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Asia and Art

Discover art and ideas by artists working across the Asian continent

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Highlights

  • Thao Nguyen Phan – 'My reflections on the history of Vietnam, the poetry of daily life'

    Step inside the studio of artist Thao Nguyen Phan and discover her mesmerising, poetic work

  • Artist Yasmin Jahan Nupur sitting at a table with an ornate tea set

    Yasmin Jahan Nupur – 'Let me get you a nice cup of tea'

    Sit down with the artist and discover the complex history of tea in this unique performance work

  • black and white photo of man on chair

    The future according to Nam June Paik

    Discover how the artist predicted the future of technology

  • Still from Xu Zhen TateShots video

    Xu Zhen 'Artists Change the Way People Think'

    Artist, curator and entrepreneur Xu Zhen is a leading figure among the younger generation of Chinese contemporary artists

Artworks

  • 8848 - 1.86

    Xu Zhen
    2005
  • Sol LeWitt Upside Down - Structure with Three Towers, Expanded 23 Times, Split in Three

    Haegue Yang
    2015
  • Pacific

    Yukinori Yanagi
    1996
  • [title not known]

    Lionel Wendt
    c.1933–8
    View by appointment
  • Shahjahan Apa - Anti Dowry Public Testimonies, India Gate, Delhi

    Sheba Chhachhi
    1986, printed 2014
    View by appointment
  • You Can’t Please All

    Bhupen Khakhar
    1981
  • Crucifixion

    F.N. Souza
    1959
    On display at Tate Britain Part of Modern and Contemporary British Art
  • Colonel Mordaunt’s Cock Match

    Johan Zoffany
    c.1784–6
    On display at Tate Britain Part of Historic and Modern British Art
  • Jauba

    Mrinalini Mukherjee
    2000
  • Ishi’s Light

    Sir Anish Kapoor CBE RA
    2003
  • Tomb and Distant View of Rajmahal Hills

    William Hodges
    1782
    On display at Tate Britain Part of Historic and Modern British Art
  • Bismullah

    Rasheed Araeen
    1988
  • Epitaph 1958

    Iqbal Geoffrey
    1958
  • Rang Baranga

    Rasheed Araeen
    1969
    On display at Tate Britain Part of Modern and Contemporary British Art
  • Man of No Importance

    Huma Bhabha
    2006
  • Untitled

    Zahoor ul Akhlaq
    1992–3
  • Meem Two

    Anwar Jalal Shemza
    1967

Dig Deeper

  • Photograph of Monika Correa sitting at a table looking towards the camera

    Monika Correa – ‘Experimentation has been my forte’

    Discover the work of this artist and their unique practice

  • A Tale of Two Cities: From New York to Beijing

    Alvin Li

    Discover resonances between two East Villages — one in New York, the other in Beijing — through the works of two performance artists completely unaware of each other

  • two performers sweeping rice on a dark floor

    Encountering Lee Mingwei's Our Labyrinth

    Find out more about this performance, rooted in concepts around mindfulness and impermanence

  • Sophie Ernst, Silent Empress, 2012

    In order to be British we must acknowledge our 'Indianness'

    Hammad Nasar

  • Responses to Tate's Collection by our BAME Network

    Read how voices from our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Network respond to the artworks in our collection

  • Still of Sunil

    Sunil Gupta: 'Being in the dark room is healing’

    The photographer talks about how his work in the dark room helped him deal with his HIV positive diagnosis

  • Zarina Hashmi with her work

    Zarina Hashmi Studio Visit

    The artist discusses a life mapped through art and how themes of exile and loss are embedded in her work

  • Anwar Jalal Shemza with his work at the Edinburgh Festival, 1969

    My grandfather, Anwar Jalal Shemza

    Aphra Shemza

    My grandfather died before I was born, but I have always had a connection to him through his art.

  • Bombay Progressive Artists’ Group

    The Bombay Progressive Artists’ Group was a progressive art group who challenged India’s existing conservative art establishment

  • Who is Sheela Gowda?

    Meet the artist who transforms some very unlikely things into amazing artworks

  • Political pop

    The art movement political pop emerged in China in the 1980s, and combined western pop art with socialist realism

  • Yang Fudong

    Yang Fudong: 'I paint with a camera'

    The photographer brings together references to China’s cultural traditions

  • Raqib Shaw

    Raqib Shaw: ‘Taking craft to a crazy, romantic extreme’

    The Indian-born, London-based artist's extraordinary paintings feature rich colours and intricate detail

  • Miyako Ishiuchi

    Miyako Ishiuchi on post-Hiroshima Japan

    "This city was not real, but created by my photography"

  • Samina Iqbal presenting ‘Pakistan Quarterly and Modern Art of Pakistan’ at Karachi Seminar: Critical Perspectives on Art and Education, 2018

    Karachi Seminar: Critical Perspectives on Art and Education

    A day-long public seminar and two-day workshop organised by Tate Research Centre

  • Hi-Red Center

    Hi-Red Center was a short-lived radical art collective that emerged in post-war Japan and was active between 1963 and 1964

  • Sunil Gupta, Untitled #11, from the series, Homelands 2000–3

    Transnationalism in Practice: Strategies of Affect

    A seminar looking at Sunil Gupta and Grant Watson’s different approaches to transnational artistic and curatorial production in London and India

  • Ai Weiwei Rooted Upon 2009 Installation view at Ai Weiweis studio Beijing

    Stars group

    Stars group were a short-lived avant-garde group of self-taught artists operating in Beijing between 1979 and 1983

  • Portrait of Naeem Mohaiemen

    Naeem Mohaiemen

    Watch the film and learn more about the Turner Prize 2018 nominee Naeem Mohaiemen

  • Photograph of the artist Dayanita Singh

    Getting to know Dayanita Singh

    Discover more about the artist's work, inspirations and role models

Explore more Themes

  • Travel and Art

    Explore transport and travel through the eyes of artists

  • Black Identities and Art

    Discover Black art and artists in Tate's collection

  • Family and Art

    Uncover how artists have responded to the idea of family through art

  • Queer Lives and Art

    Discover LGBTQ artists and queer art

  • Weather and Art

    Explore how artists respond to the seasons and our changing environment

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