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• Chairs Bought at a Yard Sale 30 Years Ago Find a New Home -- the Asian Art Museum

  By Alexis Coe | Mon, February 13, 2012

  ​Cultural institutions in San Francisco continually search for new acquisitions. Alexis Coe brings you the most important, often wondrous, sometimes bizarre, and occasionally downright vexing fi More >

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  Good Luck is Hard Work

  By : Silke Tudor | Wed, January 11, 2012

  For many of us, familiarity with mochi is limited to ice-cream pockets sold at Trader Joe’s. Yet within Japanese culture, the soft rice cake is essential for a happy new year. These days, most folks settle for store-bought varieties because fresh ... More >

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  Decline and Rise

  By Jonathan Curiel | Wed, November 23, 2011

  Ideally, art exhibits offer an "ah-ha" moment, when you stand transfixed and realize, "This speaks to me like nothing before." This exhibit contains pieces that scream "ah-ha" — that challenge your assumptions and reveal the massive contradictions... More >

• Pixar Animator Sanjay Patel Sees Himself in Maharajas He Made for the Asian Art Museum

  By Emily Wilson | Wed, November 16, 2011

  ​For the Asian Art Museum's current show, "Maharaja: The Splendor of India's Royal Courts," officials asked Pixar animator and storyboard artist Sanjay Patel to illustrate the outside of the mus More >

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  Pretty Pottery

  By Hiya Swanhuyser | Wed, September 21, 2011

  “Poetry in Clay: Korean Buncheong Ceramics from Leeum” is a major new special exhibition at the Asian Art Museum, replacing the popular Bali show. Today’s Buncheong Symposium digs deep into the history and significance of this pale, printed form o... More >

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