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FEBRUARY 2012
A Fragile Heritage, China Counts its Lost Ruins
January 2012
A Chinese Conundrum: Hong Kong Sales Slow Down
NOVEMBER 2011
Hong Kong Autumn Sales: Reading the Mixed Messages
OCTOBER 2011
Museum der Kulturen Basel Opens After Refurbishment
September 2011
Cover: World Heritage List New Sites
JUNE 2011
Thai Border Clashes Continue Around Preah Vihear Temple
December 2008
Zen Mind/Zen Brush
Zen Mind/Zen Brush
TWO CONCURRENT exhibitions at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston are allowing visitors to contemplate two great personal collections of Japanese ink paintings this autumn and winter. The first explores the legacy of 18th-20th century Zen masters. This exhibition features paintings and calligraphies by monks from the 18th century to the present day, who have expressed their spirituality through their art. Included in the exhibition are 35 hanging scrolls and screens from the collection of Kurt Gitter and Alice Yelen, who are considered to have the most extensive collection of Zen artwork outside Japan.
Ancient Chinese Bronzes from The Shouyang Studio
Ancient Chinese Bronzes from The Shouyang Studio
THE BRONZE AGE IN CHINA began around the second millennium BC and lasted for some 15 centuries. Bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, was used for casting objects of war and for weapon production. Early in the Bronze Age, feuding fiefdoms adapted weapon-casting technology to the making of elaborate ritual and ceremonial vessels. The three-dimensional forms they developed were symbols of status and power and as they represent the cultural achievements of that time, they hold a unique place in Chinese antiquity.
Arts of the Islamic World from Turkey to Indonesia
Arts of the Islamic World from Turkey to Indonesia
THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM (AAM), in San Francisco, has drawn exclusively from their own Islamic art collection to demonstrate the diverse nature of Islamic art traditions found in Asia. Ranging from the 10th to the 21st century, the 60 artworks on show include paintings, manuscripts, ceramics, textiles, metal wares, historic photographs, and even puppets. The works of art come from a diverse range of countries: Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China, Indonesia and the Philippines, with many of the objects on view for the first time.
Yeoh Kean Thai
Yeoh Kean Thai
When Malaysian born Yeoh Kean Thai (b. 1966) won the Phillip Morris Award for Malaysia with a large canvas work, stretched and interwoven within the hand crafted, patiently rusted and irregular metal frame – a fascination with all things discarded and rusted captured the attention of judges and observers. That award was in 1997 and Thai had pursued this aesthetic topic and focus for many years before then, and would continue to do so for many years after.