Cover: Shuri Castle in Okinawa Damaged by Fire. Studio Visit: the artist Li Yongzheng in Chengdu.
Profile: Hayv Kahraman discusses her Iraqi/Kurdish heritage. Orientalism: The West’s fascination with the East. Conservation: The restoration of a Chinese ancestor portrait from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Hokusai, Hiroshige, and Hasui, on show in Italy. Travel: The mountain town of Sheki in Azerbaijan; Bali explored through temples, palace, and art; Chengdu in China’s picturesque southwest. Buddhism, the major new show at the British Library, in London. Books 2019: our annual round-up, including reference and fiction. Gallery shows in New York and Paris. A Korean Buddhist masterpiece in Washington DC. Auctions: a pair of George Chinnery’s paintings go on sale next year in London. Kurdish art in Washington DC. Contemporary Korean and Japanese art in Paris. Shipwrecks in San Francisco and Chinese banquets at Princeton. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
Asian Art Newspaper explores the Silk Road town of Sheki, in Azerbaijan’s Greater Caucasus Azerbaijan is not on the well-worn tourist path, but things are beginning to change and it is becoming one of the fastest growing tourist destinations in… Continue reading
Buddhism, one of the great religions on the world, is explored in this exhibition currently on show at the British Library, London The British Library in London opened a major exhibition to explore the roots, art, and enduring popularity of… Continue reading
Prints from three of the greatest Japanese artists, from 18th to 20th century, are on show in Italy Divided into four sections, the exhibition features a selection of over 100 woodblock prints providing a tour of Japan’s most evocative places,… Continue reading
Two Southeast Asian shipwrecks, the 15th century Vietnamese Hoi An Hoard and the French-owned s 19th-century ship Le Mie Kong, are explored in an exhibition at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco The usual reaction to the mention of Western… Continue reading