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February 2010
The Tomb of Cao Cao found in Henan Province in China
Asian Art Newspaper January 2010
New Galleries for Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver
DECEMBER 2009
Prix Pictet Photographs Highlight Yangtse River
November 2009
Chinese Market Maintains Strength at New York Sales
October 2009
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Reopens to the Public
September 2009
World Heritage Adds Asian Cultural Sites to List
February 2010
Fahrad Moshiri
Fahrad Moshiri
Amongthe contemporary artists from Iran still living in the country today, Fahrad Moshiri (b. 1963) is certainly part of the most established and most recognised artists within Western art circles. With an untypical curriculum, and having lived abroad before moving back to Iran in 1992, Fahrad Moshiri has absorbed numerous influences in order to focus on more local subject matters inspired by daily life in Tehran. Using wit combined with humour, he intelligently puts together his compositions that can be interpreted in various ways, but without overtly provoking or offending the government. In this interview, Fahrad Moshiri talks about his artistic journey that spans two continents and represents the foundation of his challenging and always surprising works of art.
Bhutan: An Eye On History
 with the King of Sikkim at Calcutta. c. 1905.jpg)
Bhutan: An Eye On History
The India-Bhutan Foundation recently organised an exhibition at the NationalGallery of Modern Art in New Delhi on photography. More than 80 photographswere exhibited in three main sections, including early photographic records ofthe Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, close ties of friendship and co-operationbetween Indian and Bhutan since the treaty of 1949 and the final section wasdevoted to the photographic work of His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk,King of Bhutan.
Jitish Kallat
Jitish Kallat
WITH THE OLD empire reclaiming a great deal of attentionfrom its sovereign state for its industrious energy and art scene, Indianartists have risen to the fore with numerous shows opening in London. A leading light for this dynamic is the Mumbai-based artist Jitish Kallat. Regarded for his vast paintings perched on gargoyles and his resin works of brittle bones reconstituted as rickshaws and petroleum trucks, Kallat is positively energised by both the poverty and the progress of his neighbourhood.
Tibet/China Confluences
Tibet/China Confluences
The Mongol in ascendancy in the 13th century, and its possible domination of Tibet was averted by payment of tribute. When this practice ceased, large parts of the country were sacked. In 1244, the Tibetan hierarch, Sakya Pandita, arrived at the Mongol court in Liangzhou, Gansu bearing an olive branch. He managed to secure Tibet’s sovereignty and more importantly, laid the foundations for Mongol patronage of its religion and culture. The passage of Tibetan artisans to the Mongol domain was already in place when the Yuan court (1279-1368) was established at Dadu, present-day Beijing. Formal cultural contacts intensified thereafter, exercising a profound impact on the practice of both Chinese and Tibetan Buddhist painting.