Cover: Sir Joseph Hotung British Museum Bequest. Profile: the Saudi artist Manal Al Dowayan. Indian textiles and the history of khadi in Australia. Power and Perspective: Early Chinese Photography in China, in Salem. The Secret of Colours, the quest for colour in Chinese Ceramics, in Geneva. From the Archives: Eternal Presence: Handprints and Footprints in Buddhist Art, held at the Katonah Art Museum. Asian and Islamic art at this year’s Venice Biennale. Our annual guide to Asian Art in London, including gallery shows. London auction previews. Auction previews for Hong Kong and Paris. Vivid Transparencies, exploring Chinese celadons in Venice. Text and Image in South Asian Art, in Cleveland. Isamu Noguchi in Bern, Park Dae Sung in Los Angeles, and Kawada Kikuji in Boston. Islamic Arts Diary.
Powerhouse’s new exhibition presenting highlights from the museum’s expansive collection of Indian textiles opened on 13 August. Taking its title from charkha (spinning wheel) and kargha (loom), this latest exhibition in Sydney features over 100 textiles that date back to… Continue reading
The physical marks of the Buddha appear again and again through Buddhist literatures in Asia, because of the profound importance of the Buddha’s body. To behold the body of a Buddha is considered a great blessing. The marks that adorn… Continue reading
A new exhibition at the Peabody Essex (PEM) explores the idea of how the camera transformed the way we imagine China in the West. Photography’s development as a new form of art and technology in the 19th century coincided with… Continue reading
An exhibition of Chinese celadons, Yaozhou ceramics, from the Shang Shan Tang Collection (Hall of the Supreme Good), curated by Sabrina Rastelli, is dedicated to the Yaozhou kilns, located about 100 km north of Xi’an, in northern China. Active between… Continue reading