A renowned specialist on ancient Khmer and Cham art, Mr. Pierre Baptiste, Senior Curator at Musee Guimet, examined and critiqued the Asian Art Museum’s collection of Southeast Asian art. Affiliated…
Mr. Kong Vireak, Director of the Department of Museums at the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts in Cambodia, examined and identified artifacts in the Asian Art Museum’s collection of…
Formerly the Director-General of the Department of Archaeology under the Ministry of Culture in Myanmar, Mr. Nyunt Han, Senior Researcher, Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts at the Southeast…
As a follow-on to the program for Mr. Omara Masoudi, Director of the National Museum in 2012, the Asia Foundation arranged a one-week internship for Ms. Qudsia Zohab, Head of…
Director Omara Masoudi of the National Museum of Afghanistan completed a two-week professional affiliation at the Asian Art Museum where he examined museum management with an emphasis on public education…
Ms. Vandana Prapanna, Senior Curator at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, conducted comparative research on manuscript folios of Indian miniature paintings in the collection of the AAM and CSMVS. As…
Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art at the British Museum Mr. Richard Blurton’s research at the Asian Art Museum focused on the visual representations of narrative traditions in Indian…
In November, 2011, representatives of important museums of Asian art from Asia and the U.S. met in San Francisco for a pioneering Directors Forum organized by The Asian Art Museum…
In December, 2009, Dr. Forrest McGill, the Asian Art Museum’s Chief Curator and Wattis Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art, and Dr. Qamar Adamjee, Associate Curator, visited India to…