Cover: Thai Artist Wins BP Portrait Award. Sri Lankan artist and activist Pala Pothupitiye. Zhang Peili’s latest work in Shanghai. The photographer James Kerwin on travelling and his latest series from the Lebanon and Georgia. Pots and performances: the cultural legacy of Tamba-Sasayama in Japan. Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk, the enduring legacy from Japan. Focus on Korea: Modern and contemporary calligraphy in Korea. Sacred devotion, a Korean Buddha in the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington DC. Celebrating Buddha’s birthday, in Seoul. Golden Needles: Embroidery arts from Korea. Contemporary Korean craft in Philadelphia. From the Archives: Venice and the Islamic World. Jain Art. Bali behind the scenes and Chiharu Shiota in Paris. Japanese art, The Cowles Collection. Islamic Arts Diary.
In 1494, the Milanese priest Pietro Casola recorded his awestruck reaction to the wealth of merchandise in the Venetian marketplace: ‘Who could count the many shops so well furnished that they also seem to be warehouses, with so many cloths… Continue reading
Korean Embroidery This exhibition, Golden Needles, Embroidery Arts from Korea, celebrates anonymous women artists and their inventive creations that triumphed over the conventions of the patriarchal Joseon society. Using examples of embroidery and patchwork, this exhibition explores Korean embroidered works… Continue reading
The Jain faith is currently the subject of an exhibition of Jain art at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) in Louisiana and explores the religion which has been continuously practised in India since at least the 6th century… Continue reading
There was a moment of high drama at the conclusion of my interview last November in Shanghai with internationally renowned Chinese video artist Zhang Peili. Suddenly, he realised he had lost his ID card, a critical piece of personal documentation… Continue reading