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Profile the painter Walter Ford and his recent work based on the Indian book of fables, the Pancha Tantra. Yosa Buson, Japanese 18th-century painting at the Miho Museum in Shigaraki Prefecture, Japan. Faces of India, the new book of photographs of India’s modern and contemporary artists. Private museums in Japan: The Suntory in Tokyo. The Indian painter, NS Harsha, and the Artes Mundi prize exhibition for 2008 in Cardiff, Wales. Classical Indian paintings from Australian Collection, in Sydney. The Ramayana, and exhibition by the British Library on one of their 17th-century Mewari manuscripts. The Arts of Islam, Treasures from the Khalili Collection currently on show in Abu Dhabi. Interview with the film-maker Ying Liang. Preview of the new Hong Kong contemporary art fair. Hong Kong auction previews.
THE LAVISH PALETTE in the history of Indian painting reflects the mingling of many forces on the subcontinent throughout history. As wave upon wave of conquerors swept across India, the encounters between victor and vanquished profoundly influenced the landscape of… Continue reading
MAJOR WORKS BY international emerging artists Lida Abdul, Vasco Araújo, Mircea Cantor, Dalziel and Scullion, NS Harsha, Abdoulaye Konaté, Susan Norrie and Rosângela Rennó are currently on show at the third Artes Mundi Exhibition at the National Museum in Cardiff,… Continue reading
The Ramayana, one of the world’s most enduring stories, is considered to be fundamental to the art and culture of India and Southeast Asia and is still regularly performed in dance, drama and shadow-puppet theatres around the world. For the first… Continue reading
In 18th-century Edo Japan, the study of the Chinese classics was advocated by the Tokugawa shogunate and led to renewed interest in late Ming literary culture. One result was the development of the bunjin, gentleman-scholar, after the Chinese wenren. While… Continue reading