One of Japan’s great printmakers, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, is being celebrated in the exhibition Tsukioka Yoshitoshi: Spirit and Spectacle, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art this month. In 1603 (or 1615, depending on the school of dating to which one cleaves),… Continue reading
Sir Stamford Raffles the founder of modern Singapore, author of The History of Java and discoverer of Borobudur, was an early collector of Southeast Asian art, as can be seen in the new exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Revisiting… Continue reading
Asian Art Newspaper explores the world of 19th-century Indian Photography on show at the David Collection, Copenhagen in Under Indian Skies. The invention of photography in 1840s revolutionised the way in which the world was documented and interpreted, not only… Continue reading
Asian Art Newspaper takes a look at the Chinese art treasures on display from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, currently on view in Heaven and Earth in Chinese Art, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. In… Continue reading
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is showing the exhibition Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated, the epic tale of Heian period court life by Murasaki Shikibu, which explores its influences on Japanese Art, from classical Japanese painting, ukiyo-e prints… Continue reading
The Museum of Oriental Art (Museo d’Arte Orientale, MAO) in Turin is celebrating its 10th anniversary on 5 December. The institution, which was established under fortuitous circumstances following the onset of the new millennium, is now the most visited Asian… Continue reading
This major comprehensive survey of art from Sri Lanka, showing over 250 works, addresses nearly two thousand years of the island’s history. The image of a bejewelled isle, first invoked in Greco-Roman accounts of Sri Lanka’s precious gems, inspired numerous… Continue reading
The latest exhibition at the Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam explores the life of the Buddha from ancient to modern, showing the wealth and diversity of the many cultures and countries that have a connection to Buddhism. Buddhism is considered one of… Continue reading
In our Asian Art Book Survey, one of the most expensive books to be published this year, and included in our Asian Art Book Survey for 2018, must be The Murals of Tibet by Thomas Laird, – a project by… Continue reading
This exhibition shows Modern Japanese prints from the Nihon no hanga collection that were collected over the last 25 years or so from the shin hanga and sosaku hanga traditions with a particular focus on the pre-war era. The scope… Continue reading