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About Joan Cummins
Joan Cummins is the Lisa and Bernard Selz Curator of Asian Art at the Brooklyn Museum. Joan received her Ph.D. in 2001 from Columbia University. Prior to coming to Brooklyn, Joan served as Assistant Curator of Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her most recent book is an introduction to Indian painting, published in 2006 by the MFA, Boston. Joan was a Research Associate in Brooklyn's Department of Asian Art from 1991-1993.Split Second: A Curator’s Reaction to the Results
I’ve had a lot of time to mull over the results of the Split Second, so here are a few of my thoughts—roughly one week before the Split Second exhibition closes. Please bear in mind that I don’t bring any … Continue reading
Split Second: Why Indian Paintings?
I am listed as a contributor to the Split Second project, but I really wasn’t the brains behind it; I’m just the person who okayed the use of Indian paintings and then wrote the accompanying labels. Think of me as … Continue reading
The Original Avatars: An Introduction to Vishnu’s Earthly Manifestations
The Vishnu exhibition that’s on view here right now includes a large section on the god’s avatars. The show introduces the idea of the avatar as it originated in Hinduism more than two thousand years ago. Going through this part … Continue reading
Object of the Month: May 2010: Infinity II (Shinso)
Often as I walk through the Asian galleries, I see people sitting on the bench in front of this porcelain sculpture, just sort of blissing out. It is indeed a beautiful object, insanely pristine with its pure white body and … Continue reading
Beautiful Asian Landscapes on View for 2009
Museums are full of small-scale changes of exhibition that are worth seeing but easily missed because they don’t get any publicity. Sometimes it’s as simple as replacing one of our usual displays with a rarely-seen object because the better-known piece … Continue reading
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Purchasing a Major Work of Art for the Collection – part VII
I can’t believe that it’s been more than a year since my last posting on this topic. I guess I got distracted by other tasks. I was recently asked to “wrap it up,” so here it goes… In my first … Continue reading
Celebrating Spring in the Japanese Style
Stepping out of the Eastern Parkway subway station this morning, I was greeted by the most amazing sight: the cherry trees in front of the Museum were bursting with big, puffy pink blossoms. On Friday they had been all brown … Continue reading
Purchasing a Major Work of Art for the Collection – part VI
The search for an object to purchase in honor of the soon-to-be-retired Curator of Asian Art began more than eight months before I arrived at the Brooklyn Museum, so I’m a little foggy on all the details of the earliest … Continue reading
Purchasing a Major Work of Art for the Collection – part V
Armed with the “wish list” and approximate budget I described in my previous entries, the team of curators and trustees who were interested in finding a suitable object to acquire in honor of Amy Poster went out into the market. … Continue reading
Purchasing a Major Work of Art for the Collection – part IV
I have been discussing the process of acquiring a new masterpiece for the collection, and in my first installment, I introduced the object, a bronze image of Shiva from southern India. This sculpture was cast by the master artisans who … Continue reading
Purchasing a Major Work of Art for the Collection – part III
Last time I wrote about how we happened to have the money and the initiative to look for a major new acquisition for the Asian collection. This time, I’m going to talk about how we developed a shopping list before … Continue reading
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Purchasing a Major Work of Art for the Collection – part II
In my previous entry, I introduced a wonderful object, an Indian bronze of Shiva from the tenth century. I am tracing the way that this work of art entered the Brooklyn Museum’s collection in 2007, offering an introduction to the … Continue reading
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Tagged bronze, chola, shiva
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Purchasing a major work of art for the collection
I have been an art museum curator for almost eight years now, and I can tell you that the one aspect of my job that has consistently offered the headiest mixture of fun and stress has been the search for … Continue reading
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