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FEBRUARY 2015

Cover news: 100 Years of Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Profile: Asim Waqif, and installation artist from India. The All-Knowing Buddha: A Secret Guide, on show at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York. The Lost Dhow: A Discovery from the Maritime Silk Route at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto. The life and work of Miguel Covarrubias – Bali, Before and Beyond. February sees the publishing of our annual guide to museums on the west coast of America, including future exhibitions in 2015. Etal Adnan’s paintings in Strasbourg and a group show of artists from Kazakhstan on show in Strasbourg. The Korean artist Park Chan-kyong has his first video show at Iniva in London. Listings and Islamic Arts Diary.

Asim Waqif

February 5, 2015Heather
HELP, Jumna’s protest (2010-11), unauthorised site-specific installation on the river in Delhi. Materials: Recycled water bottles, ropes, LEDs and batteries. Photo: Raoul Amaar Abbas

TODAY, FEW ARTISTS rely on installation work as their primary means of expression, however, Asim Waqif (b. 1978 in India) is one of these rare artists. Besides working with installation, he also has a more ambitious agenda than solely to… Continue reading →

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Life is a Legend: Contemporary Art from Kazakhstan

February 5, 2015Heather
Almagul Menlibayeva, “Red Butterfly”, 2012 Duratrans Impression in Lightbox

WE HAVE become used to seeing contemporary art from Kazakhstan and from other Central Asian countries in such events as biennials, but more rarely in galleries or museums. This makes it all the more remarkable that the exhibition, Life is… Continue reading →

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The All-Knowing Buddha: Vairocana

February 5, 2015Heather
Sarvavid Album Leaf 38, Inner Mongolia, 18th/19th century, pigments on paper, 26.3 x 27 cm, MAS/ Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp

IN 1923, the Belgian missionary, Father Rafael Verbois then resident in Inner Mongolia, was offered 54 paintings by a monk at the imperial monastery of Wangzimiao in the former province of Jehol. More than 50 years later, the paintings were… Continue reading →

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The Maritime Silk Road: The Lost Dhow

February 5, 2015Heather
Cast gold cup with chased decorations, China. 825-50. The drinking of grape wine was a habit that came from West Asia

IN 1998, an Arab dhow carrying goods from Tang-dynasty China was discovered in the Indian Ocean off Belitung Island, Indonesia. Dating from the 9th century, the shipwreck is the earliest Arab vessel of this period to be found with a… Continue reading →

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