The world of contemporary Japanese ceramics is brimming with dynamic approaches to the medium of clay with the use of vibrant colours, textured surfaces, and gravity-defying shapes. The current exhibition at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco explores this… Continue reading
The Rijksmuseum’s exhibition, Crossings, in the photography gallery is showing 19th-century British colonial photography and contemporary works by the French-Sri Lankan artist Vasantha Yogananthan in dialogue to consider links between past and present. The show is the result of a… Continue reading
Daoism, one of China’s major belief systems, envisions a universe guided by harmony and natural order, and a heavenly paradise. Together with Confucianism and Buddhism, it is one of China’s three major belief systems. Emerging as an organised religion some… Continue reading
The Chater Legacy: A Selection of the Chater Collection was an exhibition of 46 works from the collection of Sir Paul Catchick Chater (1846-1926) featuring paintings of the landscape of South China trading ports in the 18th and 19th centuries… Continue reading