JAPAN SOCIETY LECTURE MARCH 26 ADDRESSES ZEN FIGURE PAINTING

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NEW YORK CITY — The Japan Society will present a curatorial lecture related to the exhibition, “Awakenings: Zen Figure Painting in Medieval Japan,” on Monday, March 26, at 2 pm at the Seventh Regiment Armory, Park Avenue at 67th Street as part of the International Asian Art Fair.

Yukio Lippit, co-curator and assistant professor of art and art history at Harvard University, explores the history and development of medieval Chan/Zen figure painting through an introduction to some of the most important examples on view in the exhibition.

Japan Society is at 333 East 47th Street between First and Second Avenues. For information, www.japansociety.org or 212-832-1155.