Dining with the Sultan
The act of coming together to partake of a meal is a practice shared by all cultures. Food defines us – we are what we eat. Dining with the Sultan is the first exhibition to present Islamic art in the… Continue reading
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Toshiko Takaezu: Abstraction
Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011) was a technically masterful and innovative artist best known for her ceramic sculptures, which she treated as abstract paintings in the round. Her gestural style, distinctive palettes, and complex layering of glazes align with the practices of… Continue reading
Meiji Modern
Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan celebrates the first 50 years of the Japanese Art Society of America (JASA). Founded by a small group of print collectors in New York in 1973 as the Ukiyo-e Society of America, JASA… Continue reading
Katsushika Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave
This Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) exhibition, which is a version of the exhibition that originated at the British Museum in 2017, is now on show in California at the Bowers Museum. The highlight of the show is, of course, the print… Continue reading
KYOTO CERAMICS
The show features works in porcelain and stoneware made by the Kyoto-based studio of Seifu Yohei from the late 19th to the mid-20th century. These works by members of the Seifu family reflect the Kyoto ceramics culture, in the former… Continue reading
South Asian Manuscripts
Exploring the links between contemporary and traditional South Asian miniature painting and South Asian manuscripts, Beyond the Page at MK Gallery in the UK is showing 180 works by artists from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, Netherlands, UK and… Continue reading
Korean Contemporary Art
This exhibition examines Korean contemporary art after 1989 featuring 28 South Korean artists all born between 1960 and 1986. The rise in popularity of Korean culture, through film, dramas and pop music has also driven an interest in the country’s… Continue reading
Journey to Zen Kyoto
Visitors to Kyoto and its residents will be able to experience a unique exhibition in October. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has partnered with Canon Inc and the Kyoto Culture Association (KCA) to show Masterpieces from Smithsonian’s National… Continue reading
Ancient China: Sanxingdui
The latest exhibition at the Hong Kong Palace Museum highlights new archaeological discoveries of ancient China at Sanxingdui in Sichuan province, featuring 120 bronze, jade, gold, and pottery objects dating to 2,600-4,500 years. Nearly half of these were unearthed in… Continue reading
KIM BEOM
Leeum Museum of Art presents How to Become a Rock, a solo exhibition of one of Korea’s leading contemporary artists, Kim Beom (b 1963). Comprising works from the early 1990s to the mid-2010s, the large-scale survey exhibition brings together more… Continue reading