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Significant funding for Denver Art Museum exhibitions is provided by the citizens who support the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD). Since its creation in 1988, SCFD has funded more than 300 scientific and cultural organizations in the seven metro Denver counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson. Unless otherwise noted, exhibitions are organized by the Asian Art Department of the Denver Art Museum.

 

Woman's Robe
Ikat: Splendid Silks
of Central Asia
Photo by Don Tuttle

© American Foundation for
Textile Art

Objects 2000-2010
Clay and Brush: Chinese Painted Pottery from the Sze Hong Collection
Sunken Treasures: Ming Dynasty Ceramics from a Chinese Shipwreck
Textile Art: Recent Acquisitions
Ikat: Splendid Silks of Central Asia
China Meets the American Southwest: Pottery Designs and Traditions
Cultural Coatings
Contemporary Botanical Art: The Shirley Sherwood Collection
Fabulous Floral Fabrics
Secrets from a Chinese Garden
Lighter than Air: Gauze Robes from China
Chinese Art of the Tang Dynasty from the Sze Hong Collection
Full Frontal: Contemporary Asian Artists from the Logan Collection
Japanese Prints: 150th Anniversary of United States-Japan Relations
No Boundaries: Art + Fiber
Frederick C. Hamilton Building
Japanese Art from the Colorado Collection of Kimiko and John Powers
Radar: Selections from the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan

 

Wheel of Healing
Wheel of Healing
Living Art of Tibetan Buddhism

Click for more exhibit information 1990-1999
Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Taiwanese Ceramics
Tang Ceramics from the Sze Hong Collection
Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Pamela R. Lessing Friedman Collection
Transcending Turmoil: Painting at the Close of China's Empire, 1796-1911
Istanbul to Beijing: Selected Textiles from the Sarkisian Collection
Pathways to the Afterlife: Early Chinese Art from the Sze Hong Collection
Bridge of Fire: Two Potters East and West
Wheel of Healing: Living Art of Tibetan Buddhism
Ancient Chinese Art from the Sze Hong Collection: Visions of Han Dynasty Architecture
Adornment for Eternity: Status and Rank in Chinese Ornament
Mongolia: The Legacy of Chinggis Khan
Honoring the Soul: Ancient Chinese Tomb Figures from the Sze Hong Collection
Rainbows and Shimmering Bridges: Contemporary Japanese Lacquerware
Hayagriva Mandala
Photography and Beyond in Japan: Space, Time and Memory
Tribal Metalwork of Eastern India: Objects for the Home, Shrine and Bazaar
Treasures from the Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection: Classic Chinese Furniture,
      Painting and Calligraphy
Eternal Companions: Animal Figures from Chinese Tombs in the Sze Hong Collection
Prayer Rugs of the Caucasus
Inspiration and Imagination: Cross-Cultural Influences in the Textile Arts
White on White: Chinese Jades and Ceramics from the Tang through Qing Dynasty
Ancient Chinese Bronzes from the Sze Hong Collection
Takashi Nakazato: Contemporary Pottery from an Ancient Japanese Tradition
 

 

Man's Robe
Secret Splendors
of the Chinese Court

Click for more exhibit information 1980-1989
Song of the Brush: Japanese Paintings from the Sanso Collection
Journey of the Three Jewels: Japanese Buddhist Paintings from Western Collections
Chinese and Japanese Carvings from the Lutz Bamboo Collection
Ten Years of Collecting: Denver Art Museum
Bamboo and the Chinese Scholar: Selections from the Lutz Bamboo Collection
Secret Splendors of the Chinese Court: Qing Dynasty Costume from the
     Charlotte Hill Grant Collection
Treasures of Asian Art from the Idemitsu Collection
Bamboo, Flowers, and Tea: Selections from the Lutz Bamboo Collection
Everyday Bamboo: Useful Objects from the Lutz Bamboo Collection
Japanese Calligraphy from the Kimiko and John Powers Collection
Contemporary Chinese Painting: An Exhibition from the People's Republic of China
Fukusa: The Shojiro Nomura Fukusa Collection of Mills College
Japanese Paintings and Calligraphy from the Kimiko and John Powers Collection
Lacquers by Mutsumi and Misako Suzuki from Colorado Collections
Japanese Buddhist Bronzes from the Kimiko and John Powers Collection
Highlights from the Sze Hong Collection
Transcending Traditions: Contemporary Chinese Paintings from the
     People's Republic of China
Japanese Swords from Colorado Collections
Extraordinary Persons: Japanese Artists (1560-1860) in the
     Kimiko and John Powers Collection
Japanese Sword Fittings
Chinese Ritual Art from the Sze Hong Collection
Pathways to the Afterlife: Han Dynasty Art from the Sze Hong Collection
Chinese Textile Adornments from the Permanent Collection
Summoning of the Soul: Treasures from China's Tombs

 

Shiva
Sensuous Immortals:
Sculptures from the
Pan-Asian Collection

Click for more exhibit information 1960-1979
Contemporary Japanese Sumi Paintings
7,000 Years of Iranian Art
New Japanese Painting and Sculpture
Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy
Threads of China: Rare Silks and Robes
Chinese Gold, Silver, and Porcelain from the Kempe Collection of Sweden
Contemporary Chinese Paintings and Prints by Members of the Fifth Moon Group
Rosetsu: Exhibition of Paintings by Nagasawa Rosetsu
New Japanese Photography
South Asian Sculpture: The Harold P. and Jane F. Ullman Collection
Ancient Near Eastern Bronzes from the Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection
Lion Rugs of Fars
Visions of Courtly India: The Archer Collection of Pahari Miniatures
Rarities of Chinese Painting from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Colorado Collects: A Panorama of World Art from Private Collections
Through Closed Doors: Western Influence on Japanese Art, 1639-1853
Sensuous Immortals: Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection
Japanese Ceramics Today from the Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art
Tibet, A Lost World: The Newark Museum Collection of Tibetan Art and Ethnography
Selections from the Lutz Bamboo Collection


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