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An Assembly of Gods

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Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Ave., New York, NY 10021 40.769922 -73.964502
at 70th St.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
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  • Type of Show:

    Drawing/Illustration, Museum Exhibits, Pre-1900

Price

$12, $10 seniors, $7 students, free for members and children under 16

Reservations

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6 at 68th St.-Hunter College

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Schedule  
Thru 3/25 Tue-Thu, Sat-Sun, 11am-6pm; Fri, 11am-9pm

Profile

A one-painting exhibit guaranteed to knock your visual socks off. In the complex religious systems of China, the chief gods visit Earth once a year for inspection. Here, they’re in this late-18th- or early-19th-century painting: scores of deities, bodhisattvas, goddesses, Confucius himself, and, for Game of Thrones fans, an actual �Mother of Dragons� sailing on a ship with her progeny! — Jerry Saltz