Archive Press Releases

2003

• Asia Society Seeking Nominations for 2nd Annual Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on Asia (October 30, 2003)
• Asia Society presents Major Exhibition celebrating Persian culture Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Iran, 1501-1576 (October 16, 2003 through January 18, 2004)
• Asia Society Presents Sohrab and Rustum (November 7 and 8, 2003)
• Asia Society Presents a Ten-Day Special Event Mandala Sand Painting: Creating an Enlightened World (September 11 through 21, 2003)
• Cai Guo-Qiang An Explosion Event: Light Cycle over Central Park (September 9 through December 14, 2003)
• Asia Society presents Major Exhibition of Modern Chinese Landscapes and Prison Notes Landscape of Memory: the Art of Mu Xin (June 10 through September 7, 2003)
• Asia Society Showcases Masterworks of Buddhist Art
  The World of Buddhism: Selections from the Asia Society's Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection (March 11 through August 24)
• Asia Society Announces First Winner of the Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Asian Journalism (May 12, 2003)
• The Asia Society Presents A New Commissioned Multidisciplinary Work of Music and Poetry IN WHAT LANGUAGE? a song cycle of lives in transit (May 8 through 11, 2003)
• Asia Society Announces First Ever Prize to be Awarded for Excellence in Reporting About Asia (April 2003)
• Asia Society Presents an Exhibition Exploring the Sensory Experience of Buddhism Montien Boonma: Temple of the Mind (February 4, 2003 through May 11, 2003)
• Asia Society Celebrates Chinese Ceramics with Contemporary and Traditional Exhibitions: China Refigured: The Art of Ah Xian and From Court to Caravan: Chinese Tomb Sculptures from the Collection of Anthony M. Solomon (October 8, 2002 through February 9, 2003)
• Asia Society Presents Exclusive Exhibition of Contemporary Aboriginal Art, The Native Born: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Ramingining, Australia (September 17, 2002 through January 5, 2003)

• 2003 Diversity Summit: Diversity Leadership and The Bottom Line - A Clear Connection (July 1, 2003)
• Pakistan, India and America: The Nuclear Dangers Ahead (June 16, 2003)
• Antiques Roadshow' Expert Holds Appraisal Fair on Asian Art (June 4, 2003 )

• Asia Society Presents Blood Links (November 20 and 23, 2002)
• Asia Society Presents Parisa and Dariush Talai: Persian Classical Music (September 21 and 22, 2002)
• Asia Society Presents "Labyrinth: In the Moon-Night" (June 28th and 29th, 2002)
• Asia Society Presents Rich Offering of Business Programs During Spring 2002
• Asia Society and Japan Society Partner for Major Two-Part Exhibition on Contemporary Tea Practice and Arts: The New Way of Tea Opens at Both Venues March 6, 2002 (March 6, 2002)
• Asia Society Presents World Premiere of Commissioned Opera Wenji: Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute (January 31 through February 9, 2002)
• Asia Society Presents Innovative Summer Exhibition Banaras: The Luminous City (June 11, 2002 through August 18, 2002)
• Through Afghan Eyes: A Culture in Conflict, 1987-1992 (March 19 through September 15, 2002)

2001

• Asia Society Presents Conversations with Traditions: Nilima Sheikh and Shahzia Sikander (November 17, 2001 through March 3, 2002)
• A New Look at the Rockefeller Collection at Asia Society and Musuem (November 17, 2001 through April 14, 2002)
• Asia Society Announces Extensive New Programming in the Wake of September 11, 2001
• Asia Society and Museum Public Opening Day (November 2001)
• Asia Society Presents World Premiere of Commissioned Opera The Floating Box: A Story in Chinatown (October-November 2001)
• Asia Society Proudly Co-Presents: Dance, The Spirit of Cambodia (Summer-Fall 2001)
• Asia Society Commissions Nine Artists To Create Site-Specific Contemporary Asian Artworks (Fall 2001)
• Asian Food and Drink featured on AsiainNYC.org, Web Component of Asia Society's Trade Publication Asia in New York City: A Cultural Travel Guide (May 2001)
• Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to Open "Asia's Technology Future: Transforming Business" The Asia Society's 12th Annual Corporate Conference in Bangalore, India, (March 11-13, 2001)
• Asia Society Presents Can We Feed Ourselves? A Focus on Asia: Photographs by Hiroji Kubota (January 2001)

Asia Society and Museum Re-Opening November 2001

• Monks and Merchants: Silk Road Treasures From Northwest China, 4th - 7th Century Inaugurates New Asia Society and Museum (November 17, 2001 through January 6, 2002)
• Asia Society Programming Looks Behind the Headlines in the Wake of September 11, 2001
• New Asia Society and Museum Opens to the Public (Saturday, November 17, 2001)
• Asia Society Renovation and Expansion Fact Sheet (November 2001)
• Asia Society and Museum Commissions Nine Artists To Create Site-Specific Contemporary Asian Artworks (Fall 2001)

2000

• Asia Society Announces Publication of First Trade Title ASIA IN NEW YORK CITY: A Cultural Travel Guide (November 2000)
• Asia Society Presents Power and Desire: South Asian Paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art, Edwin Binney 3rd Collection (October 2000)
• Asia Society Launches AsiaBusinessToday.Org (September 2000)
• Asia Society Launches AsiaFood.Org (September 2000)
• Asia Society Organizes First U.S. Tour of Manipuri, Indian Performers (September 2000)
• Asia Society Presents Concert of Mongolian Musicians (July 2000)
• Asia Society Presents Dancing Demons: Ceremonial Masks of Mongolia (July 2000)
• Asia Society Presents Journey to Enlightenment: Photographs of Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal by Matthieu Ricard (July 2000)
• Asia Society Announces Design Awards for F.I.T Students (May 2000)
• Asia Society Presents Philippine Style 2000 (May 2000)
• New Theatre Work Co-commissioned by Asia Society Slated for National and International Tour (March 2000)

1999

• AsiaSource.org Launched by Asia Society to Provide Information on Everything about Asia (October 1999)
• Asia Society Announces Extensive Renovation and Expansion New York Headquarters (December 1999)
• China: Fifty Years Inside the People's Republic (October 1999)
• Asian Women in Music Today (October 1999)
• Retirement Finance in Asia Focus of High-Level Study Mission Sponsored by the Asia Society and Asset International (May 1999)
• Asia Society to Release Report on Upcoming Elections in Indonesia (May 1999)
• Asia Society Extends Closing Date of Exhibition of Japanese Baskets from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection (April 1999)
• Asia Society Presents Special Event "The Eighth Orphic Feast: Edible Still Life in Clay" (April 1999)
• Asia Society Presents the Music of Jason Kao Hwang Featuring the Far East Side Band and Music from China (April 1999)
• Preview Party for the International Asian Art Fair Benefits the Asia Society (March 1999)
• Asia Society Presents the World Premiere of The Road Home: Stories of Children of War (March 1999)
• Asia Society Programs to Coincide with the Exhibition, Bamboo Masterworks: Japanese Baskets from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection (February 1999)
• Asia Society and World Music Institute Present Kunie Fujii and the Songs of Tokugawa Japan (February 1999)
• Asia Society Presents First Comprehensive Exhibition of Japanese Baskets from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection (February 1999)
• Asia Society's International Corporate Conference in Manila, Feb 24-26, 1999 (January 1999)
• Zhima Jie, the Chinese Co-Production of Sesame Street, Comes to Asia Society for a Special Chinese New Year Celebration (January 1999)
• Asia Society Presents Special Afternoon Program of Tea and Performing Arts (January 1999)

1998

• Asia Society Releases High-Level Study Mission Report on Asia's Debt Markets (December 1998)
• Asia Society Website Features Virtual Exhibition of Inside Out: New Chinese Art (November 1998)
• Asia Society Presents World Premiere of "Empty Tradition: City of Peonies" (October 1998)
• Asia Society Presents Mohammed Reza Shajarian, Classical Music of Iran (September 1998)
• Innovative Public Programs Planned for Fall 1998 to Coincide with Exhibition "Inside Out: New Chinese Art" (September 1998)
• Asia Society Plans Major Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Art (September 1998)
• Asia Society Presents "The Narrative Thread: Contemporary Women's Embroidery from Rural India (June 1998)
• Leaders Propose Strong Actions to Improve Economic Situation in Asia at Asia Society Corporate Conference (May 1998)
• Asia Society Presents "More than Meets the Eye" (April 1998)
• Satire and Spice: Cartoons from India on view at the Asia Society, April 2-19,1998 (April 1998)
• Asia Society Presents "Great Cities, Small Treasures: The Ancient World of the Indus Valley" (February 1998)
• Asia Society Launches Outpost in Cyberspace (February 1998)

1997

• Asia Society Joins Art Museum Image Consortium (October 1997)
• Understanding of Vietnam's Past and Present Unfolds on the Web (October 1997)
• Asia Society Activities Mark 50th Anniversary of India's Independence, Pakistan's Founding (September 1997)