Colloquia

In celebration of the Art Museum’s new Asian art galleries, the Tang Center’s 25th anniversary, and decades of scholarship on Asian art at Princeton University, the Tang Center for East Asian Art and the Princeton University Art Museum are hosting a conversation with world-renowned artist Xu Bing on Thursday evening and a two-day international symposium featuring twenty scholars who build upon and expand Princeton’s tradition of scholarship in Asian art. Presentations will range from topics on calligraphy to eco-critical art, cross-cultural resonances, and contemporary Asian art. 

There is no registration fee, but advanced registration is required. Seating is limited. Registration for the symposium will open in mid February 2026. To receive on-site symposium materials, please register by 25 March 2026.

Please consult the Princeton University web page link below for information about visiting campus, including transportation, parking, and lodging.

A block of rooms at discount rates are available on a first come first served basis at the Nassau Inn at participants’ expense. To reserve a room, call the Nassau Inn directly at 609.921.7500 by 9 March 2026, and reference booking #30372 or click through the link below.

Late Thursday at the Art Museum

Xu Bing, Artist, Beijing and New York

Zoe S. Kwok, Princeton University Art Museum

International Symposium (Friday and Saturday)

Kit Brooks, Princeton University Art Museum

Rachael DeLue, Princeton University

Amaury A. Garćia Rodrígues, El Colegio de México

Charlotte Horlyck, SOAS University of London

Sylvia Houghteling, Bryn Mawr College

Sol Jung, National Museum of Asian Art

Yeewan Koon, The University of Hong Kong

Wei-Cheng Lin, University of Chicago

Yukio Lippit, Harvard University

Hui-Wen Lu, National Taiwan University

Lesley Ma, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ewa Machotka, Universität Zürich

Shane McCausland, SOAS University of London

Julia Orell, University of British Columbia

Fatima Quraishi, Princeton University

Mei Mei Rado, Bard Graduate Center

Rachel Saunders, Princeton University

Eiren Shea, Grinnell College

Takagishi Akira, Tokyo University

Yamamoto Satomi, Waseda University