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People: Maya Lin, designer, architect, and artist. Guy Ullens and the story of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. Yoshiko Ushioda, former curator of Japanese Collections at the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin. Judith Neilson, art collector and philanthropist on her latest project – Dangrove – in Sydney. Travel: Odisha, the eastern state of India on the Bay of Bengal. Features: The Blue Road, mastercrafts from Persia in Hong Kong. The Art of Cambodia and the Khmer kingdom, in Singapore. The Art of the Qajar in Washington DC. Paris Supplement: the first edition of Printemps Asiatique is in June. Paris auction previews and Paris summer exhibitions. Chinese textiles – a new installation in the Chinese Galleries at Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio. Other exhibitions: Japanese contemporary lacquer in Minneapolis; The art of Okinawa in Honolulu; South Indian paintings from the Royal Collection in London; Chinese comics in Brussels, and artists Etel Adnan in Switzerland and Vivan Sundara in Delhi. And Japanese architecture explored in Tokyo, Asian textiles and sculpture in New York. Bosshard in China: social history on show in Hong Kong. Listings and Islamic Arts Diary.
In their various philanthropical undertakings, Guy and Myriam Ullens have always tried to share their enthusiasm for their projects. Whether for such diverse initiatives as a school in Nepal, or cancer relief treatment centres in Europe, they have shown unparalleled… Continue reading
This new installation in the Clara T Rankin Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy Gallery, The Splendour of Chinese Textiles: From the Silk Road to the Imperial Court, presents a selection of highlights of the museum’s Chinese textile collection and explores the… Continue reading
The colour blue in Persian cultures is the wide-ranging, and important, topic for an exhibition recently held in Hong Kong. ‘One Wednesday when the blooming sun, Suffused with blue the sphere’s black dome, The King, victorious as the sun, Bright… Continue reading
Angkor Wat is widely considered to be among the world’s most magnificent architectural masterpieces – its extensive complexes and detailed stone sculptures, reliefs, and architecture have intrigued innumerable travellers, scientists, historians, and archaeologists since its re-discovery in the late 19th… Continue reading