Cover: US Returns More Khmer Antiquities to Cambodia. Profile: the Omani artist Radhika Khimji. Exploring the art of Rinpa in Honolulu. In conversation with Lee Mingwei. Early archaeology and Buddhist moonstones of Sri Lanka. The Lost Kingdoms of Ancient China in San Francisco. Where music and art meet – Indian ragamala. The Space Between: Modern Art in Korea, in Los Angeles. Lee Ufan in Tokyo. Amakin, contemporary art in Saudi Arabia. New York gallery shows. New York auction previews. Batik in Sinagpore, Japanese prints in Chicago, Korean political prints in New York and Yang Jiechang in Paris. Takesada Matsutani in Taipei, Buddhist art in Hong Kong and Ainu culture explored in Birmingham. Islamic Arts Diary.
A notable new development in the decorative arts was first seen with the emergence of the Rinpa School. The school was based on an informal lineage of painters from the founding of the movement by Hon’ami Koetsu (1558-1637) and Tawaraya… Continue reading
A new exhibition at Los Angeles County Museum explores the development of modern art in Korea driven by artists’ encounters with, and reinterpretations of, the foreign influences that came along to shape it. Covering the years 1897 to 1965, the… Continue reading
A major new exhibition at the Asian Art Museum, Lost Kingdoms of Ancient China, brings to life the distinguished Bronze Age cultures that flourished 3,000 years ago along the Yangzi River, a cradle of Chinese civilization. Opening in October, more… Continue reading
Ragamala literally means a garland of musical melodies and is a serendipitous culmination of three traditional Indian art forms: music, poetry and painting. This theme received dynamic patronage and status from the royal courts of the erstwhile kingdoms in South… Continue reading