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SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITIONS
SEPTEMBER 2011 – JUNE 2012
EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: Information provided below is subject to change.
To confirm scheduling and dates, call the Communications Department at
(212) 570-3951. CONTACT NUMBER FOR USE IN TEXT IS (212) 535-7710.
LOOKING AHEAD:
• Opening November 1, 2011: New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia
• Opening January 16, 2012: New American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts
NEW EXHIBITIONS
The 9/11 Peace Story Quilt
August 30, 2011–January 22, 2012
The 9/11 Peace Story Quilt was designed by Faith Ringgold and created in collaboration with New York City students ages 8 to 19. The quilt poignantly conveys the importance of communication across cultures and religions to achieve the goal of peace. Comprised of three panels, each with 12 squares on the theme of peace, the quilt will be displayed in the Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education alongside several of the students’ original works of art that inspired the quilt’s content.
The exhibition was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in collaboration with the InterRelations Collaborative, Inc.
The Art of Dissent in 17th-Century China: Masterpieces of Ming Loyalist Art from the
Chih Lo Lou Collection
September 7, 2011–January 2, 2012
The collapse of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and subsequent conquest of China by semi-nomadic Manchu tribesmen was one of the most traumatic events in Chinese history. This wrenching era also spurred an enormous outpouring of creative energy, as many former Ming subjects turned to the arts to express their loyalty to the noble but doomed cause of Ming restoration and to assert their defiance and moral virtue. Drawn from one of the finest and most comprehensive private assemblages of the art of the Ming-Qing transition, the exhibition will showcase more than 60 landscape paintings and calligraphies that highlight the intensely personal styles created by the leading artists of that time. Particularly noteworthy are the clusters of exceptional works by Huang Daozhou, Hongren, Bada Shanren (Zhu Da), and Shitao.
The exhibition was organized by the Hong Kong Museum of Art of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of HKSAR Government and the Chih Lo Lou Art Promotion (Non-profit Making) Ltd.
Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine
September 13, 2011–March 4, 2012
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