: Chinese Themes in Japanese Art
November 30, 2002 - October 31, 2003Divine Union: The Transformation of Desire in Himalayan Art
October 8, 2002 - July 2003Stories, Ceremonies, and Souvenirs: Popular Painting from Eastern India
January 21 - July 2003Love by the Book: Painting and Poetry in India
June 18, 2002 - January 12, 2003Calligraphy for the Queen: Indo-Islamic Art at the 1876 Centennial
November 14, 2001 - October 20, 2002Hands On: Japanese Craft and Design of the 20th Century
November 7, 2001 - September 15, 2002The Spirit of Korea
September 13, 2000 - August 27, 2002Transcendent Bliss: Chinese Buddhist Art from the Collection
June 23, 2001 - August 11, 2002West Meets East: China and Japan at the Centennial Exhibition
May 10, 2001 - June 26, 2002Monkey Tales: Images of Hanuman in Indian Art
December 18, 2001 - June 2, 2002Spiritual Seekers: Asceticism and Piety in Indian Painting
June 19, 2001 - December 9, 2001Wind in the Mountains: Chinese Ming Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy
July 1, 2000 - June 17, 2001Picturing the Divine
October 24, 2000 - June 10, 2001Intimate Worlds: Masterpieces of Indian Painting from the Alvin O. Bellak Collection
March 2, 2001 - April 29, 2001Tea, Poetry, and Rimpa: Works From Japan
July 1, 2000 - April 29, 2001The Arts of Hon'ami Kōetsu, Japanese Renaissance Master
July 29, 2000 - October 29, 2000Earthly Gods and Heavenly Kings: Painting Royalty and Divinity in India
January 22, 2000 - October 15, 2000Famed and Fabled in Chinese Painting
August 14, 1999 - June 18, 2000Fun & Games in Japanese Art
August 14, 1999 - June 18, 2000Making the Path to Perfection: Art for the Jains in India
June 26, 1999 - January 16, 2000Ink Traces: East Asian Calligraphy
August 11, 1998 - August 2, 1999Chinese Lacquer Boxes
November 21, 1998 - June 1, 1999Recent Acquisitions in Asian Art
April 15, 1997 - October 31, 1998Chinese Export Porcelain for the American Market
April 17, 1998 - September 6, 1998Frolicking Animals
September 26, 1997 - August 2, 1998Epics from the Hills: Pahari Paintings of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, 1750–1850
December 17, 1997 - June 28, 1998Opening of the William P. Wood Gallery of Indian Art
June 1, 1997 - November 30, 1997Flora and Fauna in Korean Art
March 13, 2010 - Spring 2011
