For our annual Asian Art in London guide we will be including gallery shows in London , as well as London and national exhibitions with an Asian art or Islamic-world theme.
Included in the October 2025 issue are features on Korea, the latest show at the British Museum, Bareilly lacquer – the distinct 19th-century Anglo-Indian decorative furniture and wooden artifacts such as chests and cabinets), and wedding attire from the 18th to 20th century In Asia and the Middle East.
We also explore the art of Chinese enamel at the Fitzwilliam Museum, and the V&A’s new exhibition Constantinople to Istanbul, and explore the world of Nepalese masks. Plus a retrospective of the Indian artist Balraj Khanna,
As always, there will be a round-up of recent auction results, previews of exhibitions for the autumn, gallery shows, and Islamic Arts Diary.
In her first UK solo exhibition, and the first solo exhibition of a Bangladesh-based artist in a UK museum, Soma Surovi Jannat (chosen name Surovi, born 1990 in Dhaka, Bangladesh) uses the Sundarbans forest and the Ashmolean’s collection as inspiration… Continue reading
A new exhibition at the British Museum is exploring Korea’s history through artworks originally from a private collection, the historic bequest donated by the late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-Hee (1942-2020) to the National Museum of Korea. The gift comprises over… Continue reading
Considering the state of the world and all its uncertainties, there was a great sense of anticipation for the 2026 Venice Biennale. How were artists going to position themselves, and what would they want to emphasise? The title of the… Continue reading
A bird with the body of a man, the wings of an eagle and the power to defeat the gods, Garuda is one of the most recognisable figures in Indonesian culture. His adventures have been told and retold through painting,… Continue reading