Next Month - December 2024

In December, as always, we shall be producing our annual guide to the best books from the Asian and Islamic art worlds published in 2024, including fiction, reference, history, art, travel and miscellaneous books that are hard to categorise, but would be a shame if you missed them during the year.

Elsewhere in the issue, we discuss Along the River During Qingming Festival, this renowned Chinese painting, which captures the daily life of the Northern Song Dynasty, offers a unique insight into the cultural, social, and economic aspects of the period. It is also the subject of a new book. We visit the major exhibition at the V&A in London and consider the extraordinary creative output and internationalist culture of the Golden Age of the Mughal Court (about 1560 – 1660) during the reigns of its most famous emperors: Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan. And, at The Met, in New York, there’s an exploration of the diverse imagery of Himalayan Buddhist devotional art – Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet.
In the travel section, we look at the history of the traditional Korean house, hanok, and explore the villages in which you can stay in them around the country.

And, of course, there are our regular pages on exhibitions, auction news, gallery shows and Islamic Arts Diary.