A rare collaboration between three of China's most prominent museums brings the first exhibition of Ming dynasty court arts to the United States. For centuries, Ming porcelain vases have been regarded as the epitome of priceless beauty. The Asian Art Museum's special exhibition, Power & Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty demonstrates why not just vases but Ming art of many types has earned such acclaim.

A traveling exhibition of extraordinary archaeological treasures from the National Museum of Afghanistan, Kabul, will begin a 17-month tour of the United States in spring 2008, it was announced today by the National Geographic Society and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Beginning February 15, the Asian Art Museum will present On Gold Mountain: Sculptures from the Sierra by Zhan Wang, an exhibition of site-specific sculptures by one of China's most celebrated contemporary artists.

The "floating world"— Edo Japan's urban pleasure quarters of Kabuki theaters and high-class brothels —was a place of fantasy, where drama and desire unfolded. It was out of this atmosphere that ukiyo-e (pronounced yoo-kee-oh-ey) painting emerged during the late seventeenth century and continued to flourish until the end of the Edo period (1615–1868).

Asian Art Museums, San Francisco presents an exhibition juxtaposes Sugimoto's exquisitely minimalist works – selected from the Hiroshi Sugimoto’s past and most recent series—with fossils, artworks and religious artifacts ranging from prehistoric to the 15th century from his own collection.

Japanese fashion: It's more than meets the eye. From October 12, 2007, through January 6, 2008, the Asian Art Museum will present Stylized Sculpture: Contemporary Japanese Fashion from the Kyoto Costume Institute, the first major exhibition to combine the collective talents of leading Japanese fashion designers with new work by Hiroshi Sugimoto, one of today’s most compelling artists.

Through September 2, the Asian Art Museum will present Yoshitoshi’s Strange Tales: Woodblock Prints from Edo to Meiji. The exhibition offers a rare opportunity to view one hundred superb color woodblock prints by Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), the last great master of ukiyoe, whose career straddled two eras.