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MARCH 2018

Cover: The Taj Mahal and the Battle of Air Pollution.

Profile: Korean artist Kim Guiline. Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Enoura Observatory in Sagami Bay, Japan. The Royal Asiatic Society. In the footsteps of St Thomas in India. Edo-period Japanese painting at the Met in New York. Power and Beauty in China’s Last Dynasty – on show in Minneapolis. Dressed to impress: Netsuke. Incense culture in imperial China in Paris. Our annual guide to events during Asia Week New York, including gallery shows, exhibitions, and auctions. Calligraphy in Kansas. Royal gifts from India at Hollyrood Palace in Edinburgh. Latiff Mohidi and Adel Abdessemed both have shows in France. Islaic Arts Diary.

ST THOMAS IN INDIA: THE PLACES

February 28, 2018Heather
Syrian Orthodox Bishop Sakar at St Thomas’ Church in Mosul, Iraq (photo by Jane Taylor)

The travels of St Thomas in India are hardly being proclaimed from the rooftops, but his message is as alive as ever in the lands that revere him two thousand years after his first visit. The great religions of history… Continue reading →

Current Issue, MARCH 2018, Newspaper India

DIAMOND MOUNTAINS: KOREAN ART

February 28, 2018Heather
Mt Geumgang Viewed from Danbal Ridge, from Album of Mount Geumgang (1711) by Jeong Seon (Gyeomjae) (1676-1759), one of 14 album leaves, 36.2 x 37.8 cm, leant by National Museum of Korea. All images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This exhibition, Diamond Mountains, on Korean art, organised by Soyoung Lee, Curator in the Department of Asian Art, is part of a celebration marking the 20th anniversary of the establishment of The Met’s Arts of Korea Gallery and coincides with… Continue reading →

Current Issue, From The Archive, MARCH 2018, Newspaper Korea

ENOURA OBSERVATORY, JAPAN

February 28, 2018Heather
The Rock Garden that makes use of ancient stones found throughout Japan

Opening last October after more than a decade of preparation, the Enoura Observatory is an installation of gallery spaces, performance stages, a traditional teahouse, two ancient gates and many, yet-more ancient stones, constructed in the words of the founder ‘as… Continue reading →

Current Issue, MARCH 2018, Newspaper Japan

FRAGRANCE FROM CHINA

February 28, 2018Heather
A Lady perfuming her Sleeves, detail, ink and colours on silk, 129.6 X 47.3 cm, Chen Hongshu (1598-1652), Ming dynasty, Shanghai Museum

In the West, incense is generally defined as ‘a gum infused with spices that produced a sweet smell and smoke when burned, and played an essential part in religious ceremonial rites’. In China, however, incense defies definition. Known generically by… Continue reading →

Current Issue, MARCH 2018, Newspaper China
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World Monuments Fund Announce Watch Sites. Profile: the Turkish artist Mehmet Ali-Uysal. The life and work of Kamoda Shoji in Minneapolis. Beasts of India and The Deep – tribal art in India. Ganjifa, playing cards of India. Textiles from Safavid Iran in Washington DC. From the Archives: Translucent World: Jade from the Palace Museum. Japanese Treasures from Royal Collections in London. Costumes and stories from Noh theatre in Venice. The Art of the Samurai in Cambridge, UK. The Legacy of Ceylon. Popular art in modern Korea. Ali Kazim in Oxford and Geoffrey Bawa in Colombo. Children of the Meiji period in Paris, Swapnaa Tamhane ‘s Indian textiles in Toroto. Dinh Q. Le in Paris and Indian contemporary art in Melbourne. Gallery shows and auctions. Islamic Arts Diary.
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