Asia Society and Museum — Attraction in New York

I will write a very detailed review and justify my ONE STAR review. Today I visited this institution with my very young little daughter. I enjoyed the place, small and with interesting contemporary art pieces. People in the galleries were all of them truly nice, same as the girls in the desk at entrance. The museum was empty, no visitors with exception of my daughter and myself. In one of the floors i saw one more person. I can simply declare that the museum was empty of public and I am right with such estatement. Before leaving, my daughter asked for going to the restroom and i asked for it. I noticed they have in this place One Mens Bathroom and also One Womens Bathroom, so no family bathroom at all. As usual in my years as parent, i decided to take my daughter to the Womens Bathroom. Why? simple, she is a girl and if i take her to a mens bathroom i can be exposing her to see things not ok with her age and gender. So, i moved with my daughter to a Womens Bathroom that at beginning looked empty, we came in and move straight to the first reserved toilet that has also inside all in need. After few minutes some user in the restroom started to make sounds in a way to show she was uncomfortable, not words, but sounds. We came out of the cubicle and this woman started to talk us through the mirror in a VERY rude way, What you are doing here? One of the questions, I answered simply that SHE, my daughter needed a restroom and we came to the available one. This woman didnt even listen, she repeated once and another same question with a completely angry face and suddenly told me I will call security, my answer was, ok, you are free to do so, but you are threatening me and my daughter without even listening the why we are here. (thats called harassment) We came to the entrance desk and this woman who SEEMS to be a worker from the Asia Society Started to talk to the girls in the desk and at same time was telling me ugly nasty things, after few minutes the security came and no one told me any word, but this woman who continued to be nasty and aggressive to me and my daughter. At one moment i told her the true, she was a sexist person and did nothing wrong; I followed all the laws about gender equality etc in use in the NYC. I also followed a proper solution to the absence of family bathrooms. This person who seems be a worker, acted unfriendly, aggressive, disrespectful and overall against the law. I had first intention of asking for meeting someone in the legal department but i am not sure if it is even the correct i can do. I left this place with the very deep feeling that it is an elitist, racist, sexist, unfriendly place. I do not recommend this place to any decent person. I do not recommend this place to any family with little kids. I do not recommend this place to any tourist and visitors of this city, IN MY PERSONAL experience, this place is very unfriendly and your minor KIDS will be exposed to harassment and BIGOTRY of the workers. There is no place for such level of intolerance in the XXI century. Your institution is open to the public, yo need to respect too the people that comes to visit the place. This woman who seems to be a worker is a terrible PR for your museum. If you want see same kind of things, you have unlimited options in NYC and in the WORLD. The place is a total NO GO. Once again, this review is according to my personal experience...

Curated as an intergenerational, intercultural conversation, Re(Generations) asks how Asian art objects from antiquity can continue to inspire artists negotiating the global present. By pairing contemporary works with selections from Asia Society’s historic collection, the exhibition emphasizes continuity rather than rupture—how motifs, symbols, and materials regenerate across time and migration.

Rina Banerjee’s sculptures dominate the gallery with hybrid mythic presences—female forms festooned with horns, feathers, amber bottles, cowry shells, and silk, suspended between beauty and menace. Her poetic titles and assemblages transform colonial remnants into avatars of displacement and power, evoking Hindu goddesses while reframing femininity as a site of resistance. In She drew a premature prick… (2011), Banerjee’s bricolage of global materials reanimates the body as both wounded and exalted—an emblem of diaspora and the uncanny circulation of objects and people.

Howardena Pindell’s Autobiography: Japan (Shisen-dō, Kyoto) (1982) and her accompanying wall text provide a meditative counterpoint. Drawing from her time in Kyoto, Pindell turns personal reflection into abstraction: circular collages and mixed media works that suggest maps of spiritual refuge. Her words—“What nourished me and gave me energy was the traditional Japanese way of organizing space…”—anchor the exhibition in quiet introspection. In contrast to Banerjee’s maximalism, Pindell’s rhythmic compositions suggest repair and solace after alienation, particularly poignant given her experience as an African American woman in Japan.

Byron Kim’s subtle chromatic studies connect bodily and atmospheric perception, completing a triadic conversation about identity, materiality, and cross-cultural translation. Together, these artists bridge histories of trade, empire, and migration, transforming the Rockefeller Collection’s classical Asian art into a living...

Went with two of my friends after work. Small but still enjoyable selection of artifacts from various Asian cultures. Weird policies with re: to photos. On the 3rd floor there is a sign before the entrance door encouraging photos (even asking you to tag them @asiasociety!) but just laying down ground rules such as no flash, no selfie-sticks and obeying signs if they state no photos - all of which was fine. I tried to take a photo of something (a bowl or small statue) and immediately a guard tells me "no photos". I asked about the sign which was 20 feet from my position stating otherwise and he just repeated "no photos". So I said okay and went on my way to finish seeing the rest of the exhibit. The museum was fairy empty but my friends and I noted that this guard quietly followed us throughout the museum and even when we went to other rooms. I didn't think we looked shady or anything but that kind of behavior is...