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53-640: He was an awarded a guarantee from the Asian Cultural Council (ACC) in New York. Guggenheim Museum 's UBS Global Art Initiative and Asia Society invited him to the symposium "Continuous Horizons: Contemporary Art for Asia", No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia Programs. In 2019, Mahmud was nominated for the French COAL prize, which was hosted at Centre Pompidou in Paris. Mahmud exhibited at

106-526: A 2007 initiative. A major renovation was completed in 2001, doubling the size of the four public galleries and expanding space for educational programming and including conference spaces and an auditorium. The headquarters also houses a museum shop and café. Forbes has listed the Garden Court Cafe (now the Leo Café ) on its All-Star Eateries in New York list several times. In January 2024, Kyung-wha Kang

159-575: A 26 feet long fighter aircraft sculptural installation 'Sucker'wfp21' to exhibit at the 1st Aichi Art Triennial at Aichi Arts Center , Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art in 2010. Mahmud was invited to an exhibition 'Step Across This Line', contemporary art from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan in Asia House London co-organized by Grosvenor Gallery and curated by Deeksha Nath. He exhibited a stencil painting in his solo exhibition 'Lamentation in Two Lies' at

212-409: A book launch originally scheduled to take place at its Hong Kong venue on June 28, 2017. It was understood that Asia Society Hong Kong was approached by PEN Hong Kong to co-curate the book launch, but negotiations stalled upon the former's request for a more diverse panel of speakers. PEN Hong Kong , a nonprofit organization supporting literature and freedom of expression, eventually decided to relocate

265-766: A solo exhibition at Dhaka Art Center. Asian Cultural Council The Asian Cultural Council ( ACC ) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing international cultural exchange between Asia and the U.S. and between the countries of Asia through the arts. Founded by John D. Rockefeller III in 1963, ACC has invested over $ 100 million in grants to artists and arts professionals representing 16 fields and 26 countries through over 6,000 exchanges. ACC supports $ 1.4 million in grants annually for individuals and organizations. ACC awards fellowship grants to artists and scholars and project grants for organizations in three categories of cross-cultural exchange: Asia-to-U.S., U.S.-to-Asia, and intra-Asia. The programming of each grant

318-557: A statement on PEN Hong Kong's book launch event and acknowledged for their mistake. "Asia Society takes this issue very seriously, and after looking into the circumstances, it is clear that an error in judgment at the staff level was made involving the PEN Hong Kong event. Asia Society, throughout its history, has hosted events at all of its global locations with speakers representing all sides of major Asia-related issues." Asia Society Hong Kong emphasized they received no representations from

371-436: Is Joshua Wong or somebody else, from speaking at our launch event would undermine and in fact contravene that mission," said PEN Hong Kong President Jason Y. Ng. Back to November 2016, Asia Society Hong Kong also canceled a scheduled screening of Raise The Umbrellas, a documentary on the 2014 Occupy protests with appearance of Joshua Wong. Asia Society Hong Kong has similarly cited the lack of balanced speaker representation at

424-631: Is a list of ACC programs. Those established through an initial donation, grant, or endowment have funding individuals or organizations noted in parentheses. 1983: ACC Japan-United States Program (Seiji Tsutsumi and the Seibu Saison group) 1984: Samuel H. Kress Foundation Fellowships for American art history students conducting dissertation research in Asia (Samuel H. Kress Foundation) 1985: The Humanities Fellowship Program for American scholars and students carrying out research in Asia (National Endowment for

477-738: Is an annual lecture series engaging leaders from the arts and cultural fields in Asia and the West. It was established in 2013 through an endowment gift from Tsuneko and Shoji Sadao . Speakers have included author Pico Iyer , writer and editor Ian Buruma , American theater director Peter Sellars , Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki (ACC 1976), president of Japan Society of Boston Peter Grilli, and architect Kengo Kuma (ACC 1985). In 2021, ACC hosted its first online festival East West Fest , culminating in an East-West Dialogue with Pultizer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen (ACC 2010) and multidisciplinary artist Tiffany Chung (ACC 2015). Cultural Conversations

530-639: Is an in-house lecture series that features ACC alumni and their work. Conversations have been led by alumni such as wooden boat builder Douglas Brooks (ACC multiple grants 2008-2017), Shiro Nakane and the Japan Society (ACC multiple grants 1964-2015), artist Oscar Oiwa (ACC 2001), shamisen performer Hidejiro Honjo (ACC 2016), Taiwanese choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung (ACC 2011), composer Matt Welch (ACC 2016), and scholar Urmila Mohan (ACC 2018). In 2020, ACC launched inDialogue, an online public program series aimed at maintaining international connectivity during

583-427: Is common for grantees to receive mentoring and personal introductions, and access to an international network of alumni. ACC provides grants from Asia to the U.S., the U.S. to Asia, and intra-Asia. Regions include: Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , Brunei , Cambodia , China , East Timor , Hong Kong , India , Indonesia , Japan , Korea , Laos , Macau , Malaysia , Mongolia , Myanmar , Nepal , Pakistan ,

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636-581: Is customized to the goals of the grant recipient. ACC is both a grantmaking and grantseeking organization. It is supported by funding from individuals, foundations, and corporations including the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation , Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation, Ford Foundation , the Henry Luce Foundation, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group , Newman's Own Foundation and The Starr Foundation . ACC

689-495: Is given to individuals from Asia or the U.S. who have made significant contributions to the international understanding, practice, or study of the visual or performing arts of Asia. The Asian Cultural Council established the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Award in 2009 in honor of its first Chairman, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller , wife of John D. Rockefeller 3rd. The Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Award honors

742-597: Is headquartered in New York City with regional offices and affiliate foundations in Hong Kong (ACC Hong Kong Foundation, est. 2015), Manila (ACC Philippines Foundation, est. 2000), Taipei (ACC Taiwan Foundation, est. 1995), and Tokyo (ACC Japan Foundation, est. 2018). The JDR 3rd Fund was incorporated in 1963 as a private non-profit by John D. Rockefeller 3rd "to stimulate, encourage, promote, and support activities important to human welfare." The Asian Cultural Program of

795-453: Is situated on the site of a former British military explosives magazine overlooking Victoria Harbour and includes numerous restored military buildings. The project was designed by architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien . The Asia Society Hong Kong Center was established in 1990 . The Texas Center first opened in 1979. The current 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m ) building, located in the city's museum district , opened on May 6, 2012, and

848-578: The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006 in Nigata Japan, where he exhibited numerous wooden aeroplanes in the city of Tokamachi . He was one of the finalist artists at The Sovereign Asian Art Prize in 2007 in Hong Kong. He was invited to exhibit at the 9th Sharjah Art Biennial in 2009 where he exhibited a large sculptural installation, 'Halcyon Tarp' with Royal Bengal Tigers. In 2010 he created

901-666: The Philippines , Singapore , Sri Lanka , Taiwan , Thailand , the United States , and Vietnam . Fields include: archaeology , architecture , art history , arts administration , arts criticism , conservation , crafts , curation , dance , ethnomusicology , film / video / photography , literature , museum studies , music , theater , and visual arts . In addition to grants, ACC organizes public programs to facilitate understanding and dialogue around cultural exchange. This includes forums, convenings, and public programs such as

954-582: The Rockefeller Archive Center in North Tarrytown, NY. The Society's Manhattan headquarters, at Park Avenue and East 70th Street on the Upper East Side , is a nine-story building faced in smooth red Oklahoma granite designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes / John M.Y. Lee Architects in 1980. Since it replaced some old brownstones on one of the city's most prestigious streets, Barnes gave

1007-517: The Americas, and Africa. Locations and exhibitions include: Art Asia Pacific magazine published an article 'Garden of Historical Delights' on Mahmud's solo exhibition held at Ota Fine Arts in Singapore. Hong Kong based art design and lifestyle magazine COBO published an article on Mahmud's exhibition titled 'Firoz Mahmud: Delineating Colonialism of Bengal Presidency', written by Selima Quader Chowdhury which

1060-576: The Chinese government on this matter, and Joshua Wong and speakers from all sides of the issue were welcome at Asia Society. In an email to a member, Asia Society Hong Kong's Executive Director S. Alice Mong reasserted that as an independent non-government organization, it remains impartial and apolitical, and that its priority is to stay focused as an educational organization that presents balanced perspectives to promote critical understanding of topics that matter to Hong Kong, Asia and their respective roles in

1113-811: The East-West Dialogue series, Cultural Conversations, and inDialogue. In 2000 and 2003, ACC organized Forums on Arts and Culture in the Mekong Region with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, and in 2017, the ACC Forum: Making the Case for Cultural Exchange through funding by the Henry Luce Foundation. In 2018, ACC, La MaMa E.T.C., and Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation co-organized a panel on international artist residences. East-West Dialogue

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1166-688: The Humanities) 1986 The Hong Kong Arts Program—now called the China, Hong Kong and Macau Program—for artists, students and scholars from Hong Kong to research, study and create work in the United States (Asian Oceanic Group, British American Tobacco Company (Hong Kong) Limited and the Lee Hysan Foundation) 1987: The Asian Art and Religion Fellowship Program for American scholars, specialists and artists to undertake research and projects in Asia involving

1219-958: The Hunter East Harlem Gallery, New York, Artens Xouth Art Festival in Athens, Greece, Emery Community Arts Center [UMF] in Maine, Kresge Gallery of Lyon College in AR, COAL PRIZE Art project screening at the Pompidou Center in Paris, IFEMA Feria de Madrid in Spain, Asia Art Initiative in Philadelphia, Sharjah Art Foundation in Sharjah, UAE, Berkshire Art Museum in Massachusetts, Children's Museum in Manhattan, New York, and

1272-629: The JDR 3rd Fund, the Asian Cultural Program, and the Asian Cultural Council can be found at the Rockefeller Archive Center . Following the death of John D. Rockefeller 3rd in 1978, the Asian Cultural Program became the Asian Cultural Council (ACC) and was established as a publicly supported operating foundation. Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller , wife of John D. Rockefeller 3rd, became ACC’s first Chairman and Elizabeth J. McCormack, director of

1325-639: The JDR 3rd Fund—precursor to the Asian Cultural Council—was established to promote cultural exchange in the arts between the United States and Asia. ACC’s founding director, Porter McCray, was the former director of circulating exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Through the 1960s, the Asian Cultural Program of the JDR 3rd Fund made 80 to 100 grants annually to artists, scholars, students and institutions. Richard S. Lanier succeeded Porter McCray as director in 1975. Archives concerning

1378-558: The Office of Contemporary Art (OCA) Oslo, Norway. In 2017, the Soaked Dream photograph series was exhibited at Against Competition/Towards Mutual Aid in New York by ABC No RIO at Flux Factory. His recent projects on refugee families and displaced people were exhibited at Bangkok Art Biennale in 2018 and Sharjah Art Foundation in UAE. Mahmud has exhibited works from this art project in Asia, Europe,

1431-664: The Ota Fine Arts in Tokyo in 2011. He exhibited a solo exhibition 'NinKi: Legacies, Run over the Yamuna' simultaneously with Nandan Ghiya at Exhibit 320 in New Delhi in 2015. Mahmud produced detailed drawings documenting human figures and animals. In the early 1990s, he had an art studio in a dilapidated building in a groceries market around Dhaka New Market area where he made numerous drawings of workers, labourers, vendors and slum-dwellers around

1484-619: The Rockefeller Philanthropy Office, became Vice President. Subsequent directors were Ralph Samuelson (1991–2008), Jennifer P. Goodale (2008–2013) and Miho Walsh (2013–2020), and ACC's current executive director is Judy Kim. ACC provides grants for individual fellowships, projects and organizations, graduate studies, and travel. They support activities that involve cultural immersion; cross-cultural engagement; and relationship building, collaboration, or exchange of best practices among arts professionals. In addition to funding, it

1537-551: The Time of COVID. Speakers at the forum included Representative Ted Lieu , then-Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti , community organizer Bincheng Mao, and actor Tzi Ma . The Asia Society maintains a strategic partnership with the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries . Pro-democracy activist and secretary-general of Demosisto Joshua Wong was allegedly disallowed by Asia Society Hong Kong from speaking at

1590-536: The United States (The Starr Foundation) 2011: Arts in Action Program to support arts communities in need of assistance for rebuilding after natural disasters (Mikimoto) 2012: The Elizabeth J. McCormack Fund was established as an endowment to support the general operations of ACC 2019: The ACC/BCAF Contemporary Arts Fellowship Program for exchange of artists from China and the United States (Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation) The John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award

1643-566: The United States or Asia (Rockefeller Foundation) 2005: The Mandarin Oriental Fellowship to support the preservation of indigenous arts, cultures, and traditions of Asia (Mandarin Oriental Foundation) 2007: American Artists and Museum Professionals Program (Henry Luce Foundation) 2008: The Starr Foundation Performing Arts Program for individuals and institutions working in the contemporary performing arts in Asia to travel to

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1696-498: The building a strong facade to continue the line along Park, and set it back from East 70th with a terraced garden buffering it between the street and the older houses on that block. The semicircular window on the upper story and variations in the color and finish of the granite are intended to evoke Asian cultures. Paul Goldberger , architecture critic at The New York Times , called it "an ambitious building, full of civilized intentions, some of which succeed and others that do not". In

1749-495: The eleventh century BCE to the nineteenth century CE and include Chinese ceramics of the Song and Ming periods as well as works by contemporary Asian and Asian diaspora artists. The museum's collection of traditional objects stems from a donation from Asia Society founder John D. Rockefeller 3rd and Blanchette Ferry Hooker Rockefeller, who contributed a number of items in 1978. The society began actively collecting contemporary Asian art with

1802-435: The former category he put the interiors and the overall shape; in the latter he included the facade. In 1999, it was closed for 18 months so that new interiors, designed by Bartholomew Voorsanger , could be built. During that time the society used the former Christie's Manhattan offices on 59th Street as a temporary home. The completed renovation included a 24-foot-high (7.3 m) atrium and cafe. The expansion doubled

1855-483: The generosity of the enlightened individuals who believe ACC’s mission of furthering international dialogue, understanding, and respect between Asia and the U.S. through the transformative experience of cultural exchange. Asia Society The Asia Society is a 501(c)(3) organization that focuses on educating the world about Asia . It has several centers in the United States (Manhattan, Washington, D.C., Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle) and around

1908-507: The global context. On July 10, 2017, Forbes magazine ran an article revealing Hong Kong real estate magnate and Asia Society Co-chair Ronnie Chan (a US citizen) to be the political force behind the Joshua Wong incident. It alleged that wealthy Asians have been behind US think tanks and NGOs and effectively turning them into foreign policy tools of the People's Republic of China (Beijing). However,

1961-828: The intersection or religion and the arts (Laurance S. Rockefeller Jr.) 1993: The Indonesian Museum Development Program—organized in collaboration with the Nusantara Jaya Foundation and the Indonesia Directorate of Museums—for Indonesian museum professionals to intern in the United States and to help with museum workshop programs in Indonesia (Ford Foundation) 1994: 1995: 1997: 2000: 2001: The Mekong Region Fellowship Program to assist individual artists, scholars, and specialists from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and China’s Yunnan Province to undertake research, training and creative projects in

2014-472: The launch of Hong Kong 20/20: Reflections on a Borrowed Place – of which Wong was one of the authors – to the Foreign Correspondents Club . Joshua Wong said that Asia Society Hong Kong needs to give a "reasonable explanation" for the incident. "The mission of PEN Hong Kong is to promote literature and defend the freedom of expression. To bar one of the contributors to our anthology, whether it

2067-699: The link to the article went dead a day later. It has been rumored that Asia Society or Ronnie Chan could be taking legal action against Forbes for libel. On July 20, 2017, Asia Society Chairman Ronnie Chan defended the Hong Kong center's apolitical stance at an event in New York. He reiterated the Hong Kong center's deliberate stance to stay away from local politics and to cover business and policy, education, arts and culture as an institution. "At Asia Society, we generate not heat but light," he said. On August 4, 2017, Hong Kong international affairs commentator and newspaper columnist Simon Shen wrote in support of Asia Society Hong Kong's apolitical stance and described it as

2120-545: The market. He mainly drew with pencil, pen and pastel on journals and sketchbooks which were also studies for paintings. Some of these can be identified as preparatory drawings for particular works, such as 'Evening twilight at Methor Potti (Poronto Bikel, 1997)', which he painted at Hajaribugh sweepers colony in Dhaka, 'Cooking for worker'(1997) and'Bookbinders'(1994). Soaked Dream is an art project created by Mahmud in 2013. It features drawings, sculptures, videos, and photos portraying

2173-683: The museum's exhibition space, allowing the society space for special exhibitions in addition to displaying the Rockefeller Asian art collection on display. Robin Pogrebin of The New York Times said in 2011 that the Asia Society is "perhaps best known for the elegance of its headquarters and galleries on Park Avenue at 70th Street". 2012 marked a major expansion, with the opening of multimillion-dollar buildings in Hong Kong and Houston, Texas. The Hong Kong complex , dedicated on February 9, 2012,

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2226-411: The pandemic and beyond. Speakers have included poet-lawyer Reginald Dwayne Betts , fiber and social practice artist Aram Han Sifuentes (ACC 2019), visual artist Weston Teruya (ACC 2018), playwrights Candace Chong Mui Ngam (ACC 2004, 2012) and David Henry Hwang (ACC 2011, 2012), artist Koki Tanaka (ACC 2003), musician Kyaw Kyaw Naing , and multidisciplinary artist Leeroy New (ACC 2015). Below

2279-609: The pre-screening talk as the reason for not screening the film. US Congressman Chris Smith , co-chairperson of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, expressed that "The Asia Society has some explaining to do after two events that featured Joshua Wong prominently were canceled over the past nine months," said the New Jersey representative. "I commend PEN Hong Kong for not appeasing the Asia Society's demands." On July 7, 2017, Asia Society Hong Kong released

2332-952: The symbolic dream of colonial people, cross-border refugee families, immigrants, diasporas, exodus, deprived people and ethnic minorities who look for prosperity when arriving in their new location. Mahmud arranges families of those communities, makes sculptures of metaphoric eyeglasses with the help of those families and creates photographs. The output of this project was a video of the Chimera project. Mahmud's solo exhibitions include Ota Fine Arts in Singapore 'Drawing Reverberation', and Abinta Gallery of Fine Arts Dhaka 'Reverberation'. Mahmud exhibited large scale art projects or art series at several art biennale and triennial exhibitions, including 1st Bangkok Art Biennale, 1st Lahore Biennial, Dhaka Art Summit, Sharjah Biennale, Cairo Biennale, Asian Biennale, Setouchi Triennale art festival, 1st Aichi Triennial, and Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial. Mahmud has exhibited at

2385-534: The two countries, focusing on policy, culture, business, media, economics, energy and the environment. Orville Schell is the current Director of the center. In May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic , the Asia Society partnered with the nonprofit organization East Coast Coalition for Tolerance and Non-Discrimination and the Rockefeller Foundation to host a virtual forum entitled Standing Against Racism in

2438-514: The world (Hong Kong, Manila, Mumbai, Seoul, Melbourne, Sydney, Tokyo , Mumbai, Delhi , Paris and Zurich). The Society's headquarters are in New York City, and includes a museum that exhibits pre-modern, modern, and contemporary art from Asia, Oceania and the Asian diaspora . Asia Society also publishes an online magazine, ChinaFile . In January 2024, Kyung-wha Kang , who served as the first female Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea, from 2017-2021,

2491-547: The world. The Asia Society's Education department has two primary objectives: one focusing on teaching and learning about Asia in the United States and the other on the expansion of US investments in international studies at the elementary and secondary school levels. International education generally encompasses the knowledge of other world regions, cultures and global issues ; skills in communicating in languages other than English, working in global or cross-cultural environments and using information from different sources around

2544-534: The world; and values of respect and concern for other cultures and peoples. The Asia Society houses two policy institutions. The Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI), founded in 2014, is a think tank that works with policy-makers and experts in Asia. The Center on U.S.-China Relations was established in 2006 with a gift from Arthur Ross with the goal of helping to forge a more constructive bilateral relationship. The Center undertakes projects and events which explore areas of common interest and divergent views between

2597-574: Was "[l]ong regarded as a New York institution with regional branches". Around 2011, the society was refocusing efforts on augmenting partnerships amongst Asians and between Asians and Americans in business, culture, education, and public policy. In 2011, Pogrebin said "over the last few years [it] has aimed to recast itself as an international organization, partly through the construction of the two major centers in Houston and Hong Kong where it previously had only offices". The organization's records are held at

2650-643: Was designed by architect Yoshio Taniguchi . With a cost of $ 50 million, the Texas Center has a modernist style and was built with German-origin Jura limestone personally inspected by Taniguchi and his employees. The building includes glass walls, steam generated from the roofline, and a garden as significant elements. At its 70th Street headquarters, The Asia Society Museum is host to traditional, modern and contemporary exhibitions, film screenings, literary events and performances. The holdings include works that date from

2703-617: Was named its president and CEO, effective in April 2024. Asia Society has been described as a participant in the Chinese Communist Party 's "backchannel" diplomatic efforts. The Asia Society was founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller 3rd . In 1974, Rockefeller donated 300 objects of Asian art (worth between $ 10 and $ 15 million) to the Asia Society. The Asia Society's original focus was explaining aspects about Asia to Americans, and Robin Pogrebin of The New York Times said that it

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2756-422: Was named the new president and CEO, effective in April 2024. From 1998-2010, the Asia Society annually presented a Corporate Conference in Asia, which functioned as a fundraiser, to examine the implications of macroeconomic trends and geopolitical developments for the region and the world. Heads of Asian governments were often featured, as well as roundtable discussions with business and policy leaders from around

2809-819: Was published in January 2019. In 2013, Asia Society in Hong Kong invited him to a symposium 'Continuous Horizons: Contemporary Art for Asia, No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia Programs' co-organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum . Mahmud was featured in Japan Times and DNP magazine written by Lucy Birmingham. He exhibited his solo exhibition "Loss of the Toss is Blessing of Their Disguise," on NinKi:Urgency of Proximate Drawing at Dhaka Art Center in 2013. The Daily Star featured his ongoing (primarily anonymous) NinKi: Urgency of Proximate Drawing photograph when he had

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