Impact and Articulation: Calligraphy as Language and Form

March 20, 2025 – March 20, 2025
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
The Metropolitan Museum

1000 5th Ave
New York, NY

Image: Installation view, The Great Hall Commission: Tong Yang-Tze, Dialogue © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image: Installation view, The Great Hall Commission: Tong Yang-Tze, Dialogue © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jing Tsu, Jonathan D. Spence Chair Professor of Comparative Literature & East Asian Languages and Literatures, Yale University
Joseph Scheier-Dolberg, Oscar Tang and Agnes Hsu-Tang Curator of Chinese Paintings, Department of Asian Art, The Met
Lesley Ma, Ming Chu Hsu and Daniel Xu Curator, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Met

Join Met curators and a Chinese language expert as they discuss the expanded role of calligraphy as a written language, political tool, and source for abstraction. Enjoy a series of presentations that offer new perspectives about this artform, spanning centuries and conceptual frameworks.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Great Hall Commission: Tong Yang-Tze, Dialogue.

Education programs are made possible by the Ministry of Culture, R.O.C. (Taiwan) and Taipei Cultural Center in New York.

Free, though advance registration is recommended.  Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Priority will be given to those who register.

Use the street-level Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education entrance at Fifth Avenue and 81st Street.