November 1997
1 Hong Kong Antiques: still at a peak
British Museum on show in India
2 Chinese Contemporary Art New Artists from China
Singapore Sales Southeast Asian Paintings go under the hammer
3 Gift for the Met The C.C. Wang family Collection donation
News in brief
4/5 Profile: the London dealer, Giuseppe Eskenazi
6 Art of Cambodia: the glories of Angkor
9/10 Jaipur Jewels: Indian traditional jewellery
12/13 The World Jade Market: Is now the right time to buy?
15 Fair reviews
16 Yixing Teapots: Chinese ceramics
17 The Secret History of the Dragon Robe: imperial court dress
19 Gallery reviews
21 Asia Week Round-up: sales; exhibitions; diary
22 Auction News
23 Museum Reviews
24 Calendar and listings
25 Sri Vijayan Bronzes Buddhist and Hindu statues from Southern Thailand
26 The Art of Vietnam: market view
27 China Trade Paintings: The Hong Kong effect
28 Auction Results
December 1997
1 November sales in Hong Kong
Miho Museum Opens in Japan
2 Hong Kong Diary Professor Wang Fangyu
3 Captured Shadows
News in brief
4-8 Chinese Furniture: Form and Function; Dr. S.Y. Yip’s Collection;
Buying Chinese Furniture; Book Shelf; Beijing Furniture Markets; Sales Review
9 Colours of the Indus
11 New Galleries: The Metropolitan Museum
12 Chinese Imperial Glass
14 Gallery Reviews
17 Development of Chinese Furniture
18 Profile: Vishakha Desai, Director of The Asia Society
20 Auction Previews
Museum Reviews
21 Thangkas: Mandalas are the stars of New York
Yan Huang Art Museum Beijing’s first private museum
23 Calendar and Listings
24 Auction Results
1998
January
1 Higher Prices: Increase of prices in Sales in London
Guggenheim, NY announces Chines Exhibition
2 75th Anniversary of the Freer Gallery, USA
Robert Ellsworth Interview
3 Chinese Export Chess Sets
News in brief
4 Profile: The Collector, Edmund de Unger
5 Contemporary Art From Indonesia and Vietnam: The names to look out for
6 W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp: The first European artist on Bali
7 Tryst with Destiny: Indian art in Singapore
8 The first modern artists in Indonesia and Vietnam
10 Sanyu: The artist’s work returns to Taiwan
11 Contemporary Chinese Art in New York Installation and mixed media
13 Modern Indian Paintings at Auction
14/15 Shanghai Artists
16/17 Shanghai: Where to see and buy contemporary art
19/20 The top 25 Contemporary Artists in China
21 Gallery Reviews
22 Museum Reviews
23 Calendar and Listings
Auction Results; Auction News; Fair Reviews; Fair Listings
February 1998
1 Aga Khan Collection at the British Museum
Bonhams and William Doyle join forces
2 The Japan Foundation in Paris
HK and Chinese Stamps: The market is booming
3/4 Beijing Auction Houses The rapid development of the art auction market
6/7 Profile: Julian Thompson of Sotheby’s
8 Chinese Provincial Furniture: It’s all happening in Shanghai
9 Flowers Underfoot: The Met’s Mughal carpets
10 Contemporary Art in NY
12/13 The Miho Museum
14/15 China’s Treasures The HK exhibition
16 The Korean Galleries At the British Museum
Ming and Qing Furniture At the Asian Art Museum
17 Katsura Funakoshi The Japanese Sculptor
18 Ikat from Central Asia
19 Archaeological Finds On Show in Beijing
21 The Chang Foundation Ancient Art from Hubei
22/23 The Story of the Stone A Chinese Imperial Vase
The Sackler Museum In Beijing
25 Reviews
26 Fairs
27 Listings
Auction News
March 1998
1 New York gears up for Asia Week
2 Interview: Thomas Krens, Guggenheim Museum
3 Martial Arts inn London Performances at Sadler’s Wells
4/5 Tokyo National Museum: Heiseikan, the new annexe
6 The China Institue
8/9 Profile: Oliver Hoare
10/11 Ancient World of the Indus Valley
13 Classic Chinese Painting: The Scent of Ink at the China Institute
14 Nihonga: Japanese Painting
16/17 China: 5000 Years
18 Kashmiri Shawls
20/21 Kuniyoshi Prints: on shows at the van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
22/23 Bhutan: Mountain Fortress of the Gods
24 Chinese Ceramics Ming and Qing porcelains
25 Interview: Julia Andrews, curator Chinese Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum
26/27 The Cham Museum, Vietnam
28/29 Gallery Reviews
30 Fair Preview
32/33 Museum Reviews
34 Listings
35 Auction News
April 1998
1 Singapore Auctions Postponed
2 Asian City Photographers Startling photos from Asia
Obituary: Professor Sammy Eilenberg
3 3 Generations of Artists Qiu Ti, Pang Tao and Lin Yan
4/5 Profile: Khalil Rizk
6 Berlin Film Festival The latest Asian releases
8 The Baur Museum: Geneva’s Asian Collections
10 Ancient and Modern: Indian Painting
12 18th century Indian Drawings: no longer the poor relation
14/15 Heavenly Horses: Inner Mongolia’s secret horde
16/17 Woven Dreams: the revival of the Laos silk industry
18 Xuande Porcelain 15th-century Imperial ceramics
Contemporary Art: China
20 Gallery Reviews
21 Fairs
22 Calendar and Listings
23 Museum Reviews
Auction News
May 1998
1 New Japanese Centre for East Anglia
Asian Artists on short list for Hugo Boss Prize
2 Tatsuo Hirano: Auction Houses in Tokyo
3 China: 5,000 Years The Modern section at the Guggenheim, New York
4 Profile: the Brussels dealer, Gisele Croes
5 Kimio Tsuchiya: Japanese sculpture in Australia
6/7 Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
8 Gallery Reviews
9/10 Tempyo Trreasures: Ancient Japanese art at the Nara Museum
12 Book Reviews: Southeast Asian art and architecture
13 Rupa Malaysia: A decade of Malaysain art
14 Jade: on show in Hong Kong
15/16 Early Textiles
17/18 Chinese Fans
19 Fairs
20 Museum Reviews
21 Auction Previews
22 Listings
23 Auction Previews
24 Asia Week Round-up
June/July 1998
1 Hong Kong Sales feel the Slump
2 The Jiangnan Project: Contemporary Chinese art in Vancouver
3 SOAS/Christie’s: New Asian Art courses in London
4 Satsuma Wares
6 Summer Reading
7 Asian Performing Arts: Avignon Summer Festival
8 The Oriental Ceramic Society: a history
9 200 Years of Chinese Ceramics
11 Newworkshop: Taiwanese contemporary glass
12/13 Jewels in the Crown: Mughal jewellery
14 Feng Menghbo
Ancient and Modern: Tang ceramics take on modern art
16/17 Indian Botanical Paintings
18 The Ethnographical Museum in Hanoi
20 Isamo Noguchi Cont’d
JUNE/JULY 1998 cont’d
21 The London June Fairs
22/23 Gallery Reviews
24 Listings
25 Museum Reviews
26/27 Auction News
September 1998
1 Minneapolis Institute of Art reopens in September
2 The Aoi Pavilion Cambridge University Library
Hugo Boss Prize: Huang Ying Ping and Lee Bul
3 Ting Shao Kuang: New York Exhibition
4/5 Profile: David Tang
6/8 Taiwanese Auction Houses: who sold what
10/11 Archaeological Finds in Xinjiang
12 The New Korean Gallery at the Metropolitan Museum
13 Buddhist Sculpture: Spink’s Singapore Show
14 Female Forms and Couples in Indian Art
16/17 Indian Bronzes
18 Chen Yi Fei: Shanghai Beauties
20 Treasures from Nara
21 The Shanghai Grand Theatre
22 Japanese Museums
23 New Asian Galleries at LACMA, Lost Angeles
24 Schloss Collection at the Bruce Museum
25 Museum Reviews
26 Fairs
27 Auction Review
28 Auction Previews
30 Listings
31 Auction Results
October 1998
1 Early Tibetan painting at the Met in NY
2 Autumne Chinois: Round-up of Paris Exhibitions
3 Edinburgh International Arts Festival
4/5 Yayoi Kusama: Work from the New York years
6 Blue Belly Art Studio: Contemporary artists in Sichuan Province
7 Asian Art in London: What’s On
8 Tibet House: New York’s newest Asian art gallery
9 Bhutan: Mountain Fortress of the Gods
10 Tibetan Furniture
12/13 The Buddha’s Art of Healing
14 India: Pathways through time
16/17 An interview with Jane Casey Singer Cont’d
Cont’d OCTOBER 1998
18/19 Cambodian Silver
20 Chinese Snuff Bottles
21 Museum Reviews
22 The London June Fairs
22/23 Fairs
24/25 Auction News
26 Listings
Auction Preview
November 1998
1 Asian Art Museum of San Francisco boosted by two grants
2 Sao Paolo Biennial Balinese Dance in Europe
4 Korean Art: in New York
5 Macau: the future
6 Bactrain Hellensim
7 Craftbooks from Japan
8 Inside Out: New Chinese Art: the NY exhibition
9 Fang Lijun
10 The Noguchi Studio
11/12 Gandharan Art
14/15 Tabo Monastery, India
16/17 Contemporary Indian Art Market
18 Musee Albert Kahn: Old Photographs in Paris
19 Colin Bowles: Conservation in London
20/21 Museum Reviews
22 Calcutta Museum: Treasures of Indian Art
23 Auction Preview and Gallery Review
24/25 Auction Reviews
26 Listings
27 Auction Results
INCLUDING FIRST COLOUR SUPPLEMENT FOR ASIAN ART IN LONDON
December 1998
1 First Asian Avant-Garde auction at Christies in London
Chairman Mao painting goes to court
2 Buddhist Art in HK: Dr. Chose
3 Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographs at the V & A
4/5 Indian Trade Cloths
6 Taipei Treasures: at the Grand Palais, Paris
7 Musee des Arts Asiatiques: the new museum in Nice
8 Chinese Bronzes: Musee Cernuschi, Paris
9/10 Sacred Treasure: The Shosoin at Nara
13 Indian Contemporary Silks: Saris
Italian Roundup: exhibitions
15 Formosan Dress
16 Cambodian Silks
17 Southeast Asian Textiles: Asian Civilizations Museum
Ikats from Sumba: in Rotterdam
18/19 Museum Reviews
20 Auction Reviews
21 Gallery Review
22 Listings
23 Auction Results
1999
January
1 Prehistoric Rock Art found in Kalimantan Timur
2 Philip Morris Asean
3 Contemporary Art: new spaces in Tokyo
4 The Freer Legacy: 75th anniversary in Washington
6 The Painters of Bali
7 Xu Bing: an interview with the Chinese artists
8/9 Profile: James J. Lally
10 Beijing Graffiti
11/12 Modern Art in India
14 Mughal Silks
15 Wang Yi Dong: exhibition in Hong Kong
16 Edo Art: National Gallery, Washington
18 Asian Art in Australia
19 Grace Tong: calligraphy
20 Contemporary Galleries: who’s hot in New York
22 What’s on in Italy
23 Japanese Textiles: innovations
24 Museum Reviews
25 Singapore Art Galleries
26 Listings
27 Auctions: Chinese Export
28 Auction Results
February 1999
1 Floods put Chinese Cultural Heritage at Risk
2 Japan Society in NY: Alexandra Monroe
4/5 Profile: Noriyoshi Horiuchi
6 Italian Chinoiserie
7 Yi Xing Teapots: on show in Hong Kong
9/10 Japanese Masks: in Drama and Ritual
12 Nobuo Sekine: golden landscapes
13 Five Vietnamese Artists
14 Tea Ceremony: Miho Museum holdings
16 Naoko Takenouchi: sculpture in glass
17/19 Taiwanese Ink Drawings
20 Japonism in Fashion
21 Museum Reviews
22 Listings
23 Fairs
24 Auction News
March 1999
1 Private Collections on show in New York
2 Private Arts Funding
4 Sir Stamford Raffles
6/11 Asian Art Collections in NY museums
12/14 Ceto and Sukuh Temples in Central Java
16/17 Profile: Jean-Claude Ciancimino
18 Chinese Lacquer
19 Japanese Prints: Kabuki actors
20 Textiles of Bhutan
22/23 World Heritage Sites: Luang Prabang and Hue
24/25 Book Reviews
26/27 Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms
28/30 Textiles: silk
31 Ming Furniture
32/33 Interview: Christian Deydier
34/36 Museum Reviews
23 Japanese Textiles: innovations
24 Museum Reviews
37/41 New York: Commercial Shows
42/43 Fairs
44 Listings
45 Auctions: New York previews
April 1999
1 Bamiyan Buddha heavily damaged by Taliban Shelling
2/3 Interview: Guido Goldman Collecting Ikats
4 The Three Gorges
6 Chinese Avant Garde Art
7 Hanoi Portraits: the photography of Tim Hall
8 Chinese Jades
9/10 Jewels for the Mughals: Indian Jewellery
12/13 Ancient Coins: Emperor Huizong’s calligraphy
14 Angkor Wat
15 Japanese Prints: ukiyo-e
16 Snuffbottles
17 Commercial Review: Historic photographs of Hong Kong; Macau and Canton
18 Mingqui: funerary figures
Changsung: the art of Korean totem poles
19/21 Museum Reviews
22 Listings
23/24 Auction Previews: Hong Kong, Taipei and London
May 1999
1 First Director for Sainsbury Insititue
2/3 Duca di Martina, Naples Asian collections reopen
4 Chinese Vernacular Furniture
6 Indian Style:Indo-Dutch and Indo-Portuguese furniture
7 Florence and The East
8 Vietnamese Swords
9/10 Indonesian Gold
12 Interview: John Kwang-ming Ang
13 Japnese Style: Tanzu
14 The Colours of Tibet: chests
15 Korean Furniture
16 Crosscurrents: the New York exhibition
17 Fast>>Forward: new Chinese video art, Macau
18 Ming Furniture
19 Gallery Reviews: Toshio Shibata’s photographs
20 Listings
21 Asia Week: fair reviews
22/24 Auction News
June/July1999
1 Hong Kong Sales Results Spring Back
2 Edinburgh Festival and News in Brief
4/5 The Paintings of Harold Wong
6/7 Chinese Calligraphy
8/9 Archaeology: Longxing Temple, Qingzhou
10 Volume and Form: Sculpture in Singapore
Art for Sale: Supermarket Art in Shanghai
11 Bonsai: the London Sale
12 Traditional Dance: Cambodia’s art schools
14/15 Treasures from Topkapi: on show at Versailles
16 What’s on in Italy
17 Musee Guimet: the Buddhist art collection
18 Devi:at the Sackler Galleries
19 Fairs: London
20 Commerc ial Reviews
23/24 Museum Reviews:
25 Auction Reviews
26 Listings
Auction Previews
September 1999
1 Horyu-Ji Treasure Trove Reopens
2/6 World Heritage Sites Delisting in Nepal
8/9 Venice Biennale Japan, Korea and Taiwan
10 Hong Kong Sinfonietta
11 APT3 Asian Arts in Brisbane
12 Venice Biennale Contemporary Chinese Art
13/18 The J & J Collection Snuffbottles
19 Burghley House Marquess of Exeter’s snuffbottles
20 Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology: Washington
21 Indian Silver: 1858-1947
22 Gallery Reviews: London
23/25 Gallery Reviews: New York
26 Fairs
26/29 Museum Reviews
29 Auction Previews: London
30 Listings
31/32 Asia Week: fair reviews
22/24 Auction Previews: New York
October 1999
1 Stolen Sculpture Returns Home to Nepal
2 Interview Dr. Huang Kuang-nan
4 Khao Phra Viharn Temple The Borders of Cambodia
5 Contemporary Art in Thailand and Christie’s Maiden Art Sales in Bangkok
6 C.C. Wang & Wucius wong
8 Chinese Classic Furniture
9/12 Burmese Temple Paintings
14/15 Book Review Art and Architecture of the Deccan
16 Jewel Power Asian tribal Jewellery in Singapore
17 Photograph Early Chinese Portraits in Canada
18/21 Museum Reviews Amsterdam, Rome, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Cologne
22 Listings
23/24 Auction Previews Hong Kong, London, Taiwan, Stuttgart, Beverley Hills
November 1999
1 Major Private Collection of Ancient Chines Art given to the Sackler Gallery
2 Crackdown on Smuggling in Bangkok
4/6 Tokyo: arts and news
8/10 The Adventures of Zheng He
11 50 years Inside the People’s Republic New York
12 Italian Roundup Hokusai and Japanese photographers
13/32 Guide to Asian Art in London: 20 pages of exhibitions, auctions, events and listings
33 The Rise of Modern China
34 Early Buddhist Sculpture
35 Resonance of the Qin
36 Auction Previews Vienna, Stockholm, Zurich and Amsterdam
37/43 Auction Reviews Singapore and New York
November Supplement: ASIAN ART IN LONDON
1-10 Commercial Exhibitions
Listings
11 Maps
Mao: From Icon to Irony at the Victoria & Albert Museum
12 Gilded Dragons: Buried Treasures from China’s Golden Ages at the BM
13 Exhibition: The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet at the Ashmolean, Oxford
14 Auction Previews
18 Ming Furniture: An interview with Dr. Yip
December 1999
1 Hong Kong Sales Hit a High Note
2 Nu Shu
3 Cambridge University New East Asian Unit
4 Chairman Mao Goest to Anyuan Latest deliberations
5 Asian Art Berlin
6 Archaeological Trade Hong Kong
Book Reviews
8 Daido Moriyama New York
9 Korean Textiles
10 Chinese Paintings CC Wang and The Met
11 Tibetan Textiles New Jersey
12 Cambodian Ballet in France
13 Bound-Foot Shoes
14 Royal Ontario Museum
15 Golden Age Washington
16 The Art of Borneo New York
17/18 China in Brazil
19 Tour Japonaise Brussels
Commercial Exhibitions
20/21 The Silk Road
22 Listings
23/24 Auction Reviews Taiwan and Hong Kong
2000
January
1 Sackler Museum receives Gift of Indian and Islamic Works of Art
2 Our Plundered Past symposium at the University of Cambridge
3 Brazilian Shipwreck
4 Takuo Nakamura Contemporary Ceramicist
5 Shanghai Art Fair
Book Review: Contemporary Art in Bangladesh
6 Contemporary Asian Art in Berlin
8 Jimmy Ong Charcoal Drawings
9/10 Hong Kong Art Galleries
11/12 Ju Ming Museum, Taiwan
14/15 Taiwan Contemporary Art
16 Banteay Srei, Cambodia
17 New York Galleries
18 The Patan Museum, Nepal
19 Fairs
20 Italian Roundup and Commercial Exhibitions
21 Museum Reviews France and Scotland
22 Listings
23 The Dating Game Calendars and Time, Singapore
24 Auction Results London
February 2000
1 Sotheby’s Taipei Changes Direction
Reopening of Chinese Gallery at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art
2 Angkor Wat the future
4 Gedung Arsip, Indonesia
6 The Mary Griggs Burke collection
7 Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia
8 Thai Puppets
9 Imperial Treasures, Japan
10 Netsuke Exquisite Toggles
14/15 Rimpa Art
16 Interview: Nam June Paik
17/19 Oriental Ceramics Society 25th Anniversary, Hong Kong
20 Listings
21 Japanese Inro
22 Book Review Toyohara Kunichika
23 Museum Reviews
Gallery show
March 2000
1 Spink Closes Asian Depts in London
2 New Asian Art Museum planned for Vancouver
3/8 Internet Auctions and Asian Art: latest developments
8 Karmapa Lama flight of the 17th Karmapa
9/11 Indian Iconography
12/13 Contemporary Art in Hangzhou
14 Sumatra Heritage Trust
15 Chengdu: China’s newest art museum
16/18 Profile: the artist Brice Marden
19/21 Vijayanagra
22/23 Imari on show in Tokyo
24/25 Chinese Architecture
26/27 Chinese Bronzes
28/29 Chinese Contemporary Art in Taiwan
30/31 Modern Japanese Prints
33/34 Classical Indian Jewellery
35/37 Indonesian Gold: Jewellery
38 Early Chinese Photographs
39 Asia Week: Society Reviews
40/41 Asia Week: New York Museum Reviews
42 Fairs
43/47 Asia Week: Commercial Previews New York
48/51 Asia Week: Auction Previews New York
April 2000
1 Treasure Pavilions of China’s Last Emperor to be Restored
2 American Museums Commission payments
4/5 Chinese Furniture Market
6/8 Buddhist Imagery in China
8 Hong Hao Vancouver Review
9 Chu Kingdom Sculpture Preservation of wooden sculptures
10 The Barlow Collection at Sussex University
12 New Islamic Art Museum First Anniversay in KL
13 Izumi Masatoshi San Francisco Review
14 Japanese Painting at Indianapolis Museum of Art
Korean Contemporary Art
15 Chinese Hats
16 Rockefeller Collection at Cernuschi Mueum, Paris
17/18 Chinese Ceramics
19 Yoshihiro Suda New York Review
20 Hiroshi Sugimoto Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
21 Auction Previews
Listings
May 2000
1 Japanese Tomb Sparks Debate: Masato Kataoka, Nara Prefecture
2 US Patrimony Laws Sculpture Seizure
4 Indian Dance in Paris
6 New Migrant Artists Contemporary Art in Singapore
8 Fair Reviews New York
9/10 Art in Tibet
12 Japanese Art Japan Society and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco
14 50 Years of Art from Pakistan SOAS, London
15 Sakura Cherry Blossom in Tokyo
16 Manuscript Covers from Tibet
17/18 The Palace of the Buddha controversy in India
19/20 Auction Results New York Reviews
21 Commercial Reviews
22 Listings
23 Auctions Singapore Southeast Asian Painting reviews and New York previews
June/July 2000
1 Row erupts over auction of ‘looted’ antiques in Hong Kong
2/4 Yuanmingyuan Treasures What next?
5 Religious Rituals in Taiwan
6 Family: Contemporary art in Shanghai
7 Chinese Textile Symposium Phoenix Art Museum
8 Italian Roundup
9 Song Art at the National Palace Museum, Taipei
10 Music in the Age of Confucius Washington
11 Guan Wei A decade out of China
12/13 The Morikami Japanese Gardens, Florida
14/15 Textile Traditions in Southwest China
16 Petals and Plumage 600 years of Indian Textiles
17 Chinese Calligraphy
18 National Museum new discoveries in Phnom Penh
19 Fairs London
20/21 HK Spring Auction Reviews
22 Listings
23 Auctions London previews
September 2000
1 A Twenty-first Century US Embargo on Chinese Art?
2 James C.Y. Watt New leadership at the Metropolitan in New York
6 Artful Ownership
8 Obituary: Krishna Riboud
10 Italian Roundup
12 News
13 Okinawa Japanese renew demands for the return of war booty
14 Interview: Sherman Lee
16/19 Sakura Cherry Blossom in Tokyo
16 Manuscript Covers from Tibet
17/18 The Temples of Bali
20/21 Textiles Songket weaving in Malaysia
23 Commercial Reviews Asia Week New York reviews
24 Fairs
25/26 Museum Reviews In New York: Asia Society, China Institute, Tibet House; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution
27/30 Auctions New York Asia Week Sales
31 Auctions Butterfield and Nagel
32 Master Artist Fu Hua
34 Listings
35 On-line Auctions
October 2000
1 East Asian Art Museum Re-opens
Peabody Essex Museum Expansion
2/5 The East India Company the year 2000 marks the 400th
6/8 Ppofile: Anna and Brian Haughton
9/13 Chinese Oil Paintings A retrospective in Beijing
14/16 Essen Collection of Tibetan Art at the Museum der Kulturen, Basel
17 Taipei Art Fair The second Tawain Antique Dealers Association Fair
18/19 Hong Kong Exhibitions Guangdong Paintings and Inside Out: New Chinese Art
20/21 Auction Previews Singapore’s Southeast Asian Paintings and the Mottadeh Collection in New York
22 Listings
23/24 Auction Previews Sotheby’s and Christie’s Hong Kong autumn sales
OCTOBER 2000 PARIS SUPPLEMENT (with main newspaper)
Automne Asiatique wide range of exhibitions organised in Paris
Radiant Stones: Archaic Chinese Jades from the Neolithic Period through the Han Dynasty
Visions of Wisdom: Tibet and The Art of The Himalayas
Mingei: Japanese Folk Art from the Jeffrey Montgomery Collection
Japanese Prints at Giverny
November 2000
1 New Asian Galleries for ROM (Canada)
1/2/6 Sothebys.com: An Update
7/8 Profile: Dr Jung Chang Writer and Biographer
9/24 Guide to Asian Art in London
9/19 Commercial Exhibitions area-by-area
20 Museum Reviews at the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum,
Percival David Collection, Museum of East Asian Art, Bath
21 Maps for Asian Art in London
22 London Auctions
24 The New Korean Galleries British Museum
25 Commercial Reviews
26 Museum Reviews New York, Amsterdam, Brussels, Sydney
20/21 Textiles Songket weaving in Malaysia
28 Auction Previews Cologne and Amsterdam
30 Listings
32 New York Auction Results
December 2000
1 British Museum’s Great Court Opens
2/4 Interview Yoko Ono
5 Japan Society Alexandra Munroe, director.
6/7 Taoism and the Arts of China The art Institute of Chicago
8 Mannerheim in Central Asia Museum of Culture, Helsinki
9 Chinese Textiles in Italy Collecting
10 Tibetan Panorama
10 Asian Art Museum Corfu
12/13 Luang Prabang Laos
14 A Passion for Textiles
15 Sook He Park Contemporary Korean Textiles
16 Ming and Qing Costumes
17 New York Ceramics Fair
18 Museum Reviews Brussels, Newark and Edinburgh
19 Commercial Reviews
20/21 Auction News New York and San Francisco
21 Hong Kong Sales Results
22 Listings
23 Hong Kong Sales Results
24 Singapore Sales Results
2001
January
1 World Summit on Art and Culture
1 Guimet in Paris reopens
2/3 Dr. Uli Sigg Interview with the Swiss collector of Chinese contemporary Art
3 News in Brief
4 Asean Art Awards Southeast Asian Art
5 Cologne Art Fair
6 CCAA Chinese Contemporary Art Awards
7 Gu Gan Calligraphy
8 Shanghai Biennale Review of last November’s exhibtions
9 Hwang Yong Yop the Korean artist at 70
12 Chang Dai-Chien Mastr of three perfections
14 Zhou Tie Hai the Shanghai artist
16 Pham Luam Vietnamese art
17 The Rise of Chinese Contemporary Art
18 Photography and Video Art at the Ise Foundation, New York
20 Museum Reviews
22 Listings
23 Gallery Reviews
24 Auctions
February 2001
1 Peabody Essex Museum Major gift of Contemporary Indian Art
2 The Hauge Gift Asian traditions in clay
3 Japan 2001 a year of Japan in the UK
4 Nara the golden age of Japanese Buddhism
5 Ho Ping-Chung retrospective
6 Shigaraki Pottery
7 Wolrds Revealed at the Peabody Essex Museum
8 Textural Space Japanese textiles
9 Kimono Exhibition
10 Shinto at the British Museum
12 Jade Chinese masterpieces tour Canada
14 Tsuruya Kokei the Kabuki woodblock print artist retires
16 Chinese Bronzes on show in Singapore
17 The Ainu Spirit of a Northern People
18 Ukiyo-e the prints of Utamaro
19 Museum reviews
22 Listings
23 Fairs
24 Auctions
March 2001
1 Year of China at the Seattle Art Museum: Three major exhibitions
2 News in Brief
6/7 The Guimet Museum, Paris
8 The Contemporary Art of Netsuke
10 Basketry
12 The 36 Women Poets
13 Asian Art in New York Supplement
14 Arts of Pacific Asia Show Gramercy Park, NY
16 Intl. Asian Art Show 69th Street, NY
18 Gallery Shows NY
24 Asian Art in Ny Map
25 Essential Information for New York
30 Ellsworth Collection at The Metropolitan
33 Exhibitions at Asia Society and the China Institute
34 Auctions NY
37 Amanda Boursictot Macanese Art
39 Candi Pramabam, Java Temple of the Goddess
43 Contemporary Art from the Philippines
44 Art from the Steppes at the Guimet, Paris
46 Listings
47 Auction Review
April 2001
1 Complete 18th-Century Chinese House to go on show
2 News in Brief
2/3 Prof Yang Boda Research Fellow at the Palace Museum,
6 Living Heritage Villages in China
7/8 Chinese Ink Cakes Treasures on the Desk
9 Celebrating Virtue Qing dynasty textiles
10 Art Deco Furniture from Shanghai
10 Buddhist Sculpture at the Hong Kong Museum of Art
12 Zhu Wei on sale in the New York branch of Plum Blossoms
14 Contemporary Art from Chengdu
16 The Forbidden City in the US
17 Fang Li Jun New paintings and prints
18 Gallery Reviews
19 The Year of Asia in Bremen, Germany
20 Museum Reviews
21 Early Photos of Bali
22 Listings
23 Auction Previews Hong Kong
May 2001
1 Taktsang Monastery Reopens
The Norton Museum Gift of 19 works of art from estates of The Davises
2/4 The Essen Collection of Tibetan Art, Basel
5 Queen Victoria’s Durbar Room
6 Regenerating Calcutta
7/8 The Fate of the Colossi and other art in Afghanistan
9 Burmese Lacquer
12 Mughal Jewellery at the British Museum
14 Pakistan traditional embroidery
17 Anglo-Indian Furniture
18 Auction Previews London and New York
19 Museum Reviews Rotterdam and Paris
20 Gallery shows New York and London
22 Listings
23 Auction Results Singapore
June 2001
1 London Focus on Early Chinese Art
1 Tang Treasure to be Returned to Canada from China
2 News in Brief
2/3 Profile: Suzanna Taverne, MD of the British Museum
4 Gold of the Amazons on show in Madrid
5 Khalil Riad Rizk 1953 – 2001
6 The Silk Road Project an interview with Yo-Yo Ma
7 Arch: restoration projects in Asia
8 The Borgia Collection
9 Hasegawa Tohaku Japanese Art in Zurich
10 Museum Reviews London
12 Chinese Woodblock Prints in Switzerland
16 Vietnamese Art
19 Fairs in London
20 Gallery shows Hong Kong, Lost Angeles, Santa Fe and New York
21 Auctions in London: Phillips, Christie’s and Sotheby’s
22 Hong Kong sales reviews
24 New York sales reviews
26 Listings
September 2001
1 U.S. Customs Service Returns Chinese Treasure
2 Venice Biennale
2 News in Brief
8 The New Centre for Khmer Dance Studies
10 The Garden of Awakening Orchids Portland, Oregon
12 Ancient Sichuan Treasures from a Lost Civilization
14 Eyewitness Photographers Photo-journalism in Asia
15 Asian Art in New York a guide
16 NY Gallery Shows
26 NY Map
27 Useful Addresses and Ny Listings
28 NY Museum Exhibitions
31 NY Auctions
35 Japanese Fans
37 Tibetan Exhibition at the Shanghai Museum
38 Recent Acquisitions in US Museums
40 Museum Fairs
44 Fairs Singapore, New York, Los Angeles
46 Listings
47 Auctions
October 2001
1 Conservation Work in Mongolia
1 Asia Society: redesign & renovation
4 Gandharan Art at the Benaki Museum, Athens
8 Candi Temples of Java
10 Wenda Gu Exhibition in Sydney
11 Bill Morton Silk Dyer
12 Fisherman’s Coats of Awaji Island
14 Angkor Wat Apsaras
16 Monks and Merchants Asia Society, NY
17 Book Review The Jesus Sutras
18 Central Asian Textiles
19 Photography Utamakura Sites
20 Commercial Reviews
20 Fairs
22 HK Auctions
21 Auctions in London: Phillips, Christie’s and Sotheby’s
26 Listings
27 UK Auctions
OCTOBER SUPPLEMENT: Asian Art in Paris
November 2001
1 World Records for Singapore Auctions
2 Interview Jackie Menzies Head Curator at Sydney’s Art Gallery
6 Word Play The Art of Xu Bing
10 Haniwa Exhibition in Paris
11 LONDON GUIDE TO ASIAN ART
12 Gallery Shows
20 Museum Exhibitions London, Bath
21 London Listings
22 Museum Exhibitions London
24 London Auction Previews
27 The Japanese Tea House in Paris
28 Gallery Shows New York and Hong Kong
29 Korean Screens at Musee Guimet, Paris
30 Indian Paintings and Enamels Virginia and Houston
32 Listings
34 Auction Reviews Southeast Asian Paintings, Singapore
December 2001
1 Hong Kong Sales Perform Well
1 Winners of the Axa Art Award
2 Photography in Italian Archives
6 Word Play at The Baur Collection, Geneva
8 Christmas Books This year’s best-selling Asian art books
9 Museum Exhibitions in New York, Singapore, Toronto and Indianapolis
11 Batik Indonesian textiles
12 The Great Khan at the National Palace Museum, Taipei
13 Yao Textiles
14 Cambodian Architecture
16 From The Bosphorus to Fujiyama Costume and Textiles
17 Black White Grey Japanese Zen art in Cologne
18 Gallery Shows Hong Kong, New York and Arizona
19 Hong Kong Auction Reviews
21 New York Auction Reviews
23 Listings
2002
January
1 Christie’s Consolidates in HK
1 Obituary Patricia (Tish) Grove
2 Interview with Xu Bing
4 Soho Beijing contemporary art and architecture
6 Lost Cities of Mongolia
8 Art in Sydney Dr Gene Sherman
9 Conversations South Asian art at Asia Society, New York
12 Cambodia craft projects
13 Widayat Indonesian art
14 Bollywood Indian films romance Britain
15 Thai Art
17 10 Rocks An art project in Switzerland
18 Museum Reviews Chicago, Washington and Sydney
20 Gallery Shows Vancouver and New York
21 Fairs New York and San Francisco
22 Listings
23 Auction Reviews
February 2002
1 Suspect Gandharan Sculpture Offered to Galleries
2 Interview with Bill Cook of the Sherman Lee Institute, California
5 Ichino contemporary ceramicist
6 The Art of Modern Netsuke
8 Sesshu in Tokyo
9 Ceramics Now in Japan
10 No Theatre at the V & A, London
10 Taisho Chic in Honolulu
12 Itchiko Kubota Kimono dyer
13 Japanese Gardens
14 Suan Pakkad palace in Bangkok which is now a museum
15 Neo Tokyo in Australia
16 Byobu Screens at the Cleveland Museum
17 Byodo-In temple in Japan
18 Book Reviews the art of Ohara Koson
19 Museum Reviews and Garden Symposium
21 Gallery Reviews
22 Listings
23 Auctions
24 Japanese Armour
March 2002
1 Lost Indian City Rewrites History
2 Nokia Arts Festival in Singapore
8 Chengdu Biennale contemporary art
10 Qingzhou Buddhist Sculpture in Zurich
12 History of Afghanistan’s Art in Paris
15 GUIDE TO ASIAN ART IN NEW YORK
39 Wu Guanzhong in Hong Kong
42 The Silk Road
44 The French in Shanghai
46 Photos from far away Countries in Amsterdam
48 Tibetan art in Spain
49 Auction Reviews
50 Listings
April 2002
1 Us Art Market Leads Europe
2 Profile Huang Yong Pin, contemporary Dada artist
4 Zheng He Travels of a 15th century Chinese explorer
5 Chinese Classical Furniture Review of Sarah Handler’s new book
6 Museum Reviews Hong Kong Heritage Museum, San Antonio Museum of Art,
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
8 Brushes with Surprise calligraphy at the British Museum
9 Kim Sooja interview with Korean performance artist
12 Huashan the Lotus Mountain
14 Jewellery Southeast China and the Golden Triangle
17 Book Reviews
18 Burma Railways Artists
19 Gallery Shows
20 Hong Kong Spring Auction Previews Sothebyt’s and Christie’s
May 2002
1 Heritage Award for Hong Kong Site
2 Profile Tashi Mannox
4 War Memorial Gates in London
4 Tibetan Elemental Paintings
5 China 21 documentary by Ruby Yang
6 A New Grand Theatre in Beijing
7 The Cahill Collection Chinese Painting
8 Necessaries for a Passage to India
9 Botanical Drawings from India
10 National Museum of Bhutan
12 Jaisalmer in Jeopardy
14 Korean Furniture
15 The Art of Bollywood
16 Trading Places The East India Company
17 Indian Silver Jewellery
19 Gallery Shows in New York and Hong Kong
22 Listings
June 2002
1 New Auction Records in Buoyant Hong Kong
2 Interview Philippe Koutouzis – guest Curator at Musee Guimet, Paris
5 Return of the Buddha at the RA, London
6 The State of the Japanese Art Market
6 Japanese Armour in Dallas
7 P1 Mai Festival celebrations in Laos
8 Vietnamese Wart Art
10 La Na Textiles from the Royal Court
11 The Forbidden City in Edinburgh
12 John Galliano Fashion Designer inspired by Japan
14 Southeast Asian Beadwork
16 Thai Buddhist Art in Canberra
18 Classical Indian Painting in Washington
19 Museum Reviews Honolulu, Paris, Tokyo, Delft and Manchester
21 Gallery Shows
22 Fairs in London
23 London Auctions
24 Auction Reviews Hong Kong and Singapore
September 2002
1 Great Wall of China Campaign
2 Photographs of old Peking Hedda Morrison
6 The Cotsen Collection Japanese Baskets
7 Heart of the Mountain Mount Wutai
9 Art Treasures from Kyoto in Prague
10 Naprstek Museum Asian Collections
12 Wat Phou Temple
13 A GUIDE TO ASIAN ART IN NEW YORK
33 Angkor Wat the Carved Refiefs
34 Shuki Sake Utensils
35 Naoya Hatakeyama photography
36 Manyo’an Collection in New Orleans
37 Museum Exhibitions Berlin and Hong Kong
38 Han Dynasty Rubbings at ROM Toronto
39 Kan Tai-Keung Commercial Designer in Hong Kong
40 Imperial Japan
41 Shingon Buddhism in Honolulu
42 Listings
43 Auction Reviews London and Zurich
PLUS A GUIDE TO ASIAN ART IN PARIS
October 2002
1 New Arts Centre for Singapore
2 Esplanade Singapore’s new art complex
2 News in Brief
4 Apinan Poshyananda on contemporary art
6 Interview with artist Wang Du
8 Ealry Photographs of Asia in Singapore
9 Erau Festival Dayak Culture
12 Kazari Japan Society, New York
14 Buddhist Sculpture Real or Fake? At the Freer
16 The Prints of Munakata Shiko
17 Fairs Los Angeles and Singapore
18 Gallery Shows in New York
20 Hong Kong Auctions
22 Listings New York and Hong Kong
November 2002
1 Southeast Asian Art for Museum
2 Reopening of the Dresden Porcelain Collection
4 The Shoso-In, Nara the annual opening
5 Early Photography in the Mongolian National Archives
7 Ordos Bronzes in New York
8 Japanese Lacquer Russel Cotes Museum, UK
10 Chinese Painting at the Met, New York
11 A GUIDE TO ASIAN ART IN LONDON
27 Dutch Colonial Furniture in The Hague
28 Museum Exhibitions Brooklyn and Victoria BC
29 Gallery Shows Berlin and New York
30 New York Auctions and Asian Contemporary Art Week in New York
31 Paris Auctions Huguette Beres sale
32 Auction Reviews Asia Week in New York
34 Listings
December 2002
1 Cave Art Discovered in India
1 New World Records set at Hong Kong Auctions
2 Interview with Mariko Mori
4 Miracles and Mischief Noh and Kyogen theatre
6 Books for Christmas the latest publications
9 Chola Bronzes in Washington
9 Erau Festival Dayak Culture
10 White Mughals life in the 18thcentury India
12 Kutch Embroidery Exhibition in Vancouver
14 Japanese Calligraphy in New York
15 Ukiyo-E highlight Kabuki
17 Sculpture v Sculpture as Asia Society, New York
18 Museum Exhibitions Hong Kong, Tokyo and Philadelphia
19 Chinese Ceramics in North Carolina
20 Southeast Asian Painting Auctions in Singapore, Jakarta and Hong Kong
22 Listings, Hong Kong Auctions reviews
2003
January
1 World Religions in Harmony
2 Interview Yue Minjun
4 Chinese Contemporary Art Finally in the mainstream?
6 Korean Art Do-Ho Suhand Michael Joo
7 Contemporary Art in Hong Kong
8 Thai Art Pinaree Sanpitak
9 Cambodian Art Emanuelle Nhean
10 Burmese Art
12 The Vast Project in Bhutan
14 Snowshill Manor National Trust property in Worcestershire
17 Zhang Huan Chinese Performance Artist
18 Site + Site Singapore
19 Taipei Biennial
20 Gallery Shows London, New York, Toronto
21 NY Ceramics Fair Auctions, New York
22 Listings
23 Fairs
24 Museum Reviews Paris and Shanghai
February 2003
1 Buddhist Antiquity Returned to China
2 Interview with Yasumasa Morimura
4 Private Museums The Hatakeyama Kinekan in Tokyo
6 Japanese Art and Architecture in Italy
8 Japanese Societies in Europe
9 THE WEST COAST GUIDE TO ASIAN ART: including The Opening of the Asian Art Museums and Useful Addresses (first colour guide to West Coast)
17 Chinese Jade the Hotung Gallery at the British Museum
18 The Prague-Kyoto Alliance
19 Gallery shows New York and Beijing
20 Auctions and Fairs New York and San Francisco
21 Exhibitions Kyoto, Osaka, Sydney
22 Listings
23 Chu Ek Kay prints in Singapore, Japanese Painting
March 2003
1 Asian Civilisations Museum Reopens in Singapore
2 Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore reopens
6 Chen Zhen
10 20th Century Chinese Painting Singapore
13 HK Arts Festival
14 Chinese Export Porcelain New York
16 Reconsidering the Collection, Princeton
17 Guide to ASIAN ART IN NEW YORK
Including fairs, gallery shows, museum exhibitions, and auctions
33 Norton Museum of Art
34 China and Beyond
35 Tree Spirit the art of Naoko Matsubara
36 Emerging Artist from Japan in New York
38 Islamic Tents in Kuala Lumpur
39 Museum Reviews Philadelphia and Boston
40 Toko Shinoda on show at the Hara Museum, Tokyo
41 Museum Reviews
42 Japanese Boxes
43 Orinasu-Kan handmade fabric museum in Kyoto
45 Gallery Shows San Francisco
46 Listings
47 Auctions
April 2003
1 Chinese export Porcelains from Norton Museum, Florida
2 Interview with architect Mario Botta
4 Oriental Collections in Genoa
6 Montein Boonma at Asia Soc, NY
8 Chinese Classical Furniture at the Guimet, Paris
9 Vietnam, Journey of Body Mind Spirit, Nat Hist Mus, New York
10 Chinese Contemporary Art in Italy
12 Early Buddhist Art from Korean and Japan, Jap Society, NY
14 10th Anniversary of East Asian Art Museum, Bath
15 Asian Field – art project by Anthony Gormley
16 Pictures of the China Trade, Hong Kong Mus
17 Exhibition reviews
18 Chinese Ceramics, Greater Victoria, Canada
19 Fairs, Los Angeles
20 Gallery Shows
22 Listings
23 Southeast Asian Auctions, Singapore, Jakarta and Hong Kong Auctions
May 2003
1 New Photography Gallery at V&A London
2 Interview with Donald and Shelley Rubin
4 Himalayan Aesthetic at Art Inst Chicago
6 Japanese Folk Ceramics in NY
7 Indian Contemporary Art in NY
9 The Art of Sri Lanka in Phoenix, AZ
10 Hindu Temple sculpture (ACM, Singapore
12 Indonesian Textiles in Canberra
14 GraphicsWallah book
16 Indian Folk and Tribal Art Museum, India
17 Photographers in 19th century India. Sarasota FL
18 Museum Exhibitions
20 Fairs and Museum Exhibitions
21 Gallery Shows
22 Listings
23 Auction reviews New York
JUNE 2003
1 Hong Kong Sales show strong results
3 Divine Presence, Asian Art at Casa Asia, Spain
4 The British Museum’s 250th anniversary
6 Ma Liuming
8 Shamaa Dance Co, London
9 Bada Shanren at Sackler, Washington
10 Nestorian Graves, Inner Mongolia
12 Asian Collections, Denison University
15 Angkor Wat and surrounding landscape
17 Guide to Summer in London
18 Fairs, London
19 The Story of Chintz
20 Gallery Shows, London
21 Art & Memory, Brit Mus exhibition
22 Auctions, London
23 Gallery Show, Paris and New York
24 Listings
SEPTEMBER 2003
2 Interview with Patrick French author of Tibet, Tibet
6 New Galleries at the Peabody Essex, Salem
8 The Great Wall, new conservation laws
10 Seeing Lhasa, photography, film and watercolours in Oxford
12 Asian art at the Venice Biennale
15 Guide to Asia Week in New York
16 NY Gallery Show
20 New York Map
21 NY Addresses Listings
22 NY Museum Exhibitions
24 NY Auction previews
27 Gallery Shows, Hong Kong and London
28 Yeh Family Calligraphy, Asian Art Museum San Francisco
30 Sari to Sarong, Indonesian textiles in Canberra
32 Japanese exhibitions in Bonn
33 Korean Ceramics, Yoon Kwang-cho
34 Tribute to a Sultan, photographs in Kuala Lumpur
36 Fairs
38 Listings
39 Hong Kong Auctions
OCTOBER 2003
2 Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang
5 Khamosh Pani, film Lucarno Film Festival
6 Korea’s age of Enlightenment, Asian Art Museum San Francisco
7 CWAJ print show in Tokyo
8 Musee George Labit, Toulouse, France
9 Mongolian Mondern Art
12 Reinventing Karakoram
14 Circle of Bliss, LACMA, Los Angeles
16 Snuffbottles
17 Seasons of Japan, exhibition in Sydney
18 Gallery Shows
19 Fairs
20 Southeast Asian Painting auctions HK & Singapore
21 Autumn Auction, Hong Kong
22 Listings
Including the PARIS ASIAN ART SUPPLEMENT
NOVEMBER 2003
2 interview with Zao Wou Ki
5 Asian Contemporary Art Week, New York
6 Conservation of Ceramics in Cambodia
8 The Travellers Club, London
9 GUIDE TO ASIAN ART IN LONDON
10 Gallery Shows
14 London Maps
15 London Listings
17 Museum Exhibitions, London, Bath, Oxford, Glasgow and Edinburgh
19 London Auction previews
21 Fairs, London, Basel & New York
22 Oribe, Japanese ceramics at the Met, NY
24 Museum reviews, New York and Victoria
25 Gallery Show, New York and Basel
26 Listings
27 Auctions, New York reviews and Paris preview
DECEMBER 2003
2 Interview with Guy Ullens, Chinese contemporary art collector
5 Cry of the Snow Lion, Tibetan film
6 Textile Conservation, the art of Kossu
7 Gallery Shows and Fairs
8 Museum Exhibitions, Boston, Milan, San Diego and Cologne
9 Karma Phuntsok, Tibetan artist in Australia
10 Sigiriya, fortress in Sri Lanka
12 Treasures from the Roof of the World, exhibition California
13 South Indian Textile Painting
14 Royal Batiks from the Kraton, Jogjakarta
15 Cambodia and Angkor
16 George Town Preservation Trust, Penang, Malaysia
17 2003 Book Survey
22 Listings
23 Hong Kong Auctions reviews
24 Auction results, New York, Singapore, Jakarta and Hong Kong
2004
January
2 Interview with Kenro Izu, Japanese photographer
5 Asian Art at the Istanbul Biennial
6 Colour Indigo, Japanese Textiles
8 The Hayes Bequest, Japanese prints in Michigan
9 Private Museums in Tokyo
12 Nanzenji Treasures, Tokyo National Museum
13 Japanese Screens from private Collections, Asia Society, NY
14 Korean Contemporary Art, Asian Art Mus, San Francisco
16 Meiji Metalwork, Russel-Cotes Museum, Bournemouth
16 Yoshida Family Prints in California
17 Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
18 Museum exhibitions, Dallas, Cleveland, Washington, Salem, Los Angeles & New York
20 The Advertising Museum in Tokyo
21 Fairs
22 Chinese Ceramics in Paris, Sevres Museum
23 Listings
24 Jaipur Festival, India
FEBRUARY 2004
2 interview with Yoshitomo Nara, contemporary artist
4 Revolutionary War Art in Mongolia
6 Southeast Asian domestic architecture
8 Spirit of Wood, Malaysian wood carvings, London
9 WEST COAST GUIDE TO NORTH AMERICA
21 Chinese Court Costume in Boston
22 Woodblock prints from China at the British Library
24 The art of Hung Sung Dam and Shiko Munakata
25 The Padshahnama, Chronicle of the King of the World, Edinburgh
26 Listings
27 Fairs, Maastricht, San Francisco, London
28 Ehrenfeld Collection, 19th century Indian photographs
MARCH 2004
2 interview with Robert Beer, painter and collector Tibetan art
7 Political Art in Singapore
9 The Asian Bequest to Wollongong City, Australia
10 The Ferrars Collection of Burmese Photographs, Nat Geo Society, London
11 Li Huayi, Chinese paintings, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
14 GUIDE TO ASIAN ART IN NEW YORK
33 Interview with Pascal Khoo Thwe
36 Ukiyo-e exhibition, Milan
38 Al Kalima Exhiition, Kuala Lumpur
40 Museum exhibitions, London, San Diego, Doha, Salem & Leiden
42 Listings
43 Gallery Shows
APRIL 2004
2 Indonesian Modern Painting
5 Islamic Art in Brussels
6 Fantastic Mountains, classical Chinese Painting in Sydney
8 Malaysian sculptor Multhalib Musa
9 GUIDE TO SOUTHEAST ASIAN MUSEUMS
20 The Wulsin Collection of photographs of Tibet and Mongolia, Peabody Essex
21 Fair, ArtSingapore
22 Hunt for Paradise, Safavid art in Milan
23 Gallery shows in Bangkok and Paris
24 Indian and Islamic Week gallery shows, London
25 Indian and Islamic Week auctions, London
26 Listings
27 Southeast Asian painting auctions, Singapore & Hong Kong
28 Spring Auctions in HK
MAY 2004
2 interview with Siddharth Dhanbant Shanghvi, writer
4 Photography in China, Red Colour News Soldier
6 Art of the Japanese postcard, MFA, Boston
8 interview with Amar Kanwar, Indian documentary/film maker
9 The Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum of Indian Folk Art in Pune
10 Mughal Architecture
12 Rajput Paintings in Pasadena
13 Chinese Silk, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
14 Beasts of India, woodblock prints
15 Shazhia Sikander, paintings, San Diego
17 K C Aryan, painter
18 Exhibition, Berlin, Chicago, Dusseldorf, New York, San Diego, Salem and Washington
20 Gallery Shows, Mishima, Tokyo and Hong Kong
21 Fairs
23 Auctions, New York and Stuttgart
JUNE 2004
3 Monsoon collection of Contemporary Art
4 The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Art & Culture
6 Lionel Wendt, Sri Lankan Photographs at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum
7 The Silk Road at the British Library
8 Reformasi: contemporary Indonesian art
9 Vietnamese art and culture in Europe, travelling exhibition
10 Chinese Ceramics, blue and white
12 Shanghai Museum bronzes in Barcelona
14 Goa and the Great Mughal, Lisbon
15 The painter Sanyu at the Guimet, Paris
16 Sikh manuscripts at the British Library
17 Bugis Theatre, Indonesia, travelling
18 The demon and the monk, Chinese contemporary art in Lyon
20 Gallery Shows, London, Paris, Basel
21 Fairs, London
22 Summer Listings
23 Auctions in London
24 Hong Kong Auction reviews
SEPTEMBER 2004
Cover New Asian Additions to World Heritage List
2 New Chinese Video and Photography in New York
5 The Museum of East Asian Art reopens in Stockholm
7 Classical Cambodian Dance in Paris
9 The Rubin Museum of Art opens Oct in New York
10 Indian Classical Drawings, Mala ke Manke
11 Asia Week in New York
12 New York Gallery Shows
15 NY Museum Exhibitions
16 NY Map and Useful addresses
20 NY Auctions
23 Celestial Silks in Sydney
25 Fakes and Forgeries in San Francisco
26 Museum reviews in Faenza, paris and Hong Kong
28 Fairs in Paris, Zurich, Los Angeles
30 Listings
31 SE Asian auctions reviews from May, Contemporary NY Auctions May
OCTOBER 2004
COVER New Arts Festival for Singapore
2 Ikh Burkhait, giant Buddha in Mongolia
4 Interview with Jerome Sans, director of palais de Tokyo
6 China Dawn of a Golden Age, New York
8 Caliphs and Kings in Washington
9 Guide to Asian Art in London
10 London Gallery shows
14 London Maps
15 London listings
16 London and UK Museum exhibitions
18 Asia Mind Body spirit
19 Auctions in London in November
21 Exhibitions in Sydney and Birmingham Alabama
22 Asian Drawings in San Francisco, Welch Collection
23 Gallery shows in London and New Hampshire
24 Indian and Islamic Sales in London
25 Hong Kong and Singapore Auctions
26 Listings
November 2004
Cover news: Taj Mahal celebrates its 350th birthday
An interview with Wang Keping. An interview with the artist Yan Pei Mei. Contemporary dance – Ma, in Singapore. Interview with the artists the Singh Twins. The art of Charles Cham, Penang. Chinese Contemporary art at IMMA, Dublin. The Malaysian sculptor Ahmad Osni Peii. The Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK. Chinese lacquerware on show at Nezu Institute, Tokyo. Photographs of Toko Sawada. Lu Shenzhong’s paper-cuts. The art of Wei Jia.
December 2004
Cover news: Stellar prices at Hong Kong Auctions
Interview with publisher Genevieve Imbo-Buichet, 2004 Book Guide. Gond Art from India. Khmer architect Hok Soko. Balbal, stone carvings and figures in Central Asia. Eternal Presence, handprints and footprints of the Buddha, Katonah Museum, NY. Blue and white Chinese textiles in Toronto. The Gilded Age: Peranakan photographs, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore. Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India exhibition. Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections. Masterworks of Chinese paintings, Norton Museum of Art, Florida. Crown and Camera, early photographs of India in Melbourne.
2005
January 2005
Cover news: architects chosen for the new National Palace Museum, Southern Branch, Taiwan. An interview with John Vollmer, textile expert. Lights of Silk, textile exhibition Paris. One Million Days, William Burrell Collection, exhibition on China, in Glasgow. Bernard Leach, his ceramics and the restoration of his kiln in Cornwall. Isamu Noguchi Sculpture Garden, New York. Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection of Japanese Calligraphy, Marks of Enlightenment, on show Sackler, Cambridge. The Japanese Collections at the MFA, Boston. The Art of Japanese Screen Painting, AGNSW, Syndey. The renovated Honkan, Tokyo National Museum. The reopening of Cernuschi Museum, Paris. Pure Form, Chinese Classical Furniture. Masterpieces of Japanese Photography. Contemporary Asian Artists III, Fukuoka Art Museum. The photographs of Tokihiro Sato in Chicago.
February 2005
Cover news: Bamiyan Buddhas UNESCO project completed
Interview with the Chinese author Xinran. The Chinese sculptor Sui Jianguo at Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. Rajput Court Paintings, from the Asian Collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Story Cloths of Bali, textiles. Annual guide to West Coast US museums and exhibitions. Pu Quan and the imperial painters of 20th century China, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Ayutthaya: Art from the Lost Kingdom of Siam, the art of central Thailand, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.
March 2005
Cover news: Grant to restore Phnom Bakheng temple, complex of Angkor, Cambodia
Interview with Pakistani painter Shazia Sikander. Chinese Export Silver, David Chan Collection at Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore. Tantric Sculpture in the British Museum Collection. Guide to Asia Week New York in March. An interview with Bhutanese film director Khyentse Norbu. The rituals and festivals of Kerala in Geneva. Dadang Christanto, contemporary Indonesian artist. Iraq and China ceramic traditions. Turks, 1,000 years of history, exhibition RA, London. A Balasubramaniam and Ranjani Shettar, contemporary Indian Art in Amherst. On the Edge, Chinese Artists and the West, Stanford University.
April 2005
Cover news: US Embargo on Chinese Art
Wu Family Shrine reconsidered at Princeton. An interview with Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija. The Imperial Villa of Katsura in Tokyo. Contemporary Indian Art, Edge of Desire at Asia Society, New York. The National Textile Museum in Bhutan. Himalayan charms and manuscripts. Indian miniatures and paintings in the Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai. Ganjifa, Indian playing cards. International Mountain Museum, Pokhara, Nepal. Obaku Sen, Japanese calligraphy in Paris. The barefoot photographers of Tilonia, at SOAS, London.
May 2005
Cover news: Fire destroys treasures at Naksansa Temple, Korea
An interview with Vietnamese artist Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba. Yongle, 15th-century Chinese Art in New York. Chinese and Islamic art in Copenhagen. Cloud Silk, Chinese textiles in Stockholm. Southeast Asian textiles in Washington. Mongolian painted furniture. Chinese architecture from Huizhou in Hong Kong. The Schnitzer Collection of early Chinese art in Oregon. Korean art and antiques from 16th to 17th centuries, Guimet Museum, Paris. Padre Matteo Ricci, Jesuit in 17th century China. Early Swiss-Chinese photographs, shown in Hong Kong.
June 2005
Cover news: Sandy and Cecile MacTaggart donate collection of Asian art and textiles to University of Alberta Museum, Canada. Opening of the Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum in Bangkok, Thailand. Interview with the contemporary Chinese artist Zhu Wei. Shogun: Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese armour in Leeds, UK. Yunnan minorities, China. Interview with China Guardian’s president Wang Yannan. Annual Southeast Asian Museums guide. Kabuki Heroes of the Osaka Stage, 1780-1830, British Museum. Celedon ceramics in Geneva. The reign of Emperor Jing Di, Oslo. Mongols, Manchus and Monks, the art of Tibetan diplomacy exhibition at Philadelphia Museum of Art. Emperor Akbar’s illustrator, Khusraw, Walters Museum, Baltimore.
September 2005
Cover news: world auction for an Asian work of art at auction, blue and white guan jar in London
Interview with Fumio Nanjo, the director of the new Singapore Biennial. The Loke Legacy, photography in Kuala Lumpur. Poetic Mandarin, the James Hayes Collection of Chinese calligraphy in Sydney. Buddhist, Jain and Hindu Sculpture in Germany. Guide to fall Asia Week, New York. Asian art at the Venice Biennale. Indian painting by Alexander Gorlizki and Riyaz Uddin. Mahjong, contemporary Chinese art from the Sigg Collection.
October 2005
Cover news: UK sign historic museum partnership with China
Interview with the Taiwanese film director Hou Hsiao-Hsien. The contemporary Chinese artist Fan Zhaoling in San Francisco. The Inventory Project for the National Museum of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. Guide to Asian Art in London. Modernist painter Yun Gee. Henri Cartier-Bresson photographs, London. Art and antiques from the Marco Polo Era in China, China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou.
November 2005
Cover news: art of ancient Korea on show in Berlin
Interview with the artist Feng Mengbo. China at the Crossroads, Han and Tang dynasty art at Miho Museum, Japan. Vietnamese artist Dinh Q Le at Asia Society, New York. Museum of Contemporary Art in Shanghai. The deel, Mongolian traditional costume. Antique Classical Chinese carpets on show in Cologne. Southeast Asian textiles in Jakarta. Asian textiles in the reopened de Young Museum, San Francisco. Lucarno International Film Festival. An interview with Thai artist Surasi Kusolwong. Laos textile revival. Recent political art in Thailand. Indian Summer, contemporary Indian art in Paris. The Paintings of Indian artist Nalini Malani. Rozome masters of Japan, Textile Museum Washington.
December 2005
Cover: Auction record for ceramics in Hong Kong: pheasant vase
Interview with Malaysian film director Amir Muhammad. CP Lin Collection of Chinese paintings, in Hong Kong. House of Oracles, Huang Yong Ping exhibition in Minneapolis. Private Museums in Korea. The Beiltung Cargo exhibition in Singapore. Domains of Wonder, Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Indian painting in San Diego. Restoration in the Forbidden City, Beijing. Cham sculpture in Paris. Splendid Attire, Central Asian Textiles in Washington. Annual Book Survey and Review. The ink landscapes of Arnold Chang.
2006
January 2006
Cover news: record sales at Asian art auctions
Interview with the Chinese artist Wang Du. The reopening of the National Museum of Korea in Seoul. The Mitsui Memorial Museum in Tokyo. Chinese textiles from the 18th century. Atul Dodiya, contemporary Indian prints in Singapore. The 18th century painters of Kyoto, on show Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. Ukiyo-e at MAK in Vienna. Japanese kimonos and textiles. The renovated Honkan at Tokyo National Museum. Japanese tattoos in Stockholm. Tibetan contemporary art, Gonkar Gyatso. Lacquerware artist Michiko Suganuma. Chinese painter Gao Xingjian. 17th century Jingdezhen Porcelain, Sir Michael Butler Collection on show in the Shanghai Museum.
February 2006
Cover news: preservation of the Bamiyan site in Afghanistan
Interview with Indian sculptor Anita Dube. Hidden threads, textiles collected by Cadbury sisters in China and Japan during 20th century. Treasures from the National Museum in Beijing on show in Macau. Durga, art of the goddess, in San Diego. Interview with Indonesian artist Dadang Christanto. Our West Coast US Guide to Asian Art museums and exhibitions. Indonesia, Discovery of the past, art and antiques, Amsterdam. North Indian narrative paintings, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Treasures from Xinjiang, the Silk Road, in Hong Kong.
March 2006
Cover news: Dr Helga Wall-Apelt donates US$50 million give to Florida State University
Interview with Dinh Q Le. The Bennesse Art Site at Naoshima, Japan. The Patravadi Theatre in Bangkok. Shamanistic influences in early Chinese art. Guide to Asian Art Week March, in New York. The Malaysian artist Zaki Anwar’s new works. Enduring Legacy of Japanese art at the Miho Museum, Japan. Early Burmese photography collection of the Brighton Museum, UK. Southeast Asian puppets and Asian Collections of the Brighton Museum. A Passion for Asian, Rockefeller Family Collection, Asia Society, New York.
April 2006
National Discovery Museum Institute opens in Bangkok
Interview with the Japanese architect Tadao Ando. Treasures of Tendai Buddhism on show in Tokyo. Hokusai Japanese prints on show at Sackler, Washington. The art of printmaker Paul Jacoulet in Seoul. Holy Madness, portraits of tantric siddhas, Rubin Museum, New York. Crescent Moon, exhibition of Southeast Asian Islamic Art, Canberra. Jewels of the Nizams, Indian jewellery. Himalayan art, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Modern Japanese textiles and ceramics at MFA, Boston. Bird and Flower painting in East Asian Art, MFA Nagoya. Tibetan arms and armour, Metropolitan Museum, New York. Taj Mahal exhibition, Peabody Essex Museum. Tokyo-Berlin-Berlin/Tokyo exhibition, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo. The 14 Dalai Lamas, exhibition in Zurich.
May 2006
Contemporary Asian art sale records in New York March
Interview with Korean artist Kim Sooja. Symbolism in Eastern Zhou bronzes. The Collections of the Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong. The travels of Admiral Zheng He, exhibition in Hong Kong. The Very Rich Hours of the Court of China, Qing Imperial Paintings, Guimet Museum Paris. Dragons and Immortals, Chinese export porcelain, V&A, London. Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing. Contemporary Art from the Arab world, British Museum. Chinese Classical painting, Melbourne. Japanese artist Tadanaori Yokoo, Fondation Cartier, Paris. Paintings of Chu The-Chun.
June 2006
Cover news: Auction prices continue to rise in Hong Kong
Interview with film director Wang Xiaoshuai. The Crueger Collection of Contemporary of Japanese ceramics, in Berlin. Chinese bronzes collection at Compton Verney. Oriental Collections to be found in Tuscany, Italy. Visiting Mt. Koya in Japan. Painting holidays in Rajasthan. Visiting Luang Prabang, Laos. Japanese paintings from the Prince Collection on show in Tokyo. Chinese minority textiles at Silk Museum, Beiruit. Persian steel, the Tanavoli Collection on show at the Vancouver Museum. The fascination between East and West through trade, exhibition at Asian Art Museum San Francisco.
September 2006
Cover news: Ceramics remain the star in Hong Kong sales
Interview with film maker and photographer Shirin Neshat. The opening of the Jameel galleries of Islamic Art at the V&A, London. Musee Tomo, Japanese ceramics, in Tokyo. Guide to fall Asia Week, New York. Guide to Paris, including exhibition of ancient cosmetic culture inKorea, . Rodin’s work influenced by the Cambodian dancers, exhibition in Paris. Thai artist Arahmaiani in Bangkok. Singapore Biennial preview.
October 2006
Cover news: archaeological site of Yin Xu in China on World Heritage List
The Sixth Shanghai Biennale. The image of the bird and the sun in ancient Chinese art. Three generations of the Hiroshige family of Japanese prints on show in Vancouver. The work of Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil, in Berlin. Batik designs and Indonesian textiles, on show in Osaka. Asian Art in London guide. Gilded Splendour, Liao dynasty artefacts from China, in New York. Ehon, an exhibition of Japanese books in New York. Goddess: Divine Energy, Indian art in Sydney. The work of architect Zaha Hadid. Ethnologist Georges Condominas in Vietnam, exhibition in Paris.
November 2006
Cover news: Chinese Contemporary art in Battersea Power Station
Interview with Indian artist Anjolie Ela Menon. Locarno International Film Festival. Asia Society’s 50th anniversary print collection. Sri Lankan contemporary Art. Shu: contemporary Chinese Art in New York. Interview with prof. Cho Chung Hyun, Korean ceramicist. Interview with the Korean artist Changa Hwang. 100th anniversary exhibition at the Museum of East Asian Art, Berlin. Safavid Art in Paris. Ceramics at the Miho Museum, Japan. Interview with Indian photographer Palani Mohan. Singapore Biennial. Singapore Tyler Print Institute. Review of contemporary Indian art prices. The work and collection of Aoyama Jiro, Miho Museum, Japan. The work of Avinash Chandra, on show in London.
December 2006
Cover news: Hong Kong auction figures continue to grow
Interview with Pierre Cambon, head of Korean and Afghan Collection, Guimet Museum, Paris. The new Suzhou Museum in China designed by IM Pei. A pantheon of animal ancestors in ancient Chinese art. Mantles of Merit, Chin, southeast Asian textiles, in Washington. The revival of Khmer classical dance. Exhibition of the Great Wall in Sydney. Korean celadons on show in Osaka. Photographs from the Grand Trunk Road, in London. Phulkaris, Indian textiles. Book Survey and Guide 2006. Chinese script decoded, from Bones to Byte, exhibition in Hong Kong. Art and Imitation in China, exhibition in Hongkong
2007
January 2007
Cover news: Hong Kong Auctions still Reaping Rewards
Interview with composer Tan Dun, who discusses his latest opera, The First Emperor, performed at the Met Opera, New York. All Look the Same? contemporary Asian art in Milan. Interview with Joe Earl from the MFA, Boston about Contemporary Japanese ceramics. The Mansudae Art Studion, North Korean art, Pyongyang. Nihon Mingeikan, Japan’s Folk Craft Museum, in Tokyo. Foreign Faces in Japanese Prints, Art Institute of Chicago. The Art of designer, painter, textiles artist Serizawa Keisuke, on show in St. Petersberg, Russia. Modern Japanese ceramics by Tomimoto Kenkichi at Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo. The Smile in Japanese art, on show at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo. Early Buddhist Art from Japan, Rietberg Museum, Zurich. The Flower Garden of Spring, Paintings from Mughal India, Bodleian Library, Oxford. Byobu, Japanese Screens in Honolulu. Chiho Aoshima, contemporary Japanese art. Shin Banraisha, Isamu Noguchi Foundation, New York. Janet Leach, a retrospective, St Ives, Cornwall.x
February 2007
Cover news: Bowers Museum, California, opens a new wing
Interview with Chinese artist Chuh The-Chun. Mystery Men, finds from China’s Lost Age at Sanxingdui, on show in Singapore. Princes, Palaces and Passion, the art of Mewar, Udaipur, Rajasthan at Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. The Genius of Zhibata Zeshin on show at San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas. West Coast US Guide to museums and exhibitions. Interview with Chinese artist Miao Xiaochun. The painting of Chen Wen His on show at Singapore Art Museum. Yayoi Kusama, dots obsession in Munich. Sacred Words in Chinese culture, on show at National Museums of Scotland. Visions of Dharma, Thai Contemporary Art, Stanford University. The Spinnaker Collection of Chinese snuffbottles, Crow Collection of Art, Texas. Gods, Guardians and Immortals, Chinese painting, on show British Museum.
March 2007
Cover news: National Art Center opens in Roppongi, Tokyo
The new national museum of Singapore. Sacred Books, on show at the British Library. The Smile in Japanese Art, Mori Museum, Tokyo. Guide to Asia Week March, New York. The Real Thing, Contemporary Chinese art at Tate, Liverpool. Nabeshima porcelain for the shogunate, in Osaka. Tent bands of Central Asia, Textile Museum, Washington. The Silk Road in Inner Mongolia, exhibition in Hong Kong. Art of Sassanian Iran, Asia Society, New York. Awakenings, Zen Figure painting in Medieval Japan, Japan Society, New York. Tea, Wine and Poetry, exhibition at China Insitute.
April 2007
Cover news” Bonhams to hold first auction in Hong Kong
Interview with Pierre Huber organiser of the new contemporary Shanghai Art Fair.
Bophana Audiovisual Resource Centre in Phnom Penh. The Pura Taman Aun temple in Bali. Treasures from Tibetan monasteries on show in Berlin. Early Indian botanical prints, on show at Edinburgh Botanical Gardens. The art of ancient Gandhara. The photographer Raghu Rai’s work in Singapore. The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, New York 60th anniversary exhibition. Recent Works by Women Artists in Vietnam, on show Crow Collection of Asian Art, Texas. Tezuka, marvel of manga, on show at AGNSW, Sydney.
May 2007
Cover news: Raffles Family Collection Bought by British Library
Interview with Rajiv Chaudhri, collector of Indian art. Buddhist sculptures from Shandong at the Miho Museum, Japan. Nuo Chinese ritual masks on show in Paris. Chinese paintings from the Forbidden City, on show in Brussels. Pagodas and Dragons, the art of the Rococo, on show in Paris. The Weng Family Collection of Chinese paintings and calligraphy, at MFA, Boston. The Cirebon Cargo, found off coast of Indonesia. Elastic Taboos, Korean contemporary art, on show in Vienna. Avant-garde Japanese art at Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. Made in China, Chinese Art Now, in Denmark. Ancient Chinese Civilisations, treasures of the Xia, Shang and Zhou from Henan province, in Hong Kong.
June 2007
Cover news: early Buddhist Cave Art found in Mustang
Interview with the Korean curator, Wonil Rhee. Asia and the Age of Monochrome, Neither East nor West, studio photography on show in Kuala Lumpur. The work of Thai photographer Manit Sriwanchipoom. Venice and Islam exhibition at the Met, New York. Cubism and other Echoes in Asian painting, exhibition in Paris. Classical Indian art of the Gupta period, in Paris. The Buddhist temples of Java, Indonesia. Taisho Chic exhibition in Japan. Osvald Siren and Chinese Gardens, in Stockholm. Black Opium exhibition in Rotterdam. U-Ram Choe, new media from Seoul, in Texas. Encompassing the Globe, Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17th centuries, Sackler, Washington.
September 2007
Cover news: Modern and contemporary sales on a high in Hong Kong
Interview with the Chinese artist Lu Peng. Asian works at the Venice Biennale. The John C Weber Collection of Japanese art at the MFA, Boston. Guide to fall Asia Week, New York. Chinese Buddhist sculpture from 5th to 9th centuries at China Institute, New York. Shanghai Museum treasures on show in St Petersberg, Russia. Chinese 19th and 20th century classical painting on show in Honolulu. Thermocline, New Asian Waves, contemporary art at ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany. Vietnamese Contemporary Art in London.
October 2007
Cover news: Chinese Arts Centre, UK, marks 21st anniversary
Interview with the artist Yan Pei-Ming. Wuh Hsing-kuo and the Contemporary Legend Theatre of Taiwan. The art of Balinese dance. The First Emperor exhibition at the British Museum. Annual guide to Asian Art in London events in November. Zen Treasures at the Tokyo National Museum. Asian films at the Locarno International Film Festival. Sengai: Enjoying Zen Paintings, Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo. Southeast Asian painting sales reviews.
November 2007
Cover news: Sovereign Art Prize (HK) 2007 goes to Japanese artist. Interview with photographers Hiroyuki Masoyama and Mayumi Terada. Malaysia’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Historical photographs of China at SOAS, London. Cambodia: Angkor’s divine legacy at the Rietberg in Zurich. Contemporary Chinese photography. Translucent World, Chinese jade in Sydney. Takagiki Noh in Japan. Malaysian modern photography. Zhang Huan at Asia Society, New York. Chinese modern prints at the Ashmolean, Oxford. Rank and Style, Chinese textiles at Asia Pacific Museum, California. New York fall auction reviews. Hong Kong auction previews.
December 2007
Cover news: Asian Contemporary Finds Success at Evening Sales. Interview with Indian artist Chitra Ganesh. Avant-Garde Vietnamese calligraphy. Rumi and the Sufi Tradition at the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Contemporary Photography from Iran in Michigan. Chan Ky-Yut exhibition in Paris, Murikami exhibition at MOCA in Los Angeles. Masterpieces of Chinese lacquer in Berlin. Bon: The Magic Word at the Rubin Museum, New York. Indigo, blue-dyed textiles in Asia. Central Asian ikats. The Arts of Kashmir at Asia Society, New York. The Grand Shrine of Ise, photography by Harou Nakano. Hong Kong auction reviews. Our annual Book Survey (2007).
2008
January 2008
Cover News: Strong Prices Yet Again for Hong Kong Sales. Interview with Yoshioka Sachio, master dyer and weaver. Neo-Pop Culture in the East. The 10th anniversary of the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. Interview with Chinese contemporary artist Liu Ye. Exhibition of the MFA’s collection of Japanese prints in their sister museum in Nagoya. Kabuki prints and objects at the Peabody Essex in Salem. The Price Collection of Japanese paintings on show at the Sackler in Washington DC. The Kotohira Shrine, Shikoku Island, Japan. On the Nalanda Trail, major exhibition on Buddhism at the ACM in Singapore. From Kuroda to Foujita, Japanese modern painters on show in Paris. Japanese exhibitions in New York, Boston, Los Angeles and Tokyo. Southeast Asian painting autumn auction reviews. Fair previews from Palm Beach and Dubai.
February 2008
Cover News: South Asian Galleries open at Royal Ontario Museum. Interview with Vincent Lefevre, curator of the trouble exhibition Masterpieces from the Ganges Delta: Collections from Bangladesh Museums at the Guimet Museum, Paris. Designed for Pleasure, Japanese prints at Asia Society NY. Profile/interview Ai Wei Wei and Feng Boyi. Annual guide to exhibitions and museum West Coast US. Zhangzhou ware, ceramics, in Manila. Ancient Chinese figure paintings at the Shanghai Museum. The Dragon’s Gift, the sacred arts of Bhutan at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. The Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection of Modern Chinese Art in London, Penumbra: Contemporary Art from Taiwan in Adelaide. Images of Nagaland at Brunei Gallery, London. Lu Chunsheng, video artist and photographer at Red Mansion Foundation, London.
March 2008
Cover News: Fire Destroys National Treasure in Seoul, Korea. Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang about his latest exhibition at the Guggenheim in NY and his role in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. Kana Calligraphy of Saigyo, on show at the Idemitsu Museum in Tokyo. Our annual, pull-out colour guide to Asia Week in New York, including listings, map and useful addresses. Chen Chieh-jen, the Taiwanese video artist. What’s happening in the world of Southeast Asian contemporary art. Previews of fairs in Maastricht and Tokyo. Hong Kong auction previews.
April 2008
Cover News: New Asian Sites Added to World Heritage Fund List. Profile the painter Walter Ford and his recent work based on the Indian book of fables, the Pancha Tantra. Yosa Buson, Japanese 18th-century painting at the Miho Museum in Shigaraki Prefecture, Japan. Faces of India, the new book of photographs of India’s modern and contemporary artists. Private museums in Japan: The Suntory in Tokyo. The Indian painter, NS Harsha, and the Artes Mundi prize exhibition for 2008 in Cardiff, Wales. Classical Indian paintings from Australian Collection, in Sydney. The Ramayana, and exhibition by the British Library on one of their 17th-century Mewari manuscripts. The Arts of Islam, Treasures from the Khalili Collection currently on show in Abu Dhabi. Interview with the film-maker Ying Liang. Preview of the new Hong Kong contemporary art fair. Hong Kong auction previews.
May 2008
Cover News: World Record for Japanese Work of Art in New York. Interview with Chinese sculptor Jiao XIngtao. China Design Now exhibition at the V&A London. Mao Badges at the British Museum. Artist, Forger, Collector, Zhang Daqian’s work on show at the MFA, Boston. Chinese Whispers traces the history of Chinoiserie from 1650 60 1930 at Brighton Museum, UK. National treasures from Yakushi-ji Temple, Nara, Japan at Tokyo National Museum. New York March Asia Week auction reviews. Auction previews Singapore. Brussels Oriental Art Fair preview. Gallery Shows: Xu Bing, London; Gao Xingjian, Hong Kong, Xue Song; New York. Museum reviews: Aurel Stein, Hong Kong; Chen Shaoxiong & Qiu Anxiong, Manchester; Yellow Mountain, Washington; Chinese woodblock prints, Chicago.
June 2008
Cover News: Indian Artist Wins the Third Artes Mundi Prize. Profile, Jerome Sans ad his role at UCCA Beijing. The Hidden Base of Borobudur exhibition in Leiden. Xu Beihong paintings at Singapore Art Museum. Interview with textile artist Yuken Teruya. What’s happening in contemporary Iranian art. The new Peranakan Museum in Singapore. Bactrian Treasures on show in Washington DC. Joseon ceramics at the Oriental Ceramic Museum in Osaka. Exhibitions: Power & Glory, Court Arts of China’s Ming Dynasty, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; Muraqqa’ Imperial Mughal albums, Sackler Gallery, Washington DC; From the Land of the Gods, Art of the Kathmandu Valleys, Rubin Museum, New York; Fashioning Kimono, Art Deco and Modernism in Japan, Philadelphia Museum of Art; From Canton to Guangzhou, antique and contemporary photography, Birmingham Museum, UK; Beijing 2008, photography, China Institute, New York; Hokusai (1760-1849), Musee Guimet, Paris; Summer Olympia fair. Gallery shows in London and New York. Review Sotheby’s Hong Kong Spring auctions.
September 2008
Cover News: Tulou Earthen Houses, China, on World Heritage List. Profile, Chinese contemporary artist Zhang Huang. The Great Debate: American Import Restrictions on Chinese Antiquities. The new National Art Gallery in Sinagpore. Our new monthly column: Islamic Arts Diary. Guide to Asia Week in New York, including gallery shows, museum and institution exhibitions, auctions and comprehensive listings. Chinese Buddhist Sculpture from Qingzhou. Rama and Sita in Indian Painting, Rietburg Museum, Zurich. Painted Photographs from the Alkazi Collection in London. Singapore Biennale 2008. The Songzhutang Collection of Rhinoceros Horn Carvings. Hong Kong auction reviews and previews. Gallery shows in Hong Kong, Singapore and London. Fairs: Art Taipei, Biennale des Antiquaires, Showcase Singapore and Parcours des Mondes.
October 2008
Cover news: Saatchi Gallery Opens in London with New art from China. Profile: the Indian contemporary artist A. Balasubramaniam. Early Buddhist Manuscripts at the Met, NY. The Mingei Spirit of Japan and Soetsu Yanagi at Musee Quai Branly in Paris. Islamic Arts Diary. Our annual guide to Asian Art in London, including London exhibitions and gallery shows. Golden Dragon, White Eagle: Imperial Treasures from the Chinese Court and Saxon-Polish Court in the 18th century, on show in Dresden, Germany. Picture Paradise, early photographs of the Asia-Pacific region, on show at The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Exhibitions: Picturesque Views, early Indian photography in Zurich; Traces of the Calligrapher; Asia Society, New York; Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam, contemporary art, on show at the Smart Museum of Art, Chicago; Masriadi: Black is My Last Weapon, on show at Singapore Art Museum; Naga: a Forgotten Mountain Region on show in Basel, Switzerland; Images of Devotion, miniature Buddhist paintings from Mongolia at the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, UK. Fairs: HK International Art and Antiques Fair; Art Singapore; Olympia Winter Fair, London. Gallery shows: Bronzes of Vietnam, Paris; Wei Ligang and Lo Ch’ing, New York; and Tadanori Yokoo, New York.
November 2008
Cover: Mixed Auction Results in Global Economic Crisis. Profile: Michael Goedhuis talks about the Estella Collection. Locarno International Film Festival. The work of Katsura Funakoshi. The Bangkok Art and Culture Centre opens in Bangkok. Islamic Arts Diary. Chalo! A New Era of Indian Art in at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo. Contemporary Islamic Calligraphy. Asian/American Modern Art at the de Young Museum, San Francisco. Photographer Tomoko Yoneda’s show at the Hara Museum, Tokyo. Treasures from a Resplendent Land, Sri Lankan art at Tokyo National Museum. Photographing the Great Wall, China. Gallery shows: Paul Binnie’s Japanese prints in New York; Zen painting masters in New York at Joan B Mirviss; The Woman in Black by Hamra Abbas at Green Cardamom, London. Asian Emerging Artists in London. Auction previews: Christie’s Hong Kong and Lempertz, Stuttgart. New York Fall Auction reviews. Fairs: Asian Contemporary Art Fair, New York and the Los Angeles Asian & Tribal Show.
December 2008
Cover: Chinese Dust Bowl Photo Wins Inaugural Prix Pictet. Profile: The Taiwanese artist Lee Mingwei talks about his projects. Arts from the Islamic World, from Turkey to Indonesia at Asian Arts Museum, San Francisco. Zen Mind: Zen Brush, Japanese paintings at the MFA in Boston. Hong Kong autumn auction reviews. Delight in Design: Silver for the Raj, at the Walach Gallery, New York. Early Chinese Ceramics at Museum of East Asian Art, Cologne. Indian paintings for the Royal Court of Jodhpur, at the Sackler Gallery, Washington DC. Miao Attire at the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California. The Landscapes of Itchiku Kubota, kimono, at San Diego Museum of Art. Chinese bronzes from Shouyang Studio in Shanghai Art Museum. Profile: Malaysian artist Yeoh Kean Thai. Islamic Arts Diary. Our annual book list – this year 107 books and catalogues.
2009
January 2009
Cover News: Auction Results Are Yet Again a Mixed Bag. Interview with the painter Hiroshi Senju. The new Kankai Pavilion at the Hara Museum in Tokyo. Hamada Shoji’s pottery on show in the Museum of Oriental Ceramics in Osaka. Gandhara: The Buddhist Heritage on show in Berlin, Germany. Rinpa: the art of Japan’s Renaissance, on show at the Tokyo National Museum. Japanese Export Lacquer, on show in Kyoto and Tokyo. Ukiyo-e prints from the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Collection in London. Islamic Arts Diary. Wooden Treasures from the Chu Kingdom of China, on show at the Asian Art Museum in Nice, France. The Lost Nomads of Mongolia, photography by A Yin at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York. Two Mountains: Photography by Balthasar Buckhard and Naoya Hatakeyama in Salzburg, Austria. Silver and Gold in the Arts of Japan, at the Freer Gallery, Washington DC. Katagami and Japanese Textiles at MAK, Vienna. Surimono, the art of Poetic and Pictorial Allusion on show at the Rietberg Museum, Zurich. Japanese Netsuke at World Museum, Liverpool, UK. Gallery Shows: Burmese contemporary art in Bangkok and Meiji period objects in New York. Auction reviews: Southeast Asian Paintings in Singapore and Hong Kong.
February 2009
Cover News: Alsdorf Galleries open at Art Institute of Chicago
Interview with the Chinese painter Shen Yuan, one of the few female artists working at an international level. Magnum photographer Chang Chien-chi’s photographs at the National Museum of Singapore. The Silk Road in Ningxia. Islamic Arts Diary. Our annual guide to the museums and exhibitions of West Coast USA. Colours of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats on show at the Sackler Gallery, Washington DC. Chinese woodblock-print artist He Weimin in London. Ancient bronzes and jades from the Shanghai Museum on show at the British Museum. Indian Highway: contemporary Indian art on show at the Serpentine Gallery, London. Vintage Singapore on show at Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London. Tibetan contemporary art in Atlanta. Fairs in San Francisco and Maastricht. Timbuktu to Tibet, textiles – rugs and textiles of the Hajii Babas, on show in Washington DC. Hong Kong fall auction reviews.
March 2009
March 2009 issue sees our colour, pull-out guide to Asia Week events in New York, including our map and listings, gallery shows, museum exhibitions and auction previews.
Cover News. US Approves Government Restrictions on Chinese Art. Hiraizumi Pure Land in the North East of Japan, at the Setagaya Museum in Tokyo. New York fair preview. Asia Week guide, including our pull-out map, location finder, addresses and listings. New York museum reviews, New York auction previews. In search of lesser-known Angkorian temples around Siem Reap in Cambodia. Golden Journey, Japanese art in Australian Collections, on show in Adelaide. Outside In Chinese x American x Contemporary Art at Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey. Zhang Enli at the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK. Seeing God in Prints, at the International Print Center, New York. Re-imagining Asia at the New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK. The monthly Islamic Art Diary.
April 2009
Cover News: Zodiac Heads’ Dispute Continues at Christie’s Paris. Interview with the Indian artist in exile, MF Husain. Serenity in Stone: the Qingzhou Buddhas in Singapore. Eurasian Winds Towards Silla, at the Miho Museum, Japan. The 19th-century photographs of China by John Thomson in Beijing. Sir Stamford Raffles’ botanical prints on show at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Heaven on Earth, the Guruvayur Temple in Kerala, India. Indian export textiles on show at the MFA, Boston. Miniature Indian court paintings on show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Textiles: Kimonos from the Montgommery Collection on show in Gainsville Florida. Interview with Tadashi Kwamata. Jain Art from India on show at the Norton Simon Museum in Califronia. Indian Drawings at the Met, New York. Contemporary Indian art at The Herbert Museum, Coventry, UK and Jugalbandhi by Tarshito at the Nehru Centre, London. Islamic Arts Diary. HK Auction previews and preview of Art Fair Tokyo in April.
May 2009
Cover News: Juanqinzhai Opens to the Public in the Forbidden City. Interview with Indian artist Rina Banerjee. Asian American art and their rise in mainstream consciousness. The work of art in the age of digital literature. Dynastic paintings and calligraphy in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing. Masterpieces from Kohfukuji Temple, Nara, on show in Tokyo. Luo Ping Eccentric Visions, on show in Zurich. The Kangxi Emperor and treasures from the Forbidden City on show in Singapore. The Art of the Samurai, National Treasures from Japan on show in California. Utagawa Kuniyoshi prints on show in London. Davaravati Buddhist Art from Thailand at the Guimet in Paris. New York March auction reviews. Gallery shows in Hong Kong and New York. Exhibitions: Photographs at the Daiwa Foundation, London, The China Project in Brisbane, Tehching Hsieh in New York, The World in Monochromes, porcelain on show in London and Yan Pei-Ming, Landscape of Childhood on show in Beijing. Islamic Arts Diary. Fairs in Brussels and Hong Kong.
June 2009
Cover News: Latest Clarification Update on US Chinese Restrictions. Profile: Tehching Hsieh. Light of the Sufis in Brooklyn, New York. Post-Second World War photography in Southeast Asia. Islamic art at this year’s Venice Biennale. The new Buddhist Galleries at the V&A London. Art as a Message in Asia and Europe, 1500-1700, in Vienna. Garden and Cosmos, royal court paintings from Jodhpur at the British Museum. London. South Indian dance masks on show in Zurich. Modern Metropolis, the rise of two cities – Shanghai and Hong Kong, in Hong Kong. Silk Stories, the Jan Dees collection of kimonos in Rotterdam. Discovering Ganesha at Peabody Essex Museum; Salem. Meiji. Japan around 1900 at MAK, Vienna; Of Snow, Gold and Sky Blue at the Guimet, Paris. Ai Wei Wei. According to What? At the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; The Tsars and the East: Gifts from Turkey and Iran in the Moscow Kremlin, at the Sackler Gallery, Washington DC; Strike a Pose! The Human Form in Japanese Art at the Morikami Museum in Delray Beach, Florida; Treasures from the Ise Shrine at Tokyo National Museum; Kazakh Craftswomen of Mongolia’s Rich Cradle, at SOAS, London. Art of Esoteric Buddhism at the Museum for East Asian Art, Cologne. Fairs in London and New Delhi. Islamic Arts Diary. Hong Kong Spring sales reviews.
September 2009
Cover: World Heritage Adds Asian Cultural Sites to List
Profile: the artist Yi Zhou. Chinese Ceramics from the Iriye Masanobu Collection on show in Osaka. Asian art at the Venice Biennale. Our annual autumn guide to events at Asia Week in New York City, including fall gallery shows, exhibitions at the museums and institutions and the sales at the auction houses. Japanese contemporary ceramics at the Crocker Museum in Sacramento, California and From the Bronze Age of China to Japan’s Floating World at the Cantor Center for the Arts at Stanford University. Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea opening at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Gallery shows in Vienna, Singapore and Hong Kong. Southeast Asian painting results. Hong Kong spring auction reviews and autumn previews. Our monthly Islamic Arts Diary.
October 2009
Cover: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Reopens to the Public. Profile: the artist Shezad Dawood. Ceramics from the hen B Niewenhuys Collection on show in Shanghai. Southeast Asian photography. Maharaja: Splendour of India’s Royal Courts at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The Power of Dogu at the British Museum, London. In the colour section: Our annual guide to the gallery shows, events and auctions for Asian Art in London 2009. London November auctions. Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma 1775-1954 at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. The Sacred Art of Bhutan on show in Paris. Lucarno Film Festival. Islamic Arts Diary. Gallery shows in Tokyo, Beijing, London and New York. Previews of the Japanese sales in October in New York. Listings.
November 2009
Cover: Chinese Market Maintains Strength at New York Sales. Profile: the photographer and artist Atta Kim. The new Nezu Museum reopens in Tokyo. Golden Gates, contemporary art from the Middle East on show in Paris. Indonesian artist Arahmaiani’s work in Singapore. Art of the Samurai: the new blockbuster exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Roaring Tiger Leaping Carp, animal symbolism in Chinese traditional painting. The Flowering of Goan Art. The artist Hong Zhu An. East Asian contemporary photography at SFMOMA, San Francisco. Islamic Arts Diary. New York fall auction reviews. Hong Kong auction previews.
December 2009
Cover: Prix Pictet Photographs Highlight Yangtse River. Profile: the Tibetan artist Gonkar Gyatso. Falnama, the Book of Omens on show in Washington DC. Professor Munakata: Manga visits the British Museum. Chinese architectural models from Beijing in Munich. Contemporary art from Iran in New York. Samurai auction reviews. Taoism in Northern Laos. The Mughal treasury of the Al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait. Recent Asian painting acquisitions at the ROM, Toronto. Our annual book list 2009. Islamic Arts Diary. Calligrafitti at the Pacific Art Museum in California. Scholars’ Rocks at the Henry Moore Institute. Hong Kong auction reviews.
2010
January 2010
Cover News: New Galleries for Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver. Profile: the photographer and painter Liu Bolin. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam on show in London. The Buddhist Archive of Photography in Luang Prabang, Laos. Japanese contemporary crafts: the silversmith Hiroshi Suzuki and glassmaker Ritsue Mishima. The Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art Museum. Ceramics at the Idemitsu Museum of Art, Tokyo. Japanese tea bowls (chawan) at MAK, Vienna. Indian Contemporary Art at the Saatchi Gallery in London. Cambodian documentary photography. Islamic Arts Diary. Southeast Asian painting results. Exhibitions: Japanese Cloisonne in Baltimore; Saishiko textiles in York, UK; and Cornucopia: Ceramics from southern Japan at the Sackler in Washington DC.
February 2010
Cover News: The Tomb of Cao Cao found in Henan Province in China. Profile: the Iranian filmmaker and artist Farhad Moshiri. Tibet/China Confluences, the emergence of Sino-Tibetan art on show at the MFA in Boston. Bhutan: an Eye on History, historic photographs alongside the new in New Delhi. The Tibetan shrine from the Alice S Kendell Collection at the Sackler in Washington DC. Our annual guide to the museums and exhibitions to be held on the West Coast of the US in 2010. An interview with the Indian artist Jitish Kallat. Contemporary Art from the Philippines. Islamic Arts Diary. Listings. Gallery shows: Tiger rugs in Hong Kong; contemporary art in Kuala Lumpur; Japanese artist Matsu in San Francisco; and Waseem Ahmed in London.
March 2010
Cover News: Guggenheim Museum Celebrates 50th Anniversary. Profile: Shirin Neshat and Women Without Men. Where Three Dreams Cross, Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Northern Song Ru Ware. Our Annual guide to Asia Week New York in March: Fair, gallery shows, museum exhibitions and auctions. Indian Portraits opening at the National Portrait Gallery in London in March. Chinese Export Ware: Is there a Market in New York? Tea Utensils from the Seikado Collection in Tokyo. TEFAF Maastricht. Islamic Arts Diary. Listings. The Turkish Room (Ottoman Collection) at the Residenzschloss in Dresden opens in March.
April 2010
Cover News: New Islamic Gallery Opens at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Profile: Chinese painter Yun-Fei Ji. Japan’s Private Museums: the Fujita Museum of Art in Tokyo. Telling Images of China, Chinese painting at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin. Kantha: the Embroidered Quilts of Bengal. Japanese Wa glass on show in Tokyo. Lifestyles of the Han Nobility at the Hong Kong Museum of History. Strolling through Isfahan, 17th-century paintings from Safavid Iran. Contemporary Pakistani Miniature Paintings. Indian artist Bharti Kher’s new show in London. Hong Kong spring auction previews. Islamic Arts Diary. Listings. Filtering Beauty: Chinese Accessories a new permanent exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Kenji Yoshida (1924-2009), a celebration of life, Japanese paintings at the October Gallery, London. Art, Anti-Art, Non-Art, experiments in the public sphere in postwar Japan (1950-1970). Facing East, the Frank Cohen Collection of Contemporary art, on show in Manchester, UK. FX Harsono on show at the Singapore Museum of Art.
May 2010
Cover News: Riding the Crest of The Chinese Art Market. Profile: the artist Rashid Rana. The Art of Government, works by Turkish artist Asli Sungu. Interview with Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama. Interview with the director of the National Palace Museum, Taipei. The rise of Turkish contemporary art. The Shanghai Museum is marking the 400th anniversary of Mateo Rici with an exhibition. The work of FX Harsono on show in Singapore. Exhibitions in Geneva (An Ocean Odyssey: Adventures of Chinese Ceramics); Lausanne (Nalini Malani), and West Midlands(work by Halima Cassell and Seiko Kinoshita). Gallery shows in Hong Kong, New York and London. Brussels Oriental Art Fair, Art HK 10. New York March Asia Week auction reviews.
June 2010
Cover News: First Cirebon Cargo Auction is Scuppered in Indonesia. Profile: The sculptor Wang Ke Ping. Flowers for Kim Il Sung, North Korean art at MAK, Vienna. Cambodian Documentary photography, part two. Reflections of the Lotus, art and ceramics from Thailand, Burma, Laos and Cambodia in Australia. JAINpedia launch. Islamic embroidery in nomadic and urban traditions in the UAE. Ho Chi Minh’s city museums. Summer exhibitions in Brussels, London and Dublin, including Muraqqa, Other masters of India, Paris, Kashmir shawls in Toronto, White Josean porcelain in Philadaelphia, Sacred Arts in Washington. In the Service of the Buddha at LACMA. Cai Quo Qiang in Shanghai. Courtly and Urban batik from Java at the Fowler Museum, Pakistan, where civilisations meet, in Paris. June fairs in London. Islamic arts diary and listings.
September 2010
Cover News: Rumble in the Jungle: the Disputed Preah Vihear Temple. Profile: the artist Kamrooz Aram; Chinese and Japanese ceramics in the Seikando Collection, Tokyo. The contemporary ceramics of Kyusetsu XII in Japan. Japanese and Chinese ceramics in the Gardiner Museum, Toronto. A guide to Asia Week September in New York, including gallery shows, museum exhibitions and auctions. New York Museum exhibitions in September. Paris round-up: exhibitions at the Cernuschi Museum, Guimet Museum, Louvre and Espace Durand-Dessert. Biennale des Antiquaires. Auction previews in Hong Kong and Vancouver. Southeast Asian painting auction reviews. Fairs: Tribal Perspectives in London and KIAF10 in Seoul. Islamic Arts Diary.
October 2010
Cover News: World Heritage Committee Votes for New Asian Listings. Profile: The artist Viveek Sharma. Masterpieces of Ancient Chinese Paintings from the Tang, Song and Yuan in Japanese and Chinese Collections on view at the Shanghai Museum. Obituary of the painter Wu Guanzhong, who died earlier this year. Our guide to the events for Asian Art in London, including gallery shows, museums exhibitions in and around the UK, and auctions. Fine Art Asia, fair in Hong Kong. Splendours from the Yongle and Xuande Reigns of Chinese Ming Dynasty, The Palace Museum, Beijing. Fresh Ink: Ten Takes on Chinese Tradition, an exhibition of traditional ink painting to celebrate the opening of the new space at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. On the Silk Road and the High Seas: Chinese Ceramics, Culture and Commerce at the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida. Life Death & Magic: 2000 Years of Southeast Asian Ancestral Art, on show in Canberra, Australia. Sumatra: Isle of Gold at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore. Islamic Arts Diary.
November 2010
Cover News: Higher and Higher auction prices in Hong Kong Sales. Profile: the painter Chitra Ganesh. Post Doi Moi Photography in Saigon. The Vietnamese artist Pham Luan. The rise of the contemporary international art fair. The reopening of the Cairo Museum of Islamic Art. Politics and history in recent Southeast Asian painting. Who’s Who of contemporary galleries in Mumbai. Nam Jun Paik exhibition in Dusseldorf and Liverpool, Natee Utarit in Singapore, Xu Bin’gs Tobacco Project, Hai Bo and Fiona Tan in Washington DC, Odani Motohiko in Tokyo, Burmese art in Thailand. Contemporary Ink Painting in London. Japanese contemporary ceramics in New York. Islamic Arts Diary.
October 2010
Cover News: World Heritage Committee Votes for New Asian Listings. Profile: The artist Viveek Sharma. Masterpieces of Ancient Chinese Paintings from the Tang, Song and Yuan in Japanese and Chinese Collections on view at the Shanghai Museum. Obituary of the painter Wu Guanzhong, who died earlier this year. Our guide to the events for Asian Art in London, including gallery shows, museums exhibitions in and around the UK, and auctions. Fine Art Asia, fair in Hong Kong. Splendours from the Yongle and Xuande Reigns of Chinese Ming Dynasty, The Palace Museum, Beijing. Fresh Ink: Ten Takes on Chinese Tradition, an exhibition of traditional ink painting to celebrate the opening of the new space at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. On the Silk Road and the High Seas: Chinese Ceramics, Culture and Commerce at the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida. Life Death & Magic: 2000 Years of Southeast Asian Ancestral Art, on show in Canberra, Australia. Sumatra: Isle of Gold at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore. Islamic Arts Diary.
December 2010
Cover Story: Chinese Ceramics Hit News Headlines Around the World. Profile: the publisher Xu Ge Fei. Imperial Chinese Robes from the Forbidden City at the British Museum, London. Children’s Costumes: Mirror of the Grown-ups at the Guimet Museum, Paris. Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats from the Megalli Collection at the Textile Museum, Washington DC. Todaiji Temple and the Monuments of Tempyo Culture on show at Tokyo National Museum. Ode to Early Pottery: Mediaeval Japanese Ceramics at the Miho Museum, Japan. Our annual guide to the best books published in 2010, including reference, history, art and architecture and fiction. Exhibitions: Buddhism Across Asia in London; To Dye For: A World Saturated in Color in San Francisco; Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan in Chicago; Chen Zhen: Deplacements in Paris; Kazakhstan Men, Beasts and Gods of the Steppe in Paris. Fairs in Singapore and Delhi. Islamic Arts Diary.
2011
January 2011
Cover News: Sales Continue to Grow in Hong Kong and China. Profile: the painter Zhang Hongtu. Angkor Wat: What’s Gone Wrong? Liu Xiaodong’s solo exhibition at the Ullens Center in Beijing. Cambodian Dance and the Cambodian Royal Ballet. The Arcadian prints at SOAS in London: from the entire range of the library’s holdings, from travel to Turcica, from Islamic science to Arab literature. Rimpa, Japanese Art at the Idemistsu Museum in Tokyo. Japanese exhibitions including prints, shunga, Lugano Japanese festival, screens, ceramics and photography. Baba Bling, Singapore culture on show at Musee Quai Branly in Paris. Anish Kapoor’s first show in India – at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Delhi and also in Mumbai. Sheela Gowda’s exhibition at Iniva in London. Monumental Indian ‘Miniatures’ on show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Luxury goods and ivories from 16th- and 17th-century Ceylon at the Rietberg in Zurich. Islamic Arts Diary.
February 2011
Courtauld Experts Undertake New Research in Bhutan. Profile: the painter Ali Banisadr. The CR Smith album of photographs in the V&A Collection in London. Friendship in Art: Huang Binhong and Fou Lei. Our annual guide to West Coast museums and exhibitions. The Work of the film-maker Yang Fudong on show in Sydney from March. Nepalese artist Govinda Sah Azad’s paintings on show in London. India Awakens: Under the Banyan Tree, Indian emerging artist on show in Vienna. Homage to the Ancestors: art from the ancient Chu Kingdom on show in Sydney and the Courtly Arts of Lucknow, on show in Los Angeles. Islamic Arts Diary. Listings.
March 2011
Cover Story: Secrets Of The Silk Road Reopens In Pennsylvania. Profile: the artist Kanishka Raja. The tribal art of Borneo – record prices in the Paris sales. This year marks the 250th anniversary of Sakai Hoitsu’s birth and the Idemitsu Museum of Arts in Tokyo is commemorating the occasion by staging the important two-part exhibition. First part published in February 2010, in March we publish Part 11: Reincarnating the World of Beauty. Our 2011 Guide to Asia Week New York. Preview Arts of Pacific Asia Show, New York. New York museum and society exhibitions in March. JADA (Japanese Antique Dealers Association) Group show in March and individual shows by members. The Asia Week gallery shows of AADNY (Asian Art Dealers of New York) members in March. Map and Asia Week listings, including ACAW (Asian Contemporary Art Week). Previews of Asia Week auctions in New York. The contemporary Chinese art market – where does it go from here? General listings. Preview of TEFAF, Maastricht. Islamic Arts Diary.
April 2011
Cover: Asian Art Wing to Open in Spring 2010 at Harn Museum in Florida. Profile: Hana Chidiac, curator of the Women in the Orient show at Musee Quai Branly in Paris. Chinese Cloisonne from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties at the Bard Graduate Center in New York. The Courtly Art of Lucknow in the 18th and 19th centuries at Musee Guimet in Paris. Textiles from Gujarat. Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World, on show at the British Museum in London. Bali: Art, Ritual and Performance in San Francisco. Vishnu: Hinduisms Blue-Skinned Saviour in Tennessee. Disciples of a Crazy Saint: The Buchen of Spiti. Namban Commission: The Portuguese in Modern Age Japan in Lisbon. Kalighat Paintings. The Way of the Master: the Great Artists of India 1100-1900 in Zurich. Korin: two screens reunited. Islamic Arts Diary.
May 2011
Cover: Ai Weiwei’s Zodiac Heads – Projects: New York & London. Profile: the Chinese artist Li Huayi. The reopening of the National Museum of China, Beijing. The Singapore Biennale. Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures on show in Singapore. A discussion with Amar Kanwar, artist and film-maker. Xu Bing’s latest project at the British Museum in London. The centenary of the 1911 Revolution in China. A look at contemporary art in Tehran, Iran. Chasing the Flaming pearl, dragons on Chinese textiles, on show in Honolulu. Tadasu Takamine’s opera project and lastest show at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, UK. Negotiating Home, History and Nation, Southeast Asian contemporary art at Singapore Art Museum. Hong Kong auction previews and review. New York March auction reviews. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
June 2011
Cover: Thai Border Clashes Continue Around Preah Vihear Temple. Profile: Sangbin Im, photographer and artist. A conversation with Xu Bing. Islamic-world art at the 54th Venice Biennale. Paris-Delhi-Bombay, contemporary French and Indian art at the Pompidou Centre in Paris. The new collection of Japanese cloisonné at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts at LACMA in Los Angeles. Imperial porcelain from Shanghai on show in Den Haag, The Netherlands. Liao-dynasty textiles on show at the Sackler Galleries in Beijing. The Emperor’s New Colours at MAK, Vienna. The Dutch East India at Home in Amsterdam. Mother India: The Goddess in Indian Painting. Quentin Roosevelt’s China at the Rubin in New York. Roots in the Air, Branches Below, Modern and Contemporary Indian art. Rina Banerjee at the Guimet in Paris. Dinh Q. Le in Sydney. The Buddhist cave temples of Xiangtangshan. Lee Ufan at the Guggenheim and Eikoh Hosoe at AGNSW, Sydney. The Art of Death, Sarah Murray discusses her new book. Summer Fairs in Brussels and London. Auction news. Summer listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
September 2011
Cover: World Heritage List New Sites. Profile of the artist Xiao Fan. Omi: Spiritual Home of Gods and Buddhas at the Miho Museum, Japan. Asian and Islamic-world Art at the Venice Biennale – what to see and what to avoid. Contemporary documentary photography in Myanmar. New York gallery shows. New York auction previews. Exhibitions on in New York museums this autumn. Paris exhibitions: Ofuda: Engravings from Japanese Buddhist Temples at the Guimet; Paris-Delhi-Bombay at the Pompidou Centre; The Forbidden City at the Louvre: and Chinese Emperors and French Kings at the Louvre. Parcours des mondes, gallery shows on the left bank. Hong Kong autumn auction previews. Fairs: Tribal Perspectives in London and Fine Art Asia in Hong Kong. Xu Bing’s Tobacco Project in Virginia. The Elegant Image: Hindu, Buddhist and Jain Bronzes from the Bhansali Collection in New Orleans. Indonesian Eye: Fantasies & Realities, contemporary art in London. International Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
October 2011
Cover: Museum der Kulturen Basel Opens After Refurbishment. Profile of the photographer Kimiko Yoshida. The Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre in Luang Prabang, Laos. The opening of the new galleries of Islamic-World art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Masterpieces of Korean Ceramics in the Seikado Collection, Seikado Bunko Art Museum, Tokyo. Masterpieces of Landscape Painting from the Forbidden City at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. The Yeongwol Museum City Project in Korea. The Flamboyant Mr Chinnery (1774-1852) on show at Asia House in London. Traders: The East India Company and Asia, new galleries at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK. Asian Art Newspaper guide to Asian Art in London, November 2011, including exhibitions in London and other areas; gallery shows in London and London auction previews. Cultural Revolution: State Graphics in China in the 1960s and 1970s. Wonders of the Age: Master Painters of India 1100-1900 and The Art of Dissent in 17th Century China Masterpieces of the Ming Loyalist Art from the Chih Lo Lou Collection, both at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Emperor’s Orders: Designs from the Qianlong Imperial Workshops (1735-1796). Asian jewellers and silversmiths at the annual Goldsmiths’ Fair in London in October. Ahmed Alsoudani at Haunch of Venison, London. Islamic Arts Diary.
November 2011
Cover: Hong Kong Autumn Sales: Reading the Mixed Messages. Profile: Indian artist Rina Banerjee. Longquan celadon from the Ming dynasty, in Osaka, Japan. International Film Festival, Locarno, Italy. Our new Contemporary Arts Supplement focusing on interviews with established and upcoming artists. Profile: Weng Ling, co-founder of the Beijing Centre for the Arts. Profile: the Indian performance artist Nikhil Chopra. Thai artist Manit Sriwanichpoom. Unofficial Chinese Art 1974-1985, in New York. Profile: Shirley Tse. The Asian Art Triennial in Manchester, UK. A round-up of Indian contemporary art in the galleries around the globe. Gallery Shows in New York, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, London, Dubai, Sydney and Singapore. Hong Kong auction previews. Gallery shows. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
December 2011
Cover: Good News for Japanese Market in London Sales. Profile: the writer and philanthropist Sir Christopher Ondaatje. The mysterious minbar in the V&A, London. Profile: independent Chinese filmmaker Zhu Rikun. Buddhist traditions in Luang Prabang: Tak Bat. Zhao Mengfu: calligraphy and painting from Khubilai’s China. Exhibitions: Rabindranath Tagore at the V&A, London, Song dynasty paintings as a living art, Singapore. Chinese textiles in Denver. Chinese jade in San Antonio. Vietnamese ceramics in Vienna. The Silk Road galleries at the Freer, Washington DC. Power Play: photographs of the Dowager Empress of China at the Sackler Washington DC. Our annual book list – see what books we’ve picked this year – there’s over 100 from which to choose. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
2012
January 2012
Out Japanese issue. Cover: A Chinese Conundrum: Hong Kong Sales Slow Down. Profile: Master basket maker Fujinuma Noboru. One Hundred Camellias, paintings at the Nezu Museum in Tokyo. Yakusha-e Kabuki Prints: A Continuing Tradition in Oxford, UK. Samurai: Amour of the Warrior, comprehensive exhibition of samurai life on show in Paris. Hasegawa Tohaku and the Kano School in Tokyo. The Korean contemporary painter Jung-Yeon Min, who now lives in Paris. Beneath the Winds: Masterpieces of Southeast Asian Art on show in Adelaide. Exhibitions: Hokusai’s book illustrations in Durham; Mariko Mori’s latest exhibition on the web; Storytelling in Japanese Art, the new exhibition at the Met in New York; Hiroshima – photographs by Ishiuchi Miyako, in Vancouver; Yutaka Makino, contemporary artist, who is intrigued by light, in Berlin. Lee Bul’s show at the Mori in Tokyo. Auction preview, Fairs – India Art Fair and Art Stage Singapore previews; Gallery shows – Imari fish plates. Islamic Arts Diary. Listings.
February 2012
Cover: A Fragile Heritage, China Counts its Lost Ruins. Profile: the multi-disciplined artist Ghada Amer. Yayoi Kusama restrospective at Tate Modern in London. In the Steps of the Buddha, art from the 2nd to 21st century in Melbourne. Virtuous Heritage: the history of the Xu family of Guangzhou on show in Hong Kong. Traditional Music from the Golden Triangle. There’s a spate of Dragon exhibitions to mark the new Chinese year in Washington DC, Sydney, Hong Kong and Birmingham, Alabama. Our annual guide to the museums and exhibitions on the West Coast USA. Colombo Biennale and TEFA Maastricht. UK exhibitions: Avi Gupta’s photographs; the Hajj exhibition at the British Museum; and Song Dong installation at the Barbican. Islamic Arts Diary.
March 2012
Cover: Asia Society Opens First Overseas Centre in Hong Kong. Profile: the painter Ahmed Alsoudani. Profile: calligrapher and artist Gu Gan. Art from the Steppes, the work of Zorikto Dorzhiev. Indian Contemporary art and the markets – where does it go from here? The controversy surrounding the Sackler Gallery’s proposed exhibition of Tang art from Singapore. The generation shift in Thai contemporary art. Tomb décor from the Jin dynasty at China Institute, New York. Our annual guide to the gallery shows, auctions and events during Asia Week New York in March. Arts of Pacific Asia Show, New York. Map and Listings for New York Asia Week. The opening of the new Asia wing at the Harn Museum in Florida. Tunisia – a year after at l’Institut du Monde Arabe. Islamic Arts Gallery. Ancient Bronze Mirrors from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection. Listings. Cherry Blossom Centennial in Washington DC.
APRIL 2012
Cover: Keralan Temple Treasures Revealed in India
Profile: Dr Andrew Topsfield discussed Visions of Mughal India at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Patterns of Trade: Indian Textiles for Export 1400-1900 at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore. Interview: Gabriel Barbier Mueller discusses the opening of the Samurai Museum in Dallas, Texas. Masters of Mercy, Japanese Buddhist paintings on show at the Sackler in Washington DC. Rebuilding Drametse Lhakang (temple) in Eastern Bhutan. The Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing in Jaipur, Rajasthan. This year’s conservation projects supported by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Seeking Shambhala in Boston, Asia Society’s Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi. Illuminated: The Art of Sacred Books at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York. Shezad Dawood in Oxford, UK. Robert Beer’s paintings in London. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
MAY 2012
Cover: Hong Kong Spring Sales – Finding a New Level?
Profile: Yamini Nayar, photographer and artist. What’s happening in the world of contemporary art in Cambodia. The lastest Asian Biennale is Kochi-Muziris, opening in December 2012. Phantoms in Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past in San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum. Musee d’Ennery in Paris reopens to the public to show their large collection of Chinese and Japanese objets d’art. Dhaka Art Summit and the photographs of Shumon Ahmed. Saraab: Cai Guo-Qiang’s latest exhibition at Mataf in Doha. Being Singular Plural, South Asian film and video on show at the Guggenheim in New York. The Jiyuanshangang Collection of Song Ceramics at the Morris Museum in New Jersey. Gu Dexin Retrospective at the Ullens Center in Beijing. Japanese kogo at the Harn Museum in Florida. Auction previews in Hong Kong and London. Asia Week reviews for March New York auctions. Islamica Arts Diary.
JUNE 2012
Cover: Asia Society Texas Opens in Houston.
Profile: the artist Zanina Hashmi. The recent Buddhist Art Forum at the Courtauld Institute, London. Chinese ink painting in London – at the British Museum and Saatchi Gallery – and in New York at Asia Society. Southern Song dynasty paintings in Tokyo. More Ruined Ruins … the temples of Ou Mong and Wat Phuo in southern Laos. The Zelnik Collection, Southeast Asian gold in Budapest. Vietnamese War Museums in Hanoi. Seductions of the Palace: a history of Chinese cooking and cuisine in Paris. Summer fair roundup – Brussels and London. Exhibitions: The lacquerware of Shibata Zeshin at the Cernuschi Museum in Paris; Sultans, Merchants and Painters, celebrating 400 years of Dutch-Turkish relations in Amsterdam; Unearthed: Recent Archaeological Findings from Northern China in Williamstown, MA; Tomb Treasures from Han China, the blockbuster exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, UK; The Beauty of the Moment, Japanese prints at the Rietberg Museum in Zurich. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
September 2012
Cover: Heritage Artefacts Return to the National Museum Kabul
Profile: the installation artist Chiharu Shiota. The Sigg Collection, recently donated to a HK museum and Go Figure: Contemporary Chinese Portraiture in Sydney. Gold from the Philippines at the Ayala Museum, Makati City. White Ceramics of the East at the Idemitsu Museum in Tokyo. The new Islamic Galleries at the Louvre open in Paris this month. Round-up of museum exhibitions and fairs in Paris this September. Indian temple jewellery. Guide to New York Fall Asia Week, including New York gallery shows, museum and institution exhibitions, and the auctions previews. HK auctions previews and HK fairs. The ancient art and culture of Kazakhstan. The blossoming of Ottoman art in textiles. Encounter: the Royal Academy in Asia, opens in Singapore; Passion for Porcelain, the British Museum and V&A’s joint exhibition in Beijing; Bronze exhibition, in London. Islamic Arts Diary
October 2012
Cover: New York Asian Sales: A Lot More than China
Profile: the photographer Youssef Nabil. Review of the latest book on Walter Spies, artist and scholar. The Tale of the Heike Painting Album at the Nezu Museum in Tokyo. Conserving old Rangoon and the Yangon Heritage Trust. China’s Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor’s Legacy. Interview with the curators of Passion for Porcelain, a collection of export porcelain, organised by the V&A and British Museum. Our annual guide to Asian Art in London, which opens early November. The Matho Museum Project, an innovative approach to restoring Buddhist art. Regional styles in Tibetan painting at the Rubin Museum in New York. Tomb Treasures of Han China at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge UK. The Colonial Eye – early 19th-century photography from India. Bharti Kher in London. Fairs in Hong Kong, London and Toronto. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
NOVEMBER 2012
Hong Kong and China: Auctions Retain Momentum
Profile: the painter Yan Pei-Ming. Photographer Liu Zheng’s The Chinese series. Reinstallation of Chinese ceramics on the Great Hall Balcony of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vietnamese Buddhist calligraphy in Germany. Interview with the Chinese ink painter Qiu Deshu. The work of Ma Hui. The history of Pagoda Paris, formerly the home of CT Loo. Song and Yuan Paintings from American Collections, on show in Shanghai. Light from the Middle East: New Arab photography on show at the V&A London. Asian films at this summer’s Locarno Film Festival. New York September auction reviews. Japanese shunga in Honolulu. New Arts of Korea Gallery in Boston and the exhibition Lost in Paradise in Paris. SoftPower, the inaugural exhibition at Alaan Art Space in Riyadh. Listings. Islamic Arts
DECEMBER 2012
Chinese & Japanese Auctions Still Performing in London
Profile: the artist Ran Hwang. The Gabr Collection of Orienatalist art. Ai Weiwei: According to What? in Washington DC. Shibata Zeshin: painter and lacquer artist at the Nezu Museum in Tokyo. A Victorian in Arabia: the 200th anniversary of the Western ‘discovery’ of Petra. Philippine documentary photography: Sonny Yabao and Alex Baluyut. APT7: contemporary art at the Queensland Gallery of Art in Brisbane. Our annual guide to the best books published in 2012, including reference, history, biography and fiction. Islamic Arts Diary.
2013
JANUARY 2013
Cover: Less Speculating and More Collecting at Hong Kong Sales
Profile: Jacob Hashimoto, artist and kite builder. Aesthetic perception in Japan. The Malaysian artist Latiff Mohidin and his latest Serangga series. Enku: The extraordinary monk/sculptor of 17th-century Japan, on show at the Tokyo National Museum. The Chinese artist Shen Shaomin’s new studio in Beijing. Imari: Japanese porcelain of the Edo period. Pictorial ceramics: Republic and contemporary porcelains in China. Wang Xizhi, the 4th-century master calligrapher on show in Tokyo. 25 years of Arab creativity at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris. Korean lacquerware in Germany. Jewellery from the Roof of the World in Switzerland. Hong Kong auction reviews. Mariko Mori at the Royal Academy in London. Islamic Arts Diary
FEBRUARY 2013 teaser
Cover: Sixth-Century Warrior Remains Unearthed in Japan
Profile: Manuel Ocampo, painter and art dealer. Lighting and Museums, why museums sometimes get it wrong. The Chinese Galleries reopen at the Rietberg Museum in Zurich, with part of the Meiyintang Collection on permanent display. The Near East Collection of the Idemitsu Museum on show in Tokyo. Our annual guide to museums and exhibitions on the West Coast of America. Contemporary Porcelain from Jingdezhen, at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK. Textile art at SOAS, London. The Life of Japanese Paintings in Neuss, Germany. Cairo to Constantinople, photographs from the Royal Collection at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh. Islamic Arts Diary
March 2013 teaser
Cover: World Monuments Fund Gives Grant for Ayutthaya, Thailand
Profile: Walid Raad, multi-disciplinary artist. Shintoism and the myriad gods of Japan. The School of Shanghai (1840-1920), the collection of the Shanghai Museum in Paris. Samarra: a joy for all to see, in Berlin. Mao’s Golden Mangoes and the Cultural Revolution, on show in Zurich. Our annual guide to the gallery shows, auctions, museum exhibitions and events during Asia Week New York in March. New York City map and listings. New York JADA member shows, Asia Week New York dealer shows, independent gallery shows. New York March auction previews. Hong Kong auction previews. TEFAF Maastricht. Islamic Arts Diary. General listings.
APRIL 2013 teaser
Cover: National Gallery of Victoria Open New Asian Galleries
Profile: the Cambodian artist Sopheap Pich. The re-opening of the Rijksmuseum and the new Asian Pavilion, in Amsterdam. In conversation with Risham Syed, winner of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize 2012. Enlightened Ways: the many streams of Buddhist art in Thailand, on show in Singapore. Modern Indian Art in New York and Salem, MA. Lady Impey’s bird paintings, on show in Oxford. An American Expedition to Northern Burma, 1935, in New York. An interview with the classical Chinese painter Xu Longsen. Samurai! Japanese armour on show at the MFA in Boston. Auctions and Fairs. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
MAY 2013 teaser
Cover: Hong Kong Spring Sales Reach More Solid Ground
Profile: the Indian artist Subodh Gupta. Conversation with Dr Pi Li, Senior Curator of Contemporary Chinese Art at M+ Museum, Hong Kong. The contemporary art scene in Myanmar. An interview with the Chinese artist Song Dong. Radiant Legacy: Ancient Chinese Gold from the Mengdiexuan Collection in Hong Kong. Doris Duke’s home in Hawaii – Shangri La – and the latest works of art from artists ‘in residence’. Guide to Brussels in June – for Asian Art in Brussels, BAAF and BRUNEAF. Dunhuang: Buddhist Art at the Gateway of the Silk Road at China Institute Gallery in New York. Flip Side: The Unseen in Tibetan Art at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York. Du Zhenjun’s Babel World at ZKM in Karlsruhe, Germany. Auction previews for Hong Kong, London, Stuttgart. The May International Antiques Fair in Hong Kong. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
JUNE 2013 teaser
Cover: Metropolitan Museum of Art Returns Koh Ker Sculptures
Profile: Saudi sisters Shadia and Raja Alem. Hari Kunzru and Memory Palace at the V&A in London. Contemporary art – two female photographers from Myanmar. The rise of the new, private, museums in Shanghai. The heritage homes of Yangon. Luang Prabang – a hub for weaving and textiles. Fes, Morocco, sees the 1200th anniversary of the founding of the city. The artist Liu Dan at the Suzhou Museum, China. Video Art in Asia at ZKM, Germany. Tani Buncho anniversary exhibition at the Suntory Museum, Tokyo. Xu Bing Phoenix Project in North Adams, MA. The Indian architect Charles Correa in London. Round up of the fairs happening in June. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
SEPTEMBER 2013 teaser
Cover: Fujisan Added to World Heritage List
Profile: Takesada Mastutani, member of the Gutai Group. The Hakutoro Collection, Chinese ceramics in Osaka. Chinese paintings in Japan, the Ichikawa Beian Collection on show at Tokyo National Museum. Luang Prabang temple restoration in Laos. New York galleries fall shows. New York museum exhibitions, including Iran Modern at Asia Society and Explored Interwoven Glove at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York auction previews. Ai Wei Wei’s Zodiac Heads in Dallas and Tsutsukagi indigo textiles at the Guimet in Paris. Early modern Japanese prints, reassembling an exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio. Sotheby’s Hong Kong auctions in October. Islamic Arts Diary. Listings.
OCTOBER 2013 teaser
Cover: Tang Dynasty Politician’s Tomb Found in Northern China
Profile: the artist Michael Joo. Angkor: Birth of a Myth, Louis Delaporte and Cambodia, on show at Musée Guimet in Paris. Asian and Islamic art at this year’s Venice Biennale. Masterpieces of Chinese Painting 700-1900, the major new show at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Our annual guide to Asian Art in London, including gallery shows, museum exhibitions, auctions and events. Museum exhibitions elsewhere: Asia Society Hong Kong – No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia; In Grand Style: Celebrations in Korean Art During the Joseon Dynasty, on show at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco; Beauty Revealed: Images of Women in Qing Dynasty Chinese Painting at the Berkeley Art Museum in California; and Bronzes of Imperial China from the 10th to the 19th Century in Paris at the Cernuschi Museum. Islamic Week auctions in London. Fairs – Olympia in London and the Fine Art Fair in Hong Kong. Islamic Arts Diary. Listings.
November 2013
Cover Story: Sotheby’s Hit a High Note at their Hong Kong Auctions
Profile: the Indian artist Jitish Kallat. Looking at Qiu Anxiong’s latest work – Part 3 of New Book of Mountains and Seas. Contemporary Chinese women artists on show at Bowdoin College, Maine. An interview with the Korean artist Lee Bul. Negoro: Mediaeval Japanese lacquerware at the Miho Museum in Japan. The Night of Longing: Shunga at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. Indian Tribal bronzes on show at the Rietberg in Zurich. The art of curating in India – a conversation with Vidya Shivadas. Asian films at Locarno International Film Festival. Dayanita Singh’s photographs in London. The Jameel Prize 3 shortlisted artists are now on show at the V&A in London. Auction reviews – Hong Kong and New York. Auction previews –Hong Kong and online. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary
DECEMBER 2013 teaser
Cover: Chinese Ceramics Remain Top Lots in London Sales
Profile: Robert Hales on Oriental and Islamic arms and armour. Preserving the havelis of Shekhawati, Rajasthan, India. Profile: the Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian. Toshiji Fukuda Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Picturing Heaven and Earth: the continuation of Chinese Landscape painting. Our 2013 Book Survey, including sections on China, Japan and Korea, South Asia, West Asia and the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Islamic World, Fiction and more. Through the Lens of John Thomson: Hong Kong and Coastal China, 1868-1872. The Body in Indian Art, in Brussels. Zeng Fanzhi in Paris. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary
2014
January 2014 cover and teaser
Cover: Ashmolean Museum Acquires Modern Chinese Art Gift.
Profile: Maryam Arif, photographer – and medical doctor – from Pakistan. Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo, contemporary Japanese art at the MFA in Boston. The Al-Thani Collection of Indian jewellery, with special emphasis on the Mughal period. Dhaka art galleries and institutions. Japanese ceramics – the Dreams of Itaya Hazan, on show at the Idemitsu Museum in Tokyo. A review of this year’s Singapore Biennale. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is showing the major exhibition Silla: Korea’s Golden Kingdom. A generous family donation to the Minneapolis Institute of Art is marked by the exhibition The Audacious Eye: Japanese Art from the Clark Collections. Hiroshi Sugimoto: Accelerated Buddha is on show in Paris, as are Chu Teh-Chun’s abstract paintings – at the Pinacotheque de Paris. The Fragrance of Ink – Korean paintings on show at the Baur Foundation in Geneva. Subodh Gupta’s Everything Is Inside is at the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi. Edinburgh’s National Museum of Scotland is showing their collection of Kabubi prints. February is an important month for art in South Asia: previews of India Art Fair, Dhaka Art Summit and the Colombo Biennale. Isamu Noguchi and Qi Bashi at the Noguchi Museum in New York. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
FEBRUARY 2014
Cover: World Records for Indian Artists in Mumbai Auction
Profile: The Chinese artist Xie Lei. Thai textile artist Jakkai Siributr. Ikats from Margilan, Ferghana Valley in Eastern Uzbekistan. Our annual guide to museums and exhibitions on the West Coast of America in 2014. Lee Bul’s retrospective at Mudam in Luxembourg. Iranian contemporary art after the revolution in London. Canopies for the Goddess, Gujarati sacred textiles on show in Zurich. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
MARCH 2014
Cover: Yuanmingyuan Columns to Return to China from Norway
Profile: The Korean artist Lee Ufan. Byobu: The Grandeur of Japanese Screens at Yale University Art Gallery. Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, on show in Philadelphia. Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands 1250-1900, in Cleveland. Women in Chinese Painting at the Freer Gallery in Washington DC. Imari porcelain for European palaces. Our annual guide to the events of Asia Week New York, including gallery shows, museum exhibitions, auctions and other events. Includes our map and comprehensive NYC listings. Fairs – in Maastricht and New York. Silvermine Beijing – a photographic archive. Bharti Kher in Shanghai, Les Arts Décoratif’s Chinese Collection on show in Paris and Islamic Arts Diary.
APRIL 2014
Cover: Archaic Chinese Bronze Set to Return to Hunan in China
Profile: the Saudi photographer Jowhara AlSaud. The Indian sculpture collections at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia, 5th to 8th century, opens at the Metropolitan of Art in New York in April. Enter the Mandala: Cosmic Centres and Mental Maps of Himalayan Buddhism, at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. Secrets of the Fallen Pagoda: Treasures from the Famen Temple and Tang Court at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore. India’s new generation of artists, an interview with Sahej Rahal. Golden Visions of Densatil: A Tibetan Buddhist Monastery at Asia Society in New York. Return of the Dragon – a look at Dragon and Clouds the Edo-period fusuma by Shokau, which have recently returned home to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Life is a Highway – Japanese prints in Florida. Refocusing the Lens, the photography of the late Pranlal K Patel, in New York. Islamic Arts Diary. Listings.
MAY 2014
Cover: Ceramics Top of the Heap in Hong Kong Auctions
Profile: Chinese artist Yang Yiechang. The roots of Zen in Japan, the 800th memorial of Yosai, at Tokyo National Museum. The art of discovery – early Korean paintings in the Honolulu Museum of Arts collection. Chinese paintings from Japanese collections, on show at LACMA in Los Angeles. Our guide to Asian Art in Brussels in early June. The Forbidden City: Inside the Court of China’s Emperor at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Auction previews for Genoa, Hong Kong, London and Milan and the International Antiques Fair in Hong Kong. Oil & Water: Reinterpreting Ink, Chinese paintings in New York. Mapping Ming China’s Maritime World: The Selden Map on show in Hong Kong. New York Asia Week auctions review. The opening of the new extension of the Nanjing Museum. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
June 2014
Cover: Inaugural Noguchi Award for Japanese American Exchange
Profile: Pakistani print artist Fahd Burki. Interview with Chinese plein air painter Liu Xiaodong. Tokyo’s favourite shrines. The World Jewellery Museum in Seoul. The forgotten city of Bengal – Murshidabad. MF Husain’s paintings at the V&A, London. Japan’s private museum series: the Seikado Bunko in Tokyo. Medieval Marrakesh. The Takamasuzuka tumulus in Tokyo. An exhibition on the Ming dynasty in Edinburgh. Walid Raad in Nimes. Gallery shows: Kan Yusada’s sculpture in New York; Golnaz Fathi in London and the photographs of Qin Yuhai in London. Indian Portraits exhibition at the Delhi Art Gallery. Iranian Paintings in Paris. London June fairs: Olympia, Art, Antiques London, Start and Masterpiece. London Museums: Noda Tetsuya Diary Series at the British Museum and Living Shrines, Uyghur Manifestations of Faith, Saints and Islam at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS. Islamic Arts Diary. Listings.
September 2014
Cover: Aga Khan Museum Opens in Toronto
Profile: the general director of the Gwangju Biennale Yongwoo Lee on this year’s 10th anniversary and rise of biennales in Asia. Alix Aymé, the forgotten painter of Indochina and the restoration of her murals in Luang Prabang. Wang Jianwei and Time Temple, the major new show at the Guggenheim this autumn. September sees the opening of the Heisei Chishinkan at Kyoto National Museum, we preview their spectacular new exhibition. Asia Week in New York: gallery shows, museum exhibitions and auction previews. Japan with the Passing Seasons at the Musée Cernuschi in Paris. Flight of the Dragon – the art of royal Vietnam in its final month at Musée Guimet in Paris. The Paris Biennale and Parcours de Mondes. East of the Wallace Line at Yale, Double Happiness at Peabody Essex and Japanese lacquer at Portland Japanese Garden. Fairs: Asian Art Fair in New York and Fine Art Asia in Hong Kong. Hong Kong auction previews. Gallery shows: Avatar, Jagannath Panda and Dashi Namadakov in London and Beyond the Jade Terrace, four female ink artists from China in Hong Kong. Islamic Arts Diary.
October 2014
Cover: International Auction Highs Achieved in Japan and India
Profile: the poet and painter Lo Ch’ing. National Treasures of Japan on show at Tokyo National Museum. The story of Chigusa, the 700-year-old Chinese tea storage jar. The new major exhibition at the British Museum, Ming: 50 years that changed the world. Serendipity Revealed: Sri Lankan contemporary art in London. Our annual guide to Asian Art in London, including gallery shows, auction previews, events, museum exhibition and other exhibitions around the UK. London fairs: Frieze Masters, Frieze London, and Olympia. China Mania! explores the history of Chinese export porcelain at Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore, Japanese Buddhist textiles in Basel, Indian musical instruments in Zurich, and Japanese contemporary art in New York. Listings and Islamic Arts Diary.
November 2014
Cover: Hong Kong Auctions Retain Steady Sales and Interest. Profile: the Korean artist Lee Bae. Imran Qureshi in Paris and the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham. VS Gaitonde retrospective at the Guggenheim in New York. The Thai artist Pinaree Sanpitek’s work is on view in Sydney at the Sherman Foundation. The Filipino director Lav Diaz wins the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. Yang Fudong’s latest film and installation for the SALT festival in the Arctic Circle in Norway. The Baksi Museum of contemporary art in remote Eastern Turkey. Hokusai goes on show at the Grand Palais in Paris. A review of Japanese Contemporary art in Brisbane and the Asian Triennial in Manchester, UK. Kawase Hasui on show at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Zhang Huan’s sculptures in upstate New York. New York September auction reviews. Islamic Arts Diary. Listings.
December 2014
Cover: Saint Louis Art Museum Receives Spink Collection. Profile: the conceptual artist Sarkis. Treasures from India, jewelled objects from the Al-Thani Collection on show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Splendours of the Han: the Rise of the Celestial Empire at the Guimet in Paris. Lao Buddhism and Buddhist statuary. Court Ladies or Pin Up Girls? Chinese portraits at the MFA in Boston. Indian Encounters in Edinburgh explores two very different lives: Maharajah Duleep Singh and Captain Archibald Swinton. The Kama-Sutra: Spirituality and Eroticism in Indian, explored in Paris. Our 2014 Book Survey, including sections on China, Japan and Korea, South Asia, West Asia and the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Islamic World, Fiction and more. Preview of Indian Art Fair. Korean contemporary potter in Uppingham, UK. Listings. Islamic Art Diary.
2015
January 2015
Cover More World Auctions Records for the Asian Art World
Profile: The photographer Shirana Shahbazi, monogatari-e – narrative paintings at the Idemitsu in Tokyo. A look at the Japanese Collection in the Cincinnati Museum of Art. Profile of the Hagi potter Hamanaka Gesson. Hiroshige prints at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Japanese contemporary ceramics on show at the Harn Museum in Florida. The new Okada Museum in Hakone, Japan. The Museum of Ethnography has just reopened in Geneva, we look at their Asian collections. The Forbidden City in Virginia. Japanese textiles in Paris and the 19th- century photographs of Siam and Angkor by the Scottish photographer John Thomson, currently on show in Bangkok. Indian art in Salem and the photographs of Marc Riboud in New York City. Japanse armour at the Crow Collection in Dallas, Japanese clocks, and Hiroshi Sugimoto photographs in London. Islamic Arts Diary.
February 2015
Cover: 100 Years of Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Profile: Asim Waqif, and installation artist from India. The All-Knowing Buddha: A Secret Guide, on show at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York. The Lost Dhow: A Discovery from the Maritime Silk Route at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto. The life and work of Miguel Covarrubias – Bali, Before and Beyond. February sees the publishing of our annual guide to museums on the west coast of America, including future exhibitions in 2015. Etal Adnan’s paintings in Strasbourg and a group show of artists from Kazakhstan on show in Strasbourg.The Korean artist Park Chan-kyong has his first video show at Iniva in London. Listings and Islamic Arts Diary.
March 2015
Cover: Kipper Collection Donates to the Art Institute of Chicago
Profile: Etel Adnan, painter and philosopher. Ink and Gold: Art of the Kano, on show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Marvels and Mirages of Orientalism, at the Montreal Museum of Arts. Nauras: The Many Arts of the Deccan, on show at the National Museum of New Delhi. Discovering Japanese Art: American Collectors at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Chinese Landscape Paintings: The Yuan Legacy at the Freer Gallery in Washington DC. The joys of drinking sake. Asia Week New York, our annual guide to the events, including gallery shows, auction previews, and museum exhibitions. This year we have updated and redesigned our map in an essential pull-out guide. Hong Kong Art Week, New York Asian Art Fair, and TEFAF. Hong Kong spring auction previews. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
April 2015
Cover: East Asian Ceramics Gift for National Museums Scotland
Profile: the photographer, installation and video artist, Almagul Menlibayeva. Baku: the opening of Yarat, a new arts centre for Azerbaijan. An interview with the Indian artist Hema Upadhyay. The Jantar Mantars of Northern India, photographed by Isamu Noguchi, on show in New York. The Shanghai Biennale 2014/2015. Iranian sculptor Parviz Tanavoli at Davis Museum, Wellesley College. The Cosmos: An Enduring Mystery on show in Zurich. Revolution/Renaissance: The Art of Liu Kuo-Sung – a retrospective in Jakarta. High Tea: Glorious Manifestations East and West at the Norton Museum of Art in Florida. Woven Luxuries: Indian, Persian, and Turkish Velvets from the Indictor Collection in the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Gallery shows. Raku ware in Los Angeles, Otagaki Rengetsu at the Morikami in Florida, Japanese cloisonné in Dublin, Hokusai’s prints on show at the MFA in Boston, and season landscapes, for the National Cherry Blossom Festival, in Washington DC. Mr., contemporary Japanese art in Seattle. Islamic Arts Diary.
May 2015
Cover: Ceramics Sustain High Note in Hong Kong Spring Sales. Profile: the photographer Tomoko Sawada. Empress Eugenie and the Yuanming Yuan porcelains in Fontainebleau. The Language of Xu Bing at LACMA in Los Angeles. Yixing zisha pottery. Our annual guide to the events and gallery shows during Asian Art in Brussels in June. Infinite Geometry, Infinite Possibilities, the art of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian at the Guggenheim in New York. The history of Chinese collectors and their collections in Hong Kong. China: Through the Looking Glass, the Chinese influence on fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. New York Asia Week auction reviews. Fair and gallery shows. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
JUNE 2015
Cover: Nepal’s Great Tragedy. Profile: The photographer Lalla Essaydi, who documents the life of Arab women in her beautifully crafted photographs. Go East, an exhibition of Southeast Asian art drawn from the collection of Gene and Brian Sherman, which is currently on show at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation and Sydney’s Art Gallery of New South Wales. The temple gardens of Japan with special reference to Kyoto. The temples of Pagan in Myanmar. 19th century photographs of Asia – the life and times of Captain Linneus Trip, on show at the V&A in London. A journey through Moorish Spain. The Lingnan School – modern Chinese painting in Paris. Arts of the Deccan on show in New York at the Met. London Fairs in June. Gallery shows. Islamic Arts Diary. Plus our usual monthly features – News in Brief, Islamic Arts Diary, auction previews and reviews, museum exhibition reviews, fairs, and comprehensive listings
September 2015
Cover: New Measures to Protect Archaeological Heritage Sites Profile: the multi-media artist Du Zhenjun. The Art of Bada Shanren in Washington DC. The Fabric of India exhibition at the V&A in London opens their India Season. Asian and Islamic World work at the Venice Biennale. A short history of Fatimid crystal ewers. The new Sun Museum’s inaugural exhibition in Hong Kong. New York Asia Week, exhibitions at the Met and Philippine Gold at Asia Society. New York auction previews. A round-up of the gallery shows in New York. Woven Luxury, velvets from the Indictor Collection. Paris Section: Bon art at the Guimet Museum; Parcours des mondes – gallery shows; Korean Season in Paris; Chinese and Thai contemporary art at Palais de Tokyo. Maps from the Kalakriti Archive on show in New Delhi and photographs in Los Angeles. New World discovers Asia in Boston. Thota Vaikuntam paintings and Tribal Art in London. Hong Kong auction previews. Islamic Arts Diary.
October 2015
Cover: Palace Museum in Beijing Celebrates 90th Anniversary
Profile: Bangladeshi artist Tayeba Lipi. The Silk Road, two thousand years of luxury travel, in Washington DC. French painters in Indochina in the 20th century. Ma Dasheng and Qu Leilei, members of the former Starts group, works are on show at the British Museum. The reopening of the Japanese Galleries at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Bali 1928: music and dance revived. Our annual guide to Asian Art in London, gallery shows, exhibitions, events and auctions. Fairs in London and Hong Kong. Asia in Amsterdam: Exotic Luxury in the Golden Age and Treasure Ships: Art in the Age of Spices on show in Perth, Australia. Photographs of the first Japanese Mission to the US, in Moscow. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
November 2015
Cover: Imperial Portrait Reigns Supreme at Hong Kong Auctions
Profile: the artist Mona Hatoum. The new collectors of Chinese contemporary art. Ai Weiwei at the Royal Academy in London. Feroze Gujral and the Gujral Foundation. Classical Chinese painting at The Met in New York. It’s Korea Season in Paris – Paper Tigers: Five Centuries of Korean painting. Modern Japanese photography finds expression in New York. Ross Lewis – following in the traditions of Chinese painting. New York fall auction reviews. Gallery shows. More exhibitions in Paris: Carte Blanche: Lee Bae, Korea Now! And Seoul – Paris – Seoul. The princely courts of 15th-century China in Florida. Steve McCurry’s photographs of India in New York, and photos of Ceylon in New Delhi. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
December 2015
Cover: Classical Furniture Rides High in London Sales.
Profile: Catching up with Jitish Kallat, artist and curator. The National Gallery of Singapore opened its doors to the public in November. Indian jewels, the Al Thani Collection on show at the V&A in London. Village India – photographs of rural life at the Brunei Gallery in London. Sepik, exploring the arts of Papua New Guinea at the Guimet in Paris. Textiles: The Fabric of India in London and Zo Textiles in Philadelphia. Author Profile: Sunjeev Sahota discusses his new book the Year of Runaways. Our 2015 annual guide to Asian Art and Islamic World books and catalogues. New York exhibitions: Saudi art at the UN in New York and contemporary East Asian at Smith College. Auction previews: Paris, Mumbai, and online. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
2016
January 2016
Cover: Tomb of Ancient Royal Family Discovered in Henan, China. Profile: the artist Zhang Hongtu. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Scottish photographer, John Thomson, visiting Angkor Wat. Interview with the audio-visual artist Ryoichi Kurokawa. The opening of the Mu Xin Musum in China. Sotatsu: Making Waves, the first major exhibition of this 17th-century artist’s work outside Japan. Asia in Amsterdam, Luxury in the Golden Age, at the Rijksmuseum. Tibet’s Secret Temple: Body, Mind, and Meditation in Tantric Buddhism, on show at the Wellcome Institute in London. Living for the Moment, Japanese prints from the Barbara S Bowman Collection in Los Angeles. Japanese exhibitions in Paris, Geneva, and New York. Locarno International Film Festival. Li Songsong in Baden Baden, Walid Raad in New York. Gallery Shows in New York and London. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
February 2016
Cover: National Palace Museum Opens New Museum in Taiwan. Profile: the artist Nabil Nahas. Yun-Fei Ji, the Chinese artist’s work from over the last decade is on show in New York state. Obituary: Hema Upadhyay, the Indian artist who explored India’s urban landscape. The collection of Nestorian crosses has been recently installed at UMAG in Hong Kong. Artist & Empire looks at the UK’s imperial past, at Tate Britain in London. Yang Yongliang, the Shanghai artist discusses art and film. Our annual guide to the museums and exhibitions on the West Coast of American in 2016. Gallery shows in New York and Birmingham, UK. Islamic Arts Diary.
March 2016
Metropolitan Museum Opens New Space – The Met Breuer. Profile the artist Samia Halaby. Yangon Echoes, heritage homes in Myanmar. Suiboku, traditional Japanese ink painting. Artist and Empire, painting the map pink. Ink painter Chua Ek Kay at the National Museum in Singapore. Setouchi Triennale in Japan. Muhammad Shah’s royal Persian tent at the Cleveland Museum of art. Our annual guide to the New York Asia Week events in March. Our pull-out map and listings for Asia Week. NYC gallery shows. NYC auction previews. Museum exhibitions in New York. Exhibitions in Chicago, Florida, Melbourne, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, Zurich, and Worcester in Massachusetts. Fairs in Dubai, Hong Kong, Maastricht, and New York. Hong Kong Spring Auction previews. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
April 2016 Teaser
Cover: New Asian Art Study Centre for Berkeley Art Museum. Profile: the photographer Bae Bien-U. Indian textiles – Krishna in the Garden of Assam at the British Museum, London. Puja and Piety: Hindu, Jain and Buddhist Art at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Indian contemporary artists Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra. Kamakura: Realism and Spirituality in the Sculpture of Japan, in New York. Malaysian artist Chang Fee Ming. Latiff Mohidin, sculptor and painter. The art of the Japanese garden through early gardening catalogues. The Spirit of Indian Painting, Close Encounters with 101 Great Works, 1100-1900. The 50th anniversary celebrations at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Tayeba Begum Lipi and Mahbubur Rahman on show in Michigan. The Body of Devotion, the Cosmic Buddha in 3D in Washington DC. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
May 2016
Cover: Provenance and Prices Converge at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong. Profile: the artist and sculpture Huang Yong Ping in Paris. The art of dressing up in Asia – costumes in California. Dr Mimi Gates and the Dunhuang Project in Los Angeles. Global by Design, Chinese ceramics in New York. The ShanghArt Gallery celebrates 20 years in business in Shanghai. Our guide to Asian Art in Brussels, part of Cultures, in June. Arita porcelain in Amsterdam, Shun Ito in Birmingham, Daido Moriyama in Paris and Yong-Jae Lee’s ceramics in Vienna. Chinese artists in the Vuitton Collection on show in Paris and ikats in London. New York auction reviews. Auction reviews of Dubai and Hong Kong sales. Auction previews for Hong Kong and London. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
June 2016
Cover: The Palestinian Museum Opens on the West Bank. People: the artist Huang Rui. People: the artist Imran Qureshi in London. People: the antique dealer Giuseppe Eskenazi. People: the gallery owner Shirin Tavakolian. Travel: the secular architecture of Luang Prabang. Travel: the delights of Muscat, Oman. Travel: Sikh heritage in the Pujab. Conservation: a selection of Jamini Roy paintings at the Harn Museum in Florida. Mughal paintings in Cleveland. Great Tales of Asian Art in Adelaide. Paris section: Zao Wou-ki’s paintings on show at the Cernuschi. Oriental gardens at the Arab Institute. Paris auctions. What’s on at the Guimet – 19th century travel photography, Araki, Japanese contemporary photography. Carte Blanche: Shouchiku Tanabe. Exhibitions elsewhere: Treasures from the National Palace Museum in San Francisco; Lapis and Gold in Dublin; Sumatran Ship Cloths in San Francisco; Black Tigers in Hong Kong; Nepalese Seasons in New York; Tibetan book covers in Texas; Refining Modernism in Singapore; Bhupen Khakhar in London. Gallery shows. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
September Teaser 2016
Cover: World Heritage Committee Inscribes New Sites in Asia. Profile: the painter Lu Chao. Feng Mengbo at home in Beijing. Singaporean master potter Iskandar Jalil. Korean Contemporary art, the Dansaekhwa movement. Christian art in Asia, on show in Sinagpore. Six Dynasties China comes alive in New York at the new China Institute. New York gallery shows. New York auction previews. New York exhibitions at Asia Society, the Metropolitan Museum of art, and the Rubin Museum of Art. Fairs in Paris and Hong Kong. Hong Kong auction previews. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
October 2016 teaser
Cover: Philadelphia Museum of Art Reopens South Asian Galleries. Profile: the artist Ali Banisadr. A history of Kolkata’s Botanical Gardens. Shadow puppet theatre from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, in London. Kimono and Obi from Japan’s Golden Age. The making of Conflicts of Interest: Art and War in Modern Japan, in St Louis. A look at 17th-century Chinese paintings from the Tsao Family Collection, on show in Los Angeles. The art of Korean mother-of-pearl inlay. Our guide to the galleries participating in Asian Art in London. London auction previews. Auction previews in Frankfurt, Melbourne and . Gallery shows in New York and Frankfurt,. London’s Japanese and Korean exhibitions. Chinese ceramics in Dallas, installation art and Chinese opera in New York, Indian prints in San Francisco and early Chinese books in San Marino. Islamic Arts Diary.
November 2016
Cover: Strong Sales for Hong Kong. Profile: Korean artist Lee Lee Nam. Interview with the painter YZ Kami. Conflicts of Interest: Japan’s wars in the late 19th and 20th centuries. In the studio of Sun Xun in Beijing. A new initiative: Gallery Weekend in Kuala Lumpur in November. Jameel Prize 4 in Istanbul. A Third Gender in Japanese Prints on show in Toronto. The Asian and Islamic world films at Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland. The Buddha exhibition in Amsterdam. Rodin’s Cambodian dancers in London. The Sam and Myrna Myers Collection on show in Montreal. New York Fall auction reviews. Chinese women artists in Michigan. Walasse Ting exhibition in Paris. The prints of Ito Shinsui in Zurich. Cai Guo-Qiang’s new show in Maastricht. Tales of Our Times at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Contemporary Indian art at Princeton in New Jersey. Islamic Arts Diary.
December/Winter Quarter 2016 teaser
Cover: Iconic Buddha at Jahan Abad Restored. In the People Section: the painter Nicky Nodjoumi; Beijing husband and wife artists Hu Xiaoyuan and Qiu Xioafei; Eddi Prabandono spends his time between Okinawa and Jakarta; Painter Raqib Shaw in London; The gallerist Erik Thomsen; curator Hollis Goodall discuses life at LACMA, Los Angeles. The Travel Section: spending time in Phnom Penh; touring the Jaffna in the north of Sri Lanka; Exploring the Izu Peninsula, Japan; In the footsteps of the Buddha in India. Features: The glory of Jade in Paris. The epic of the Ramayana unfolds in San Francisco. Syria’s civilisations explored in Toronto. Power and Protection in the Islamic World on show in Oxford. Conservation: Preserving Nirvana, the Edo-period painting Death of the Historical Buddha restored at MFA, Boston. Our annual 2017 survey of books from Asian and the Islamic World. Regulars: exhibitions, auctions, listings and Islamic Arts Diary.
No issues January and February from 2017 – 8 issues a year. March, April, May, June/Summer Quarter, September, October, November, December/Winter Quarter
2017
March 2017
Cover: Guggenheim Museum NY Celebrates 80th Anniversary. Profile: Cao Fei, film-maker. The Sanli Tu, an ancient Chinese design book explored in New York. Profile: the Korean artist Do-Ho Suh. Christian Art in Asia and an exhibition of crosses at Westminster Abbey in London. The Silk Road. Masters and Students of the Utagawa School in Oberlin, Ohio. Tomb treasures from the Han dynasty at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Our annual guide to Asia Week New York, including essential listings, map, gallery show previews, auction previews and museum exhibitions. Chinese taste on show in Kansas City. Phulkari in Philadelphia and Chinese contemporary art in Dallas. Gallery shows in London and New York – Kazuo Shiraga, Agus Suwage, and a five Korean artists. Hong Kong auction previews. General listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
April 2017
Cover: Early Chinese Landscape Masterpiece Donated to The Met, New York. Profile: artist and film-maker Fiona Tan. Khadim Ali, an Hazara artist now settled in Sydney. Ancient rock painting in Sri Lanka. Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Empires. Inventing Utamaro: a Japanese masterpiece reunited in Washington DC. London-based Bangladeshi Rana Begum. The return of the dragons to Kew’s Great Pagoda in London. 100 Masterpieces of Modern and Contemporary Arab Art in Paris. Designing Japan, the best of modern design in Philadelphia. Charming Journey, NS Harsha in Tokyo. Indian in Full Frame, Cartier-Bresson’s photographs on show at the Rubin in New York. Indian Pahari paintings in Zurich. The archaic character of seal script explained in Ohio. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
May 2017
Cover: Treasure Horde Found in Sichuan River China. Profile: Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi, founder of The Barjeel Art Foundation. Shahzia Sikander’s latest commission at Princeton University. An interview with the Indian artist Jitish Kallat. Edo- and Meiji-period glass in the Miho Museum’s 20th anniversary exhibition in Shigaraki province, Japan. Han-dynasty China on show in New York. Lu Yang and the role of female artists in China. Culture: local and international galleries gather in Brussels in June. New York auction reviews from March Asia Week. Hong Kong auction reviews and previews. London auction previews. Japanese House exhibition in London, Indian jewellery in California, and SOAS’s centenary exhibition in London. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
June/Summer Quarter 2017
Cover: Tibetan Thangkas Are Top Lot at London Sale. People: the painter, sculptor, and installation artist Manish Nai. People: Jack Persekian on contemporary art in Palestine. Tim Clark on the new Hokusai show at the British Museum. Travel: Jakarta, once the famed Batavia of the Dutch East India Company and ‘Queen of the East’. Travel: China’s burgeoning contemporary art scene – where to go in Shanghai and Beijing. Travel: the allure of Moorish Spain. Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave in London. Ancient Chinese bronzes from the Minneapolis Institute of Art on show at the Ringling in Florida. Heaven and Hell: Japanese Buddhism explored in San Antonio, Texas. Paris: exhibitions and auctions in the city of light this June. Conservation: Restoring 16th-century Japanese screens in Seattle. Exhibitions: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics in Denver, Japanese Bamboo at The Met in New York, Flower Power in San Francisco, conserving Asian textiles in Switzerland, the photographer Shirana Shahbazi in Berlin, Shih Chieh Huang: Resuable Universes in Massachusetts, Shirin Neshat in Venice, Fahrelnissa Zeid in London, and Indian paintings and coins in Oxford. Online auctions and gallery shows. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
September 2017
Cover: New Sites on UNESCO World Heritage List. Profile: the painter Golnaz Afraz. Studio visit to Liu Jianhu in Shanghai. The life and work of Fahrelnissa Zeid. Howard Hodgkin’s India, at the Ashmolean,Indian paintings. The Amprapali jewellery museum in Jaipur. Bapo, China’s 8 Brokens, puzzles from a treasured past in Boston. The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge marks the 70th anniversary of Partition in India. Images of a Buddhist Hell, Japanese painting in Kyoto. New York auction previews. Parcours des Mondes and Paris gallery shows and exhibitions. Japanese prints in St Louis, Indian Photographs in London, India and Alice Boner Collection in the Rietberg Zurich. Fine Asia Fair in HK. The Gutai Group in London, Minjung Kim in Seoul and Liang Shuo Chinese artist in Germany. Islamic Arts Diary.
October 2017
Cover: Bakhshali Manuscript Reveals Its Secrets. Profile: Prabhakar Pachpute, installation artist and painter. Another India, the Adavasi and other minorities. Master prints makers, Kuniyoshi v Kunisada in MFA in Boston. Collector Extraordinairel Colin Mackenzie’s collection on show in his home town of Stornoway, Scotland. Imagining the Diving in Oxford. The Gates of Paradis and Hiroshi Sugimoto, Japanese photography. The 50th anniversary of the disappearance of Jim Thompson in Thailand. Sadiq Kwaish Alfruz at the Venice Biennale. Ru Xui and Scarlet Infusion, Chinese dress design and performance. Asian Art in London gallery guide. Auction previews. Japanese painting in Dallas, Chaekgori, Korean Art, in Cleveland, Chinese classical painting, Chinese contemporary painting in New York, Netsuke in Bath, Nalini Malani Indian painter, and sufi moulids in London. Fairs, gallery shows and Islamic Arts Diary.
November 2017
Cover: Brush Washer Creates World Auction Record. Profile: the Chinese painter, photographer, and installation artist Ni Youyu. Viva Arte Viva, this year’s Venice Biennale. Three artists from Hangzhou: Zhou Yilun, Cheng Ran, and Wu Junyong. Polished to Perfection, Japanese cloisonné in Los Angeles. Illusion and Disillusion in the Art of Chen Hongshou, a 17th-century Chinese artist. The contemporary Korean ceramicist Yoo Euijeoung. New York and Hong Kong auction reviews. Auction previews. Gallery shows: Afruz Amighi in London and Reza Derakshani and Alfred Basbous in Hong Kong. Takahashi Murakamin on show in Boston. Raghubir Singh’s photographs in New York, Risham Syed’s paintings in Manchester, UK. Japanese season at the Pompidou Centre-Metz, France. Indian season at the Science Museum in London. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
December 2017
Cover: London Auctions Maintain Momentum for Chinese Art. In the People section: the Mumbai-based painter Nalini Malani. An interview with the first Asian Director of the Sydney Biennale, Mami Kataoka. The Sri Lankan/Australian artist Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran. Features: The reopening of The Sir Joseph Hotung Gallery at the British Museum. Spirited Creatures at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The MqJ Collection, Ming dynasty, classical Chinese furniture. Dreams of Kings: jade at the Nelson Atkins Museum in Kansas City. Shamanism – Making the World Right – in Los Angeles. In the Travel section: On the pilgrim’s trail in Japan – the Komano Kodo Trail. Spending time in Vietnam. In the Books section: The Literary Sleuth, Claire Scobie explains her in South India. Hmong Rituals in Northern Thailand. Our annual book choices for 2017. Beyond Angkor, Cambodian sculpture from Banteay Chhmar. Japanese Modern and Contemporary art at the MFA, Boston. Faces of China, portrait painting from the Ming and Qing dynasties in Berlin. Kim Sooja – Weaving the World in Liechtenstein. Ayurvedic Man at the Wellcome Institute in London. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
2018
March 2018 teaser
Cover: The Taj Mahal and the Battle of Air Pollution. Profile: Korean artist Kim Guiline. Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Enoura Observatory in Sagami Bay, Japan. The Royal Asiatic Society. In the footsteps of St Thomas in India. Edo-period Japanese painting at the Met in New York. Power and Beauty in China’s Last Dynasty – on show in Minneapolis. Dressed to impress: Netsuke. Incense culture in imperial China in Paris. Our annual guide to events during Asia Week New York, including gallery shows, exhibitions, and auctions. Calligraphy in Kansas. Royal gifts from India at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh. Latiff Mohidi and Adel Abdessemed both have shows in France. Islamic Arts Diary.
April 2018
Cover: Are HK Spring Sales Still on the March? Profile: Filippino artist Marina Cruz. The Terracotta Army is in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Vanishing Stepwells of India. A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran, Persian silver on display in Washington DC. Jumaadi – Indonesian artist and rescuer of Javanese antique houses. Rembrandt and the inspiration of India, at the Getty in Los Angeles. Divine Bodies, the power of transformation, on show at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Unknown Tibet, The Tucci Expeditions, thangkas from an important Italian Collection, on show at Asia Society, New York. Balinese Textiles, the power of faith. Secrets of the Lacquer Buddha reveals how these early Buddhas were made in Southeast Asia. Into the Fold, contemporary Japanese ceramics on show in Kansas. Nineteenth-century Japanese prints in Oregon. Early photographs of China and Siam by John Thomson, in London. Islamic Arts Diary.
May 2018
Cover: Stratospheric Prices for Extraordinary Objects. Profile: the artist Adel Abdessemed. An interview with Chinese artist Guo Jian in Australia. The age of discovery, Japan’s Global Baroque. A guide to Cultures: three fairs, including Asian Art in Brussels. Minority textiles and indigo dyeing in Asia, the craft of the Kam people in Guizhou. Figures in Islamic Art at the David Collection in Copenhagen. New York Asia Week auction reviews. Auction previews in Hong Kong, London, and Sydney. East and Southeast Asian ceramics in Vienna, Lee Bae in St-Paul de Vence, France, and the architect Junya Ishigami in Paris. Gallery shows: In New York, Japanese ceramics and contemporary glass, and Chinese contemporary art. The International Antiques Fair in Hong Kong. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
June/Summer Quarter 2018
Cover: Rockefeller Name Works its Magic in New York. People: Maya Lin, designer, architect, and artist. Guy Ullens and the story of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. Yoshiko Ushioda, former curator of Japanese Collections at the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin. Judith Neilson, art collector and philanthropist on her latest project – Dangrove – in Sydney. Travel: Odisha, the eastern state of India on the Bay of Bengal. Features: The Blue Road, mastercrafts from Persia in Hong Kong. The Art of Cambodia and the Khmer kingdom, in Singapore. The Art of the Qajar in Washington DC. Paris Supplement: the first edition of Printemps Asiatique is in June. Paris auction previews and Paris summer exhibitions. Chinese textiles – a new installation in the Chinese Galleries at Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio. Other exhibitions: Japanese contemporary lacquer in Minneapolis; The art of Okinawa in Honolulu; South Indian paintings from the Royal Collection in London; Chinese comics in Brussels, and artists Etel Adnan in Switzerland and Vivan Sundara in Delhi. And Japanese architecture explored in Tokyo, Asian textiles and sculpture in New York. Bosshard in China: social history on show in Hong Kong. Listings and Islamic Arts Diary.
September 2018
Cover: The Malayasian painter Latiff Mohidin. Traditional and installation art from India, in San Francisco. Rosetsu: Ferocious Brush, Japanese Edo-period painting in Zurich. The Jameel Prize, for Islamic World art, in London. An interview with the New Zealand painter Lisa Reihana. Oceania at the Royal Academy celebrates the 250th anniversary of the first voyage of Captain James Cook to the Pacific, as well as the founding of the Academy in London. The rise in popularity of Tribal art. Jakuchu: The Colourful Kingdom of Living Beings is on show in Paris for the first time in its entirety outside Japan. Parcours des Mondes and Paris exhibitions. New York Fall Asia Week: gallery shows, auction previews ,and museum exhibitions. The supernatural world of the Yokai, in Madrid. Fairs in London and Hong Kong. Sikh Art from the Punjab and vintage Indian postcards on show in London. Japanese prints in Washington DC. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
October 2018
Cover: Jameel Arts Centre Opens in Dubai. Profile: the Chinese painter Yu Youhan in Shanghai. Exploring the world of mediaeval Armenian merchants. Family Ties: Pahari painting in Zurich. The Fabric of India, textiles in Cincinnati. Empresses of the Forbidden City, on show at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem. Peacock in the Desert, the art of Jodhpur, in Seattle. Our guide to Asian Art in London. London auction previews. Auctions with previews in London. Edo style in North Adelaide. Hiroshi Sugimoto’s project at Versailles, the work of Tadao Ando on show in Paris. Yasumasa Morimura: Ego Obscura at Japan Society in New York. Fall fairs in New York and London. Gallery shows in New York, Listings, and Islamic Arts Diary.
November 2018
Cover: High Prices Prevail in HK. Profile: the collaborative artists Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, and Hesam Rahmaniam. Splendours of the Meiji in Paris. Early Japanese photography and the Yokohama School. Japon-Japonismes 1867-2018 in Paris. The Treasures of Kyoto, in Paris. The photographer Kenji Wakasugi. The refinement of Edo Paintings, in Tokyo. Marie Antoinette’s Japanese lacquer boxes, in Los Angeles. Japanese Connections: The birth of modern décor, in Abu Dhabi. New York auction reviews. Auction previews in Hong Kong and Germany. Japanese prints: Waves of Renewal, in Paris. Buddhist sculpture in Tokyo and Japanese bamboo baskets in Paris. Japanese photography in Washington DC. Classical ukiyo-e paintings in Chicago and the work of Toko Shinoda in Tokyo. Gallery shows. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
December 2018
Cover: Rediscovered Iznik Charger Takes the Prize. In the People Section: the artist Rina Banerjee. Qiu Zhijie discusses his latest map – created for the QAGCOMA, in Brisbane. The art dealer Christophe Hioco discusses his life in the art world. Features: The Jeweled Isle, art from Sri Lanka on show in Los Angeles. The 10th anniversary of the Museum of Oriental Art in Turin. The Buddha’s Life, Path to the Present, explored in Amsterdam. The history of the Oriental Collection in Tbilisi, Georgia. Travel: The delights of Delhi, old and new. The revival of Singapore’s shophouses. Discovering the ancient history of Sri Lanka in Colombo. In the books section: a survey of books published in 2018. Exhibitions: Tibetan contemporary art in California and in Oxford, UK. Japanese painting at Princeton, Syria in Brooklyn and Qatar. Listings, Islamic Arts Diary
2019
March 2019 teaser
Cover: Restoration of Mughal Gardens in India. Profile: the painter Ding Yi. Raffles in Southeast Asia, revisiting the scholar and statesman, on show in Singapore. Sir Stamford Raffles as collector. Heaven and Earth, treasures from the National Palace Museum in Taipei on show in Sydney. The Tale of Genji, exploring artistic traditions, in New York. Faith and Empire, art and politics in Tibetan Buddhism, in New York. Hokusai Updated, in Tokyo. Chinese Bird and Flowering paintings. New York Asia Week map and essential listings. Asia Week gallery shows. New York auction previews. New York exhibitions in March. Gods in Home in Toronto, Hiroshige in Worcester, On the Mongolian Steppes in Denmark, and East Asian landscapes in Florida. Under Indian Skies, early photography, in Copenhagen. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
April 2019
Cover: Syrian Heritage Archive Helps Keep Memory Alive Profile: the Indian painter Atul Dodiya. An Indian portrait in New York hits the high note. Nagasaki and the Age of Discovery – early contact in Japan. Japanese prints discovered: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, in Philadelphia. Central Asian ikats, the power of pattern, in Los Angeles. Borobudur by moonlight, the photographs of Caroline and Hughes Dubois. The futuristic Azerbaijan Carpet Museum, in Baku, telling the tale of regional craft and design. Developments at the Qianlong Garden in the Forbidden City, Beijing. The royal arts of India come to Toronto in Treasures of a Desert Kingdom. Fashion and Fabrics of 19th-century Tehran, on show in Zurich. Awakenings: Asian contemporary art in Seoul. Lee Ufan in Metz, France, Tetsuya Ishida in Madrid and Badi Babalov in Baku. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
May 2019
Cover: Strong Sales in Hong Kong Defy Forecasts. Profile: Iranian artists Icy and Slot. Shinto, Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art, in Cleveland. Southeast Asian ceramics and sculpture on show in Chicago. Traded Treasure: Indian Textiles for Global Markets at Cornell, New York. The forgotten world of otsu-e, Japanese folk paintings, on show in Paris. Water, Islam, and Art, the major new exhibition explored in Milan. The artist Raza Azad discusses his latest project in Sydney. New York Asia Week auction reviews. Hong Kong auction previews. Fairs – in Hong Kong and Brussels. Classical Chinese painting in San Francisco, contemporary Chinese photography in Paris, and Mingqi, Chinese tomb sculptures in Connecticut. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
June/Summer Quarter 2019
Cover: High Prices for Islamic Art in London. People: Davinder Toor and his passion for collecting Sikh art. Dominique and Sylvain Lévy, founders of the DSL Collection. Smita Prahbakar and the Ishara Foundation in Dubai. Cai Guo-Qiang’s Cuyahoga River Lightening on show in Cleveland. Exploring Manga at the British Museum in London. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art – on show in Washington DC. Spirit Houses in Phnom Penh – rescued from the White Building and now in Australia. Travel: a journey up the Chao Phraya river to Ayutthaya. Paris Supplement: the second edition of Printemps Asiatique is in June. Paris auction previews and Paris summer exhibitions. The art of tattoo-ing in Japan, in San Francisco. Auction preview: Mughal jewellery in New York. Japanese contemporary ceramics in New York. The Sri Lankan artist Anoma Wijewardene in Venice. Miniature paintings from Pakistan on show in Zurich. Celebrating 50 years since landing on the moon – The Moon in Islamic Art – is on show in Toronto. Contemporary art: Leiko Ikemura in Basel and Yan Pei-Ming in Dijon. Listings and Islamic Arts Diary.
September 2019
Cover: New World Heritage Site for Myanmar. Profile: the artist Imran Qureshi discusses his latest work. Lindy Lee and the sculpture commission for Chinatown, New York. Snuff bottles in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Masterpieces of every day Japan, mingei from the Montgomery Collection. In One Drop of Water, on show at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The allure of Japanese contemporary ceramics. Honouring the anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak, in Phoenix. Modern Japanese architecture on show in New York. New York auction previews and gallery shows. How America was perceived in 19th-century Japanese prints, explored in Chicago. Korean calligraphy in Los Angeles. Mrinalini Mukherjee retrospective in New York. What’s on in Paris this September, including Parcours des Mondes. Hong Kong fairs and auctions. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
October 2019
Cover: Jade Sales Bring Mixed Results in New York. Profile: the Korean artist Suki Seokyeong Kang. A studio visit to Li Shan’s studio near Shanghai. Ambiguity in Orientalist Art. Kuala Lumpur Gallery Weekend. Trade Wars: US/Chinese tariffs. Meisho Hakkei, Admiration for Landscapes: Eight Scenic Views, on show at the Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo. The Raffles Collection at The British Museum, London. Our annual guide to the galleries participating in Asian Art in London. Anno’s Journey at Japan House, London; and Istanbul to London, Turkish coffee houses explored in Oxford. Nam June Paik at Tate Modernism and the new exhibition, Buddhism at The British Library. Indian and Islamic Art Week in London, gallery shows in London and Singapore. Auctions in the UK and Hong Kong. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
November 2019
Cover: Missing Tale of Genji Chapter Found in Kyoto. The sacred treasures of Nara, on show at the British Museum. Kyoto: Capital of Artistic Imagination, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Nanga painting explored at BAMPFA, in California. Japan Supernatural, exploring the ghosts and ghouls of Japan in Sydney. Japan on Stage, prints and masks from the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Ohio. The new Arts of Japan galleries at Brooklyn Museum. Asian and Islamic art at this year’s Venice Biennale. Anish Kapoor’s in Beijing. New York fall auction reviews. Japanese exhibitions around the world, including Chicago, London, San Francisco, Shigaraki, Vienna and Liverpool. World Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
December 2019
Cover: Shuri Castle in Okinawa Damaged by Fire. Studio Visit: the artist Li Yongzheng in Chengdu. Profile: Hayv Kahraman discusses her Iraqi/Kurdish heritage. Orientalism: The West’s fascination with the East. Conservation: The restoration of a Chinese ancestor portrait from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Hokusai, Hiroshige, and Hasui, on show in Italy. Travel: The mountain town of Sheki in Azerbaijan; Bali explored through temples, palace, and art; Chengdu in China’s picturesque southwest. Buddhism, the major new show at the British Library, in London. Books 2019: our annual round-up, including reference and fiction. Gallery shows in New York and Paris. A Korean Buddhist masterpiece in Washington DC. Auctions: a pair of George Chinnery’s paintings go on sale next year in London. Kurdish art in Washington DC. Contemporary Korean and Japanese art in Paris. Shipwrecks in San Francisco and Chinese banquets at Princeton. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
2020
March 2020
Cover Profile: the founder of Dansaekhwa, Korean artist Park Seo-Bo. Adventures in Sikkim, an interview with Alice Kandell. Where the Truth Lies: The Art of Qiu Ying. Company School paintings. Chinese export porcelains. Chintz, the cloth that changed the world. Moga and Japanese Modernism. Asia Week New York map and essential listings. Asia Week gallery shows. New York exhibitions in March. The reopening of Seattle Asian Art Museum. Japanese prints in Ohio, Shinto deities in Kyoto, Chinese contemporary in Milan, and calligraphy rubbings in Taipei. World listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
April 2020
Cover: National Museum of Taiz Restored. Profile: the Korean artist Kim Chun Hwan. Jogen Chowdhury discusses the current retrospective of his work on tour in India. Turuki Yokoi reminisces about her life in art. A look at the newly refurbished Musée Cernuschi in Paris. The Art of Impermanence, Japanese art in New York. The Feinberg Collection of Edo paintings, in Harvard. Indian Paintings in the Royal Collections in the UK. Magnum photographer Marc Riboud’s work explored in Paris. Awaken: Tibetan Buddhism in San Francisco. Contemporary UAE art in Berlin, Japanese prints in Ohio, and in Mehlli Gobhai Mumbai. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.
May 2020
Cover: Profile: Khmer Artefacts Return to Cambodia. Profile: The calligrapher André Kneib. Captive Beauties: Depictions of Women in Late Imperial China. Life as a Price, courtly paintings from India. Tantra, exploring faith and philosophy through art, in London. Novadic jewellery from South Asia. From the Archives: Timbuktu to Tibet. The Ferrars Collection of photographs from Burma, in the Royal Geographical Soceity, London. A virtual journey to Iraq and Syria. Cao Fei at the Serpentine in London and Lee Mingwei in Berlin. Sheela Gowda in Munich. Amar Kanwar’s The Sovereign Forest and photographs of Foochow and the River Min by the 19th-century photographer John Thomson. Islamic Arts Diary.
June 2020
Cover: Thai Artist Wins BP Portrait Award. Sri Lankan artist and activist Pala Pothupitiye. Zhang Peili’s latest work in Shanghai. The photographer James Kerwin on travelling and his latest series from the Lebanon and Georgia. Pots and performances: the cultural legacy of Tamba-Sasayama in Japan. Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk, the enduring legacy from Japan. Focus on Korea: Modern and contemporary calligraphy in Korea. Sacred devotion, a Korean Buddha in the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington DC. Celebrating Buddha’s birthday, in Seoul. Golden Needles: Embroidery arts from Korea. Contemporary Korean craft in Philadelphia. From the Archives: Venice and the Islamic World. Jain Art. Bali behind the scenes and Chiharu Shiota in Paris. Japanese art, The Cowles Collection. Islamic Arts Diary.
September 2020
Cover: Buddhist Paintings Return to Korea from US. Profile: the artist Karishma D’Souza. In conversation with multi-disciplinary artist Xu Zhen. Eastern Encounters: Indian paintings on show in Edinburgh. The art of Javanese shadow theatre, in Zurich. Restoration of Pha That Luang in Vientiane, Laos. Samurai, exploring the world of Japanese warriors, in Adelaide. From the Archives: The Dragon’s Gift, The Sacred Arts of Bhutan. The world of miniature paintings revealed in Istanbul. Exhibitions in Paris, Frankfurt, Toronto, Kansas City, and Salem. Gallery shows in New York, Paris, and New Delhi. Auction previews. Islamic Arts Diary
October 2020
Cover: Online Sales Achieve High Prices in India. Profile: the artist Tamina Amadyar. The art and history of the kimono, on show in London. A walk through Chinese landscape paintings. The al-Sabah Collection, in Houston. Tantra Enlightenment to Revolution, in London. Contemporary Indian paintings from Bihar. From the Archives: Chinese lacquerware. Our annual guide to Asian Art in London. Auction previews in Hong Kong and London. Gallery shows in the UK and Germany. Istanbul’s new art fair. Exhibitions in Toronto, Dayton, and Milan. Chinese contemporary in Cleveland, Korean contemporary in London, and Indian contemporary in Nashville. Islamic Arts Diary.
November 2020
Cover: Auction Record for Hokusai’s Great Wave. Profile: the artist Izumi Kato. Sony Landscape Photographer of the year, 2020. A conversation with Hamra Abbas, a participant in Asia Society’s new Triennial in New York. Hokusai: Mad about Painting. The recently discovered Hokusai drawings now in the British Museum collections. Momoyama Artistic Traditions in a Turbulent Century, in Tokyo. Seeing Japanese beauty through woodblock prints. Edo Avant-Garde, a documentary film by Linda Hoaglund. From the Archives: Dogu. Zaido – Yukari Chikura discovers an ancient Japanese ritual. Tempus Fugit, in Florida. Exhibitions in Kyoto, Ohio, and Cologne . Auctions, gallery shows and fairs. Islamic Arts Dairy.
December 2020
Cover: Imperial Scroll Goes to Museum in Shanghai. Profile: AI-artist Refik Anadol. Chinese artist Lu Yang, discusses her latest projects. Turkmen and Miao jewellery in San Antonio. The opening of the new Museum of Art and Photography in Bengaluru in South India. Seeking Immortality: ancient artefacts on show in Arizona. Travel: The Himalayan town of Gangtok and the painted havelis of Shekhawati. From the Archives: The World of Khubilai Khan, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Books 2020: our annual round-up, including reference and fiction. Treasures of gold and jade in California, Rembrandt’s Orient in Basel. Revealing Krishna in Cleveland, Indian perspectives in Zurich. The artist Ali Balisadr in Connecticut and Mari Katayama in Paris. Haegue Yang’s first show in the UK. Islamic Arts Diary.
2021
February 2021
Cover: Rare Ru Ware Found in German Collection. Profile: the artist Mandy El-Sayegh. The Kimono in Print, 300 Years of Japanese Design. Celebrating the anniversary of Henri Mouhot, the French explorer in Southeast Asia. A studio visit with the artist Xue Song, in Shanghai. The Ramayana, tracing its footprint through Sri Lanka. From the Archives: Splendours from the Yongle and Xuande Reigns, held in Beijing. Our guide to the online and in-gallery shows for Asia Week New York 2021. New York exhibitions: Japan: A History of Style and The Year of the Ox at The Met. Awaken: A Tibetan Journey Towards Enlightenment at the Rubin Museum of Art and Carpentry Tools from Japan at Japan Society Gallery. New York and London auction previews. Yayoi Kusama in Berlin, Miao silver jewellery in California, and Indian paintings in Zurich. Islamic Arts Diary.
April 2021
Cover: The Louvre’s Big Move. Profile: the artist Vivien Zhang. Diversity in Edo-period kabuki prints. Abstraction and calligraphy, on show in Abu Dhabi. Epic Iran is the latest blockbusters exhibition due to open soon in London. Chinese Art from the Florence and Herbert Irving Collection, in New York. A history of the luxurious Chinese export wallpapers and where to see them. The Way We Eat: looking at how East Asia has engaged with food over the centuries. From the Archives: Encompassing the Globe, Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17th Centuries. Burmese modern art, Bagyi Aung Soe, in Paris. Exhibition in Japan, France, Monaco and the US. Auction previews in London and Hong Kong. Gallery show in Paris. Islamic Arts Diary.
May 2021
Cover: Bronzes and Surprises in New York Spring Sales. Profile: the sculptor Nairy Baghramian. Stories from Storage: Curators’ Choices from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Babur and the creation of the first Mughal gardens. Iranzamin, the first show of the Powerhouse’s Persian Collection in Sydney. Indian painting from the Deccan, in Switzerland. From the Archives: Sumatra: Isle of Gold, held in Singapore. Contemporary Moroccan art in Spain. Documenting the Silk Road in London. Exhibitions: Blue and White ceramics in Canada, Modern Indian Art in Salem, Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon in New Orleans, and modern photography from Egypt in Paris. Yayoi Kusama in New York’s Botanical Gardens, Chiharu Shiota in Germany and kantha in South India. Gallery shows in Brussels, Los Angeles, and New York. Auction previews for Hong Kong. Auction reviews New York. Islamic Arts Diary.
JUNE/SUMMER QUARTER 2021
Cover: Chinese Jades Top the Lots at Hong Kong Sales. People: Interview with the artist Shahzia Sikander. People: The Singaporean photographer Russel Wong and his Kyoto series. People: Madame Song, A Chinese love story. Travel: Touring Ladakh and early Buddhist rock art. Women Who Hunt, looking for the huntress in Indian paintings. From the Archives: Emerald Cities, the Doris Duke Collection and a journey through Southeast Asian art. Exhibitions: Ancient maps in Taiwan, A History of Japanese style in New York, Asian trade goods in Adelaide, Japanese creative prints in Ohio, Opium, Silk, and the Missionaries in China in London. Art and Diplomacy, Japanese gifts, at Fontainebleau in France. Etel Adnan in Istanbul, Ali Banisadr in Florence, and Ai Weiwei in Paris. Gallery shows in Paris and New York. Hong Kong and London auction reviews. Fairs in London and Paris. Islamic Arts Diary.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Cover: New Asian Sites Added to World Heritage List. Profile: the painter Mohammed Sami. Islamic-world art for the Olympics in Tokyo. Works of art from ancient China from the Sam and Myrna Myers Collection on show in Nice. Korean portraits, from the 19th to 21st centuries. Edo in Colour – seen through the world of Japanese prints. From the Archives: Nauras: the Many Arts of the Deccan. New York September gallery shows. Asia Week New York Auctions in September. New York museum exhibitions. Gallery shows in Milan, London, Mumbai and Hong Kong. Exhibitions in Australia, South Carolina, Paris and Chicago. Islamic Arts Diary.
OCTOBER 2021
Cover: HK’s Museum of Visual Art to Open n November. Profile: the painter Edi Hila. A visit to the studio of He Gong, in Chengdu. The centenary of the Oriental Ceramics Society in the UK. Indian textiles, the story of muslin. From the archives: Life, Death, and Magic in Southeast Asian Ancestral Art. Gold of the Great Steppe, in Cambridge. Asian Art in London gallery shows. UK Exhibitions: Hokusai at the British Museum, Anicka Yi at Tate Modern, Isamu Noguchi at The Barbican, The Jameel Prize at the V&A. Tokyo Art & Photography at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Auction previews – London. Gallery shows around the world. Exhibitions: Chinese rubbings in Ohio, Indian goddesses in Lisbon, Chinese ink painting in Taiwan and Etel Adnan in New York. Islamic Arts Diary.
NOVEMBER 2021
Cover: Asian Photographers on Prix Pictet Short List. Profile: the artist Tatsuo Miyajima. The world of Isamu Noguchi in London at the Barbican. Hokusai’s The Great Picture Book of Everything, Hokusai at the British Museum. An interview with the ceramicist Akiko Hirai. Japanese narrative art in Zurich. From the Archives: Shintoism and the myriad gods of Japan. Japanese contemporary lacquer: the shell-matching game at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. Tokyo Art & Photography in the Ashmolean in Oxford. NYC auction reviews. Auction previews and gallery shows in New York. Exhibitions: NY Central Library’s Treasures, Japanese basketry in Geneva, Tajik gold in Paris and Asian contemporary art in Pennsylvania. Artist exhibitions: Koshiro Onchi, Kazumi Amano, and Masanari Murai. Islamic Arts Diary.
DECEMBER 2021
Cover: Stepwells May Provide a Solution to Water Crisis. Profile: The Vietnamese artist Duy Anh Nhan Duc. An interview with Vivian Lee, conservator of East Asian paintings. The collection of Sir Michael Butler and his quest for Chinese ceramics. From the Archives: Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure. Revealing Krishna, Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain and the conservation of two Khmer sculptures. Marking the centenary of the 1921 expedition to Everest and the history of exploration of the mountain. Our annual books round-up: the best history, reference, and fiction from Asian art and Islamic-world publications. Exhibitions: Dragon and Phoenixes in Abu Dhabi; Nepal, Art from the Kathmandu Valley in Paris; Korean Lacquerware in New York; Buddhist sculpture in Tokyo; Ming- and Qing-dynasty paintings in Paris; Walid Raad in Madrid. Islamic Arts Diary.
2022
MARCH 2022
Cover: Olympics Reveals Jin-Dynasty Palace. Profile: the artist Danh Vo and his latest work on show in Luxembourg. Kabuki’s Golden Age, Japanese prints in Chicago. Weaving Stories, textiles from Southeast Asia. A tour of five centuries of Japanese paintings. From Afghanistan to New Zealand, the incredible journey of Ali Khadim’s tapestries. Faberge and the Kingdom of Siam. The art of Tajuddin Ismail, the veteran Malaysian artist. Wesley Tongson’s Chinese paintings on show in California. A guide to Asia Week New York 2022. New York spring auctions. Exhibitions of Islamic art in Lisbon, Yasumasa Murimora in Kyoto, and lacquerware in Seoul. Contemporary Thai art in St Ives, Cornwall. Islamic Arts Diary.
APRIL 2022
Cover: World Monuments Fund Announce Watch Sites. Profile: the Turkish artist Mehmet Ali-Uysal. The life and work of Japanee ceramicist Kamoda Shoji in Minneapolis. Beasts of India and The Deep – tribal art in India. Ganjifa, playing cards of India. Textiles from Safavid Iran in Washington DC. From the Archives: Translucent World: Jade from the Palace Museum. Japanese Treasures from Royal Collections in London. Costumes and stories from Noh theatre in Venice. The Art of the Samurai in Cambridge, UK. The Legacy of Ceylon. Popular art in modern Korea. Ali Kazim in Oxford and Geoffrey Bawa in Colombo. Children of the Meiji period in Paris, Swapnaa Tamhane’s Indian textiles in Toroto. Dinh Q. Le in Paris and Indian contemporary art in Melbourne. Gallery shows and auctions. Islamic Arts Diary.
MAY 2022
Cover: Top Lots Fly at Asia Week New York Sales. Profile: the Iranian artist Mehdi Ghadyanloo. An interview with the artist Tang Song in Shanghai. Scholar’s rocks and literati pursuits. The life of the former emperor of Vietnam, Ham Nghi, in Nice. Guide to the June event Printemps Asiatique in Paris. Paris June auction previews and scheduled events for Printemps Asiatique in June. Gallery shows in New York, Paris, and Singapore. Tibetan and Himalayan contemporary art in Virginia and New York. Korean treasures in Brussels and Chinese antiquities in Nantucket. The art of Kawanabe Kyosai in London and Islamic art in Zurich. Auction previews in London and Hong Kong. Islamic Arts Diary.
JUNE 2022
Restoration of the Yadam Temple in Mongolia. Profile: Raqib Shaw talks about his work for the Venice Biennale. The Korean artist Young-se Lee discusses his life and art in France. Indian Textiles in Washington DC. Zen Buddhist art and the monasteries of medieval Japan. The history of Zen and Japanese strolling gardens. The Danish East India Companies and the village of Tranquebar in India. From the Archives: The Flamboyant Mr Chinnery (1774-1852), An English Artist in India and China. The Chinese sculptor Wang Keping in Paris. Stories of Paper, on show in Abu Dhabi. Exhibitions in Paris, Berlin, Adelaide, London, NYC, and Cologne. Gallery shows and fairs. Islamic Arts Diary.
September 2022
Cover: US Returns More Khmer Antiquities to Cambodia. Profile: the Omani artist Radhika Khimji. Exploring the art of Rinpa in Honolulu. In conversation with Lee Mingwei. Early archaeology and Buddhist moonstones of Sri Lanka. The Lost Kingdoms of Ancient China in San Francisco. Where music and art meet – Indian ragamala. The Space Between: Modern Art in Korea, in Los Angeles. Lee Ufan in Tokyo. Amakin, contemporary art in Saudi Arabia. New York gallery shows. New York auction previews. Batik in Sinagpore, Japanese prints in Chicago, Korean political prints in New York and Yang Jiechang in Paris. Takesada Matsutani in Taipei, Buddhist art in Hong Kong and Ainu culture explored in Birmingham. Islamic Arts Diary.
October 2022
Cover: :Sir Joseph Hotung British Museum Bequest. Profile: the Saudi artist Manal Al Dowayan. Indian textiles and the history of khadi in Australia. Power and Perspective: Early Chinese Photography in China, in Salem. The Secret of Colours, the quest for colour in Chinese Ceramics, in Geneva. From the Archives: Eternal Presence: Handprints and Footprints in Buddhist Art, held at the Katonah Art Museum. Asian and Islamic art at this year’s Venice Biennale. Our annual guide to Asian Art in London, including gallery shows. London auction previews. Auction previews for Hong Kong and Paris. Vivid Transparencies, exploring Chinese celadons in Venice. Text and Image in South Asian Art, in Cleveland. Isamu Noguchi in Bern, Park Dae Sung in Los Angeles, and Kawada Kikuji in Boston. Islamic Arts Diary.
November 2022
Cover: Auction Records at Hong Kong Autumn Sales. Profile: the Korean artist Kim Soun-Gui. The new initiative at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, in Perth. A Japanese Bestiary – animals in Japanese prints, in Paris. The Power of Clay: Shigaraki pottery in diplomacy. A Carpenter’s Line, the history of woodworking in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Benibana, the culture and use of Japanese safflowers. Little Wonders: the art of netsuke, in Ohio. Auction previews in Hong Kong and the UK. The history behind the VSW Collection in Paris. Exhibitions: Japanese bamboo baskets in San Antonio, Japanese female artists in Denver, and the work and life of Shoji Hamada in the UK. Hallyu! The Korean Wave in London, antiheroes and outsiders in Japanese prints in Washington DC, Yayoi Kusama’s exhibition at M+ in Hong Kong. Gallery shows. Islamic Arts Diary.
December 2022
Cover: Record Rains in Pakistan Damage Important Sites. Profile: the arrest Tarek Atoui on the importance of sound and soundscapes. A Splendid Land: Royal Paintings from Udaipur, in Washington DC. Ink in Motion, the history of 20th-century Chinese ink paintings, in Paris. Beyond Bollywood, exploring the representation of dance in South and Southeast Asian art. Travel: Asian art in Sydney. Our annual book survey, including reference, history, and fiction from the Asian and Islamic worlds. All about textiles: Korean fashion past and present, Kimono style, and kingfisher feathers in Chinese costume. Chinese lacquerware in San Francisco, Japanese prints in Toronto, Feathered Ink in Washington DC, Christian art in Singapore, and Jain shrine hangings in Los Angeles. Gallery shows. Islamic Arts diary.
2023
March 2023
Cover: Indian Conservation Completed After 20 Years. Profile: the Saudi artist Ahmed Mater. Hiroshige and the Fan, a Japanese journey. East-West exchange, India meets the Italian Renaissance. The ink paintings of Korean artist Park Dae Sung. Endless Knots: Buddhist art in California. Golden Treasures, ancient Chinese gold in Paris. Ancient ritual Chinese Bronzes in Minneapolis. Our guide to Asia Week New York 2023. New York exhibitions. The Ithra Art Award. The prints of Hokusai in Boston, East Asian lacquerware in Los Angeles, the Algerian artist Baya, the Yoshida Family prints on show in Cincinnati and Connections in Asia exhibition is Los Angeles. Islamic Arts Diary.
April 2023
Cover: Khmer Gold Jewellery Returns to Cambodia. Profile: the figurative painter Jiab Prachakul. Her Brush, female painters of Japan, in Denver. Glaze tiles from the 15th century Shwegugyi temple in Pegu, Burma. Luxury objects from Islamic Spain, in Turin. From the Archive: Botanical Company School prints. Art and culture of the Jain religion. Sayed Haider Raza exhibition in Paris. The prints of Saito Kiyoshi in Ohio. World ikats on show in Seattle. Ming-dynasty ceramics in Hong Kong, ancient Chinese bronzes from Anyang in Washington DC, and Korean books in New York. Zen temples: objects from Kyoto’s Tofuku-ji temple in Tokyo. Mohammed Sami in London. Auctions in HK and London. Islamic Arts Diary.
May 2023
Cover: Imperial Porcelain Bowl Reigns Supreme. Profile: the artists Anila Auayyum Agha. Imperial treasures from the Forbidden City on show in Hong Kong. The art of Rinpa screens, in Washington DC. The many faces of Asian Hells, discovered at Asia Society in New York. Japonisme in France. The history of Indian textiles, especially relating to Southeast Asia, in Singapore. Sam Francis and Japan, in Los Angeles. A new direction for the Asian Art Museum in Nice, France. Our guide to Printemps Asiatique in Paris in June, including gallery shows at the Pagoda and in galleries throughout the city. Paris exhibition: the art of Kim Tshang-Yeul, Kim Sooja, and the photographer Ken Domon. Reopening of the musée d’Ennery in Paris. The art of Asian Medicine at the Guimet, Paris. Chinese export silver in Cologne, Vietnam in transition – modern Vietnamese art in California, and Himalayan contemporary art in Massachusetts. UK auctions. Islamic arts diary
JUNE 2023
Cover: the artist Monira Al Qadiri. Standing Guard for Our Great Motherland, art in the Cultural Revolution. Hope and Anxiety, Japanese art at The Met. Bird and flower paintings from China, in New York. From the Archives: Goa and the Great Moghul. The art of Fukuda Kodojin in Minneapolis. Surrealism and The East, in Shanghai. Indian cloth paintings. Rumi: a visual journey through the life and legacy of a Sufi mystic. Vienna’s World’s Fair of 1873. Artists shows: Min Jun Yeon, YZ Kami, Nabil Nahas, Soojin Kang, Lee Ufan and Yan Pei-Ming. Master craftsmen from Korea in London, Kabuki Legends in Oxford, and Offbeat Saris in London. Contemporary Chinese photography in Washington DC. Islamic Arts Diary.
SEPTEMBER 2023
Cover: Netherlands Returns Colonial Objects to Asia. Profile: the Vietnamese painter Huong Dodinh. Transformation: Modern Japanese Art in Honolulu. The Photographer and The Painter, 19th-century female artists in Ceylon. China’s Hidden Century, in London. The photographer Farah Al Qasimi. Tree and Serpent, early Buddhhist art from India, in New York. Lyricism in Chinese painting. The Waiting Gardens of the North, a new work by Michael Rakowitz. From the Archives: Falnama, Book of Omens. Kim Beon in Seoul and AP Santhanaraj in London. Experiemental Art in Korea. Exhibitions in Kyoto, Ohio, and Udaipur. Gallery shows: Yoshitomo Nara, Jungin Lee, and Kazakh art. Auction previews. Islamic Arts Diary.
OCTOBER 2023
Cover: the artist Imran Qureshi. Gazing at Sanxingdui, new archaeological discoveries in Sichuan, China. China’s Southern Paradise, traditional cultures of the Yangzi Delta. Beyond the Page, traditional and contemporary South Asian miniatures and manuscripts. The Shape of Time, Korean contemporary Art since 1989, in Philadelphia.. From the Archives: exhibitions on the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. Smithsonian’s Japanese Zen artworks are displayed in Kenninji temple in Kyoto. The Sri Lankan painter George Claessen and the ’43 Group. Our guide to Asian Art in London. Auction previews: London. Gallery shows in New York, London, and Geneva. The Ramayana in Bangalore, Chinese photography at Harvard, Japanese prints in Chicago, and Indian and Japanese contemporary art in London. Islamic Arts Diary.
NOVEMBER 2023
Cover: Fire Shuts Indonesia’s National Museum, Jakarta. Profile: the artist Yukimasa Ida. Profile: the print maker Sarah Brayer. Colours of Kyoto, ceramics from the Yohei Studio. Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave, exhibition in California. Persimmons and Chestnuts, famous Zen paintings, come to San Francisco. Meiji Modern, celebrating the first 50 years of the Japanese Art Society of America, in New York. Toshiko Takaezu: Shaping Abstraction, in Boston. Objects of Addiction, a story of opium, at Harvard. Tofuku-ji, Zen artworks from medieval Japan. Bicentenary of the Royal Asiatic Society, London. 19th-century Japanese photography in Leiden, the art of Japanese carpentry in Paris, and ghostly Japanese prints in Washington DC. Peaks of Gold, mountain worship at the Miho in Shigaraki, and Nairy Baghramian at The Met. Gallery shows and auctions. Islamic Arts Diary.
December 2023
Cover: The Tortoise and the Hare at European Auctions. Profile: the artist Han Bing. Photographs as narrator, Veins of Influence, images of Ceylon. Dining with the Sultan, the art of feasting, in Los Angeles. Liquid Frontiers and Entangled Worlds, visual and material culture from the Mediterranean and East Asia. The Opulence of the World, Indian paintings from the Metzger Collection, in Zurich. Near and Far, connoisseurs, collectors, and dealers of Asian Art in France from 1750 to 1939. Our annual survey of books for 2023 in the Asian and Islamic art worlds, including reference, history, fiction and much more. Japanese contemporary photography in Paris, celebrating the Joseon dynasty in Seoul, Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija in New York, Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence, in Seattle. Islamic Arts Diary.
2024
March 2024
Cover: the painter Tsherin Sherpa. The allure of Ziminzhong, Chinese clocks from the Forbidden City. Mother-of-pearl pilgrims’ objects from Palestine. Itaro Yamaguchi, a master weaver from Kyoto, and his Tale of Kenji tapestries on show in Paris. Manila Galleon, tracing the historical links across the Pacific that connected Asia to the Americas and Europe. Asia Week New York gallery shows. New York exhibitions, including Japanese Zen paintings, Himalayan contemporary art, Chinese contemporary art and artists’ response to climate change. New York auction previews. Indian Skies, Howard Hodgkin’s collection of Indian paintings at The Met. Islamic Arts Diary.
April 2024
Cover: Qatar Museums Reveal Plans for Lusail Museum. Profile: the painter Tang Shuo. Angkor Complex, Cambodian art ancient and modern. The history of Ainu culture in Japan. Mingei, exploring Japanese folk art in London. So Distant So Far, art from the Land of the Morning Calm. Ranjit Singh, Sikh, Warrior, and King, in London. Zen paintings from The Gitter-Yelen Collection, at Japan Society, New York. Glamorous Women, beauties in Chinese art. Animals in Indian art, in Mumbai. Refik Anadol’s digital art in London. Exhibitions: Hallyu! Korean Wave, in Boston. Japanese Tastes inn Chinese Ceramics, in San Francisco, and Contemporary Monogatari in Italy. Washi Transformed, contemporary art from Japan. Night-time in Japanese print. Zao Wou-ki paintings. Tropical Modernism in London. HK and UK auction previews. Islamic Arts Diary.
May 2024
Cover: WMF Hands Over Sites to Cambodian Authorities. Profile: Dr Yannick Lintz, presiden of Musée Guimet in Paris. Phoenix Kingdoms, China’s Bronze Age, art of the Zeng and Chu. Painting the Persianate world, in Massachusetts. From Samurai to Kawaii, Japanese art in France. Impressions of the Floating World, Japanese prints in Rome. Korean Treasures, on show in Los Angeles. Our guide to Printemps Asiatiques in Paris in June – galleries, auctions, and events. Edo prints on show at Musée Cernuschi, Paris. T’ang Hawen and contemporary Korean prints in Paris. Other Paris exhibitions. Celebrating FN Souza in Goa. Auction preview: Asian ceramics in Singapore. Afro Mingei in Tokyo, and a first look at this year’s Venice Biennale. Islamic Arts Diary.
June 2024
Cover: Venice Shows Strength as Cultural Crossroads. Profile, the artist Wardha Shabbir. Painting Freedom, the quest for cultural independence in India. Tipu Sultan, real and imagined, in art and fiction. Scholars’ Rocks, beloved by the Chinese literati. Life and ritual in the Yuanming Yuan, Beijing. Travel: The Silk Museum, in Tbilisi, Georgia. New Chinese ink paintings in Oxford. Chin textiles from Mandalay to Chittagong. Yoshida family prints, in London. IM Pei explored in Hong Kong, Antoin Sevrugin’s 19th-century photographs of Iran. Exhibitions, Hiroshige in Brooklyn, Gwaebul, large Buddhist paintings, in Seoul, and the artist Cheong So Pieng, in Singapore. Korean buncheong ceramics in Denver, and Bizen, Japanese ceramics, in Minneapolis. Auction previews. Islamic Arts Diary.
