Asian Art Resource Room

Bengal Gallery opens

The Bengal Foundation establishes Bengal Gallery.

Art collective ruangrupa established

ruangrupa, an artist collective, is formed in Jakarta.

“Ruang rupa” means “art space” in Indonesian language.

Collective Theertha established

Eleven artists establish Theertha International Artists Collective.

Green Papaya Art Projects established

Green Papaya Art Projects is established by Norberto Roldan and Donna Miranda.

Lee Gangso Exhibition

Lee Gangso Exhibition (Jan. 7–Feb. 5, Tokyo Gallery)

Exhibition of Photography and Film

Serendipity: Photography, Video, Experimental Film and Multimedia Installation from Asia (Jan. 1–Feb. 19, The Japan Foundation Forum)
Curator: Minato Chihiro

Exhibition of Indian calendar art

Arts of People I, From Goddess to Pin-up: Icons of Femininity in Indian Calendar Art (Jan. 20–Mar. 28, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Co-curated with Pooja Sood, residence researcher from India.

Exhibition focusing on Women’s Bodies

How to Use Woman/’S Body (Mar. 3–30, Ota Fine Arts)

1st exhibition of FAAM’s residence program (Tang Dawu and Nalini Malani)

The 1st Winds of Artist in Residence (Mar. 11–Apr. 25, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Retrospective Exhibition of The Stars

Demand for Artistic Freedom: The Stars 20 Years (Mar. 13–Apr. 1, Tokyo Gallery)

3rd Gwangju Biennale with North Korean art

The 3rd Kwangju (Gwangju) Biennale 2000: Man+Space (Mar. 29–Jun. 7)
Curator: Oh Kwangsu. Special Exhibitions: Art & Human Rights (Curator; Hairu Ichiro), Human Beings & Gender (Marie-Laure Bernadac, Seo Jeong-gurl), Forest of Human Beings & Forest of Painting(Oh Sekwon, Kim Sunghee), The Facet of Korean & Japanese Contemporary Art (Yoon Jinsup), The Past & Present of Fine Art in North Korea (Yoo Jaekil, Kim Chandong)

Selection from the Chinese National Art Exhibition

Contemporary Art from China: From the 9th Chinese National Art Exhibition (Apr. 15–May 28, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Tours to Miyazaki, Saitama, Tottori.

Choi Myung-young Exhibition

Choi Myung-Young Exhibition (May 8–27, Tokyo Gallery)

Exhibition of two Taiwanese artists

Contemporary Taiwanese Art Exhibition: The New Identity Part 4: Digital Edge Yuan Goangming and Chen Chiehjen (May 11–28 at Mitsubishi-Jisho Artium, Fukuoka) is held. The exhibition is organized by MOMA Contemporary.

Kim Sooja Exhibition

A Needle Woman: Video Installation Kim Sooja (May 26–Jun. 18, Gallery D, NTT InterCommunication Center)

The first exhibition of Asian woman artists

Text & Subtext: Contemporary Asian Women Artists (Jun. 15–Jul. 30 at Earl Lu Gallery, June 15–July 9 at Far East Square, and July 11–30 at Sculpture Square, Singapore) is held, curated by Binghui Huangfu.

Japan Tour of Asia Section, Kwangju Biennale

Exhibition of Invisible Boundary: Metamorphopsed Asian Art (The Niigata Prefectural Civic Center Gallery, Jul. 29 – Aug. 20).

Tour of Asia Section, Kwangju Biennale 2000, as a part of the Niigata Asian Culture Festival 2000.
Commissiner: Tani Arata.
Tours to Utsunomiya Museum of Art (Sept. 3 – Oct. 22).

Documents exhibition of Chinese avant-garde art

Documentation of Chinese Avant-Garde Art in 90s (Aug. 5–20, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Curated by Feng Boyi, residence researcher from China.

Japanese and Korean artist show

Choi Jeonghwa and Fujiwara Takahiro: Bar Epicurus
(Aug. 12–Sep. 10, Mitsubishi Jisho Artium)

Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba Exhibition

Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba Exhibition: Xichlo in 2001, Another History (Aug. 24–Sep. 30, Mizuma Art Gallery)

Lee Bul Exhibition

Contemporary Asian Artist -I, Lee Bul: Monster+Cyborg (Aug. 26–Oct. 17, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Media Art Biennale begins

The first Media City Seoul, Seoul International Media Art Biennale 2000: Escape (present-day Seoul Mediacity Biennale) is held (Sept. 2–Oct. 31 at Seoul Museum of Art, screens in public spaces, and station).

Museum City Fukuoka

Museum City Fukuoka 2000: Art Out (Oct. 4–Nov. 5, Tenjin and its vicinity)

Heri Dono solo exhibition

Asian Contemporary Artist Solo Exhibition Series I, Heri Dono: Dancing Demons and Drunken Deities (Oct. 14–Nov. 18 at Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo) is held.

Park Seobo Exhibition (2000)

Park, Seo-bo (Oct. 23–Nov. 11, Tokyo Gallery)

Exhibition of residence artists (Rafi Haque, Kim Youngjin, Sujith Rathnayake, Tengku Sabri Tengku Ibrahim)

The 2nd Winds of Artist in Residence (Nov. 3–Dec. 5, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Radical art exhibition alongside Shanghai Biennale

The exhibition Fuck Off is held curated by Ai Weiwei and Feng Boyi (Nov. 4–20 at Eastlink Gallery) alongside the Shanghai Biennale.

Exhibition of Vietnamese Popular Picture

Art in Life 11, Cosmology of Prayer and Wish: Vietnamese Popular Picture, Exhibition of Folk Materials by the Musashino Art University (Nov. 15–Dec. 16, Library, Musashino Art University)

Vasl established

The Vasl Artists Association is founded in Karachi.

Exhibition of Kantha Embroidery

Arts of People II, Bengali Kantha Embroidered Quilt: Its Past and Present (Jan. 2–Mar. 27, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Asian manga exhibtion

Asia in Comics: Where Are We Going? (Jan. 13–Feb. 10, The Japan Foundation Forum)
Coordinator: Hosogaya Atsushi, Kawasaki City Museum. Tours to Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Aug. 9 – Oct. 23). Annually held until 2005.
Discussion on 13＃

Kko Nak-Beom Exhibition in the residence program

Art Meets 2001, with Kho Nak-Beom “Hokkaido of The Hokkaido” (Feb. 12–14, Free Space Praha)
Kho is the residence artist of Sappro Artist in Residence (S-AIR). The exhibition consists of his solo show of new works and “White,” collaboration works with Japanese young artists.
Artist’s talk on 6.

Collection of Korean abstraction

Collection 007 The Formless East: Nanbata Tatsuoki and Korean Abstraction (Apr. 4–Jun. 17, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery)

Ha Chonghyun Exhibition

Ha, Chong-hyun 1984-2001 (May 12– Jul. 7, Kamakura Gallery)

Yoon Hyungkeun Exhibition

Yoon Hyung-keun: Recent Work- Umber (May 26–Jun. 24, Gallery Yamaguchi CASO Space A)

Korean artists in Venice Biennale

The 48th Venice Biennale (Jun. 9–Nov. 4)

Atul Dodiya solo exhibition

Asian Contemporary Artist Solo Exhibition Series Ⅱ, Atul Dodiya─Bombay: Labyrinth/Laboratory is held (Jun. 30–Aug. 4 at The Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo).

Exhibition of Thawan Duchanee

The Commemorative Exhibition for the 12th Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize, Thawan Duchanee: Rumbling Light and Darkness (Aug. 9–Sep. 25, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Exhibiiton of artists from China, Taiwan, and Japan

Promenade in Asia, (Tokyo exhibition)After Kitsch; (Mito Exhibition) Cute (Aug. 10–Oct. 21, Shiseido Gallery, Contemporary Art Gallery of Mito Art Tower)
Curators: Higuchi Masaki (Tokyo), Asai Yoshihiro (Mito)

Sudarshan Shetty Exhibition

Contemporary Asian Artist II, Sudarshan Shetty: For Here or To Go (Sep. 1–Oct. 28, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Yokohama Triennale begins

Yokohama Triennale 2001, Mega-wave: Towards a New Synthesis (Sep. 2–Nov. 11 at the Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall and Warehouse No. 1) is held.

Asia Art Archive established

A nonprofit organization, Asia Art Archive, is established as the first research center specializing in Asian contemporary art. Its library is opened to the public starting in March 2003.

Thavorn Ko-udomvit Exhibition　

Solo exhibition of Thavorn Ko-udomvit (Oct. 6–23, Galerie Miyawaki)

Cai Guoqiang’s large-scale fireworks at APEC Conference

Cai Guoqiang conducts an explosion event at the opening of the APEC Conference. At the event, 200,000 rocket fireworks are launched in 20 minutes.

Womanifesto

Womanifesto Workshop 2001 (Oct. 22–Apr. 4, Boon Bandan Farm, Si Saket)

Exhibition of FAAM collection

Asian Art Today from the Collection of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Oct. 24–Nov. 18, Museum of Modern Art, Shiga)
A part of the Biwako Asia Art Festival

Exhibition of Mongolian art by a researher in residence

Modern Mongolia (Nov. 8–20, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Curated by Enkhtsetseg Dashdavaa, residence researcher of Fukuoka Asian Art Museum　

Exhibition of residence artists (Alfredo D. Esquillo Jr., Kham Tanh Saliankham, Le Thanh Duc, Diyanto)

The 3rd Winds of Artist in Residence (Dec. 1–25, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Long March Project founded

The Long March Project is founded by Qiu Zhijie and Lu Jie. The project retraces the historical Long March—the 100,000 km retreat of China’s Red Army from Ruijin, Jiangxi Province, to Yan’an, Shaanxi Province, while performing various art activities. The group moves its base to Beijing in 2003.

Britto Arts Trust established

The Britto Arts Trust, an artist-led nonprofit organization, is established.

Hirayama Ikuo and Kim Heungsu Exhibition　

Hirayama Ikuo and Kim Heungsu Two Person Exhibition for Japan-Korea Cultural Exchange
(Jan. 8–Feb. 11, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts)

Exhibition of Korean Popular Culture

Seoul Pop 2002: Korean Popular Culture (Feb 8–Apr 7 at Niitsu Art Museum) is held and tours to Setagaya Art Museum (May 25–Jul 14), Takamatsu Art Museum (Aug 2–Sep 1), and Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Nov 21–Feb 2, 2003).

Exhibition of Japanese and Bangladeshi artists

Japan Bangladesh Cultural Bridge in Pictorial Art
(National Museum)
Organized by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and Embassy of Japan, Dhaka

The 2nd Fukuoka Triennale focuses on handmade works and collaboration

The 2nd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2002: Imagined Workshop (Mar. 21–Jun. 23 at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum) is held.

4th Gwangju Biennale

The 4th Gwangju Biennale: P_A_U_S_E (Mar. 29–Jun. 29, Gwangju Biennale Hall and other venues)
Curators; Charles Esche, Hou Hanru and Sung Wankyung,

Exhibition of monochrome works from Japan, China, and South Korea

Contemporary Art from Japan, China, and South Korea: Monochrome Aesthetics in East Asian Art (Apr. 23–May 3, Osaka Contemporary Art Center)
Collection of Osaka City and Osaka Triennale.

Rirkrit Tiravanija solo exhibition

Rirkrit Tiravanija: Untitled, 2002 (the raw and the cooked) is held from May 25 to August 15 at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery.

Teahouse by Cai Guoqiang

Teahouse by Cai Guoqiang: Hommage to Okakura Tenshin (May 25–Sep. 23, Hakone Open-air Museum)

Exhibition of Contemporary Korean Photography

Horizon of Contemporary Korean Photography (May 25–Jun. 20, Sendai Mediateque)
Tours to the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama (Jun. 25– Jul. 28)
Supervised by Kim Seung-Kon, Special Cooperation by Iizawa Kohtaro

Singaporean performance artists

JHJ Artists’ Forum: Alter Native (International House of Japan Lecture Hall)
Video and Performance by James Luna and Lee wen

Exhibition of 11 Korean and 11 Japanese artists

Eleven & Eleven: Korea Japan Contemporary Art 2002
(May 30–Jun. 29, Sungkok Art Museum)
The Year Korea-Japan National Exchange in 2002. Tours to Tokyo Gallery, Gallery Q and other nine galleries in Tokyo (Jul. 22–Aug. 10, the dates vary in each venue)

Yang Fudong presents his first film work at documenta 11

At Dokumenta 11(Jun. 8–Sep. 15, Kassel), Yang Fudong exhibits the 76 minute film, An Estranged Paradise (later collected by Fukuoka Asian Art Museum) and receives attention.

Exhibition of Mongolian modern art

Modern Paintings of Mongolia: Its Origin up to Today is held at Tokyo Station Gallery (Jul. 20–Sep. 8) and tours to Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Sep. 14–Nov. 11), Miyakonojo City Museum of Art (Nov. 16–Dec. 23), the Museum of Art, Kochi (Jan. 5–Feb. 23, 2003), and Niigata City Art Museum (Apr. 11–May 11, 2003).

Exhibition of Korean Aesthetics

Color and Light in Korea (Jul. 25–Sep. 23, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art)
Tours to Iwate Museum of Art.

Exhibition of Korean and Japanese art co-curated by two national art museums

A Second Talk: Contemporary Art from Korea and Japan (May 24–Jul. 14 at National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea) is held and tours to National Museum of Art, Osaka (Aug. 1–Sept. 10), commemoration the Japan-Korean National Exchange Year.

Exhibition of Myanmar art by a residence researcher

Beautiful Myanmar (Aug. 31–Sep. 16, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Curated by Ye Myat Aung, residence reseacher from Myanmar.

Busan Biennale begins

The 1st Busan Biennale: Culture Meets Culture (Sep 15–Nov 22 at Busan Museum of Art) is held.

Alternative space Bandee opens in Busan

Alternative Space Bandee opens with Microcosmos Exhibition in Busan. The space continues until 2011.

Mohammad Kibria Exhibition

Mohammad Kibria Exhibition (Oct. 22–Nov. 3, Hillside Gallery)

Exhibition of early modern art in Singapore

Modern Artist II, Nanyang 1950-65: Passage to Singaporean Art (Nov. 11–Jan. 14, 2003, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Guangzhou Triennale begins

The 1st Guangzhou Triennale (Nov. 22–Jan. 20, 2003) is held. Participating artists include Huan Yongping, Zhang Xiaogang, and Fang Lijun.

Taipei Biennial (2003)

Taipei Biennial: Great Theater of the World (Nov. 29–Mar. 2, 2003, Taipei Fine Arts Museum)
Curator: Bartomeo Marí, Wang Jiaji

Exhibition of residence artists (Tashi Penjor, Soeung Vannara, Zakaria bin Omar, Sarita Dongol)

The 4th Winds of Artist in Residence (Nov. 30–Dec. 24, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Exhibition of emerging artists co-curated by nine curators

Under Construction: New Dimensions of Asian Art is held (December 7 to March 2, 2003, at Japan Foundation Forum and Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo. The exhibition is co-curated by nine curators from the Philippines, Thailand, India, Indonesia, China, Korea, and Japan.

International Symposium

International Symposium 2002, Asia in Transition: Representation and Identity (Dec. 13–14, The Japan Foundation Conference Hall)
Organized by The Japan Foundation Asia Center, commemorating the Japan Foundation 30th Anniversary

Exhibition of Indian Tribal art

Revitalized Tradition: New Challenge of Indian Tribal Art (Dec. 21–Mar. 2, 2003, Tobacco & Salt Museum)
Co-organized with Mithila Museum. One of the programs of the 50th Anniversary of Japan-India Diplomatic Relation.

Exhibition of holy sculptures and contemporary art in the Philippines

Arts of People Ⅲ, Santo: Holy Sculptures from the Philippines (ASEAN-Japan Exchange Year 2003) (Jan. 16–Mar. 25, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Yun Suknam Exhibition

Yun Suknam Exhibition (May 31–Jul. 27, Kamakura Gallery)

Lee Bul solo exhibition

Asian Contemporary Artist Solo Exhibition Series ⅢLee Bul: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Jun. 7 Jul. 13 at The Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo) is held and tours to Kojima Torajiro Memorial Hall, Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki (Aug. 2 Sept.15).

Budiana Exhibition

Illusory View from the Balinese Spiritual Cosmos: Exhibition of I Ketut Budiana, Ubud, Bali (Jun. 7–Jul. 21, Tokyo Station Gallery)

Chinese Artist Exhibition (Tokyo Gallery)

Chinese Rising Dragon Exhibition (Jun. 9–Jul. 5, Tokyo Gallery)

Exhibition of Southeast Asian artists by Singaporean curators

15 Tracks: Contemporary Southeast Asian Art is held (Jul. 11–Sep. 7 at Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo), and tours to Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Dec. 8–Mar. 7, 2004).

Exhibition of residence artists (Chultem Boldbaatar, Jakapan Vilasineekul)

The 5th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 1 (Aug. 9–Sep. 2, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Lionel Wendt Exhibition

Modern Artist III, The Gaze of Modernity: Photographs by Lionel Wendt (Aug. 21–Oct. 28, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Xu Bing Exhibition for Asian Cultural Prize

The 14th Fukuoka Asian Cultural Prize Commemorative Exhibition, Xu Bing (Sep. 18–Oct. 14, Sculpture Lounge, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Beijing Biennale begins

The 1st Beijing International Art Biennale (Sep 20–Oct 20 at the National Art Museum of China) is held.

Asian artist exhibition in Seoul

Seoul-Asia Art Now: Modernization and Urbanization
(Sep. 26–Oct. 19, Maronnier Art Center)
Symposium on 27, participated by Hariu Ichiro, Vasan Sittiket, Li Wei, An Gyuchul, Ku Bongju, Lee Taeho, et al.

Ahn Sungkeum Exhibition (Gallery Q)

Ahn Sung Keum (10.6–10.18　Gallery Q)

Ahn Sungkeum Exhibition (Maruki Gallery)

Ahn Sungkeum Exhibition (Oct. 15–Dec. 13, The Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels)

Exhibition of residence artists (Liu Liyun, Hanura Hosea)

The 5th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 2 (Dec. 20–Jan. 18, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Exhibition by a researcher in residence

Upload: Download (Dec. 20–Jan. 18, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Curated by Hasnul Jamal Saidon, residence researcher from Malaysia.

Exhibition of video art from China, South Korea and Japan, co-curated by three curators from these countries

Out the Window: Spaces of Distraction (Jan. 10 –Feb. 15 at The Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo) is held and tours to Project Space Zip, Seoul (Mar. 30–May 13). Curated by Li Zhenhua, Suh Jinsuk, and Sumitomo Fumihiko.

Exhibition of video art from India

Crossing Visions II Indian Video Art: History in Motion (Feb. 7–Mar. 21 at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum) is held.

Curated by Johan Pineapple.

Asia Center closes

Asia Center closes
Its art-related activities in Asia subsequently managed directly by the Japan Foundation’s headquarters.

Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba Exhibition

MAM Project02: Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba (May 29–Jul. 19, Mori Art Museum)

Exhibition of Chinese Watercolor

Watercolor in the 20th Century China: Landscape and Poetry, from the collection of Jiangsu Art Museum, Nanjing (Jun. 8–Jul. 19, Shoto Museum of Art)

Ahn Sungkeum Exhibition (Gallery Marronier, 2004)

Ahn Sungkeum Exhibition: Peace [or Heart] (Gallery Marronier, Jun.8-20)
Installation focusing on American invasion of Iraq.

Exhibition of residence artists (Rekha Rodwittiya, Myoe Thant Oung, Reeta Manandhar)

The 6th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 1 (Aug. 7–17, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

China Dream: Another Flow of Chinese Modern Art

China Dream: Another Flow of Chinese Modern Art is held at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum.

It tours to Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art (Jul. 24–Aug. 29) and Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum (Oct. 23–Dec. 5).

5th Gwangju Biennale

The 5th Gwangju Biennale: A Grain of Dust A Drop of Water (Sep. 11–Nov. 13, Gwangju Biennale Hall and other venues)
Curator: Lee Yongwoo. Co-Curators: Kerry Brougher, Chang Sukwon.

The last exhibition of Museum City Project

Museum City Tenjin 2004 (Oct. 4–Nov. 14, Tenjin, Nijomachi)
The last exhibition of Museum City Project.

Simryn Gill Exhibition

Power Station: Simryn Gill (Oct. 5–Nov. 28, Shiseido Gallery)

Taipei Biennial (2004)

Taipei Biennial: Do You Believe in Reality? (Oct. 23–Jan. 23, 2005, Taipei Fine Arts Museum)
Curator: Barbara Vanderlinden, Zheng Huihua

Exhibition of contemporary miniatures from Pakistan

Contemporary Asian Artist III: Contemporary Miniature Paintings from Pakistan (Dec. 2–Feb. 1 at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum) is held.

Exhibition of residence artist (Moon Kyungwon)

The 6th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 2 (Dec. 4–17, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Exhibition of Asian artists co-curated by Indian, Indonesian, Thai and Japanese curators

Have We Met? (Dec. 11–Jan. 30, 2005, at the Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo) is held. The exhibition is co-curated by four curators from India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Japan. Along with the main exhibition, local exhibitions are held in Ashiya City Museum of Art and History and other Asian cities, including Seoul, Bandung, Manila, Bangkok, Mumbai, and Beijing.

Japanese and Korean art inspired by animation culture

Crossing Visions III, AniMate: ANIME in Japanese and Korean Contemporary Art (Feb. 3–Mar. 29, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Curated by Kitazawa Hiromi, Nanjo & Associates. Tours to Sungkok Art Muaseum, Seoul (Sep. 8 – Oct. 30)

Hong Sungdam exhibition

Prints by Hong Sungdam, Resistance and Creation, Reconciliation and New Birth in East Asia, in Mourning on the 25th Anniversary of Gwangju Democratization Movement (Feb. 16–Mar. 14, Sakima Art Museum)

Exhibition of East Asian artists in tradtional aesthetics

The Elegance of Silence: Contemporary Art from East Asia (Mar. 29–Jun. 19 at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo) is held.

Exhibition of Asian art and craft

Asian Potential: Art Nursed by Sea and Islands (May 24–July 10 at Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya) is held.

Exchange program for students from Fukuoka and Singapore

FAAM collection exhibition on Face (Jun. 23–Sep. 6, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Organized by 18 high school and junior high school students from both cities.
Thereafter the program with Singaporean students continues.

Exhibition of Indonesian young artists

Passing on Distance: Indonesian Young Artists in the Late 1990s (Jun. 25–Jul. 24, Gallery NAF)
Curated by Leonhard Bartolomeus, curator of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, with Nurdian lchsan. Tours to Base Gallery, Tokyo (Mar. 23 – Apr. 8, 2006).

Exhibition of Chinese art (Mori Art Museum)

Follow Me! Chinese Art at the Threshold of the New Millennium (Jul. 2–Sep. 4 at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo) is held.

Exhibition of Cubism in Asia

Cubism in Asia: Unbounded Dialogues (Aug. 9–Oct. 2 at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) is held and tours to the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea (Nov. 11–Jan. 30, 2006), Singapore Art Museum (Feb. 18–Apr. 9, 2006), and Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris (May 16–Jul. 7, 2007). The exhibition is co-organized by the Japan Foundation.

Museum of Contemporary Art opens

The Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai opens.

Exhiition of traditinal and contemporary fashion in India

Fashoning India (Sept. 8–Dec. 6, National Museum of Ethnography), tours to Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Oct. 6–Nov. 25, 2007)

The 3rd Fukuoka Triennale includes art inspired by popular culture

The 3rd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2005: Parallel Realities (Sep. 17–Nov. 27 at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum) is held and tours to the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, UK (Jan. 21–Apr. 9, 2006).

Wah Nu Exhibition

Wah Nu: Self-Identity (Sep. 23–Oct. 23, Art-U room)

Yokohama Triennale (2nd)

Yokohama Triennale 2005, Art Circus: Jumping from the Ordinary (Sep. 28–Dec. 18, Yamashita Pier No. 3 and No. 4 Warehouses, etc.)
Artistic director: Kawamata Tadashi, Curators: Amano Taro, Serizawa Takashi, Yamano Shingo

Exhbition of Vietnamese modern paintings

50 Years of Modern Vietnamese Paintings: 1925–75 (Nov. 5–Dec. 11 at Tokyo Station Gallery) is held and tours to the Museum of Art, Kochi (Jan. 5–Mar 5, 2006), the Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama (Apr. 15–May 28), and Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Jun. 3–Jul. 23).

Hong Sungdam Exhibition

Hong Sungdam Prints (Dec. 13–18, Sakaimachi Gallery)

Open Space Bae opens

Open Space Bae opens in Busan.

Exhibition of Film Poster from Pakistan

Arts of People IV, Lollywood! Pakistani Film Posters
(Feb. 2–Mar. 28, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Choi Uram Exhibition

MAM Project 004: Choe U-ram (Mar. 10––May 7, Mori Art Museum)

Chen Chin Exhibition

Chen Chin Exhibition (Apr. 5–May 14, Shoto Museum of Art)
Tours to Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art (Jun. 3–Jul. 23) and Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Jul. 30–Sep. 10)

Choong Kam Kow Exhibition

Choong Kam Kow Solo Exhibition: An Evolving Creative Journey (Jun. 15–24, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Artists Gallery)
Organized by Office of Honorary Consul General of Malaysia; Co-organzied by Federation of Asian Artists Japan Committee, Federation of Asian Artists Malaysian Committee, and Malaysian Instituite of Art
Lecture by the artist on 22 at the Faculty of Art and Design, Kyushu Sangyo University.

Exhibition of modern Taiwanese painting

Modern Artists IV, In Search of Self: Taiwanese Paintings during the Japanese Colonial Era (Jul. 13–Oct. 3, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
　

Exhibition of residence artists (PG Timbang PG Hj Tuah, J. A. Sarath Kumarasiri, Khadim Ali)

The 7th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 1 (Aug.5–20, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Asian Art Museum Directors’ Forum begins

The 1st Asian Art Museum Directors’ Forum (Aug. 30–Sep. 1, The National Art Museum of China)
Yasunaga Koichi, advisor of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, participates.

Singapore Biennale begins

Singapore Biennale 2006: Belief (Sep. 4–Nov. 12) is held. Artistic Director: Fumio Nanjo, Other curators: Roger McDonald, Sharmini Pereira, Eugene Tan.

6th Gwangju Biennale

The 6th Gwangju Biennale: Fever (Sep. 8–Nov. 11, Gwangju Biennale Hall and other venues)
Artistic Director: Kim Hong-hee

Exhibition of collection from the Mithila Museum

Indian Tribal Art: Collection from the Mithila Museum
(Sep. 9–Oct. 15, Tobacco & Salt Museum)

Exhibition of Philippine art by university students

Madonna’s Philippines: Women, Christianity, and Multilayered Culture (Oct. 5–Dec. 25, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Organized by the students of Department of Art Studies, Kyushu University.

The Gyeonggi Museum opens

The Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art opens.

Taipei Biennial (2006)

Taipei Biennial: Dirty Yoga (Nov. 4–Feb. 25, Taipei Fine Arts Museum)
Curator: Dan Cameron, Wang Jung-jie

Tinakorn Kasornsuwan Exhibition

An Exhibition of Ink, Watercolor, Chalkpastel Drawingson paper by a Contemporary Thai Artist Tinakorn Kasornsuwan, Part 2 (Nov. 10–Dec. 2, Galerie Miyawaki)

Exhibition of residence artists (Rinchen Wangdi, Ching Chin Wai)

The 7th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 2 (Dec. 5–24, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Ahn Sungkeum Exhibition (Gallery Maki)

Ahn SeungKeum: The Sword, as Vol. 1 of East Asian Culture in the 21st Century （5.30–6.17　Gallery Maki), curated by Furukawa Mika

Group LASANAA founded

Ashmina Ranjit founds LASANAA, the group for conceptual art activism.

Exhibition of Thai art focusing on exchanges with Japan

Contemporary Art Exhibition “Show Me Thai” On the 120th Anniversary of Japan–Thailand Diplomatic Relations (Apr. 18–May 20 at Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo).

Indian artists in Venice Biennale

Nalini Malani and Riyas Komu participate in The 52 Venice Biennale (Jun. 10–Nov. 21). Despite the invitation from the Biennale Foundation, the government of India does not build the India Pavilion. Outside the Biennale, Subodh Gupta’s gigantic sculpture is exhibited as a part of Foundation Pinault’s collection exhibition.

Cai Guoqiang Exhibition

Light of Time: Cai Guoqiang and Shiseido (Jun. 23–Aug. 12, Shiseido Gallery)

Exhibition of residence artists (Kim Ilgeun, Phuttiphong Aroonpheng)

The 8th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 1 (Jul. 21–Aug. 5, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Art Information Corner)

National Art Gallery opens in Islamabad

The National Art Gallery, Pakistan, opens in Islamabad.

Ju Ming is awarded the Fukuoka Prize

Ju Ming is awarded the Arts and Culture Prize, 18th Fukuoka Prize
Introductory exhibition at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum.

Niloofar Chaman Exhibition

Contemporary Asian Artist IV, Niloofar Chaman: Tales from the Creatures of a Young Girl’s World (Sep. 6–Dec. 11, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Sàn Art opens

Sàn Art opens in Ho Chi Minh City.

The first large-scale exhibition of Korean People’s Art in Japan

Art toward the Society: Realism in Korean Art 1945–2005 (Oct. 6–Nov. 25, Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum)
Tours to Fukuoka Asian Art Museum （Dec. 2–Jan. 22, 2008), Miyakonojo City Museum of Art (Feb. 1–Mar. 16), Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya City (May 24–Jun. 29, 2008), Fuchu Art Museum (Jul. 5– Aug. 24, 2008).

Asia Art Biennale

The 2007 Asia Art Biennale: Have You Eaten Yet? (Oct. 13–Feb. 24, 2008) is held at National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung

Hong Sungdam Exhibition

Hong Sungdam: Yasukuni Dellusion, as Vol. 2 of East Asian Culture in the 21st Century (Nov. 2–22, Gallery Maki)
Curated by Furukawa Mika.

Ullens Center for Contemporary Art opens

Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) opens in 798 Art Zoen, Beijing. Fei Dawei serves as the director.

2nd Asian Art Museum Directors’ Forum

The 2nd Asian Art Museum Directors’ Forum (Nov. 16–18, Singapore Art Museum)
Speakers of the forum: Okwui Enwezor, Dokumenta 11; Kim Yoon Soo, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea; Gao Shiming, Guangzhou Biennale; Tatehata Akira, National Museum of Art, Osaka; Kwok Kian Woon, Nanyang Technological University; Corazon Alvina, National Museum of the Philippines. Ishida Takehisa, director of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, participates.

Symposium on Chinese art

Symposium by art critics association, Driving into the Super-Capitalism: Present and Future of Chinese Contemporary Art (National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
Organized by the International Association of Art Critics Japanese Section. Guest speaker: Gu Zhenqing, Editor, Visual Production, discussion with Nanjo Fumio and Shimizu Toshio, and Minamishima Hiroshi as MC.

Exhibition of residence artists (Abdus Salam, Sherman Ong)

The 8th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 2 (Dec. 1–25, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Museum of Devi Art Foundation opens

Lekha and Anupam Poddar opens a private museum, Devi Art Foundation, in the suburbs of Delhi, for collection of avant-garde Indian art.

Jogja Art Fair begins

The 1st Jogja Art Fair (Pameran Biennale I Seni Lukis Yogyakarta) is held (Jun. 15–Jul. 7) at Taman Budaya Yogyakarta. The fair continues every year and is renamed to Artjog from 2010.

Bangkok Art and Culture Centre opens

Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) opens.

National Modern Art Gallery vandalized

Due to the riots after the election, the Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery is set on fire, and many works are destroyed or damaged.

Cai Guoqiang and Ai Weiwei in Beijing Olympics

The Beijing Olympics (Aug. 8–24) is held. Cai Guoqiang serves as the artistic director while Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron designed the main stadium.

Exhibition of residence artists (Meera George, Don M. Salubayba)

The 9th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 1 (Aug. 16–31, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Exhibition of avant-garde art from China

Avant-garde China: Twenty Years of Chinese Contemporary Art (Aug. 20–Oct. 20 at The National Museum of Art, Osaka) is held and tours to the National Art Center, Tokyo (Dec. 9–Mar. 22, 2009) and Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art (Apr. 3–May 24).

Exhibition of Vietnamese Lacquer Paintig

Welcome to the Unknown World of Vietnamese Lacquer Painting (Aug. 21–31, Urasoe City Museum of Art)

Exhibition of Drawing

A Perspective on Contemporary Art: Emotional Drawing (Aug. 26–Oct. 13, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
Tours to the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (November 18–December 21, 2008); SOMA Museum of Art (Seoul, February 19–April 19, 2009).

7th Gwangju Biennale

The 7th Gwangju Biennale: Annual Report, A Year in Exhibitions (Sep. 5–Nov. 9, Gwangju Biennale Hall and other venues)
Artistic Director: Okwui Enwezor. Co-Curators: Kim Hyunjin and Ranjit Hoskote.

Hou Chun-Ming Works in Residence Program

Hou Chun-Ming in Yokohama Museum of Art with Koganecho Bazaar: The Asian Father Interview Project
(Sept. 8–Nov. 29, Yokohama Museum of Art)
Residence Sept. 8–Oct. 31; Exhibition of new works Oct. 23–Nov. 30.

Singapore Biennale (2nd)

Singapore Biennale 2008: Wonder (Sept. 11–Nov. 16). Artistic Director: Fumio Nanjo. Other curators: Joselina Cruz, Matthew Ngui.

Yokohama Triennale (3rd)

Yokohama Triennale 2008: Time Crevasse (Sep. 13–Nov. 30, Shinko Pier Exhibition Hall, NYK Waterfront Warehouse [BankART Studio NYK], Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No.1, Sankeien Garden)
Artistic Director: Mizusawa Tsutomu, Curators: Daniel Birnbaum, Hu Fang, Miyake Akiko, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Beatrix Ruf

Taipei Biennial (2008)

2008 Taipei Biennial (Sep. 13–Jan. 4, 2009, Taipei Fine Arts Museum)
Curator: Vasif Kortun, Manray Hsu

Wah Nu Exhibition

Wah Nu: The Rising Sun (Oct. 18–Nov. 9, Art-U room)

Cai Guoqiang awarded Hiroshima Prize

The 7th Hiroshima Art Prize: Cai Guoqiang (Oct. 25–Jan. 12, 2009, at Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art) is held.

3rd Asian Art Museum Directors’ Forum

The 3rd Asian Art Museum Directors’ Forum (Nov. 20–21, National Art Center)
Yasunaga Koichi, advisaor of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, participates.

Exhibition of Indian contemporary art (Mori Art Museum)

Chalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art (Nov. 22–Mar. 15, 2009, at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo) is held.

International Symposium by the Japan Foundation

International Symposium 2008, Count 10 Before You Say Asia: Asian Art after Postmodernism
(Nov. 22–23, JFIC Hall [Sakura], The Japan Foundation)
Organized by the Japan Foundation

Company School miniature exhibition

Modern Art V, In the Dawn of Modernity in India: Company Paintings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi (Mar. 12–29, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Exhibition of residence artists (Hsia Aihua, Wei Leng Tay)

The 9th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 2 (Mar. 20–Apr. 14, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Choi Jeonghwa Exhibition

Choi Jeong Hwa (Choi Jeonghwa) OK! (Apr. 25–Aug. 23, Towada Art Center, Sanbongi Fish Market and others)

Korean artists in Venice Biennale

The 53rd Venice Biennale (Jun. 7–Nov. 22)

Exhibition of Indian Popular Picture

The World of Indian Religeous Picture: Fascination of Gorgeous Lithographs (Jun. 22–Jul. 10, Department of Literature, Shonan Campus, Tokai University)

Chinese contemporary art exhibition with a private collection

Japan Meets China: Our Future Reflected in Contemporary Art (Jul. 5–Sep. 6, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts)
From a private collection in Japan.

Exhibition of Korean art

Double Fantasy: Korean Contemporary Art (Jul. 12–Oct. 12 at Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art) is held.

Ai Weiwei solo exhibition

Ai Weiwei: According to What? (Jul. 25–Nov. 8 at Mori Art Museum) is held.

Cai Guoqiang is awarded the Fukuoka Prize

Cai Guoqiang is awarded the Arts and Culture Prize, 20th Fukuoka Prize

The 4th Fukuoka Triennale includes internatinal artists along with emerging artists

The 4th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2009: Live and Let Live–Creators of Tomorrow (Sep. 5–Nov. 22 at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum) is held. As the 10th anniversary of the museum’s inauguration, the exhibition introduces both the emerging and internationally established artists.

Michael Lin solo exhibition

The exhibition by a Taiwanese artist, Michael Lin: room (Sep. 5–Oct. 11 at Mitsubishi-Jisho Artium, Fukuoka) is held. The exhibition is organized by MOMA Contemporary.

Colombo Biennale begins

Colombo Art Biennale: Imagining Peace (Sep. 10–14) is held.

Exhibition of Korean sculptor

Kwon Jin Kyu, a retrospoecctive of Korean sculptor, is held at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Oct. 10–Dec. 6) and Musashino Art University Museum & Library, Tokyo (Oct. 19–Dec. 5), which tours to Deoksugung, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea (Seoul, Dec. 22–Feb. 28, 2023).

East Asia in the eyes of modern Japanese artists

Images of Modern East Asia: How Modern Japanese Art Depicts Asia (Oct. 10–Dec. 27, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art)

3rd Asian Art Museum Directors’ Forum

The 3rd Asian Art Museum Directors’ Forum (Oct. 20–23, Plaza Hotel)
Hosted by the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea. Participating museums from Japan: National Museum of Art, Osaka (Tatehata Akira et al.), National Art Centre, Tokyo (Hayashida Hideki et al.), Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (Hasegawa Yuko); Mori Art Museum (Kataoka Mami); Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Yasunaga Koichi, advisor).

Asian Art Biennale

2009 Asian Art Biennale: Viewpoints & Viewing Points
Oct. 24–Feb. 28, 2010, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts)

International Art Festival begins in Kathmandu

The International Art Festival (Oct. 30–Nov. 10) is held by the Siddhartha Art Foundation. The festival continues as The 2nd Kathmandu International Art Festival (KIAF) in 2012.

Exhibition of Warli Painting

Warli Painting Autumn 2009: From Villages of an Indian Minor Tribe (Nov. 23–29, Gallery Ledeco)

Exhibition of realism art co-curated by Singaporean and Korean art museums

Realism in Asian Art is held (Apr. 9–Jul. 4) at Singapore Art Museum and tours to the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, Deoksugung.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul awarded in the film festival

Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives wins the Palm D’Or at The 63rd International Festival of Film, Cannes.

Selection from the Chinese National Art Exhibition

Contemporary Art from China: From the 11th Chinese National Art Exhibition (May 22– Jul. 4, Nara Prefectural Museum of Art)
Tours to Fukuoka Asian Art Museum; Japan-China Friendship Center, Tokyo; Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art.

Tromarama Exhibition

MAM Project 012: Tromarama (Jul. 24–Nov. 7, Mori Art Museum)

Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba Exhibition

Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba Exhibition: Thank you
(Jul. 28–Sep. 8, Mizuma Art Gallery)

Exhibition of residence artist (Anindita Dutta)

The 10th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 1 (Aug. 10–24, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

1st Aichi Triennale

Aichi Triennale 2010: Arts and Cities (Aug. 21–Oct. 31, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya City Art Museum, and others)
Artistic Director: Tatehata Akira

8th Gwangju Biennale

Ther 8th Gwangju Biennale: 10,000 Lives (Sep. 3–Nov. 7, Gwangju Biennale Hall and other venues)
Director: Massimiliano Gioni

Taipei Biennial (2010)

2010 Taipei Biennial (Sep. 7–Nov. 14, Taipei Fine Arts Museum)
Curator: Tirdad Zolgadr, Lin Hongzhang

5th Asian Art Museum Directors’ Forum

The 5th Asian Art Museum Directors’ Forum (Sep. 26–28, Jiangsu Art Museum)
Co-hosted by Jiangsu Art Museum and the National Art Museum of China. The theme of the forum: Asian Model and Cultural Reponsibility of Art Museum. Kuroda Raiji, Chief Curator of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, participates.　

Exhibition of residence artists (Aung Myat Htay, Kim Jimin)

The 10th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 2 (Nov. 13–28, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Symposium on Chinese art

Symposium: Art and Globalism? (National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
Organized by the International Association of Art Critics Japanese Section, China Artists Association, and Japan-China Cultural Exchange Association;

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum and National Gallery Singapore conclude Agreement

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum and National Gallery Singapore conclude Agreement for mutual cooperation
This enables the long-term loan of FAAM collection to NGS.

Sa Sa Bassac opens

Sa Sa Art Project (Sa Sa Bassac) with a gallery and archive center opens in Phnom Penh.

Bhutan Film Festival begins

Bhutan Film Festival opens in Thimphu. The festival is held in 2013 and becomes an international festival from 2015.

Contemporary paintings of deities in Nepal

Contemporary Asian Artist V, Pauba Painting in Nepal
(Jan. 2–Mar. 22, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Exhibition of conceptual art from Asia

Kaza Ana Air Hole: Another Form of Conceptualism from Asia (Mar. 8–Jun. 5 at the National Museum of Art, Osaka) is held.

Singapore Biennale (3rd)

Singapore Biennale 2011: Open House (Mar. 12–May 15)
Artistic direction: Matthew Ngui. Other curators: Trevor Smith, Russell Storer.

Exhibition of artists in the support program (Bai Tian Yuan)

Bai Tian Yuan Works in Residence Program (Apr. 4–Jun. 21, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Awardee of the Painting of the Year by the United Overseas Bank, Singapore.

Firoz Mahmud exhibition

Lamentation: Firoz Mahmud (Apr. 16–Jun. 4, Ota Fine Arts)

Lee Yunyop Exhibition

Lee Yunyop Print Exhibition: Carving the Voices of the Earth and Life against the Base, Here Are People (May 5–Jun. 27, Sakima Art Museum)

Yokohama Triennale (4th)

Yokohama Triennale 2011, Our Magic Hour: How Much of the World Can We Know? (Aug. 8–Nov. 6, Yokohama Museum of Art, NYK Waterfront Warehouse, and others)
Director General: Osaka Eriko, Artistic Director: Miki Akiko

Exhibition of residence artist (Jupiter Pradhan)

The 11th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 1 (Aug. 25–Sep. 13, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Tsang Kin-Wah Exhibition

MAM Project 015: Tsang Kin-Wah (Sep. 17–Jan. 15, 2012, Mori Art Museum)

Exhibition of popular print art in India

Indian Popular Art: Encounter with European Modernity (Sep. 22–Nov. 29 at the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka) is held.

Koganecho Bazaar

Koganecho Bazaar: Making Side by Side (Oct. 1–31, Studios between Hinodemachi Station and Koganesho Station, other studios, shops, vacant lots)

Asian Art Biennale

2011 Asian Art Biennale: Medi(t)ation (Oct. 1–Jan. 1, 2012, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts)

Exhibition of painting of Indian subjects by Japanese artists

Japanese Artists Paint India, Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore’s Birth
(Oct. 8–Dec. 22, Sakura Ciyu Museum, Arau Kanpo Memorial Museum)

Exhibition of Long Chinsan’s Photographs

Modern Artists VI, Long Chinsan Photographs: Composite Tradition (Oct. 13–Dec. 13, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Exhibition of residence artists (Nguyen Phuong Linh, Lu Yang)

The 11th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 2 (Nov. 12–27, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Kim Bongjun exhibition

Kim Bongjun Exhibition: Seeds of Hope toward the Old and New Future (Nov. 18–Dec. 3, Gallery Maki)
The 5th edition of the series On East Asian Culture in the 21th Century, curated by Furukawa Mika.
Talk by the artist and Ama Toshimaro.

Lecture on Korean People’s Art

KAJA Lecture: Democtarization Movement and Sites of People’s Art Movement, and Its Present
Azabudai Seminar House, Osaka University of Economics and Law
Kim Bongjun with Lee Youngche. Organized by Korea And Japan Alternative learning group.

Exhibition of artist in the support program (Nah Yong En)

Nah Yong En: Going Somewhere To Go Somewhere (Dec. 8–25, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Awardee of the Platinum Prize, the 30th Painting of the Year by the United Overseas Bank, Singapore.

Exhibition of Indian culture from Japanese collectors

Collecting India: Fascination with Indian Visual Culture in Contemporary Japan (Jan. 21–Mar. 11, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Lee Bul solo exhibition

Lee Bul: From Me, Belongs to You Only (Feb. 4–May 27 at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo) is held.

Ho Tzu Nyen Exhibition (Mori Art Museum)

NAM Project 016: Ho Tzu Nyen (Feb. 4–May 22, Mori Art Museum)

The first exhibition of Maldivian art with Japanese art

Breathing Atolls: Japan–Maldives Contemporary Art Exhibition is held from Mar. 20 to Apr. 19 at the National Museum, Malé, Maldives, and tours to Spiral Garden, Tokyo (May 24–Jun. 3).

“What a Wonderful World” exhibition

What a Wonderful World: Visions in Contemporary Asian Art of Our World Today (Mar. 24–May 13, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art)

Hong Sungdam Exhibition

Exhibition of May Prints by Hong Sungdam: People Call People (Mar. 29–Apr. 4, Brecht Raum)

Dhaka Art Summit begins

Dhaka Art Summit begins organized by Samdani Art Foundation. It showcases works of 249 Bangladeshi artists and 19 galleries.

Japanese Crafts and East Asia

Japanese Crossing Borders: Asia as Dreamed by Craftspeople, 1910s-1945 (Apr. 24–Jul. 16, The Crafts Gallery, National Museum of Modern Art)

Lee Changwon Exhibition

NAM Project 017: Lee Changwon (Jun. 16–Oct. 28, Mori Art Museum)

Exhibition of residence artists (Budi Agung Kuswara, Chen Ching Yao)

The 12th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 1 (Jul. 21–Aug. 6, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Kidlat Tahimik is awarded the Fukuoka Prize

Kidlat Tahimik is awarded the Arts and Culture Prize, 23rd Fukuoka Prize

Exhibition of Asian woman artists tours

Women In-Between: Asian Women Artists 1984–2012 is held at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Sep. 1–Oct. 21) and tours to Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum (Nov. 27–Jan. 6, 2013), Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Utsunomiya (Jan. 26–Mar. 24), and Mie Prefectural Art Museum (Apr. 13–Jun. 23).

9th Gwangju Biennale

The 9th Gwangju Biennale: Roundtable (Sep.7–Nov. 11, Gwangju Biennale Hall and other venues)
Co-Artistic Directors: Nancy Adajania, Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Kataoka　Mami, Kim Sunjung, Carol Yinghua Lu, Alia Swastika.

Taipei Biennial (2012)

Taipei Biennial: Modern Monsters/ Death and Life of Fiction (Sep. 29–Jan. 13, 2013, Taipei Fine Arts Museum)
Curator: Anselm Franke

Exhibition of Warli Painting

Warli Painting 2012: From Villages of an Indian Minor Tribe (Oct. 2–7, Gallery Le Deco)

International Congress on Artist-in-Residence

RES ARTIS General Meeting 2012 Tokyo (Oct. 25-28, U Thant International Congress Hall, Tokyo Women’s Plaza Meeting Room and others)

Kochi-Muziris Biennale begins

The 1st Kochi-Muziris Biennale (Nov. 12–Mar. 17) is held.

Subodh Gupta exhibition

Subodh Gupta: Old and New, Sarigenaku (Nov. 12–26, Nagoya Gallery)
Pioneering Artists of the 21st Century No.2

Exhibition of residence artists (Azliza Binti Ayob, Lampu Kansanoh)

The 12th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 2 (Nov. 17–Dec. 3, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Exhibition of artists from the Gangaw Village

Contemporary Asian Artist VI, Freedom in Blossom! Gangaw Village and Experimental Art in 1980s Burma
(Dec. 13–Mar. 20, 2013, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

6th Asian Art Museum Directors’ Forum

The 6th Asian Art Museum Directors’ Forum (Dec. 19–21, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy)
Co-organized by the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and the National Art Museum of China. The theme of the forum: “The Asian Experience of Art Museums in the New Century.”

Exhibition of Chinese landscape painting

Pure Views: New Paintings from China, Traditions Reactivated (Jan. 2–Feb. 24, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Exhibition of Singaporean modern art collection

Birth and Development of Singaporean Art (Mar. 29–Jun. 26, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Commemorating the agreement for mutual cooperation between National Gallery Singapore and FAAM, with the loan from NGS collection.

Exhibition of Southeast Asian art from the Collection of Singapore Art Museum

Welcome to the Jungle: Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia from the Collection of Singapore Art Museum (Apr. 13–Jun. 16 at Yokohama Museum of Art) is held. The exhibition tours to Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto (Oct. 5–Nov. 24) with additional works from the collection of Fukuoka Asian Art Museum.

Choi Jeonghwa Exhibition

Flowers (Apr. 27–Sep. 8, Towada Art Center)

Exhibition of residence artists (Charinthorn Rachurutchata, Chen Sai Hua Kuan)

The 13th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 1 (Jul. 20–Aug. 5, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Aichi Triennale (2nd)

Aichi Triennale 2013: Awakening – Where Are We Standing? – Earth, Memory and Resurrection (Aug. 10–Oct. 27, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya City Art Museum, and others)
Artistic Director: Igarashi Taro

Apichatpong Weerasethakul is awarded the Fukuoka Prize

Apichatpong Weerasethakul is awarded the Arts and Culture Prize, 24th Fukuoka Prize

Nalini Malani is awarded the Fukuoka Prize

Nalini Malani Exhibition Commemorating the Arts and Culture Prize, 24th Fukuoka Prize (Sep. 12–Dec. 25, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Exhibition of Southeast Asian art by the Singaporean collection

Welcome to the Jungle: Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia from the Collection of Singapore Art Museum (Oct. 5–Nov. 24, Contemporarey Art Museum Kumamoto)
Collection of Fukuoka Asian Art Museum is added.

Asian Art Biennale

2013 Asian Art Biennale: Everyday Life
(Oct. 5–Jan. 5, 2014, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts)

Exhibition of Chinese Paper Cutting

Arts of People V, Window Flowers, Chinese Paper Cut: Art in Life of Huangtu Plateau (Oct. 18–Jan. 28, 2014, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Singapore Biennale (4th)

Singapore Biennale 2013: If the World Changed (Oct. 26–Feb. 16, 2014)
Curators: 27-member curatorial team

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art opens Seoul branch

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul opens.

7th Asian Art Museum Directors’ Forum

7th Asian Art Museum Directors’ Forum (Nov. 13–14, Hotel Borobdur)
Hosted by National Museum, Indonesia, for the The SEA+ Triennial 2013, opened at the museum. The theme of the forum: “On Collection: Asian Content.”　Kuroda Raiji, Chief Curator of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, participates.

Exhibition of residence artists (Baasanjav Choijiljav, Sameer Tawde)

The 13th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 2 (Nov. 16–Dec. 2, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Dhaka Art Summit begins to showcase South Asian artists

Exhibition of official art competitions in four East Asian cities

Toward the Modernity: Image of Self & Other in East Asian Art Competitions (Feb. 13–March 18, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum) tours to Fuchu Art Musuem Art （May 14–June 8) and Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art (June 14–July 21). Curated by Toshiko Rawanchaikul of Fukuoka Asian Art Museum,

Japan Foundation Asia Center is re-established

Japan Foundation Asia Center (2nd) is established

Hong Sungdam talks

Korean Artist of Resistance: Slide Screening and Talk by Hong Sungdam, “Screaming East Asia, the Role of Artists” (Irregular Rythm Asylum)

Marjinal visits Japan for the first time

Marjinal, with all five members, visits Japan for the first time (May– Jun.)
Starts a national tour as the first for an Indonesian punk band, Rencong Marencong MARJINAL Japan Tour 2014. 
A film directed by Nakanishi Ayumi, Marjinal= Jakarta Punk Spring 2014 Edition was screened. Encore screenings in late showings after 14. The exhibition of Photographs of Nakanishi Ayumi: Marjinal= Jakarta Punk is held in the gallery.

Yokohama Triennale (5th)

Yokohama Triennale 2014, Art Fahrenheit 451: Sailing into the Sea of Oblivion (Aug. 1–Nov. 3, Yokohama Museum of Art, Shinko Pier Exhibition Hall)
Artistic Director: Morimura Yasumasa
Fukuoka Triennale participates.

10th Gwangju Biennale

The 10th Gwangju Biennale: Burning Down the House
(Sep. 5–Nov. 9, Gwangju Biennale Hall and other venues)
Artistic director: Jessica Morgan

The 5th Fukuoka Triennale with a special section of Mongolian painting

The 5th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale: Panorama of the Next World–Breaking Out into the Future (Sep. 6–Nov. 30 at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum) is held with the special section New Era of Mongolian Painting: From Tradition to Modernity.

Yuan Goang-Ming solo exhibition

Scanning Memories: Yuan Goang-Ming’s Video Art 1992–2014 (Sep. 6–Oct. 5 at Mitsubishi-Jisho Artium, Fukuoka) is held. The exhibition is organized by MOMA Contemporary.

Taipei Biennial (2014)

Taipei Biennial: The Great Acceleration (Sep. 13–Jan. 4, 2015, Taipei Fine Arts Museum)
Curator: Nicolas Bourriaud

Lee Mingwei solo exhibition

Lee Mingwei and His Relations (Sep. 20–Jan. 4, 2015, at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo) is held.

International Seminar for an exhibition

International Seminar 2014, Cultural Rebellion in Asia 1960-1989 (Sep. 30–Oct. 2, Japan Foundation Headquarters)
Organized by the Japan Foundation Asia Center

Exhibition of Pangrok Sulap

Print Poster Exhibition of Pangrok Sulap (Nov. 1–8, Irregular Rhythm Asylum)

Jung Yeondoo solo exhibition in Mito

Jung Yeon Doo (Jung Yeondoo): Just Like The Road Across The Earth (Nov. 8–Feb. 1, 2015) is held at Contemporary Art Gallery, Mito Art Tower.

Paintings on “Joseon” by Japanese and Korean artists

Korean and Japanese Modern Artists in the Korean Peninsular, 1890s to 1960s (Apr. 4–May 8, The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura and Hayama)
Tours to Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum; The Museum of Fine Art, Gifu; Hokaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo;, Miyakonojo City Museum of Art, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum.
Forum on Apr. 30.

Exhibition of Asian artists co-curated by young curators from Japan, Singapore, Australia

Time of Others (Apr. 11–Jun. 28, at Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo) is held, tours to National Museum of Art, Osaka (Jul. 25–Sep. 23), Singapore Art Museum (Nov. 19 Feb. 28, 2016), Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (Jun. 11–Sep. 18, 2016).

Archival exhibition of avant-garde art from East Asia

MAM Research 001: Great Crescent, Art and Agitation in the 1960s—Japan, South Korea, Taiwan (Apr. 25–Jul. 5 at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo) is held.

Curated by: Cosmin Costinas (Para Site), Doryun Chong (M+), Lesley Ma (Ink Art, M+)
In Cooperation with: Korea Art Research Institute (KARI), KuroDalaiJee

Screening + Talk “Zero Dimension / Kato Yoshihiro” #1
Speakers: Kato Yoshihiro (Zero Dimension), KuroDalaiJee (Researcher, Post-war avant-garde art in Japan), June 2
Screening + Talk “Zero Dimension / Kato Yoshihiro” #2
Speaker: Kato Yoshihiro “Zero Dimension”, June 30
Panel Discussion “The 1960s: Anti-Art Performance in Context-Japan, South Korea, Taiwan,” June 20
Panelists: KuroDalaiJee, Kim Mi Kyung (Professor, Kangnam University, Korea), Cosmin Costinas (Director, Para Site), Doryun Chong (Chief Curator, M+), Lesley Ma (Curator, Ink Art, M+)

International Symposium

International Symposium 2015, The 1990s: The Making of Art with Contemporaries (May 23–24, B2F Auditorium, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo)
Organized by the Japan Foundation Asia Center; Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

Art on the war

Imagine: Visions of a World without War (Jun. 11–Sep. 1, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Exhibition mainly consisting of FAAM’s collection.

Symposium on global and diaspora art

Symposium: Global Art and Diasporic Art in Japan and Asia (Jun. 26–27, Adacemy Hills, Roppongi; University of Tokyo, Komaba)
Organized by Mori Art Museum; New York University Asia 2015 Global Asia/Pacific Art Exchange Initiative; the Integrated Human Sciences for Cultural Diveristy Program (IHS), the University of Tokyo

Dinh Q. Le solo exhibition

Dinh Q. Le: Memory for Tomorrow (Jul. 25–Oct. 12 at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo) is held, touring to Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (March 19–May 15, 2016).

Archival exhibition of an influential Philippine artist

MAM Research 002: Who Was Roberto Chabet?—Along with the Development of Contemporary Art in the Philippines (Jul. 25–Oct. 12 at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo) is held.

Exhibition of residence artists (AnGie Seah, Funkografik)

14th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 1 (Jul. 25–Aug. 10, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Hong Sungdam Exhibition

Yasukunism in East Asia: Hong Sungdam, Dellusion of Yasukuni (Jul. 25–Aug. 2, Brecht Raum)

Exhibition of Japanese and Korean artists (National Art Centrer)

Artist File 2015, Next Door: Contemporary Art in Japan and Korea (Jul. 29–Oct. 12 at the National Art Center, Tokyo) is held and tours to the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Gwacheon (Nov. 10 to Feb. 14, 2016).

Selection from the Chinese National Art Exhibition

From the 12th Chinese National Exhibition of Fine Arts 2014: All Sorts of Flowers, The Sparkling Garden of Chinese Realism (Aug. 18–Sep. 23, Nara Prefectural Museum of Art)
Tours to Nakatomi Crafts Museum, Minobu; Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum; Japan-China Friendship Center, Tokyo; and Fukuoka Asian Art Museum.

Yun Suknam Exhibition

Yun Suknam: This is not a coincidence but meant to be (Sep. 5–Oct. 25, Kamakura Gallery)

Asian Art Biennale

2015 Asian Art Biennale: Artists Making Movement (Sep. 19–Dec. 6, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts)

Asia Cultural Center opens

National Asia Cultural Center opens in Gwangju.

Exhibition of residence artists (Chung Ling Jolene Mok, JUJU U)

The 14th Winds of Artist in Residence Part 2 (Nov. 21–Dec. 7, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

National Gallery Singapore opens

National Gallery Singapore opens.

Moon Kyungwon “Promiss Park” (YCAM)

Moon Kyungwon + YCAM, New Installation Works: Park Atras, Promise Park, Imagination for Future Pattern (Nov. 28–Feb. 14, 2016, Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media)

Screeing of film work and lecture by Chen Jieh-jen

Arts Commons Tokyo presents Lecture Performance Series Vol. 2: Chen Jieh-jen (Taiwan) (Feb. 16–18, Shibaura House)
Screening of Realm of Reverberationｓ on February 12-26, Taiwan Cultural Center, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan

Pangrok Sulap exhibition

Exhibition of Print Poster by Pangrok Sulap (Feb. 26–28, Seikei University)
Workshop The Present of the Print Art Movement: From the Foot of Mt Kinabalu, Malaysia, with Pungrok Sulap as a guest, organized by the Asia Pacific Center of Seikei University. Rizo Leong and Hosoya Shuhei join as lecturers, and Tokunaga Risa as a moderator.

Archival exhibition of an experimental exhibition in 1970s Indonesia

MAM Research 003: Fantasy World Supermarket—Approaches, Practice and Thinking Since the Indonesia New Art Movement in 1970s (Mar. 26–Jul. 10 at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo) is held.

Park Seobo Exhibition (2016)

Park Seobo Exhibition (6th) (Mar. 30–May 14, Tokyo Gallery)

Exhibition of Taiwan/Japan Contemporary Art

Taiwan/Japan Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition (Apr. 1–May 27, Taiwan Culture Center)

Zai Kuning Exhibition

Ombak Hitam: Zai Kuning (Apr. 23–Jun. 11, Ota Fine Arts)

Xijingmen exhibition

Xijingmen: Xijing Is Not Xijing, Therefore Xijing Is Xijing (Apr. 29–Aug. 28, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa)

Exhibition of artists in Support Program (Thidarat Chantachua , Ki Seulki, Punyisa Silparassamee)

Exhibition of artists in Support Program (Jun.4 –Aug. 23, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Thidarat Chantachua is an awardee of the Painting of the Year by the United Overseas Bank, Singapore.

Aichi Triennale (3rd)

Aichi Triennale, Homo Faber: A Rainbow Caravan (Aug. 11–Oct. 23, AichiPrefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya City Art Museum, and others)
Artistic Director: Minato Chihiro

11th Gwangju Biennale

The 11th Gwangju Biennale: The Eighth Climate (What Does Art Do?) (Sep. 2–Nov. 6, Gwangju Biennale Hall and other venues)
Artistic director: Maria Lind

Taipei Biennial

Taipei Biennial: Gestures and Archives of the Present, Genealogies of the Future (Sep. 10–Feb. 5, 2017, Taipei Fine Arts Museum)
Curator: Corinne Diserens

Singapore Biennale (5th)

Singapore Biennale 2016: An Atlas of Mirrors (Oct. 27–Feb. 26. 2017)
Curated by a team of nine curators and led by creative director, Susie Lingham.

Exhibition of residence artists (Julian Abraham “Togar, Lo Yi Chun)

The 15th Winds of Artist in Residence (Dec. 3–25, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

N. S. Harsha solo exhibition

N. S. Harsha: Charming Journey (Feb. 4–May 11 at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo)

Art on ecology

Crossing Vision V: Ecology of Creation (Feb. 18–Mar. 21, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Kathmandu Triennale begins

The First Kathmandu Triennale Kathmandu Triennale (Mar. 24–Apr. 9) is held (Mar. 24–Apr. 9). Artistic director: Philippe Van Cauteren. Theme is “My City, My Studio / My City, My Life”

Exhibition of artist in the support program

Exhibition of an artist in the support program (Jun. 11–Jul. 11, Sculpture Lounge, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Awardee of the Painting of the Year by the United Overseas Bank, Singapore.

The largest exhibition of Southeast Asian art

Sunshower : Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now (Jul. 5–Oct. 23 at the National Art Center and Mori Art Museum, Tokyo) is held. The selected works tour to Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Nov. 3–Dec. 25).

Exhibition of photography project in China

MAM Research 005: Laboratory for Chinese Contemporary Photography—Three Shadows Photography Art Centre is held (Jul. 5–Oct 23. at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo)

Indonesia-Okinawa poster exhibition

Indonesia-Okinawa Solidarity Poster Exhibition (Jul. 22–29, Irregular Rhythm Asylum)
Pritmaking workshop on 23. Lecture by Tokunaga Risa on 29 at Free Art College.

Exhibition of artist in residence program (Yaloo )

Yaloo Park (Jul. 28–31, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)

Yokohama Triennale (6th)

Yokohama Triennale 2017, Islands, Constellations & Galapagos (Aug. 4–Nov. 5, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No.1, Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall [Basement])
Directors: Osaka Eriko, Miki Akiko, Kashiwagi Tomoh

Choi Jeonghwa

Choi Jeonghwa: Breathing Flower (Oct. 15–Nov. 5, Nihon-maru Memorial Part, Yokohama Creative City Center)

Karachi Biennale begins

Karachi Biennale 2017: Who We Are (Oct. 21–Nov. 5) is held.

Museum MACAN opens

Museum MACAN (Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara) opens.

Exhibition at a temple

Connecting Southeast Asia in Hakata (Nov. 1–Dec. 25, Jotenji Temple)

Edited tour of Sunshower

Sunshower: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now (Nov. 3–Dec. 25, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Selection and revision from Tokyo exhibition.

Choi Jeonghwa exhibition in public spaces in Nara

Nara Art Project: Kotohogu Nara, Choi Jeong Hwa: “Flower Welcome” (Mar. 9–25, Entrance Hall, Nara City Hall, Naramachi Center etc.)

Lahore Biennale begins

The Lahore Biennale 01 (Mar. 18–31) is held.

Exhibition at a castle ruin

Art in Fukoka Castle (Mar. 30–Apr. 8, Fukuoka Castle [Maizuru Park])

Collaboration of Thai and Japanese filmmakers

MAM Project 025: Apichatpong Weerasethakul + Hisakado Tsuyoshi (Apr. 25–Sep. 17, Mori Art Museum)

Indonesian painter Ay Tjoe Christine exhibition

Ay Tjoe Christine: Spirituality and Allegory (Apr. 28–Aug. 19, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanzawa)

Museum of Contemporary Art Busan opens

Museum of Contemporary Art Busan (MOCA Busan) opens.

Exhibition of artist in the support program (Chok Yue Zan)

Exhibition of an artist in the support program (Jun. 23–Jul. 11, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Awardee of the Best Award, Painting of the Year 2017 by the United Overseas Bank, Singapore.

Qiu Zhijie solo exhibition

Qiu Zhijie Living Writing (Sep. 8–Mar. 3, 2019, at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa) is held.

12th Gwangju Biennale

The 12th Gwangju Biennale: Imagined Borders (Sep. 7–Nov. 11, Gwangju Biennale Hall, Asia Culture Center, venues in the city)
Curators: Clara Kim (Imagined Nations / Modern Utopias), Gridthiya Gaweewong (Facing Phantom Borders), Christine Y. Kim, Rita Gonzalez (The Ends: The Politics of Participation in the Post-Internet Age),
Yeon Shim Chung, Yeewan Koon (Faultlines)
David Teh (Returns), Man Seok Kim, Sung woo Kim, Chong-Ok Paek (The Art of Survival: Assembly, Sustainability, Shift)
B.G. Muhn (North Korean Art: Paradoxical Realism)

Exhibition of Asian artists in Culture City of East Asia

Altering Home is held as a program of “Culture City of East Asia 2018 Kanazawa” (Sep. 15–Nov. 4).

Lee Kit solo exhibition

Lee Kit ‘We used to be more sensitive’ (Sep. 16–Dec. 24 at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo) is held.

Exhibition of contemporary art in Shanghai

Shanghai Beat: The Dynamism of Contemporary Art Scene in Shanghai (Sep. 22–Nov. 25) is helf at Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto.

Photographic art on love

I Know Something about Love: Asian Contemporary Photography (Oct. 2–Nov. 25, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum)

Exhibition of experimental art in Asia co-curated by three Asian museums

Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia 1960s–1990s is held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Oct. 10–Dec. 24), Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (Jan. 31–May 6, 2019), and National Gallery Singapore (Jun. 14–Sep. 15, 2019).

Bangkok Biennale begins

The 1st Bangkok Art Biennale: Beyond Bliss (Oct. 19–Feb. 3, 2019) is held.

Exhibition in Hakata Old Town

Art in Hakata Old Town 2018 (Oct. 31–Nov. 4, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum and its vicinities)

Exhibition of woodcuts as political media

Blaze Carved in Darkness: Woodcut Movements in Asia 1930s–2020s (Nov. 23–Jan. 20, 2019, at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum) is held and tours to Arts Maebashi (Feb. 2–Mar. 24).

Indian Collective becomes the artistic director of Yokohama Triennale

Raqs Media Collective is nominated the artistic director of Yokohama Triennale.

Korean Minjung Art in Awazu Kiyoshi Exhibition

Awazu Kiyoshi: What Can Design Do? (May 18–Sep. 23, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa)
Exhibited prints of Korean Minjung Art from the collection of Higashi Kujo Madang.
Lecture by Yang Sol, Higashi Kujo Madang, and Furukawa Mika on Jul. 6.

Zhen Bo exhibition

Zhen Bo: Dao Is in Weeds (Jun. 1–Jul. 15, Kyoto City University of Arts)

Aichi Triennale (4th)

Aichi Triennale 2019: Taming Y/Our Passion
(Aug. 1–Oct. 14, Aichi Arts Center, Nagoya City Art Museum, Shikemichi and Endoji, Tpoyota City)
Artistic Director: Tsuda Daisuke
The “After Freedom of Expression” causes big controversies.

Screening of films by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng

Screening of short films by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
(Nakasu Taiyo Media Hall)
Suspended Moment (2010) and Ferris Wheel (2016), organized by the Western Japan Branch, the Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences (JASIAS). Cooperated by Fukuoka Asian Art Museum and Fukuoka Independent Film Festival.

Exhibition of collection in tourism cencept

Journey through Asian Art: Fukuoka Asian Art Museum 20th Anniversary Exhibition (Oct. 5–Nov. 26) is held.

Exhibition in Hakata Old Town

Art in Hakata Old Town 2019 (Oct. 11–14, Jotenji Temple, Tochoji Temple, Ryuguji Temple, Myorakuji Temple, Zendoji Temple)

Singapore Biennale (6th)

Singapore Biennale 2019: Every Step in the Right Direction (Nov. 22–Mar. 22)
Artistic Director: Patrick Flores, with a curatorial team of six members from Singapore, Southeast Asia and beyond.

25th NIPAF

Nippon International Performance Art Festival 2020 [25th NIPAF 2020] (Keio University Mita Campus Graduate Bldg. 313)
Held also at Donkey and Orange, Tokyo; Arts Chiyoda 3331, Tokyo; Bazar Cafe, Kyoto; Karakuri Studio, Osaka.
Seminar on Mar. 9 and 11, Neon Hall, Nagano.

Yokohama Triennale directed by Indian collective

Yokohama Triennale 2020 “Afterglow” is held (Jul. 17– to Oct. 11, Yokohama Museum of Art, PLOT 48, and NYK Martime Museum) under the COVID-19 pandemic. India-based artists’ collective Raqs Media Collective serves the artistic director.

Busan Biennale under Covid-19 crisis

Busan Biennale 2020: Words at an Exhibition, An Exhibition in Ten Chapters and Five Poems is held (Sep. 5–Nov. 8) under the COVID-19 pandemic.

Academic Conference on Tomiyama Taeko

Academic Program Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Gwangju Conflict, Life and Art of Tomiyama Taeko: Painter Crossing the Borders
Offline venue: May 18 Democratic Uprising Archives
Speakers: Han Myungshik, Hagiwara Hiroko, Shim Jiyeong, Suh Yuna, Takahashi Azusa, Takahashi Hiroya.

Taipei Biennial

Taipei Biennale 2020: You and I don’t live on the same planet (Nov. 21–Mar. 14, 2021, Taipei Fine Arts Museum)
Curator: Bruno Latour, Martin Guinard, Eva Lin

Symposium co-organized by Mori Art Museum and Hyudai

Mori Art Museum x Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational International Symposium, From Alexandria to Tokyo: Art, Colonialism and Entangled Histories? (Dec. 3–4, Academy Hills, Mori Tower)
Convenors: Kataoka Mami (Director, Mori Art Museum), Sook-Kyung Lee (Senior Curator, International Art, Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational, Tate), Devika Singh (Curator, International Art, Tate), Hayashi Michio (Professor, Sophia University), Christian Kravagna (Professor, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna)

Tomiyama Taeko retrospective

To Tuerbulent Seas of Memory: The World of Tomiyama Taeko (Mar. 12–Jun. 30, Yonsei University Museum)
Organized by Yonsei University Museum and Institute of Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo
Forum on Mar. 12.

13th Gwangju Biennale

The 13th Gwangju Biennale: Minds Rising Spirits Tuning (Apr. 1––May 9, Gwangju Biennale Hall and other venues)
Directors: Defne Ayas and Natasha Ginwala

Ho Tzu Nyen solo exhibition

Ho Tzu Nyen: Night March of Hundred Monsters (Apr. 3–Jul .4 at Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media) is held.

MOT Annual 2021

MOT Annual 2021: A Sea, a Living Room, and a Skull
(Jul. 17–Oct. 17, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo)

Exhibition of Indonesian printmaking collective

Indiguerillas: Cosmic Waltz (Sep. 8–Oct. 9, Mizuma Art Gallery)

Solo show of Singaporean artist

Hilmi Johandi, Landscape and Paradise: Poolscapes
(Oct. 2–Nov. 20, Ota Fine Arts)

Ho Tzu Nyen solo exhibition

Ho Tzu Nyen: Night March of Hundred Monsters (Oct. 23–Jan. 23 at the Toyota Municipal Museum of Art) is held.

Asian Art Biennale

2021 Asian Art Biennale: Phatasmapolis (Oct. 30–Mar. 6, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts)

M+ opens

M+ opens in the West Kowloon Cultural District.

Images of Hindu dieties

Hindu Gods and Goddesses Across Time (Jan. 2–Mar. 29, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Commemoration of 75 years of India’s Independence, The 70th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between Japan and India. Tours to Okayama Orient Museum (Jul. 16–Sep. 11, 2022); The Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo (Sep. 23–Nov. 27).

Archival exhibition of art spaces in Southeast Asia

MAM Research 008: Suddenly Turning Visible—Art and Architecture in Southeast Asia 1969–1989 (Feb. 18–May 29 at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo) is held.

Myanmar artist in Hiroshima

Hiroshima Art Document 2021 (Mar. 20–24, Tea Pavillions Koka-tei, Chosho-an)

The Japan Foundation Asia Center closes

The Japan Foundation Asia Center ends its activities.

Son Ah-yu collection

MOMAS Collection Part 1: Microcosmos of Son Ah-yu
(Apr. 30–Aug. 28, Museum of Modern Art, Saitama)

Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho exhibition

Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho: News from Nowhere (May 3–Sep. 4 at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa) is held.

documeta 15 directed by ruangrupa

ruangrupa, an Indonesian collective, serves as the artistic director of documeta 15 (Jun. 18–Sep. 25). A mural by Taring Padi is removed after the criticism of antisemitism.

Retrospective of Lee Ufan

Lee Ufan (Aug. 10–Nov. 7, National Art Center)
15th Anniversary of the National Art Center, Tokyo

Shahzia Sikander is awarded the Fukuoka Prize

Shahzia Sikander is awarded the Arts and Culture Prize, 32nd Fukuoka Prize.

Public Lectures, Facing the World by Transcending Tradition─The Journey of Shahzia Sikander, and Thoughts Filled in Her Artworks, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Sept. 30, with Kokatsu Reiko as interlocutor and Ushiroshoji Masairo as coordinator. Special Exhibition at Fukuoka Asian Art Museum and Artist Cafe Fukuoka, Sep. 23 – 27.

Two Indian modern painters

Modern Artists VII, The Pearls of Modern Indian Painting: Nandalal Bose and Upendra Maharathi (Sep. 15–Dec. 25, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum)
Commemoration of 75 years of India’s Independence, The 70th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between Japan and India. Tours to Kobe City Museum (Jan. 14–Mar. 21, 2023).

Collection of Miyatsu Daisuke and FAAM

Emotional Asia: Miyatsu Daisuke Collection × Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Sep. 15–Dec. 25, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Boat Race Fukuoka, Genjuuan, Asian Plaza at Yoshizuka Little Asia Market)

Satellite exhibition of Emotional Asia

Emotional Asia Boat Race Fukuoka (Sep. 23–Oct. 30, Boat Race Fukuoka)

Solo show of Cambodian artist

Khway Samnang: Love of the Land (Oct. 1–29, Tomio Koyama Gallery)

Large solo exhibition of Choi Jeonghwa

Choi Jeong Hwa: Life, Live All That Shining (Oct. 14–Dec. 11, Kirishima Open-air Museum)

Singapore Biennale (7th)

Singapore Biennale 2022: Natasha (Oct. 16–Mar. 19, 2023, Tanjong Pagar Distripark and other venues)
Curators: Ala Younis, Nida Ghouse, June Yap

14th Gwangju Biennale

The 14th Gwangju Biennale: Soft and Weak Like Water (Apr. 7–Jul. 9, Gwangju Biennale Hall and other venues)
Director: Lee Sookkyung

FAAM Collection in four cities

Asia: Replenished and Enriched: Art of Modern Asia, and Its Diversity, Collection from Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (May 12–Jun. 25, Hatsukaichi Art Gallery)
Tours to Yokkaichi City Culture Center, Ueda City Museum of Art, and Koganei City Hakenomori Art Museum.

Retrospective of Cai Guo-Qiang in Japan

Cai Guo-Qiang: Ramble in the Cosmos – From Primeval Fireball Onward (Jun. 29–Aug. 21, The National Art Center, Tokyo)
Organized by The National Art Center, Tokyo, and Saint Laurent

Art and water

Waters in Asian Art (Jul. 1–Sep. 3, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum and other venues)
The Commemorative of the World Aquativcs Championships – Fukuoka 2023

Exhibition of Hindu Deities

Divine Affection: Enchanting Images of Hindu Deities (Sep. 14–Dec. 5, National Museum of Ethnography)
Special cooperation: Fukuoka Asian Art Museum

Taipei Biennial (2024)

Taipei Biennale: Small World (Nov. 18–Mar. 24, 2024, Taipei Fine Arts Museum)
Curator: Freya Chou, Reem Shadid, Brian Kuan Wood

Yokohama Triennale (8th)

8th Yokohama Triennale, Wild Grass: Our Lives (Mar. 15–Jun. 9, Yokohama Museum of Art, PLOT 48 [with special cooperation by NYK MARITIME MUSEUM]）
Artistic Director from China, first in Yokohama Triennale: Liu Ding, Carol Yinghua Lu