DINING WITH THE SULTAN
The act of coming together to partake of a meal is a practice shared by all cultures. Food defines us β we are what we eat. Dining with the Sultan is the first exhibition to present Islamic art in the context of its associated culinary traditions. This novel exhibition includes over 250 works of art related to the sourcing, preparation, serving, and consumption of food, from 30 public and private collections in the US, Europe, and the Middle East.
The catalogue has been…
ASIAN ART COLLECTORS IN FRANCE
This exhibition explores the connoisseurs, collectors, and dealers of Asian Art in France from 1750 to 1939. Works in the exhibition come from a multitude of sources, including objects from the royal collections of Louis XV and Marie-Antoinette to the commercial and scientific collecting done in Asia from the 1850s to the 1930s…
CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY
Over the winter, the Guimet Museum, in Paris, is presenting the photographic project Hakanai Sonzai, which means in Japanese βI feel like an ephemeral creature myselfβ. Through the use of colour portraits, landscapes, and black and white still lifes resembling prints…
LIQUID FRONTIERS: EAST WEST INFLUENCES
This third chapter from the series of exhibitions called Liquid Frontiers and Entangled Worlds is part of a composite research programme taking place at MAO between 2023 and 2024, which seeks to analyse the artistic trajectories and cultural dynamics that have characterised exchange between Asia and Europe over the centuries. Eurasian Traditions highlights the critical role of Asia and the Mediterranean as a fulcrum of cross-cultural interaction and as site of connection, negotiation and constant re-emergence.
This exploration of cultural translation, transposition, and interpretation is done through a selection of objects from West, Central, and East Asia…
Asian and Islamic Works of Art
Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian
On Wednesday, 11 November, over 700 lots spanning many epochs and categories of Asian Art, from Chinese archaic bronzes to Japanese prints and Singaporean …Read More Β»
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THE MAGIC OF EXPLORATION
From biennials and triennials to art summits, fairs, and cultural tours β countless art events now dot the globe and compete for attention and …Read More Β»
Object of the Month – February 2022
This month marks the New Chinese Year β and 2022 is the year of the tiger. To mark the event, weβre posting a Chinese …Read More Β»
Wang Keping
The Rodin Museum invited Wang Keping to take over the sculpture garden as his studio during May and early June. The project is a …Read More Β»
Tranquebar and The Danish Connection in India
Tranquebar (Tharangampadi) is a village in Tamil Nadu with an intriguing intercultural history β it has been the home to two Danish East India …Read More Β»