New York State of Mind

Hybrid flags representing an amalgam of countries around the globe will be popping up at cultural hotspots across New York City this summer. These nationless, borderless images are the work of Kimsooja, who was born in Korea in 1957 and now lives between New York, Paris, and Seoul, one of some 40 artists featured in the inaugural Asia Society Triennial, focusing on contemporary art from and about Asia. The flags will serve as a unifying visual emblem for the freewheeling, interdisciplinary core exhibition We Do Not Dream Alone, unfolding from 5 June to 9 August at Asia Society, Lincoln Center, Times Square, and Governor’s Island, with additional programming at the New-York Historical Society and the New York Botanical Garden, among other venues.

The idea of launching a triennial had been germinating at the Asia Society since Boon