BEDRAGGLED LIONS in the Serengeti; the weird looking dugong underwater encroached upon by apparently phantom divers; and on a snow-covered sea shore a magnificent Amur tigress coolly surveying her photographer – these are just a few of the entries for… Continue reading
THIS EXHIBITION STAGES a parade of some 300 tribal Indian bronzes of deities, horsemen, animals and dancers in a state of trance. They are all from Bastar, an old princely state located in today’s Indian State of Chhattisgarh. Approximately two… Continue reading
SEMI-ARID, INDIA’s Shekhawati region may only be a relatively short distance from touristy Jaipur, but it could be a million miles away given the differences. Bustling crowds and busy streets are replaced by traditional bucolic Rajasthani scenes and roads that… Continue reading
COMPRISING OVER a thousand pieces, the Musée Cernuschi collection is one of the largest in the world of bronzes from the Song to the Qing dynasty. In China, beginning with the very first dynasties, bronze was a much-valued material for… Continue reading
THIS EXHIBITION OF Korean Art during the Joseon dynasty is the first major US exhibition to explore the colourfully choreographed ceremonies of Korea’s Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). The legacy of this dynasty, amongst the world’s longest, continues to resonate in Korean… Continue reading
IN EARLY MODERN Japan, 1600-1900, thousands of sexually explicit works of art were produced, known as ‘spring pictures’, or shunga. This exhibition, the first in the UK, examines the often tender, funny, beautiful and undoubtedly accomplished shunga that were produced… Continue reading
THE CHALLENGE FACING every curator in charge of the Venice Biennale before starting his selection process is to find a theme that will connect the various works of art. This year, the 2013 curator, Massimiliano Gioni, from the New Museum… Continue reading
IN 1930, the Toledo Museum of Art played a critical role in popularizing early modern Japanese prints in North America by organising the largest exhibition ever devoted to the movement and producing an authoritative and important catalogue to accompany it… Continue reading
This is the first exhibition at the Met to explore the international transmittal of design from the 16th to the early 19th century through the medium of textiles. While previous studies have focused on this story from the viewpoint of… Continue reading
ON 6 SEPTEMBER, the first large-scale exhibition of Iranian Modern Art in the United States will take over two floors at the Asia Society in New York. While the exhibition focuses on the artistic period just preceding political revolution, featuring… Continue reading