ITAYA HAZAN (1872-1963) was a pioneer of modern Japanese ceramics who was ahead of his time. Around World War I, Hazan began adopting the Western style of Art Nouveau, and integrated its elements into Japanese and Chinese ceramic forms. During… Continue reading
IN MUGHAL INDIA, everything was jewelled. Across classes and faiths, gems and jewels were an integral aspect of daily wear; there were forms to adorn and beautify every part of the body in both secular and sacred spheres. However, jewellery… Continue reading
AS A SELF-TAUGHT photographer, it seems that Newsha Tavakolian (b 1981 in Tehran) has already lived many lives through her professional assignments. Covering riot and war situations in her native Iran and in neighbouring countries, she has, over the years,… Continue reading
![Landscape [2013.5] by Arnold Chang, 76.2 x 141 cm, ink and colour on paper. Image courtesy of the artist.](https://i0.wp.com/asianartnewspaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2013.5-Arnold-Chang_0.jpg?resize=640%2C250&ssl=1)
ONE OF THE first things you learn in Chinese art history is that Chinese landscape painting is a form of artistic expression that was once regarded as the highest form of Chinese painting, and generally still is. Each shanshui hua,… Continue reading
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. (sapatariadocarmo.com) Approximately… 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