Takeout Tuesdays: Lunchtime Conversations About Art
Online via Zoom
"Phoenix Kingdoms" with docent Seik-Yee Lau
“Take out” a taste of art! Join museum docents and fellow art lovers for interactive lunchtime encounters with selected artworks from the collection. We’ll gather on Zoom to look closely at compelling works using high-resolution images and uncover fun facts. Each weekly session explores a different topic; unmute to join the conversation.
See all upcoming events in this series.Image: Lidded cup in the shape of a bird, approx. 300 BCE. China; Hubei Province. Warring States period (475–221 BCE). Excavated from Chu tomb No. 2 at Jiuliandun, Zaoyang, 2002. Hubei Provincial Museum. Photograph © Hubei Provincial Museum.
Phoenix Kingdoms: The Last Splendor of China’s Bronze Age is organized by the Asian Art Museum and the Hubei Provincial Museum. The lead sponsor of the exhibition is Fred Eychaner. Presentation is made possible with the generous support of American Friends of the Shanghai Museum, Monica Yeung Arima and Adrian Arima, the Bei Shan Tang Foundation, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen, Harry and Sandra Cheung, Patty S. Chu and Colbert T. Dare, the Ray and Dagmar Dolby Family Fund, Marielle Ednalino and Ken Lamb, Kristine Johnson and Tim Dattels, the Kuo Family, and Tania and Michael Stepanian. Additional support is provided by Winnie and Michael Feng, Virginia and Timothy Foo, Buck Gee and Mary Hackenbracht, Angela and Gwong-Yih Lee, the Blakemore Foundation, the Tan Family Education Foundation, and an anonymous donor.
Sustained support is generously provided by the following endowed funds: Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Endowment Fund for Exhibitions, John and Sherry Chen Endowed Fund, Arlene Schnitzer Endowed Fund, and James M. Gerstley Fund for International Exhibitions.
The Asian Art Museum Docent Program is generously supported by the Dhanam Foundation and Society for Asian Art.