An exhibition celebrating the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), one of the most experimental and pioneering artists of the 20th century, is currently on show in London. This is the first touring retrospective of the artist in Europe for 20… Continue reading
The latest exhibition at Museum Rietberg is concerned with Japanese ‘narrative images’ (monogatari-e) in Japanese art. Love, Fight, Feast – The World of Japanese Narrative Art is inspired by some of the greatest scenes found in classical Japanese literature, Buddhist… Continue reading
The group of 103 rare brush-drawings for the Great Picture Book of Everything by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), recently purchased by the British Museum, are currently on display until January 2022. The drawings, which are mounted on card, also… Continue reading
This month From the Archives looks at an exhibition on the ancestor culture of Southeast Asia, which was the first large exhibition to explore works of art made in Southeast Asia to honour the ancestors and the spirits of nature.… Continue reading
I first met Chinese artist He Gong in May 2019, in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, when I visited his studio in the Lushan Art Village on the southern fringes of the city. The studio was located in a… Continue reading
The centenary exhibition, Collectors, Curators, Connoisseurs: A Century of the Oriental Ceramic Society, celebrates the story of the Society, of many of its founder and key early members and the central role it has played in making the UK the… Continue reading
Although little is known of the lives of the nomadic tribes who over 2,500 years ago roamed the Asian steppe situated in today’s Kazakhstan, the region’s semi-arid climate has provided the perfect temperature and humidity in the ground’s permafrost for… Continue reading
The Olympic Games may be over in August, but the spirit of international collaboration is alive with an exhibition of Islamic art at the Tokyo National Museum, which runs until January 2022. Japan is the perfect destination for travelling exhibitions.… Continue reading
Social intercourse to change from a single individual to a group is universal. People come together for a multitude of reasons of creating a relationship, almost always of a mutually beneficial nature. There are end-purposes in almost all human endeavours,… Continue reading
The Asian Art Museum own some rare ink-on-paper drafts of portraits of Bunmu (renowned military) meritorious officials. Part of this exhibition on Korean art and Korean portraiture is influenced by what came to light during a 2012 conservation and subsequent… Continue reading