Our Asian Art Museum: The Crow at Twenty
On view September 28, 2018-August 25, 2019 at the Crow Museum of Asian Art
Over the past twenty years, the Crow Museum of Asian Art has grown and flourished as the Asian art museum of Dallas. Founded by Margaret and Trammell Crow, we opened our doors on December 5, 1998, as a gift to the people and visitors of our city. Beginning with a selection of just over six hundred works, the Crow’s unique permanent collections have expanded to include more than one thousand artworks. We currently showcase the artistic achievements of more than six thousand years of arts and cultures from across Asia, including Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam. The museum’s exhibitions and public programs have been recognized regionally, nationally, and internationally.
This exhibition is part of a celebration marking the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Crow Museum of Asian Art. The growth of our collections has been made possible by generous gifts from our members and the greater community, which we serve. To honor those contributions, and to commemorate our founding and decades of operation, in this exhibition we have displayed twenty masterworks from across our Museum’s permanent collections. Each masterwork has been selected by and paired with a friend and member of our community. We celebrate this extraordinary journey with you, our dedicated supporters, and thank you for your generosity and your love of the arts and cultures of Asia.
Our Asian Art Museum: The Crow at Twenty is organized by the Crow Museum of Asian Art and curated by Jacqueline Chao.
Note: Each masterwork was initially identified by the curator, then was selected by and paired with a member of our community, ranging from Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, President Michael J. Sorrell of Paul Quinn College, Caren Lock of the Dallas Women’s Foundation and Lily Weiss, Executive Director of the Dallas Arts District, to longtime intern Sophie Everitt, veteran Kimberly Smith, and police officer Paul Thai.
Header Image: Horse with ornamental trappings (Detail), China, Tang dynasty (618-907 CE), 8th century. Earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze. 27 ¼ x 28 x 15 in. (69.12 x 71.12 x 38.1 cm.) Crow Museum of Asian Art, 1986.16. Courtesy of the Crow Museum of Asian Art.
Installation photography by Chad Redmon, Courtesy of the Crow Museum of Asian Art. Exhibition Honoree Interview video “Our Asian Art Museum: Community Voices” produced by Turk Studio, commissioned by the Crow Museum of Asian Art.
