Cover: Restoration of Mughal Gardens in India.
Profile: the painter Ding Yi. Raffles in Southeast Asia, revisiting the scholar and statesman, on show in Singapore. Sir Stamford Raffles as collector. Heaven and Earth, treasures from the National Palace Museum in Taipei on show in Sydney. The Tale of Genji, exploring artistic traditions, in New York. Faith and Empire, art and politics in Tibetan Buddhism, in New York. Hokusai Updated, in Tokyo. Chinese Bird and Flowering paintings. New York Asia Week map and essential listings. Asia Week gallery shows. New York auction previews. New York exhibitions in March. Gods in Home in Toronto, Hiroshige in Worcester, On the Mongolian Steppes in Denmark, and East Asian landscapes in Florida. Under Indian Skies, early photography, in Copenhagen. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
Sir Stamford Raffles the founder of modern Singapore, author of The History of Java and discoverer of Borobudur, was an early collector of Southeast Asian art, as can be seen in the new exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Revisiting… Continue reading
Asian Art Newspaper explores the world of 19th-century Indian Photography on show at the David Collection, Copenhagen in Under Indian Skies. The invention of photography in 1840s revolutionised the way in which the world was documented and interpreted, not only… Continue reading
Asian Art Newspaper takes a look at the Chinese art treasures on display from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, currently on view in Heaven and Earth in Chinese Art, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. In… Continue reading
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is showing the exhibition Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated, the epic tale of Heian period court life by Murasaki Shikibu, which explores its influences on Japanese Art, from classical Japanese painting, ukiyo-e prints… Continue reading