Cover: Brush Washer Creates World Auction Record.
Profile: the Chinese painter, photographer, and installation artist Ni Youyu. Viva Arte Viva, this year’s Venice Biennale. Three artists from Hangzhou: Zhou Yilun, Cheng Ran, and Wu Junyong. Polished to Perfection, Japanese cloisonné in Los Angeles. Illusion and Disillusion in the Art of Chen Hongshou, a 17th-century Chinese artist. The contemporary Korean ceramicist Yoo Euijeoung. New York and Hong Kong auction reviews. Auction previews. Gallery shows: Afruz Amighi in London and Reza Derakshani and Alfred Basbous in Hong Kong. Takahashi Murakamin on show in Boston. Raghubir Singh’s photographs in New York, Risham Syed’s paintings in Manchester, UK. Japanese season at the Pompidou Centre-Metz, France. Indian season at the Science Museum in London. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
In a crowded contemporary art world driven by gallery exhibitions, museum shows, art fairs, biennials and auctions are taking place all around the globe, the Venice Biennale generally serves as an excellent point of reference to pause and reflect upon… Continue reading
Unfortunately, eccentrics are ofttimes underrated – or overlooked. Socially, they can be considered unstable and therefore, somehow, unacceptable – that is if one is under the thumb of bourgeois morality. In the American South, however, family eccentrics are a point… Continue reading
Unfortunately, eccentrics are ofttimes underrated – or overlooked. Socially, they can be considered unstable and therefore, somehow, unacceptable – that is if one is under the thumb of bourgeois morality. In the American South, however, family eccentrics are a… Continue reading
Arguably, a thoroughly unexpected celebrity became entranced by Japanese cloisonné – Rudyard Kipling. He describes his reaction to seeing the cloisonné process like this: ‘It is one thing to read of cloisonné making, but quite another to watch it being… Continue reading
Arguably, a thoroughly unexpected celebrity became entranced by Japanese cloisonné – Rudyard Kipling. He describes his reaction to seeing the cloisonné process like this: ‘It is one thing to read of cloisonné making, but quite another to watch it being… Continue reading
The year 1589 marked the beginning of the Ming dynasty’s death rattle. Halfway through his reign, the Wan Li Emperor’s (1573-1620) most able minister, Zhang Zhuzheng, died and the Emperor, long chafed by him, indignantly refused to carry out his… Continue reading
The year 1589 marked the beginning of the Ming dynasty’s death rattle. Halfway through his reign, the Wan Li Emperor’s (1573-1620) most able minister, Zhang Zhuzheng, died and the Emperor, long chafed by him, indignantly refused to carry out his… Continue reading