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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
March 2008
Chen Chieh-Jen
Chen Chieh-Jen
Seldom does an artist meld social consciousness and graphic sensibility with the adroitness of Taiwan's Chen Chieh-jen. While Chen's work deals with such issues as the economic and social dislocations of modern life and man's inhumanity to man, it does so without being either condescending or preachy and the emphasis is on the dignity of the individual, no matter what his or her walk in life may be. Although Chen's artistic sensibility has been nurtured by his native Taiwan and his work has been filmed there, what makes it so accessible is the universality of its themes.
New York Exhibitions in March
New York Exhibitions in March
Here is a selection of the museum and society exhibitions on show in New York during Asia Week and througout the month of March, including Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Rubin Museum of Art, China Institute Gallery, Japan Society Gallery, Solomon R Guggenheim Museum and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Full listings and a colour, pull-out guide is in our March printed edition.
Kana Calligraphy of Saigyo
Kana Calligraphy of Saigyo
Saigyo Hoshi, ‘Monk Saigyo', ranks among the greatest of Japanese poets. Born an artistocrat in Heian-kyo, presentday Kyoto, Sato Norikiyo was the scion of a military family who became an attendant to the emperor Toba. He lived almost 1,000 years ago during the late Heian era (898-1185), writing poetry that reflected the courtly taste of the time. It is not known why he was ordained as a monk at the age of 22, taking the name Saigyo, ‘Western Journey', in honour of the Amida Buddha of the western paradise then popular in Japan. Saigyo was inspired by all that he saw around him. His poetry was written with a natural vigour surfacing in delicate, threadlike calligraphy whose elegance betrays his pedigree as someone from the literati.
Cai Guo-Qiang
Cai Guo-Qiang
Cai Guo-Qiang has been part of the international contemporary art scene for over two decades. Praised as an exceptional artist by some, despised as an ephemeral artist because of the nature of his work by others, Cai Guo-Qiang has proved that he was a leading and central figure of China's contemporary art world. He has built his career as a multi-disciplinary artist, complementing his original gunpowder performances and drawings with sculpture and installation