Installation view of Sanaz Mazinani: Threshold, 2015, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Sanaz Mazinani. Photograph Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Talks

Art Without Borders: Contemporary Asian Art and the Bay Area

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

1 p.m.

Asian Art Museum

Asia Society Northern California is holding a two-panel symposium in conjunction with the 2015 Annual Dinner to explore the dynamic landscape of contemporary Asian art. The event will convene leaders in various realms of the contemporary Asian art world to engage in a conversation on the interconnectedness of Asia, the Bay Area, and the globalized world.

Part one of the symposium focuses on the responsibility of major museums, specifically the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Asia Society, to respond to the ever changing landscape of contemporary art, whether local, global, or regional. Part two acknowledges the Bay Area’s historic engagement with Asian and Asian American art while focusing on the recent developments and possibilities for the future.

12:30 p.m.

Registration

1:00 p.m.

Panel One
Multiple Asias and the Role of Major Museums in the Future of Contemporary Asian Art

  • Peggy Loar (moderator), interim vice president, Global Arts & Culture; and director, Asia Society Museum
  • Neal Benezra, director, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  • Jay Xu, director, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

2:00 p.m.

Panel Two
The Future of Asian Art and What It Means for the Bay Area

  • Michelle Yun (moderator), senior curator of modern and contemporary art, Asia Society Museum
  • Cheryl Haines, 2015 Asia Society Annual Dinner honoree; curator, @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz; and founding executive director, FOR-SITE Foundation
  • Britta Erickson, artistic director, Ink Studio, Beijing; and independent scholar and curator of contemporary Chinese art
  • Li Huayi, 2015 Asia Society Annual Dinner honoree; and celebrated San Francisco-based Chinese American artist

2:45 p.m.

Audience Q+A