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FRAGRANCE FROM CHINA

February 28, 2018Heather
A Lady perfuming her Sleeves, detail, ink and colours on silk, 129.6 X 47.3 cm, Chen Hongshu (1598-1652), Ming dynasty, Shanghai Museum

In the West, incense is generally defined as ‘a gum infused with spices that produced a sweet smell and smoke when burned, and played an essential part in religious ceremonial rites’. In China, however, incense defies definition. Known generically by… Continue reading →

Current Issue, MARCH 2018, Newspaper China

CHINESE FURNITURE: MQJ COLLECTION

December 1, 2017Heather
Grace Wu Bruce with Wang Shixiang in China

The MQJ Collection exhibition was first seen in Hong Kong in October during Sotheby’s autumn sale series. MQJ, short for Mu Qu Ju (The Lodge of Wood Delights), is the name chosen by the late Wang Shixiang, the renowned scholar… Continue reading →

Current Issue, DECEMBER 2017, Newspaper China, Furniture

CHINESE FURNITURE

December 1, 2017Sarah Callaghan
Grace Wu Bruce with Wang Shixiang in China

The MQJ Collection exhibition was first seen in Hong Kong in October during Sotheby’s autumn sale series. MQJ, short for Mu Qu Ju (The Lodge of Wood Delights), is the name chosen by the late Wang Shixiang, the renowned scholar… Continue reading →

Current Issue, DECEMBER 2017, Newspaper China, Furniture

Chen Hongshou: Repentant Monk

November 5, 2017Heather
An Elegant Gathering by Chen Hongshou, circa 1646-47, detail, handscroll, ink on paper, 29.8 x 298.4 cm, Shanghai Museum

The year 1589 marked the beginning of the Ming dynasty’s death rattle. Halfway through his reign, the Wan Li Emperor’s (1573-1620) most able minister, Zhang Zhuzheng, died and the Emperor, long chafed by him, indignantly refused to carry out his… Continue reading →

Current Issue, Newspaper, NOVEMBER 2017 China

Repentant Monk

November 5, 2017Sarah Callaghan
An Elegant Gathering by Chen Hongshou, circa 1646-47, detail, handscroll, ink on paper, 29.8 x 298.4 cm, Shanghai Museum

The year 1589 marked the beginning of the Ming dynasty’s death rattle. Halfway through his reign, the Wan Li Emperor’s (1573-1620) most able minister, Zhang Zhuzheng, died and the Emperor, long chafed by him, indignantly refused to carry out his… Continue reading →

Current Issue, Newspaper, NOVEMBER 2017 China

Bapo Painting: China’s ‘8 Brokens’

August 31, 2017Heather
Untitled, 1900, by unknown artist

In the summer of 1978, Nancy Berliner, currently Wu Tung Curator of Chinese Art at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, was visiting Taiwan and came across an unusual painting at a Taipei flea market stall. She was ‘intrigued… Continue reading →

Back Issues, Newspaper, SEPTEMBER 2017 China

China’s 8 Brokens

August 31, 2017Sarah Callaghan
Untitled, 1900, by unknown artist

In the summer of 1978, Nancy Berliner, currently Wu Tung Curator of Chinese Art at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, was visiting Taiwan and came across an unusual painting at a Taipei flea market stall. She was ‘intrigued… Continue reading →

Back Issues, Newspaper, SEPTEMBER 2017 China

Chinese Ritual Bronzes in Ancient China

June 1, 2017Heather
Wine vessel (zun), in the shape of an owl, late Shang dynasty, 13th/12th century BC, Bronze, 31.75 x 20.96 cm. Bequest of Alfred F Pillsbury. All photos: Minneapolis Institute of Art

This an exciting and rare exhibition of Chinese ritual bronzes and later related material because of two reasons: the fact that they are long-famous and that they have never been exhibited outside of the halls of the Minneapolis Institute of… Continue reading →

Current Issue, JUNE 2017, Newspaper Bronzes, China

Chinese Ritual Bronzes

June 1, 2017Sarah Callaghan
Wine vessel (zun), in the shape of an owl, late Shang dynasty, 13th/12th century BC, Bronze, 31.75 x 20.96 cm. Bequest of Alfred F Pillsbury. All photos: Minneapolis Institute of Art

This an exciting and rare exhibition of archaic bronzes and later related material because of two reasons: the fact that they are long-famous and that they have never been exhibited outside of the halls of the Minneapolis Institute of Art… Continue reading →

Current Issue, JUNE 2017, Newspaper Bronzes, China

Contemporary Art in Shanghai and Beijing

June 1, 2017Heather
The Gao Brothers cafe in the 798 Art Zone, Beijing

To visit artist Jin Feng’s studio beyond Beijing’s 5th Ring Road is a little like stepping back through time. The studio is part of a vast predominantly deserted rural estate that was once the home of Wan Li, Communist party… Continue reading →

Current Issue, JUNE 2017, Newspaper China, Travel

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