Cover: Modern Indian Art Hamers Home in New York. Profile: The Balinese artist Citra Sasmita. Ancient India, at the British Museum in London. Opinion: Should the Buddha’s relics be sold? From the Archives: Venice and the Islamic World. Venice and the Ottoman Empire, in Nashville. The portrayal of Chinese women in art, in Geneva. Travel: A tour of Changdeokgung Palace, in Seoul. Travel: The Buddhist colossi of Sri Lanka. Reas of the Dharma, in Los Angeles. Temple carpentry in Japan. Kabuki prints, in Ohio. The Hue court in print, in Paris. Asian Textiles, in Washington, DC. Yukinori Yanagi I Milan, and the terracotta warriors at the Bowers in California. The demon Shutendoji exhibition in Tokyo, male haori in Turin, and Hokusai and Manet, in Minneapolis. Gallery shows and auctions. Islamic Arts Diary.
Gyeongbokgung in Seoul is the primary, most visited, and best-known of the five royal palaces in Seoul. It is the iconic symbol of power and the Joseon state (1392-1910), but it is the smaller, charming Changdeokgung that steals the show.… Continue reading
This exhibition explores Buddhism and Buddhist art around the globe, with a visit to the religion’s origins in India. It then travels through mainland and island Southeast Asia, including the Theravada countries of Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, to… Continue reading
The Allen Memorial Museum has organised two concurrent Japanese prints and printmaker exhibitions over the summer to look at Japan’s rich literary heritage, showing how Japanese printmakers have visualised and reimagined classical texts across centuries: Shining Prints: The Tale of Genji… Continue reading
The Ottoman empire (1299-1923) was once considered one of the most important economic and cultural powers in the world. It ruled over a vast swath of the globe stretching from the Middle East and North Africa to Budapest in Hungary… Continue reading