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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
October 2008
Golden Dragon White Eagle
Golden Dragon White Eagle
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME that treasures from the Chinese Imperial Palace in Beijing have been presented alongside works of art from the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. The exhibition focuses on the similarities and differences of their respective attitudes to the arts, ritual and ceremony. It also examines the collecting policies at the imperial court in China and the Saxon-Polish court and compares the strategies used for enhancing the prestige of the ruler and his entourage through patronage of the arts. The period in review is the late 17th and the 18th century, an age in which these two distant courts each had developed a deep fascination for the other’s culture.
Early Buddhist Manuscript Painting: The Palm-leaf Tradition
Early Buddhist Manuscript Painting: The Palm-leaf Tradition
BEFORE THE ADVENT OF PAPER, an early book form in the Indian subcontinent was the palm-leaf manuscript, known as pothi. It had a long and narrow horizontal format and was seldom more than 60 cm long and 6 cm high. Despite its diminutive size, it was a durable instrument for communicating Indian religious thought for over 2,000 years.
The Mingei Spirit in Japan: From Folk Craft to Design
The Mingei Spirit in Japan: From Folk Craft to Design
BY LOOKING AT at the life and work of Soetsu Yanagi, the great defender of traditional craftsmanship in Japan, this exhibition aims to explore the evolvement and influence of Mingei from folk craft to contemporary design now through Soetsu and his son Sori Yanagi (a pioneer of post-war design in Japan).
Picture Paradise
Picture Paradise
THE NATIONAL GALLERY of Australia (NGA) in Canberra has been poised to play an active role in the appreciation of the art of the Asia-Pacific region. In 2006, a commitment was made to build the first national collection devoted exclusively to the history of photography across the Asia-Pacific. The acquisition of colonial era works of South and Southeast Asia substantially expanded the NGA’s existing photographic holding to some 14,000 works. It became the most balanced historical collection of Asia-Pacific photography in the world, ranging from rare 19th-century daguerreotypes to documentary works and 20th-century prints and works by Pictorialist and Modernist photographers.