Asia Week Celebration

Celebrate Asia Week at an elegant reception proudly hosted by the Rubin Museum of Art. Network and discuss the week’s most exciting auction sales, while taking in the Rubin’s world-class collection of art from the Himalayan region.

Asia Week New York brings together top-tier Asian art specialists, auction houses, curators, collectors, global travelers, world-renowned museums, and cultural institutions in the New York metropolitan area to celebrate Asian art and culture. At this reception, which closes out a week of festivities around New York, you will be treated to:

• A night of lively conversation and networking with 300+ guests

• The landmark exhibition Faith and Empire: Art and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism, showcasing more than 60 exquisite works of art from the 8th to the 19th century

• Treasures from the Zhiguan Museum, a focused selection of seven magnificent objects from The Zhiguan Museum of Fine Art 止观美术馆, a newly established private museum in Beijing, reflecting the depth of quality of one of the most important privately assembled collection of Himalayan art in China

• Exquisite cocktails and hors d’oeuvres

Lead Sponsors, list information as of March 4, 2019
Bonhams
Himalayan Art Resources

Co-Chairs, list information as of March 4, 2019
Lois & Bob Baylis
William E. Mayer
Ann & Matt Nimetz
Shelley & Donald Rubin

Host Committee, list information as of March 4, 2019
Conservation Framing Services
Michael McCormick
Rossi & Rossi

Tea and Beer provided by lead beverage sponsor AriZona Beverages USA

Please consider joining as a Lead Sponsor, with a gift of $10,000 or more

With our thanks, you will receive:

• An exclusive private museum experience before the event, featuring a viewing of the galleries with Chinese translation for you and your guests

• An opportunity to welcome guests and be publicly recognized that evening

• Inclusion on a printed invitation, mailed to a targeted list of thousands of art lovers and distributed at the Museum’s front desk for visitors

• Inclusion in a digital slideshow in the Museum lobby

• A listing on Rubin Museum’s website and online calendar, which receive 15,000 visits per week and 820,000 visits per year

• A feature in a Rubin Museum email newsletter sent to 50,000+ subscribers

• A dedicated social media mention on the Museum’s social media platforms including Facebook (70,000+ followers), Instagram (28,700+ followers), or Twitter (150,000+ followers)

• 20 tickets to the Asia Week Celebration for friends, family, clients, and colleagues

• The satisfaction of supporting the arts and preserving timeless wisdom of the Himalayas for future generations

Become a Co-Chair with a gift of $5,000

With our thanks, you will receive:

• A premium Co-Chair listing on invitation, emails, event website, and on-site event slideshow

• An opportunity to welcome guests together with fellow Co-Chairs and to be publicly recognized for your leadership

• 15 tickets to the Asia Week Celebration for friends, family, clients, and colleagues

• The knowledge that you are making the art and timeless wisdom of the Himalayas available to thousands of visitors

Become a Host Committee Member with a gift of $2,500

With our thanks, you will receive:

• Host Committee listing on invitation, emails, event website, and on-site event slideshow

• 10 tickets to the Asia Week Celebration for friends, family, and colleagues

• The knowledge that you are bringing the art and ideas of the Himalayas to life for thousands of visitors

Complimentary tickets are available for members of the Rubin Museum Chairman’s and Philanthropists’ Circle and for lead sponsors of Faith and Empire: Art and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism. If you are not yet a member of the Philanthropists’ Circle, please join by clicking here: Philanthropists’ circle.

Buy Individual Tickets

$100 for advance tickets; $125 after March 17, and at the door

$80 tickets for Visionary Circle Members only. If you are not yet a member of the Visionary Circle, the Rubin’s young patrons’ group for those 21″“45 years of age, please join by clicking here: Visionary Circle Membership.

For questions, please contact Hannah Hume at 212-620-5000 x244 or asiaweek@rubinmuseum.org

Faith and Empire is supported by Fred Eychaner, Ann and Matt Nimetz, Zhou Yu Quan, the Zhiguan Museum of Art, the Ellen Bayard Weedon Foundation, the E. Rhodes & Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, Lisina M. Hoch, Christopher J. Fussner, the Thomas and Frances Blakemore Foundation, and Yury Khokhlov. The exhibition is curated by Karl Debreczeny.

Asia Week is made possible by Bonhams and Himalayan Art Resources. Additional support has been provided by Lois and Bob Baylis, William E. Mayer, Ann and Matt Nimetz, Shelley and Donald Rubin, Conservation Framing Services, Michael McCormick, and Rossi & Rossi.

Image Credit

Panjaranatha Mahakala (detail); China; Ming dynasty (1368″“1644), late 15th century; distemper on cotton, mounted with silk brocade; 62 1/2 x 48 in. (158.8 x 121.9 cm); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; William Sturgis Bigelow Collection; 12.47 (HAR 87211); photograph © 2019 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston