Maxwell K. Hearn

Leading curator of Chinese painting in the U.S. and head of the Metropolitan's renowned Department of Asian Art. Books include, How to Read Chinese Paintings (2008), Along the Riverbank: Chinese Paintings from the C.C. Wang Family Collection(1999), Chinese Paintings from the Collection of Marie-Helene and Guy Weill, Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717) (2008), and Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China (2013). In four decades at The Met, oversaw the expansion of the museum's Chinese art collection and its permanent installations, most notably the Astor Chinese Garden Court and the Douglas Dillon Galleries for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy. Curated numerous special exhibitions, including: Chinese Calligraphy (1972), The Arts of Ancient China (1973), Ancient Chinese Art: the Ernest Erickson Collection (1987), The Artist as Collector: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the C.C. Wang Family Collection (1999), The World of Scholars' Rocks: Gardens, Studios, and Paintings (2000), When the Manchus Ruled China: Painting Under the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) (2002), Great Waves: Chinese Themes in the Arts of Korea and Japan (2003), Dreams of Yellow Mountain: Landscapes of Survival in Seventeenth-Century China (2003), Art of the Brush: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy (2005), Journeys: Mapping the Earth and Mind in Chinese Art (2007), Mastering the Art of Chinese Painting: Xie Zhiliu (1910-1997) (2010), The Yuan Revolution: Art and Dynastic Change (2010), The Emperor's Private Paradise: Treasures from the Forbidden City (2011), Chinese Gardens: Pavilions, Studios, Retreats (2012), and Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China (2013). Additional contributions to the field include a wide range of catalogue essays, articles, symposium presentations, and lectures as well as graduate and undergraduate seminars on Chinese painting given at Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University.