Exhibition

Drawn from the HUM Collections, the works are of historic, spiritual and artistic importance and highlight centuries-old artistic traditions. Three categories - Buddhism; Devotional Sculpture; and Flowers, Animals and the Seasons - feature works from the cultures of Japan, China, India, Tibet, and Thailand. 

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Additional exhibition funding has been provided by New York Community Bank Foundation. 

This exhibition is also made possible with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Press Release: Hofstra Univ. Museum Exhibits Feature Traditional and Contemporary Asian Art

Press Release: Feeding a Growing Appetite for Eastern Art

Image

Japan, Sage with Children Under a Pine Tree, 17th-18th century Edo period-Meiji Restoration, Hanging scroll painting, Ink and color on silk, 64.5 x 16.25 in., Hofstra University Museum Collections, Gift of Albert M. Baer, HU 70.1.2

Second Saturdays:
Fold It!
Saturday, October 11, 2014
1:30-2:30 pm
David Filderman Gallery, Ninth Floor, Axinn Library, South Campus

Bethpage Federal Credit Union Global Explorations at the Hofstra University Museum: Devotional Ceramics of Ancient China
Friday, November 21, 2014
2-3 pm
David Filderman Gallery, Ninth Floor, Axinn Library, South Campus

Second Saturdays:
Print It!
Saturday, December 13, 2014
1:30-2:30 pm
David Filderman Gallery, Ninth Floor, Axinn Library, South Campus