The Prophet Muhammad Meets the Angels In 2018, The David Collection organised The Human Figure in Islamic Art: Holy Men, Princes, and Commoners. This 15th-century album leaf shows the Prophet meeting the Angels with 10,000 wings and the Angel with… Continue reading
Korean Embroidered Wedding Fan This Korean fan was featured in the exhibition Gold Needles: Embroidery Arts from Korea at the Cleveland Museum of Art in 2020. Co-organised with the Seoul Museum of Craft Art, the exhibition celebrated anonymous women artists and their… Continue reading
Kandyan Temple Entertainers One of the objects from The Jeweled Isle at LACMA, Los Angeles, was a painted tile depicting Kandyan temple entertainers. The exhibition was loosely organised around three chronological sections that examine the major capitals of Sri Lankan… Continue reading
Kinnara, Thai Mythical Bird-Man In 2009, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco organised Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma, 1775-1959. The exhibition of decorative and religious objects explored the arts of Thailand and Burma’s and their shared aesthetic… Continue reading
PAHARI PAINTING FROM INDIA In 2018, the Rietberg Museum in Zurich organised an exhibition of Guler School, Pahari paintings, created in the states of Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir, focusing on the works of one family from the 18th century –… Continue reading
Chin Textile In 2006, the first exhibition devoted to Chin textiles was organised by the Textile Museum, showing pieces from Mandalay to Chittagong This man’s loin was exhibited in a landmark exhibition in 2006 Mantles of Merit: Chin Textiles from… Continue reading