In Next Issue .... December 2026

In December, as always, we shall be producing our annual guide to the best books from the Asian and Islamic art worlds published in 2026, 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 talk to the Bhutanese artist Pham Lem winner of the Himalayan Art Prize 2026, explore Dunhuang’s Mogao Caves, and ragamala paintings from the Binney Collection.

And discover chintz in Japan, ancient stone sculpture and petroglyphs of Central Asia, and the treasures of Sangxindui and Jinsha, in Paris.

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