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Art in Food and Photography

In the span of a decade and a half since Instagram’s founding, the social media platform has propelled images to the forefront of our communications, where food is one of the most popular subjects. “Camera eats first” has become a cultural mainstay, and restaurants and influencers alike have gravitated toward and cashed in on the dramatic, atmospheric, and pretty presentations of food.

This phenomenon is not dissimilar to what happened in a different time and age, when such fine foods could only be enjoyed by the elite class, who prided themselves with the best taste—for both the food and the wares the food is served in, either for lavish parties or everyday meals. The various ceramic wares on view in Asia Society Museum’s (Re)Generations and Imperial Treasures exhibitions, and the exhibition Monstrous Beauty at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, are examples of how global trade, imperialism, and the exchange of aesthetics all culminated in our current enjoyment and obsession of food content that is not necessarily edible.











When: Tue., Mar. 18, 2025 at 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Where: Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Ave.
212-288-6400
Price: $25
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In the span of a decade and a half since Instagram’s founding, the social media platform has propelled images to the forefront of our communications, where food is one of the most popular subjects. “Camera eats first” has become a cultural mainstay, and restaurants and influencers alike have gravitated toward and cashed in on the dramatic, atmospheric, and pretty presentations of food.

This phenomenon is not dissimilar to what happened in a different time and age, when such fine foods could only be enjoyed by the elite class, who prided themselves with the best taste—for both the food and the wares the food is served in, either for lavish parties or everyday meals. The various ceramic wares on view in Asia Society Museum’s (Re)Generations and Imperial Treasures exhibitions, and the exhibition Monstrous Beauty at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, are examples of how global trade, imperialism, and the exchange of aesthetics all culminated in our current enjoyment and obsession of food content that is not necessarily edible.

Buy tickets/get more info now