Philippine pre-colonial goldto be showcased in New York

MANILA, Philippines - This September, Asia Society and Ayala Museum, with special participation from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), bring a groundbreaking gold exhibition from the Philippines to New York. From Sept. 11 to early January 2016, the exhibit Philippine Gold: Treasures of Forgotten Kingdoms will feature over 120 spectacular gold objects dated between the 10th and 13th century, on loan from the collections of Ayala Museum and the BSP.

The Philippine Gold exhibition at the Asia Society Museum in New York brings to fore in the world stage a truly fascinating yet little known aspect about the Philippines’ rich heritage.

Driving the exhibition are Gala Benefit Committee chairs Loida Nicolas Lewis, Doris Masaysay-Ho and Fernando Zobel de Ayala, with support from BSP Governor Amando Maglalang Tetangco. For this national undertaking, they have entrusted Nina Capistrano-Baker, curator at Ayala Museum, and Adriana Proser, John Foster senior curator for traditional Asian art at Asia Society New York, to co-curate the Philippine gold treasures at the New York exhibition.

For more information, visit www.AsiaSociety.org/Philippines2015 or email [email protected].