Sat March 15- Mon March 24, 2008
46 NYC museums and galleries join together to focus on Asian Contemporary Art. Over 100 Artists present their works at 60 special events, including receptions, exhibition viewings, screenings, artist conversations and walkthroughs.
New to ACAW is Artists in Conversation, a series of talks given by 35 leading and emerging artists speaking about their works and sharing their concepts and inspirations. Featured artists hail from China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and, for the first time, from the Middle East: Lebanon, Palestine and Israel.
For detailed descriptions of events, visit www.acaw.net
SCHEDLUE OF EVENTS
15 SATURDAY
Sotheby’s
3-7 P.M. ACAW Opening Event and Conversation Panel with artists Tie Ying and Xu Zhongmin / Sotheby’s Asian Auction Preview & Reception
17 MONDAY
The Museum of Modern Art
7 P.M. Akram Zaatari in Conversation / Screening
18 TUESDAY (UPTOWN)
Gallery Korea
1 P.M. Jean Shin and Ofri Cnaani in Conversation alongside Nam June Paik’s exhibit
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum*
4-5 P.M. Curatorial Walk Through of Cai Guo-Qiang’s retrospective
Marlborough Gallery*
5:30P.M.Viswanadhan in Conversation / 7-8:30 P.M. Opening Reception
Goedhuis Contemporary*
6-8 P.M. Opening Reception: Grace Tong
Island Weiss Gallery
6-8 P.M. Opening Reception: Chunhong Chang
The Korea Society
6:30-8 P.M. Exhibition: Toy Stories / Film Screening
China Institute*
8 P.M. Lin Yilin in Conversation
19 WEDNESDAY (MIDTOWN)
Whitney Museum of American Art
2 P.M. Biennial 2008: Artists in Conversation
Taipei Cultural Center
6-8 P.M. Opening Reception: Snake Alley: Cutting Edge Taiwanese Contemporary Art
Tamarind Art
6-9 P.M. Opening Reception: Creative Circuit: Indian Contemporaries
Lower East Side Printshop
6:30-8 P.M. Tomie Arai in Conversation / Exhibition Viewing
20 THURSDAY (CHELSEA)
Arario Gallery
6-8 P.M. Exhibition Viewing / 7 P.M. Exhibition Walk Through With Hyongkoo Lee
Bose Pacia*
6-8 P.M. Opening Reception: Ranbir Kaleka
Chambers Fine Art
6-8 P.M. Opening Reception / Shi Jinsong in Conversation
Chappell Gallery
6-8 P.M. Opening Reception: Toshio Iezumi
ChinaSquare
6:30-8:30 P.M. Opening Reception for Group Exhibit / Curator’s Talk
Chinese Contemporary
6-8:30 P.M. One Year Anniversary Reception / Exhibition: Tu Hongtao
Kips Gallery
6-8 P.M. Exhibition Viewing/ Conversation: Fay Ku
Mary Ryan Gallery
6-8:30 P.M. Opening Reception: Lin Tianmiao and Wu Moonching
Max Lang
6-8 P.M. Exhibition Viewing: Hye Rim Lee
Max Protetch Gallery
6-8 P.M. Opening Reception: Byron Kim and Qiu Jiongjiong
Moti Hasson Gallery
6-8 P.M. Opening Reception: Zipora Fried and Jiha Moon
M.Y. Art Prospects
6-8 P.M. Opening Reception and Curatorial Talk: CE/VN: Cadavre Exquis VietNam and Takako Azami
Onishi Gallery
6-8 P.M. Opening Reception: Ephemeral
Sundaram Tagore Gallery
6-8 P.M. Viewing and Reception: Drishti
Thomas Erben Gallery
6-8 P.M. Opening Reception: Ashok Sukumaran
Winkleman Gallery
6-8 P.M. Opening Reception: I Dream of the ‘Stans: New Central Asian Video
21 FRIDAY (DOWNTOWN)
88 Conversations
4-8 P.M. Studio Opening Reception
envoy
6:30 P.M. Kanishka Raja in Conversation / 7:30 P.M. Reception
New York University
6:30 P.M. Hiroshi Sunairi and Yuken Teruya in Conversation
Art Projects International*
6 P.M. Reception / 7:30 P.M. Pouran Jinchi in Conversation
Ethan Cohen Fine Arts*
6-9 P.M. Opening Reception: Power of the Brush, Leading Painters from Asia
The Gabarron Foundation
6-8 P.M. Opening Reception: Taiwanese Contemporary Art
Sepia International / The Alkazi Collection*
6-8 P.M. Opening Reception: Course
Rubin Museum of Art
7-9:30 P.M. Dabid Abir and Frank Fu in Conversation / Performances
22 SATURDAY (Various Locations)
Japan Society*
11:30 A.M. Curatorial Walk Through of Shibata Zeshin
Sepia International / The Alkazi Collection*
12:30 P.M. Navin Rawanchaukul, Atul Bhalla, Osamu James Nakagawa and Jaye Rhee in Conversation
Max Protetch Gallery
1 P.M. Exhibition Walk Through with Byron Kim
Crossing Art
2 P.M. Back to the Garden: Artists in Conversation / 3:30 P.M. Film Screening /
6 P.M. Reception
Gary Snyder Project Space
2:30 P.M. Tadaaki Kuwayama in Conversation
Bose Pacia*
3 P.M. Ranbir Kaleka in Conversation
Queens Museum of Art
4 P.M. Jaishri Abichandani in Conversation / Exhibition Viewing
Ch’i Contemporary Fine Art
6-9 P.M. Catered Reception / 7:30 P.M. O Zhang in Conversation
Eli Klein Fine Art
6-9 P.M. Opening Reception: Zhang Hui
24 MONDAY
Asia Society and Museum*
6:30 P.M. Panel Discussion: India’s Burgeoning Art Scene / 8 P.M. Reception
Off Site Venues
The College of New Jersey Art Gallery, New Jersey
Parable of the Garden: New Media Art from Iran & Central Asia
Walsh Gallery, Chicago
Zhou Xiaohu: Solo Exhibition
The Armory Show
March 27-30, 2008
ACAW is organized by Asian Contemporary Art Consortium* in Association with Asia Society
Sponsors: ArtAsiaPacific, Sotheby’s, Art Radio WPS1.org and FORA.tv
