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Terracotta Warriors Animate Asian Art Museum

Jennifer Raiser | Posted 05.06.2013 | San Francisco
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Jennifer Raiser

Interspersed between courses were performances meant to evoke ancient warriors, traditional Chinese instrumental music, and a spirited auction of two original recent artworks by Zheng Chongbin and Arnold Chang, along with a dinner for ten at the restaurant du jour, Benu.

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PHOTOS: Asian Art Museum's New Exhibit Draws Crowds, History Buffs

Robin Wilkey | Posted 02.21.2013 | San Francisco
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It started with a lost warrior. While en route from China to San Francisco's Asian Art Museum, one of eight ancient terracotta warriors--arguably ...

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PHOTOS: Sikh Art: Reflections Of A Unique Spiritual, Secular Identity

Asian Art Museum | Posted 08.12.2012 | Religion
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While Sikh art largely celebrates the unique spiritual and secular identity of the Sikh people, it also reflects the artistic diversity of the Punjab ...

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Sarah Medina

PHOTOS: Bay Area Children Invent Their Own Versions of Hell

HuffingtonPost.com | Sarah Medina | Posted 05.21.2012 | San Francisco
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What happens when the wild imagination of Bay Area kids is set to the task of inventing new versions of Hell? "Phantoms of Asia," a new exhibit at...

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Asian Art Museum's "Maharaja" Overlooks Crucial Cultural Questions in India (PHOTOS)

Larissa Archer | Posted 01.09.2012 | Arts
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Larissa Archer

Any exhibition on the wealth of a nation's royal class is an exhibition of the inflated amour-propre of men with money. Add to the club the princes on display in Maharaja: The Splendor of India's Royal Courts.

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