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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.

Angkor Revisited: Thoughts on Ruins ...
  SOME 40 YEARS AGO, I first visited Angkor Wat when it was a rather remote destination, sleepy, aloof, oblivious to neighbouring conflict and the rapidly-changing world, its inhabitants enjoyin...
ANISH KAPOOR IN INDIA
  KAPOOR's UNIQUE STYLE and Indian heritage have combined to make him one of the most engaging and distinctive artists on the international scene and this dual-centred show is the first ever...
Ivories from Ceylon: Luxury Goods from the Renaissance
  IN 1506, the Portuguese landed in Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka). With the discovery of a direct sea route, there was no longer any need for the lengthy overland journey on the trade route. Fr...
The Art of Rimpa: Glittering World of Gold
  UNTIL THE MOMOYAMA (1573-1615) period, Japanese artistic sensibilities were influenced by the art of China. The extravagance of Momoyama art and its taste for gold subsequently formed the foun...
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