Scheduled Shen Yun shows almost cancelled in the Dominican Republic, tell us the 3 Musketeers
Did you know that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been interfering with the global performances of Shen Yun Performing Arts through financial and political means? This has happened several times in the past. However, it was surprising that even during the first-ever Dominican Republic tour of the 3 Musketeers, they encountered similar issues and […]
How Shen Yun Artists Prepare For the Performance
In the previous videos of the 3 Musketeers (three dancers of the Sen Yun Peroming Arts Company), clips of the dancers warming up before their performance can often be seen. However, Shen Yun’s performing arts include not only the dancers’ performance on stage and the live accompaniment of the symphony orchestra, but also the perfect […]
Webb Portrays the Pillars of Creation, Full of Stars
Video on how NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, ESA and CSA have captured a lush and highly detailed landscape: the iconic Pillars of Creation; in this episode of Space Sparks.
Our Solar System
Before modern telescopes, humans could only imagine what the surface of the sun and the planets looked like. Now advanced technology has made it possible to get in close, and take images of the Sun and the planets deep in our solar system. Now get ready to see the solar system as you’ve never seen […]
Jupiter in 4k Ultra HD
Imagery from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is revealing details never before seen on Jupiter. High-resolution maps and spinning globes (rendered in the 4k Ultra HD format) are the first products to come from a program to study the solar system’s outer planets each year using Hubble. The observations are designed to capture a broad range […]
Earth from Space in 4K
The people who get to see the Earth from space marvel at its beauty, the colors, the fragility they feel about the planet 250 miles below them. Now it’s your turn: this ultra-high definition video, captured during the International Space Station’s Expedition 65, allows you an extended, appreciative gawk at the home planet in all […]
Keynote lecture “East Asia and the Encyclopedic Art Museum: Chinese and Japanese Art at the Metropolitan Museum”
Maxwell K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon Curator in Charge of the Department of Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art delivers the Keynote Address “East Asia and the Encyclopedic Art Museum: Chinese and Japanese Art at the Metropolitan Museum” for the symposium ‘The Dragon and the Chrysanthemum: Collecting Chinese and Japanese Art in America’ organized by […]
How to Read Chinese Paintings
The Chinese way of appreciating a painting is often expressed by the words du hua, “to read a painting.” In this lecture, Maxwell K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon Chairman of Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will visually analyze select paintings and calligraphies from the encyclopedic collection of the Met, revealing what makes each […]
How this Chinese scroll confronts us with our own mortality
The video presents curator Maxwell K. Hearn’s personal impressions of “Cloudy Mountains,” a manuscript by Fang Congyi, From the collection of the MET.
The Asian Art Collection in the Saint Louis Art Museum
A view of the Asian Art Collection at the Saint Louis Art Museum, featuring curator Philip Hu. The Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM) is one of the principal U.S. art museums, with paintings, sculptures, cultural objects, and ancient masterpieces from all corners of the world.