USC Pacific Asia Museum

46 North Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, California 91101
Open Wednesday through Sunday 10am to 6pm

PAST EXHIBITIONS

Reshaping Tradition: Contemporary Ceramics from East Asia
September 11, 2024 - January 31, 2025

Visualizing Enlightenment: Decoding the Buddhist Iconography
March 20 - August 2, 2024

Ikko Style: The Graphic Art of Ikko Tanaka
April 2, 2025 - August 2, 2024

Recent Acquisitions
April 2015 - June 28, 2024

A New Way Forward: Japanese Hanga of the 20th Century
April 25, 2025 - April 19, 2025

The Rent Collection Courtyard: Fifty Years
September 26, 2024 - February 22, 2025

The First Wave: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Paintings in the USC Pacific Asia Museum Collection
September 26, 2024 - February 22, 2025

From Insight: The Path of Bodhidharma
September 19, 2024 - February 15, 2025

I Am Writing You Tomorrow
March 28 - August 24, 2024

The Other Side: Chinese and Mexican Immigration to America
February 7, 2025 - August 17, 2024

Focus on the Subject: The Art of the Harari Collection
April 5, 2025 - March 30, 2025

Ralli Quilts: Contemporary Textiles from Pakistan
December 20, 2024 - March 2, 2025

The Garden in Asia
November 23, 2024 - January 5, 2025

The Art of Continuity: Revering our Elders
December 14, 2024 - January 5, 2025

Constructed Visions: New Media from Korea
August 23 – November 24, 2024

Takashi Tomo-oka
April 19 – July 28, 2024

Marking Transitions: Ceremonial Art in Indonesia
November 2, 2024 through March 24, 2025

Kimono in the 20th Century
March 30, 2025 - March 10, 2025

Gajin Fujita: Ukiyo-e in Contemporary Painting
April 20 - October 7, 2024

May 18 - August 12, 2024
Masterpieces of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

November 18, 2024 - April 8, 2025
46 N. Los Robles: A History of the Pasadena Art Museum

October 7, 2024 - March 25, 2025
Auspicious Beauty: Korean Folk Painting

January 13 - February 26, 2025
Obstacleism: Paintings by Farr Ligvani

March 31, 2025 - February 26, 2025
Meiji: Japan Rediscovered

September 13 - October 30, 2024
Asian Influences: The California Art Club at Pacific Asia Museum

July 8 - October 9, 2024
40 Years of Building the Pacific Asia Museum Collection

February 4 - September 4, 2024
Through the Colonial Lens: Photographs from 19th and 20th Century India

May 5 - June 26, 2024
Urban Asia: Photographs by Kirk Pedersen

March 17 - May 1, 2025
Facets of Asia: Photographs by Sandra Chen Weinstein

March 4 through May 29, 2025
Visions of the Orient: Western Women Artists in Asia 1900-1940

March 2 through March 13, 2025
Annual Youth Art Month Exhibition

September 8 - October 31, 2024
'Forget Sorrow': Illustrations by Belle Yang

August 6, 2024 - February 6, 2025
China Modern: Designing Popular Culture, 1910-1970

July 8 - August 29, 2024
One Hundred Not So Famous Views of LA by Barbara Thomason

June 17, 2025 - January 9, 2025
Visualizing Faith: Buddhist Art in Thailand

May 6 - June 27, 2024
Japanese Character Series and Fusion Ikebana II

March 25, 2025 – March 6, 2025
Japan in Blue and White

February 24 - May 16, 2025
Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings

February 24 - March 28, 2025
L.A. Web Children Drawing Contest

February 18 - June 27, 2024
Beyond the Page: The Miniature as Attitude in Contemporary Art from Pakistan

February 8, 2025 – March 1, 2025
Recent Gifts to the Collection

January 6 – February 17, 2025
Sketches of China: Works on Paper by Hyunsook Cho

October 14, 2024 – February 8, 2025
Fashioning Domesticity, Weaving Desire: Visions of the Filipina

Sept. 17, 2009 – Jan. 17, 2010
Calligraffiti: Writing in Contemporary Chinese and Latino Art

March 18, 2025 – Sept 20, 2024
Discovering Ganesha: Remover of Obstacles

February 19, 2025 through August 9, 2024
The Samurai Re-imagined: from Ukiyo-e to Anime

February 18 – April 19, 2025
Ukiyo-e Re-mix Series: Fight or Flight

September 17, 2024 – January 11, 2025
Confucius: Shaping Values Through Art

September 10, 2024 – January 11, 2025
The Offering Table : Women Artists/ Activists from Korea

June 6, 2025 – January 6, 2025
Mingei East and West

May 1 – August 24, 2024
Pacifika: Young Perspectives on Pacific Island Art

March 6 – July 27, 2024
Chinaman's Chance: Views of the Chinese American Experience

February 8 – May 11, 2025
Lotus Moon: the Art of Otagaki Rengetsu

December 6, 2024 – March 30, 2025
Rainbow Colors: The Woodblock Prints of Paul Jacoulet

October 12, 2024 – January 27, 2025
Rank and Style : Power Dressing in Imperial China

May 4, 2025 – January 6, 2025
The Religious Arts of Japan

June 22 – September 9, 2024
Persian Visions: Contemporary Photography from Iran

February 1 – November 11, 2024
Daily Rituals: Himalayan Art in Practice

March 9 – May 27, 2025
Jade, Silk and Porcelain: The Materials of Asian Art

September 8, 2024 – April 1, 2025
Splendor and Simplicity: An Introduction to Japanese Artistic Style

November 10, 2024 – February 4, 2025
Banquet: A Feast for the Senses

November 18, 2024 – February 5, 2025
Place/Displace: Three Generations of Taiwanese Art

July 16 – October 16, 2024
From the Fire: Contemporary Korean Ceramics

June 18 – August 15, 2024
Brighter than Gold: The Rich Tradition of Satsuma-Ware in Japan

March 19 – June 19, 2024
The Japanese Sword: The Yoshihara Tradition of Swordmakers

February 16 – May 15, 2025
What Stays Behind to be Remembered:
An Exhibition in Memory of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Victims

November 13, 2024 - February 13, 2025
Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life

October 17, 2024 – January 30, 2025
Landscapes of the Mind:
Chinese Paintings of Nature from the Pacific Asia Museum Collection

July 17 - October 17, 2024
The Occupations of Shôwa Japan in Pictures:
Woodblock Prints of Wada Sanzô

July 14, 2024 through October 3, 2024
Depicting the Royal and Divine: Indian Paintings and Sculptures

May 7 - July 4, 2024
A Modern Pursuit of Ancient Feelings: Chinese Paintings by Zhou Ping-guang

March 5 - June 20, 2024
Kampai!: The Arts of Japanese Sake

February 15 - April 11, 2025
Recent Acquisitions of Japanese Paintings

November 1, 2024 - February 1, 2025
Korean Costumes through the Ages

October 22, 2024 - January 18, 2025
Tiny Treasures: Two Hundred Snuff Bottles
from Los Angeles Collections

June 1 - October 5, 2024
Drawing the Line: Contemporary Artists Reassess Traditional East Asian Calligraphy

June 4 - October 5, 2024
Chinese Calligraphy Showcase

February 28 – September 20, 2024
The Arts of Korea from the Pacific Asia Museum Collection

February 23 – April 27, 2025
Tana Bana: The Woven Soul of Pakistan

September 29, 2024 – February 16, 2025
Sacred Stitches: Tibetan Buddhist Images Pieced in Silk
by Leslie Rinchen Wongmo

September 29, 2024 – January 12, 2025
Visions of Enlightenment: Understanding the Art of Buddhism

July 3 – September 15, 2024
Korea Through Western Eyes:
Prints and Paintings of Korea by Paul Jacoulet & Elizabeth Keith

June 2 – August 25, 2024
Asia's Woven Wonders: Treasures from Pacific Asia Museum's Textile Collection

March 6 – June 16, 2025
Bijinga: Japanese Paintings of Beautiful Women

February 17 – April 28, 2025
Where Masks Still Dance: Photographs of New Guinea by Chris Rainier

November 3, 2024 – January 13, 2025
Bamboo Masterworks: Japanese Baskets from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection

October 3, 2024 – January 6, 2025
Views of Old Japan: Landscape Prints and Paintings by Hiroshige from the Collection of the Pacific Asia Museum