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.
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
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
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
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