With this exhibition, Museo d’Arte Orientale (MAO) in Turin wants to analyse the tension between Asia and the European continent in terms of the artistic and cultural trajectories undeniably tied historically by continuous trade, references, and hybridisation. Hence the drive… Continue reading
This exhibition features over 100 textiles made from the 12th century to the present, drawn from the museum’s collection and gifts and loans from the Seattle-based Collection of David and Marita Paly, including works from Asia, Africa, Europe and the… Continue reading
This intriguing exhibition takes a nuanced approach to questions of artistic voice, gender and agency through more than 100 works of painting, calligraphy, and ceramics by female Japanese painters from 1600s to 1900s Japan, with many of the artworks being… Continue reading
A major exhibition of contemporary Korean ink painting is currently on show in New Hampshire. Park Dae Sung transforms meditative observation into monumental artworks that revitalise traditional Korean brush-and-ink techniques for a modern audience. His paintings couple large scale (several… Continue reading
This spring, the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) is showcasing its fantastic collection of ancient Chinese ritual bronzes in Eternal Offerings, a bold, fresh exhibition that sheds new light on these objects and the rituals in which they were used… Continue reading
The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) has created a new art award and invites contemporary artists from or based in the Arab world to enter the Ithra Art Prize for the opportunity to receive $100,000 to bring their… Continue reading
The Guimet Museum, in Paris, is currently showing a unique collection of prints, uchiwa-e, by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) originally intended to decorate fans. Made between the 1830s and 1850s, they are considered by some as among the rarest and most… Continue reading
The unusual theme for this exhibition allows the visitor to explore the representation of dance in South Asian art, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayan region from the 1st to the 21st century. Dance is omnipresent in the arts of this… Continue reading
Korean Fashion at the Textile Museum in Washington DC includes rare examples of clothing worn at the Korean royal court during the late Joseon dynasty (1392-1910), as well as tracing the history of current street fashion seen today around the… Continue reading
This major survey of works from the lake city of Udaipur in Rajasthan brings together 63 works on paper, cotton, and scrolls, including international loans, to reveal how artists sought to convey the sensory and lived experience of the lake… Continue reading