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CHINESE RITUAL BRONZES

This spring, the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) is showcasing its fantastic collection of ancient Chinese ritual bronzes in Eternal Offerings, a bold, fresh exhibition that sheds new light on these objects and the rituals in which they were used thousands of years ago. Like Power and Beauty in China’s Last Dynasty (2018), in which Mia worked with artist and director Robert Wilson to create a show that reimagined traditional exhibition models, Eternal Offerings presents a similarly unique and creative experience for visitors. This time, curator Dr Liu Yang has collaborated with renowned artist and Academy Award-winning film set and production designer…

ITHRA CULTURAL CENTRE

The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) has created a new art award and invites contemporary artists from or based in the Arab world to enter the Ithra Art Prize for the opportunity to receive $100,000 to bring their proposal to life. Ithra is one of Saudi Arabia’s leading cultural entities, and this is an open call for its fifth Ithra Art Prize, the region’s largest…

HIROSHIGE FAN PRINTS
The Guimet Museum, in Paris, is currently showing a unique collection of prints, uchiwa-e, by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) originally intended to decorate fans. Made between the 1830s and 1850s, they are considered by some as among the rarest and most elaborate works the artist produced. Hiroshige was one of the last great image makers of the Edo period and his name has become synonymous with ukiyo-e print-making, to which he devoted his life…