ASIAN ART IN PARIS There are several Asian Art exhibitions taking place in Paris over the summer, here is a selection below. Bamboo from Pattern to Object The richness of the Japanese and Chinese collections at MAD features a wide… Continue reading
The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem has a well-established collection of works of art that reflect Korea and Korean life during the late Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) into the early 20th century, a period when Korea was first opening its… Continue reading
The Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna (MAK) has received a donation of approximately 60 kimono and haori from the Danish collector Henriette Friis. To mark this occasion, the MAK is dedicating an exhibition to Meisen (raw silk) kimonos and… Continue reading
Champa art is still rather under- acknowledged, but it is in fact one of the major expressions of the ancient arts of Southeast Asia. Like the kingdom and civilisation of Angkor, Champa was virtually unknown to the Western world until… Continue reading
The exhibition Lunar Phases: Korean Moon Jars continues the Denver Art Museum’s collaboration with the National Museum of Korea (NMK) and other institutions in Korea to explore country’s art and culture. These elegant white globular jars (dal hangari) particularly flourished in… Continue reading
The latest exhibition at the National Gallery of Singapore looks at the art history of Paris from an Asian perspective, focusing on a group of individual artists from such countries as Vietnam, Japan, India, and China to retell the Asian… Continue reading
Kotobuki explores auspicious symbols, imagery, and celebratory subjects through inspired selections of paintings, calligraphy, surimono, textiles, ceramics, and baskets dating from the 12th to the 21st centuries, including works that will be on view to the public for the first… Continue reading
An exhibition highlighting monumental paintings called pichvais is currently on show in Washington, DC. These paintings play a central role in the religious practices of the Hindu Pushtimarg (The Path of Grace) community, who engage with the divine by caring… Continue reading
The words below, in reference to the birth of the Malay world, were written more than half a millennium ago, are as true now as ever. In an era of growing isolationism and what has recently been termed ‘the most… Continue reading
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, as well as the China-France Year of Cultural Tourism, the Hong Kong Palace Museum is showing The Forbidden City and The Palace of Versailles: China-France… Continue reading