The Asian Art Museum is the world’s leading museum dedicated to connecting global audiences with Asian and Asian American art and culture, showcasing the rich diversity of the 48 countries of the Asian continent and the worldwide Asian diaspora.

Join Dickinson for a private tour of their exhibition, Mountains of the Mind: A Chinese Landscape Journey.

Saturday, May 17
12:30 p.m.  Optional lunch at the museum’s Asian Box to connect with other Dickinsonians before our tour (attendees pay for own meals)
2 p.m. Docent-led tour

Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

Adults – $18
Ages 65+ – $15
Ages 13-17 – $13
Ages 12 and under – Free
Museum members – Free

Space is limited. Please register by Friday, May 9.

Mountains of the Mind: A Chinese Landscape Journey (running through July 28)
Looking to get away from it all? This selection of idyllic landscapes by famed Chinese ink painters, past and present, offers a perfect opportunity to escape the hectic pace of city life in the digital age.

The selection on view offers a rare opportunity to enjoy a masterpiece by Ni Zan (1301-1374), a cultural icon in Chinese history, whose dry, spare brushwork evokes lyrical tranquility and a world cleansed of turmoil during the chaotic period of dynastic transition.

Following the ancient Chinese tradition of mountain worship, many of these landscapes use the contours of sacred mountains and the movements of waters and clouds to embody Daoist philosophy, beckoning the viewer to engage in a personal, cultural and spiritual communion. As mountains are personified as venerable deities, rivers become their veins, mists are their breath, foliage is their hair and rocks are their bones.