Cover: Bronzes and Surprises in New York Spring Sales. Profile: the sculptor Nairy Baghramian. Stories from Storage: Curators’ Choices from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Babur and the creation of the first Mughal gardens. Iranzamin, the first show of the Powerhouse’s Persian Collection in Sydney. Indian painting from the Deccan, in Switzerland. From the Archives: Sumatra: Isle of Gold, held in Singapore. Contemporary Moroccan art in Spain. Documenting the Silk Road in London. Exhibitions: Blue and White ceramics in Canada, Modern Indian Art in Salem, Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon in New Orleans, and modern photography from Egypt in Paris. Yayoi Kusama in New York’s Botanical Gardens, Chiharu Shiota in Germany and kantha in South India. Gallery shows in Brussels, Los Angeles, and New York. Auction previews for Hong Kong. Auction reviews New York. Islamic Arts Diary.
Sumatra and the Island of Gold Known in ancient times as the ‘Island of Gold’, Sumatra was an early point of arrival for trade, new religions and ideas in Southeast Asia. Gold and natural resources made it a land of… Continue reading
This sweeping survey of the culture of Morocco and Moroccan paintings from the 1950s to the present day is a unique collaboration with Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art – Qatar Museums and Qatar Foundation. Moroccan Trilogy 1950-2020 features more… Continue reading
A creative response to the Covid-19 pandemic from the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) has allowed curators to discuss some of their favourite objects that are not normally on view to create Stories From Storage. When the pandemic upended our… Continue reading
The Silk Road is the name given to the numerous trading routes that connected China and the West and was first established during the days of the Roman Empire. For several centuries, it facilitated the exchange of goods, ideas, religions… Continue reading