ASIA WEEK NEW YORK 2021

RM Chait bowl

It is very good news, indeed, that Asia Week New York is going ahead, despite the difficulties involved in arranging the event this year during the pandemic and Covid 19 restrictions. To overcome the many hurdles, this year is a… Continue reading

Contemporary Artist Lu Yang

LuYang-with-Macron_Instagram

Michael Young talks to the multi-media Chinese contemporary artist Lu Yang in Shanghai, about animé, films, and neuroscience Contemporary artist Lu Yang is a 38 year old multi-media artist based in Shanghai, who is known mostly for her startling video… Continue reading

The World of Khubilai Khan

Mongol-Dancer

Asian Art Newspaper’s ‘From the Archives’ looks back at exhibitions that deserve a second chance to be discovered and enjoyed. In our December 2020 issue, we explore the World of Khubilai Khan in Yuan-dynasty China After the ground-breaking book by… Continue reading

Tomb Sculptures in China: Seeking Immortality

Two--fat-ladies

The Phoenix Museum of Art is currently showing a collection of ancient artefacts and funerary sculptures to explore the understanding of burial practices in Asia – Seeking Immortality Since 1949 in China, scientifically controlled archaeological investigations have resulted in the… Continue reading

Museum of Art and Photography

Vishnu-jewel

The city of Bengaluru in Southern India has a new private museum, the Museum of Art and Photography. Asian Art Newspaper looks at its mission and collections before its virtual opening this December. The new Museum of Art and Photography… Continue reading

Momoyama Period in Japan

Sketch for Toyotimi Hideyoshi

Asian Art Newspaper looks at the culture of the Azuchi-Momoyama period and Sengoku period, when a taste for lavish gold screens of the Kano School appeared alongside the refinement of The Tea Ceremony The Azuchi-Momoyama (1573-1603) period refers to the… Continue reading

BEAUTY SECRETS IN JAPANESE PRINTS

Bien Senjoko (Face Powder)

An unusual exhibition exploring beauty secrets in Japanese prints and the beauty rituals of women during the Edo period (1603-1868) highlights practices and traditions that sometimes still echo in Japanese society today. Organised in four sections, the exhibition in Paris… Continue reading

Dogu Clay Figures: The Power of Dogu

Animal faced dogu

From the Jomon period of Japanese history, Dogu clay figures have fascinated the public, as seen in this exhibition, The Power of Dogu, held at the British Museum in 2009. Dogu clay figures are abstract with recognisably human or animal… Continue reading

TANTRA AND TANTRIC ART

Raktayamari-in-union-with-Vajravetali

Asian Art Newspaper explores the philosophy of Tantric, in an exhibition on show at the British Museum in Tantra Enlightenment to Revolution In Tantra and Tantric art philosophy, ritual, symbolism and iconography are very closely connected. Tantric art is a means… Continue reading