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Profile: the artist Mona Hatoum. The new collectors of Chinese contemporary art. Ai Weiwei at the Royal Academy in London. Feroze Gujral and the Gujral Foundation. Classical Chinese painting at The Met in New York. It’s Korea Season in Paris – Paper Tigers: Five Centuries of Korean painting. Modern Japanese photography finds expression in New York. Ross Lewis – following in the traditions of Chinese painting. New York fall auction reviews. Gallery shows. More exhibitions in Paris: Carte Blanche: Lee Bae, Korea Now! And Seoul – Paris – Seoul. The princely courts of 15th-century China in Florida. Steve McCurry’s photographs of India in New York, and photos of Ceylon in New Delhi. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
THERE IS A new generation of contemporary art collector in China with collections as much defined by international artists as they are by the Chinese artist whose names we are all familiar with. They are young, highly educated, wealthy and… Continue reading
PHILANTHROPIST AND art fanatic Feroze Gujral eases into a conversation about her projects and the Gujral Foundation with an affable ease. In this ambassadorial role, Gujral epitomises a new kind of entrepreneurial spirit that is progressively galvanising the arts in… Continue reading
IN 1968, AMID an economic boom, many in Japan registered widespread discontent over social inequalities. At the same time, the country was roiled by protests against the Vietnam War and the upcoming renewal of a treaty extending American occupation. This exhibition, which includes Japanese… Continue reading
MUCH OF Ai Weiwei’s extraordinary life is already common knowledge. His father, Ai Qing, is considered to be one of China’s greatest modern poets. Denounced as a dissident during Chairman Mao’s Anti-Rightist campaign of the 1950s, Ai Qing moved with… Continue reading