March 2016
Cover news:
Metropolitan Museum Opens New Space – The Met Breuer
Profile the artist Samia Halaby. Yangon Echoes, heritage homes in Myanmar. Suiboku, traditional Japanese ink painting. Artist and Empire, painting the map pink. Ink painter Chua Ek Kay at the National Museum in Singapore. Setouchi Triennale in Japan. Muhammad Shah’s royal Persian tent at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Our annual guide to the New York Asia Week events in March. Our pull-out map and listings for Asia Week. NYC gallery shows. NYC auction previews. Museum exhibitions in New York. Exhibitions in Chicago, Florida, Melbourne, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, Zurich, and Worcester in Massachusetts. Fairs in Dubai, Hong Kong, Maastricht, and New York. Hong Kong Spring Auction previews. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
By Xenobe Purvis The Seto Inland Sea – a 450 kilometre long body of water nestled in the gaps between Japan’s three main islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu – has long inspired hyperbole in its visitors. In 1873, Thomas… Continue reading
By Lucien de Guise You do not hear the word ‘empire’ very often these days. Even the latest Star Wars epic has introduced something called the First Order rather than the bad old Empire. The empire in the exhibition Artist… Continue reading
The magnificent sculpture of the Kamakura period (1185-1333) has long been considered a high point in the history of Japanese art. Stylistic and technical innovations led to sculpture that displayed greater realism than ever before. Sculptors began signing their works,… Continue reading
AS A WORK of oral history, Yangon Echoes is a rich anthology of fascinating life stories that explores notions and values of heritage and home. This popular history of buildings charts social space and urban folklore, linking past to present… Continue reading