Artyii-stic

The Metropolitan Museum’s new exhibition of art in China during the period of occupation by Mongol invaders — “The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty” — is a typically brilliant exercise in object-wrangling. Although drawn from a wide variety of international sources, the bulk of the loans come from China, including [...]

Many people have a good basic idea that Japanese screens are paper-and-wood panels, used as room dividers, usually decorated. But they may discover delightful surprises about them upon seeing the Asian Art Museum’s new show, “Beyond Golden Clouds: Five Centuries of Japanese Screens.” The big, colorful exhibit of folding screens from the 1500s up to [...]

New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The growing cultural links between Australia and South Asia Tuesday received a shot in the arm with the announcement of a four-day South Asian art festival Nov 4-8 at Sydney. The festival, ‘Parramasala’, will be held at Sydney’s diaspora hotspot Parramatta – home to the country’s largest resident Indian community. [...]

DHAKA, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) — The 14th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh, an international exhibition of visual art, is being held in Bangladeshi National Art Gallery in capital Dhaka on Tuesday. More than 300 artworks — including paintings, drawings, sculptures, printmakings, installations, woodcuts and works in mixed mediums — by 144 foreign and local artists from [...]

Sotheby’s in Hong Kong  made record sales at its biannual Asian auctions last week, bringing in $400 million in sales of Asian art, jewelry and wine, Reuters reported. The auctions can serve as an indicator of the health of Chinese and Asian art markets, and this year’s sales exceeded those of 2009. The high numbers [...]

FORGET K-pop, kimchi and drama serials, and welcome instead to the world of Korean contemporary art. Yes, renowned art exhibition Korean Eye – whose latest instalment Fantastic Ordinary garnered an impressive 85,000 visitors at its debut in London in July – has landed in Singapore. The exhibition is currently on show at The Arts House. [...]

Once upon a time, my skin enjoyed monthly facials, massage and sleep Now it’s been almost five months since my last indulgence. No time, no money And people have added that I looked older, or in a more courteous manner, replacing the ‘O’ adjective (I refuse to repeat it in full again) with tired/exhausted/stressed. Apparently, [...]

Millions of grains of colored, crushed marble will be laid into place in this ancient spiritual art form to generate energies for global healing; family activities planned throughout week Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will return to the Crow Collection of Asian Art for a week-long artist residency to construct a magnificent Tantric [...]

Asian art auctions this week totaled nearly $50 million, including $3.3 million for an ancient wine vessel that set a new record at Christie’s for an item sold to an online buyer. The vessel dating from the 12th or 11th century BC was the top seller at Christie’s where the week-long sales fetched more than [...]

The 14th arrangement of the Asian Art Biennale will begin on October 8 simultaneously in two venues. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the biennale at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the city. There will be a display of artworks at the auditorium, while the National Art Gallery of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy [...]