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DELIGHTING KRISHNA: PICHVAIS PAINTINGS

An exhibition highlighting monumental paintings called pichvais is currently on show in Washington, DC. These paintings play a central role in the religious practices of the Hindu Pushtimarg (The Path of Grace) community, who engage with the divine by caring for and delighting the child-God Krishna. Collectively, the artworks convey the philosophical and emotional resonance of the Pushtimarg tradition as well as the creative ingenuity of its artists…

THE BIRTH OF THE MALAY WORLD

The word below, written more than half a millennium ago, are as true now as ever. In an era of growing isolationism and what has recently been termed ‘the most beautiful word’ (tariffs), it is refreshing to see an exhibition that looks at trade as a bringer of life. According to the Malay ruler above, trade also unites ‘all living things’, which sounds like a green statement centuries ahead of its time…

THE FORBIDDEN CITY AND VERSAILLES

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, as well as the China-France Year of Cultural Tourism, the Hong Kong Palace Museum is showing The Forbidden City and The Palace of Versailles: China-France Cultural Encounters in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries…