Diversity in the Exhibitions

The Museum emphasizes diversity not only in its permanent collections, but also in several of the exhibitions that are on view throughout the year. Specific in subject and engaging in presentation, these exhibitions bring the unique artistry of different cultures and nationalities to audiences of thousands.

Exhibitions

Porcelain for the Emperor: Chinese Ceramics of the Kangxi Reign (1662–1722)
August 7, 2010 - September 5, 2011

Flora and Fauna in Korean Art
March 13, 2010 - Spring 2011

Pleasures and Pastimes in Japanese Art
January 9, 2010 - January 2011

Isamu Noguchi at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
September 14, 2009 - August 16, 2010

Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz and the Stella Kramrisch Collections
December 12, 2009 - July 25, 2010

Jun Kaneko
September 5, 2009 - April 18, 2010

Cai Guo-Qiang: Fallen Blossoms
December 11, 2009 - March 21, 2010

Ragas and Rajas: Musical Imagery of Courtly India
July 11, 2009 - February 28, 2010

Stories and Images in East Asian Art
March 12, 2009 - February 24, 2010

Peaks of Faith: Buddhist Art of the Himalayas
December 20, 2008 - November 15, 2009

The Art of Japanese Craft: 1875 to the Present
December 6, 2008 - September 13, 2009

Daidō Moriyama: Tokyo Photographs
February 28, 2009 - August 23, 2009

Hello! Fashion: Kansai Yamamoto, 1971–1973
May 24, 2008 - August 23, 2009

Heroism and Treachery: Paintings from the Safavid and Mughal Empires
October 1, 2008 - June 28, 2009

The Privilege of Paint: Portraits from the Courts of India
December 20, 2008 - June 28, 2009

Quilt Stories: The Ella King Torrey Collection of African American Quilts and Other Recent Quilt Acquisitions
August 16, 2008 - March 1, 2009

Clay, Wood, and Paper: Materials for Korean Art
October 6, 2007 - February 29, 2009

James Castle: A Retrospective
October 14, 2008 - January 4, 2009

Imagining Cathay: 18th- and Early 19th-Century Chinoiserie Textiles and Embroideries from the Collection
December 8, 2007 - December 2008

Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt
September 16, 2008 - December 14, 2008

Linda Day Clark: The Gee's Bend Photographs
September 16, 2008 - December 14, 2008

Marvels of the Malla Period: A Nepalese Renaissance 1200–1603
December 22, 2007 - December 7, 2008

Multiple Modernities: India, 1905-2005
June 14, 2008 - December 7, 2008

Rhythms of India: The Art of Nandalal Bose (1882-1966)
June 27, 2008 - September 1, 2008

Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan
April 26, 2008 - July 20, 2008

A Flute in the Forest: Tales of Young Krishna
December 22, 2007 - June 1, 2008

Frida Kahlo
February 20, 2008 - May 18, 2008

Fragile Demon: Juan Soriano in Mexico, 1935–1950
February 16, 2008 - May 11, 2008

The Book of War: The Free Library of Philadelphia's Mughal Razmnama Folios
July 14, 2007 - December 9, 2007

Tibetan Ritual Arts
June 2, 2007 - December 9, 2007

Japanese Literati Culture in the Edo Period
October 7, 2006 - November 11, 2007

Celebrate Korea: A Decade of Collecting
July 8, 2006 - September 23, 2007

William H. Johnson's World on Paper
May 19, 2007 - August 12, 2007

Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush
May 1, 2007 - July 22, 2007

Fantastic and Functional Animals in Indian Art
December 9, 2006 - June 30, 2007

Conserving a Tibetan Altar
December 9, 2006 - May 27, 2007

Latin American Colonial Art from the Collections
September 29, 2006 - January 31, 2007

Mexico and Modern Printmaking: A Revolution in the Graphic Arts, 1920–1950
October 21, 2006 - January 14, 2007

Tesoros/Treasures/Tesouros: The Arts in Latin America, 1492–1820
September 20, 2006 - December 31, 2006

The Arts of War and Peace: Persian Miniatures from the Collection
November 29, 2005 - December 17, 2006

Gilding the Lotus: Enriching the Himalayan Collection
June 10, 2006 - November 26, 2006

Lines of Thought: Indian Drawings from the Dean Walker Collection
July 15, 2006 - November 26, 2006

Kachō-ga: Flowers and Birds in Japanese Art
May 28, 2005 - September 24, 2006

Adventures in a Perfect World: North Indian Narrative Paintings, 1750–1850
November 23, 2005 - July 6, 2006

Paradise Found: Buddhist Art of Korea
February 26, 2005 - June 25, 2006

The Arts of Korea: Selections from the Collection
May 5, 2005 - June 25, 2006

Why the Wild Things Are: Personal Demons & Himalayan Protectors
November 23, 2005 - May 28, 2006

Beauford Delaney in Context: Selections from the Collection
November 13, 2005 - February 26, 2006

Beauford Delaney: From New York to Paris
November 13, 2005 - January 29, 2006

Scenes from the Shahnama and Khavarannama
October 22, 2002 - November 27, 2005

Book Arts of India
May 7, 2005 - November 6, 2005

Mongols, Manchus, and Monks: The Art of Tibetan Diplomacy
May 7, 2005 - November 6, 2005

Himalayan Texts and Charms
October 23, 2004 - April 24, 2005

Masterpieces of Indian Painting from the Alvin O. Bellak Collection, A Tribute
October 9, 2004 - April 24, 2005

Korea Now!
August 2003 - February 23, 2005

African Art, African Voices: Long Steps Never Broke a Back
October 2, 2004 - January 2, 2005

Primary Colors: Paintings from 17th-Century Central India and 18th-Century Nepal
May 13, 2004 - October 11, 2004

India's Middle Ground: Art of the Deccan
August 16, 2003 - February 29, 2004

Learned Lamas: The Teacher in Tibetan Art
August 16, 2003 - February 29, 2004

Mountain Dreams: Contemporary Ceramics by Yoon Kwang-cho
September 2, 2003 - January 4, 2004

Eye on Mexico: Photographs from the Collection
July 26, 2003 - December 7, 2003

Translations and Transformations: Chinese Themes in Japanese Art
November 30, 2002 - October 31, 2003

Divine Union: The Transformation of Desire in Himalayan Art
October 8, 2002 - July 2003

Stories, Ceremonies, and Souvenirs: Popular Painting from Eastern India
January 21 - July 2003

Munakata Shiko: Japanese Master of the Modern Print
July 27, 2002 - November 10, 2002

Calligraphy for the Queen: Indo-Islamic Art at the 1876 Centennial
November 14, 2001 - October 20, 2002

Hands On: Japanese Craft and Design of the 20th Century
November 7, 2001 - September 15, 2002

The Spirit of Korea
September 13, 2000 - August 27, 2002

Transcendent Bliss: Chinese Buddhist Art from the Collection
June 23, 2001 - August 11, 2002

West Meets East: China and Japan at the Centennial Exhibition
May 10, 2001 - June 26, 2002

Monkey Tales: Images of Hanuman in Indian Art
December 18, 2001 - June 2, 2002

Dox Thrash: An African American Master Printmaker Rediscovered
October 27, 2001 - February 24, 2002

Wind in the Mountains: Chinese Ming Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy
July 1, 2000 - June 17, 2001

Japanese Noh Costumes from the Collection
May 27, 2000 - May 20, 2001

Intimate Worlds: Masterpieces of Indian Painting from the Alvin O. Bellak Collection
March 2, 2001 - April 29, 2001

Tea, Poetry, and Rimpa: Works From Japan
July 1, 2000 - April 29, 2001

The Arts of Hon'ami Kōetsu, Japanese Renaissance Master
July 29, 2000 - October 29, 2000

Earthly Gods and Heavenly Kings: Painting Royalty and Divinity in India
January 22, 2000 - October 15, 2000

Famed and Fabled in Chinese Painting
August 14, 1999 - June 18, 2000

Fun & Games in Japanese Art
August 14, 1999 - June 18, 2000

Making the Path to Perfection: Art for the Jains in India
June 26, 1999 - January 16, 2000

Museum Studies 5: Gabriel Orozco
October 27, 1999 - December 12, 1999

Ink Traces: East Asian Calligraphy
August 11, 1998 - August 2, 1999

Threads of Cotton, Threads of Brass: Arts of Eastern India and Bangladesh from the Kramrisch Collection
July 7, 1998 - June 13, 1999

Chinese Lacquer Boxes
November 21, 1998 - June 1, 1999

Recent Acquisitions in Asian Art
April 15, 1997 - October 31, 1998

Images of the Spirit: Photographs by Graciela Iturbide
June 14, 1998 - August 9, 1998

Frolicking Animals
September 26, 1997 - August 2, 1998

Epics from the Hills: Pahari Paintings of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, 1750–1850
December 17, 1997 - June 28, 1998

Heroes & Ghosts: Japanese Prints by Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)
April 25, 1998 - June 28, 1998

Museum Studies 4: Rirkrit Tiravanija
April 1, 1998 - May 31, 1998

Opening of the William P. Wood Gallery of Indian Art
June 1, 1997 - November 30, 1997

India: A Celebration of Independence, 1947-1997
July 6, 1997 - August 31, 1997

Japanese Landscapes
October 8, 1996 - July 31, 1997

Japan in Flower
February 25, 1996 - March 3, 1996

Himalayan Paintings for Buddhist Meditation: Visualization of Passion and Enlightenment
March 25, 1995 - October 16, 1995

Tibetan Buddhist Sand Painting: Kalachakra Mandala for World Peace
April 25, 1995 - May 27, 1995

Alone in a Crowd: Prints of the 1930s-1940s by African American Artists from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams
October 9, 1994 - December 4, 1994

Moving Pictures: Videos on AIDS
November 29, 1994 - December 4, 1994

Japanese Design: A Survey Since 1950
September 25, 1994 - November 20, 1994

In Observance of World AIDS Day and Day Without Art
November 29, 1993 - January 12, 1994

Recent Acquisitions in Japanese Art
July 15, 1992 - July 15, 1993

African American Folk Art
May 20, 1992 - August 16, 1992

Contemporary Works by African-American Artists
May 20, 1992 - August 16, 1992

Colonial Mexican Pottery, 1650-1750
Summer 1992

Japanese Buddhist Art
August 15, 1990 - August 15, 1991

Theme and Variation: Japanese Design Motifs
September 15, 1989 - July 15, 1990

The Arts of Tea
September 15, 1988 - July 15, 1989

Selection of African-American Works from the Collections
February 1, 1989 - April 9, 1989

African Sculpture from The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania
November 23, 1986 - February 8, 1987

From the Collections: Spanish Gothic Painting
January 19, 1985 - July 14, 1985

Impressions of the Front: Woodcuts of the Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895
April 23, 1983 - June 26, 1983

Tibet: The Sacred Realm, Photographs 1880-1950
March 20, 1983 - May 22, 1983

Nigerian Art from the University Museum
February 21, 1982 - April 18, 1982

Treasures of Ancient Nigeria
February 21, 1982 - April 18, 1982

Manifestations of Shiva
March 29, 1981 - June 7, 1981

Footprints of the Buddha: Japanese Buddhist Prints from American and Japanese Collections
August 23, 1980 - October 26, 1980

Mexican Art from the Collections
June 7, 1980 - August 24, 1980

Far Eastern Art Department: Recent Acquisitions
February 8, 1980 - April 20, 1980

Noguchi's Imaginary Landscapes
October 20, 1979 - January 6, 1980

Islamic Art
October 8, 1977 - January 28, 1978

Southeast Asian Ceramics
January 3, 1977 - February 6, 1977