The British Museum in the United Kingdom will present “Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art”, a collection of 19th-century art so explicit that it was banned more than one hundred years ago in Japan. It is the first time these 170 erotic paintings ... full story
Isoda Koryusai is a man of mystery even today because much remains up in the air about important aspects of his life. Koryusai was born in 1735 and died in 1790 and he was active during the 1760s and until a few years before his death. However, major ... full story
Despite her appeal for the return of 114 pieces of her art installation, “Everyday Aspirations”, which went missing after the first weekend of the Singapore Night Festival (23-24 August), another 74 pieces of the artwork have gone missing, bringing the ... full story
Singaporean artist Karen Mitchell posted on her Facebook page after the festival ended last Saturday that a total of 188 pieces were removed from her exhibit, leaving behind 177 pieces. The Straits Times had reported last Tuesday that 114 pieces were ... full story
Art lovers flocking to Singapore this October will get more than they bargain for, as the fourth Singapore Biennale kicks off with its share of avant garde art and more. Featuring 82 artists from around the world, the works are set to surprise ... full story
Female Embodiment of the Visual World: Women's Art in Contemporary China, Hong Kong, As contemporary Chinese art gains worldwide prominence, where are the women artists? Why are they so often absent from academic discourse and scholarly ... full story
Anna Glynn will soon add to her already bulging international art resume, after an invitation to exhibit at an esteemed Hong Kong gallery. Glynn, from Jaspers Brush, is the first foreigner to be invited to exhibit at the Tsi Ku Chai gallery in its 40 ... full story
Around 80 works by Icelandic artists will go on show at the University Museum and Art Gallery at the University of Hong Kong in an exhibition entitled 'Ingenious Iceland: Twentieth-Century Icelandic Paintings' from the Anthony J. Hardy Collection next ... full story
Current wisdom has it that the Chinese invented gunpowder, noodles and the compass. But perhaps China's most versatile discovery came about in 105 AD, when a court eunuch boiled and pounded some natural bark and other organic materials together to ... full story
3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Asia Society Hong Kong Center will present No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia, the inaugural touring exhibition of the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative, from October 30, 2013, ... full story
