For the past few weeks, my interaction with HoMA’s collection...
Maitreya: hope for the future+
Sit. Think. Wait—for the isolation to end, for a future...
Compassion embodied by the Bodhisattva Guanyin+
As I write this on April 2, today marks the...
The Chinese Exclusion Act and the role of the museum+
As debate continues in the news over terms such as...
Curator’s Notes: “The Great Wave” awaits its return to HoMA+
On March 17, one of the most iconic artworks in...
Curators’ Notes: A Look at Li Huayi’s Contemporary Reinterpretation of an Ancient Tradition+
One of the highlights of the exhibition Contemporary Landscapes: Li...
See two ‘Immortal Mountains’ reunited in ‘Contemporary Landscapes’+
Now on view in Contemporary Landscapes: Li Huayi are two paintings, Immortal...
HoMA adds first Okinawan painting to its collection+
There are some moments in life when the stars align...
Curator’s notes: Asian art curator Shawn Eichman reflects on the Olympics+
The world’s eyes are on South Korea as the Winter...
Curator’s Notes: Shawn Eichman on Yun-Fei Ji’s Italian Renaissance influence+
In some ways, the world has always been a smaller...
Curator’s Notes: Shawn Eichman on The Hundred Geese’s dirty little secret+
One of HoMA’s most iconic paintings, The Hundred Geese, is...
Curator’s Notes: Shawn Eichman on curating ‘Art in a Time of Chaos,’ part 3+
Artworks from the exhibition Art in a Time of Chaos:...
Curator’s Notes: Shawn Eichman on curating ‘Art in a Time of Chaos,’ part 2+
In my last post, I discussed a silver plate from...
Curator’s Notes: Shawn Eichman on curating Art in a Time of Chaos, part 1+
The opportunity to bring Art in a Time of Chaos:...
Curator’s notes: Shawn Eichman on his talk at Beijing’s Palace Museum+
Recently, Beijing, with a population of nearly 12 million people,...
Dr. Chester Chang and Korean Art at the Honolulu Museum of Art+
The special exhibition Splendor and Serenity: Korean Ceramics from the...