CHRONICLING THE art of the Heisei era, which commenced in 1989 with the ascension of Emperor Akihito, this exhibition features major works by artists including Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami, Yasumasa Morimura, Daido Moriyama, Yoshitomo Nara, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Yukinori Yanagi.… Continue reading
The British Museum have organised an exhibition that explores one of China’s most well-known periods of history – the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). After rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang drove out the Mongols in 1368, he made his capital at Nanjing as… Continue reading
IN NOVEMBER 2013, the Museum Rietberg acquired a large collection of Indian stringed instruments from a private collector in Germany. The museum was able to purchase part of the collection using funds from the Rietberg Circle, while the rest was… Continue reading
SRI LANKA IS an island of contrasts. It is a nation divided. Still, five years after the end of civil war, there is a tension that exists between the north and the south of the island. It is this enduring… Continue reading
AS PART OF the France-Vietnam Year, the Guimet has been showing over the summer an exhibition of works of dragons in Vietnamese art that explores the art and influence of the dragon in Vietnam over the centuries. In Vietnam, the… Continue reading
FOLLOWING THE opening of the Heisei-kan (lit. Hall of Spreading Peace) that was built for special seasonal exhibitions at the Tokyo National Museum some years ago, a new Heisei Chishinkan (Hall of Discovering the New) opens in the grounds of… Continue reading
THIS IS THE first major institutional exhibition of Nam June Paik’s work in New York in more than a decade. The exhibition explores the artist’s visionary use of new technologies, and the lasting impact his singular contributions have had on… Continue reading
IT IS LATE afternoon in early spring in Beijing and the trees still carry the dust of a polluted winter. I have arrived early at Wang Jianwei’s studio on the very outskirts of the city; it is so remote the… Continue reading
DURING THE LAST century, all the great art collectors in Japan faced wrenching decisions on how to preserve their treasures, accumulated through their lives with what had been very personal passion and dedication. In some cases a new generation of… Continue reading
MUQBOOL FIDA HUSAIN (1915–2011) is frequently dubbed ‘the Picasso of India’. It is quite a title to live up to, but one that, when confronted with the myriad colours, textures, themes and ideas of MF Husain’s Indian Civilisation series currently… Continue reading