Opening its doors on November 17, the new premises (enlarged and renovated) of the Asia Society Museum, after two years of construction. The new space, located at 725 Park Avenue, will be inaugurated with three important exhibitions: "Monks and Merchants: Silk Road Treasures from Northwest China, 4th-7th Century", over 120 works of art (in metal, fabric, glass and ceramic) originally from the historic Silk Road; "Conversation with traditions: Shahzia Sikander and Nilima Sheikh" which offers works by two contemporary artists inspired by Indian miniatures; and "The Creative Eye: New Perspectives on the Asia Society’s Rockefeller Collection", a selection of pieces from the permanent collection.
The architectonic project, the work of the New York studio Voorsanger & Associates, aims to reinforce the expository spaces, especially those destined to house the Rockefeller collection of Asian art, and is dedicated to the cultural activities of the association which, for forty years, has been the reference point and principal platform for the Asian-American community's cultural-artistic exchange.
