Built and used as the official imperial residence for China’s emperors during both the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, the Imperial Palace, or the Forbidden City, was strictly off-limits to all but the emperor, his family, and thousands of… Continue reading
During the World Heritage Committee Session over the summer, meeting in Busan, South Korea, the ancient Buddhist site of Sarnath was one of the group of 25 new sites inscribed on the list. The complex contains the architectural and archaeological… Continue reading
To explore the many forms of Vishnu represented across South and Southeast Asia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales has organised an exhibition with works depicting the myriad forms of the Hindu deity who preserves order in the universe.… Continue reading
The area around Seonunsa Temple is known for its natural beauty and its mountain walking paths, including hiking to the Dosolam hermitage. Surrounding the temple is a forest of over 500-year-old red camellia forest (peak season for blooms is usually… Continue reading
This is the first exhibition to focus on photographs and negatives in the Ashmolean, and as such features previously unseen photographs of India by Colonel Eugene Clutterbuck Impey (1830-1904) – documenting colonial photography in India. A member of the East… Continue reading
This special exhibition in Nice, France, invites us into the spectacular and colourful world of street artists. Dancers, storytellers, musicians, and acrobats, are all depicted as free spirits in a timeless world that traverses centuries. In the prints, these Japanese… Continue reading
This exhibition continues our theme of botany and empire, exploring the link between Britain and East Asian and South Asian worlds. The connection is the East India Company (EIC) and its unrelenting drive for enhanced profits through the discovery, scientific… Continue reading
The mighty range of the Himalayas spans five countries: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Stretching roughly 2,400 km, this range forms a natural, high-altitude border between the Indian subcontinent and the Tibetan Plateau, with Nepal and Bhutan located almost… Continue reading
The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam is showing the exhibition Eko – Japan in Two Visual Narratives. Curated as artists conversing across time, the show juxtaposes early photographs of Japan from the museum’s own collection, including those by Felice Beato… Continue reading
Seeds of Exchange explores the exchange of botanical knowledge shared between Canton (now Guangzhou) and London between 1766-73 through a collection of Chinese botanical art and objects. It is the first time the album of paintings has been seen in… Continue reading