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October 2016

October 2016
Cover: Philadelphia Museum of Art Reopens South Asian Galleries. Profile: the artist Ali Banisadr. A history of Kolkata’s Botanical Gardens. Shadow puppet theatre from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, in London. Kimono and Obi from Japan’s Golden Age. The making of Conflicts of Interest: Art and War in Modern Japan, in St Louis. A look at 17th-century Chinese paintings from the Tsao Family Collection, on show in Los Angeles. The art of Korean mother-of-pearl inlay. Our guide to the galleries participating in Asian Art in London. London auction previews. Auction previews in Frankfurt, Melbourne and . Gallery shows in New York and Frankfurt,. London’s Japanese and Korean exhibitions. Chinese ceramics in Dallas, installation art and Chinese opera in New York, Indian prints in San Francisco and early Chinese books in San Marino. Islamic Arts Diary.

Shadow Puppet Theatre in Southeast Asia

October 3, 2016Heather
Naga, a mythical serpent, West Java, hide, wood, gold leaf, late 1700s to early 1800s, Raffles Collection © The Trustees of the British Museum

CANDLES FLICKER in the dark and magical shadows move across a white screen. As the music of bamboo and wood instruments starts, the adventures of mythical demons and goddesses, heroes and villains, epic battles, magic spells and unrequited love unfold… Continue reading →

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Japanese War Prints: Conflicts of Interest

October 3, 2016Heather
Captain Kani Ichita, from the series Mirror of Famous Army and Navy Men (1895) by Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847–1915, Japan), active late 19th century, published by Inoue Kichijiro, Meiji period, colour woodblock print with embossing, Saint Louis Art Museum. Gift of Mr and Mrs Charles A Lowenhaupt

THIS AUTUMN, the St Louis Art Museum (SLAM) opens Conflicts of Interest: Art and War in Modern Japan, an unparalleled display of a range of Japanese art depicting and responding to the reality of warfare, featuring Japanese war prints. The… Continue reading →

Current Issue, Newspaper, October 2016

Chinese Opera Costumes

October 3, 2016Heather
Theatrical robe with phoenix and floral patterns, Qing dynasty, 19th century, silk thread embroidery on silk satin, 127 x 243.84 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Roger Fund, 1929

This is a colourful and festive exhibition of Chinese opera costumes with more levels of depth than a gold mine because what one sees on the surface is only just the beginning. Kudos goes out to the Met’s curators for… Continue reading →

Current Issue, Newspaper, October 2016

Kolkata Botanic Garden: A History

October 3, 2016Heather
One of the lakes created in the centre of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, during the 1880s, now known as the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden in Shibpur, Howrah

When Colonel Robert Kyd proposed in 1786 that a botanic garden should be established in Calcutta (now Kolkata), he probably had little idea that it would still be on the same site and have the same essential form 230 years’… Continue reading →

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World Monuments Fund Announce Watch Sites. Profile: the Turkish artist Mehmet Ali-Uysal. The life and work of Kamoda Shoji in Minneapolis. Beasts of India and The Deep – tribal art in India. Ganjifa, playing cards of India. Textiles from Safavid Iran in Washington DC. From the Archives: Translucent World: Jade from the Palace Museum. Japanese Treasures from Royal Collections in London. Costumes and stories from Noh theatre in Venice. The Art of the Samurai in Cambridge, UK. The Legacy of Ceylon. Popular art in modern Korea. Ali Kazim in Oxford and Geoffrey Bawa in Colombo. Children of the Meiji period in Paris, Swapnaa Tamhane ‘s Indian textiles in Toroto. Dinh Q. Le in Paris and Indian contemporary art in Melbourne. Gallery shows and auctions. Islamic Arts Diary.
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