Presentation: Traditions Collide - Conversations from Antiquity to Modern

Wednesday, 6/25/2025
6:30 - 7:30
Virtual Library

United States

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In works from the Asian Art Museum collection, explore how artists have combined, collided, and transformed traditions to create something new and extraordinary out of the past.

Many contemporary Asian and Asian American artists reach into the past, creating works that reimagine traditional subjects or techniques in new and unexpected contexts or combinations. Whether these traditions merge or collide, the process often yields unusual and thought-provoking works of extraordinary beauty and skill.

Presented by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco's Community Speakers Program. 

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The Asian Art Museum Docent Program is generously supported by the Dhanam Foundation and Society for Asian Art. 

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