The Met — “Anxiety and Hope in Japanese Art”

The Met — “Anxiety and Hope in Japanese Art”

This exhibition explores the themes of anxiety and hope, with a focus on the human stories in and around art and art making. It begins with sacred images from early Japan about death, dying, and the afterlife or that were created in response to other uncertainties,...
The Met — “Learning to Paint in Premodern China”

The Met — “Learning to Paint in Premodern China”

This exhibition considers the underexplored question of how painters learned their craft in premodern China. Some painters learned at home from family members, others learned from friends. Still others turned to painting manuals, treatises that expanded knowledge of...