This Washington DC exhibition is the first devoted to the subject of animals in Japanese art, real or imaginary, in the US with works spanning the 5th century to the present day. It’s a large exhibition, with over 300 works… Continue reading
Spirit houses are small ornate shrines that offer protection and shelter for a residences’ spirits who in return, watch over and project apartments and houses and often, open spaces. They are common throughout Southeast Asia. Many contain tiny carved deities,… Continue reading
Manga – often translated as ‘pictures run riot’ – are serialised Japanese stories, told through a combination of images and text. With an avid readership in Japan and beyond, manga has evolved into a multi-billion-pound industry. Its distinctive style of… Continue reading
Shinto, The Way of the Gods, is Japan’s ancient belief system focused on the veneration of divine phenomena, or spirits, called kami – nature divinities of the land, sky, and waters. The essence of Shinto lies in the worship of… Continue reading
The Islamic religion was born in the Arabian Peninsula when it was virtual a desert, where water was greatly valued from the earliest of times. Water, known as ‘ma’ in Arabic, is probably the single vital resource that has been… Continue reading
The concurrent exhibition, Passion for Form (from the MacLean Collection) blends seamlessly with Southeast Asian Ceramics from the Collection of James E Breece, III, because of their two different approaches to the early arts of Southeast Asia. The Passion exhibition… Continue reading
The Taiwanese artist Au Ho-nien is one of the present third-generation masters of the Lingnan (South of the Mountains) School of painting which originated in the Guangdong area of southern China at the end of the 19th century. Lingnan is… Continue reading
Asian Art Newspaper takes a look at the carpets and artefacts on display at the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum in Baku. This specialised museum in Baku was first established in 1967 as the Azerbaijan State Museum of Carpet and Applied Art… Continue reading
Built on a plain near the present-day city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Borobudur, built in the 9th century, is considered the most important Buddhist monuments on the island of Java. Long hidden by the jungle, Borobudur temple in Indonesia was rediscovered… Continue reading
Asian Art Newspaper explores the antique treasures from the desert kingdom of Jodhpur in Rajastan, currently on show at Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum. These treasures from Jodhpur come from the modern Indian state of Rajasthan, the largest in India, was,… Continue reading