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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea signed a memorandum of understanding today at the Museum, establishing a long-term relationship of cooperation in the area of Korean art and culture. The agreement was signed on behalf of the Metropolitan Museum by Daniel H. Weiss, President, and on behalf of the Ministry by Seung Je Oh, Director of the Korean Cultural Service of New York.

The Asia Week New York Association announces that 46 international galleries and 5 auction houses will participate in Asia Week New York 2016, the nine-day celebration of Asian art and culture that spans the metropolitan region from March 10 through 19, 2016.

Says Lark Mason, Chairman of Asia Week New York:  “For connoisseurs and collectors who want to immerse themselves fully in the wonders of the Far East, they know there is a once-a-year celebration that they must attend. And it's no wonder.

Mitsubishi is donating $1 million to the Smithsonian’s museums of Asian art aimed at expanding communication among Japanese and American audiences and scholars.

The gift announced Tuesday will support Japanese initiatives at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery through 2020.

Margaret Tao was named Executive Director of Asia Week New York, it was announced by Lark Mason, Chairman of Asia Week New York 2016.

"We are delighted that Margaret is our new Executive Director of Asia Week New York," said Mason.  "Her extensive knowledge of the Asian art market will certainly enhance our visibility and broaden our reach to new collectors." According to Mason, Noémie Bonnet, who previously held the position, is stepping down in order to pursue various projects, but will continue working with the association as its Technology Consultant.

Three Japanese sliding door paintings from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago were found in a park district storage facility, the city announced Wednesday.

The paintings, known as fusama, are attributed to Japanese artist Hashimoto Gaho. They were believed to be missing or destroyed after the fair.

The 100th anniversary celebration of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Asian Art department continues this month with the opening of exhibitions on Chinese lacquer and textiles.

The show on lacquer, which opened Saturday, includes works donated in March by the philanthropists Florence and Herbert Irving — among them trays, dishes and boxes, some made of carved red and black lacquer, others inlaid with mother-of-pearl or gold. Historical narratives, mythical animals and motifs symbolic of longevity and prosperity are pictured.

Showing replicas of artworks instead of the real thing is usually anathema to an art museum, but the J. Paul Getty Trust on Tuesday showed why that rule has its exceptions.

The Getty Trust fleshed out details of its 2016 exhibition “Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China’s Silk Road,” which will include complete, exact, walk-in replicas of three decorated caves that artists adorned with Buddhist-themed murals over 1,000 years starting in the 4th century.

A completely refurbished Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art is slated to reopen at the V&A this November as part of the museum’s ongoing “FuturePlan” scheme to provide its collections with updated, contemporary settings.

First inaugurated in December 1986, the Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art was the first significant gallery in the UK devoted to Japan. Come November, the refurbished gallery will show some 550 pieces with a newly conceived curatorial framework, led by the V&A’s senior curator of Japan Rupert Faulkner.

San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum's new exhibit "28 Chinese" showcases the fruits of Don and Mera Rubell’s labors, which began 51 years ago when they got married, and started collecting art.

The exhibit of 48 works by 28 Chinese artists ages 30 to 60 from the Rubell Family Collection of Miami also reflects Asian Art Museum Director Jay Xu's extensive plan to explore and showcase Asia's contemporary art.

Lark Mason has been designated the new Chairman of Asia Week New York—the collaboration of over 40 top-tier international Asian art specialists, five major auction houses, and numerous museums and Asian cultural institutions.

“I am honored to follow Carol Conover as the new Chairman of Asia Week New York, and look forward to continuing the successful paths forged by her and her predecessors,” says Mr. Mason, founding director of iGavel, the online international network of independently owned regional auction salesrooms, specializing in the sale of fine and decorative arts.