May 2004 issue launched; January 2004 issue becomes free (see Back Issues).
The web version of the May 2004 issue includes the following items that arrived after the print version went to press. Scroll down to find updates that appear only online.
Most recent update: June 22, 2004
The New de Young in Golden Gate Park opens in Summer, 2005
The de Young Museum is closed until 2005, when the New de Young opens on the same site in Golden Gate Park. Museum programming will continue at the de Young's sister museum, the Legion of Honor, located in San Francisco's Lincoln Park, and at the de Young Art Center, and educational facility located in the Sunset District at 26th Avenue and Irving Street.
RARE 7th CENTURY BUDDHA ACQUIRED
The V&A and the British Museum have joined together to acquire a rare Indian 7th century metal statue of a standing figure of the Buddha Sakyamuni, the first to enter a public European collection. The exquisite gold-toned figure, 14 inches high, depicts the Buddha in the late Gupta period. The Buddha is represented with his hand raised, in the gesture of fearlessness and reassurance, affirming his role as protector. The hair curls, skull protuberance and webbed fingers are auspicious marks, symbolic of his attainment of enlightenment. The Buddha will be on display at the V&A for another two months. It will then be displayed in Birmingham, Bradford, Leicester and Exeter as the centerpiece of a loan exhibition of Indian Buddhist sculpture.
(May 13, 2004)
Dr. Fan Ka-wai and Celine Y.Y. Lai, researchers in the Chinese Civilization Center at the City University of Hong Kong, have compiled a valuable resource for those interested in utilizing the internet to research topics in the field of Chinese archaeology. Given the frequency with which new archaeological discoveries have been made in China in recent decades, it is a challenge for researchers to keep abreast of the latest developments in the field. Our colleagues in Hong Kong have addressed this age-old problem with modern technology. Scouring the internet, they have compiled and reviewed over fifty websites, separating them into the following categories: Integrated Websites, Prehistoric Culture, Yin-Shang Archaeology, Bamboo and Silk Research, and Silk Road. Our sincere thanks goes out to Fan and Lai for their work on this project. For our readers’ convenience, links to the websites, along with the authors’ accompanying text and annotations, have been placed under “Research Tools” on our Newsletter homepage.
SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART
• Sultans and Sufis: Paintings from the Deccan
(Updated June 14)
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
• Japanese Art from the Alsdorf Collection
• New Prints for a New Era: Ito Shinsui in the Taishö Period and Beyond
• A Lineage of Power: Imperial Mughal Portraits
• Imperial Abundance, Scholarly Vision: Chinese Paintings of Spring
JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ARTS CENTER
• JUN'YA YAMAIDE: PROJECT 20
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
• Contemporary Projects 8: Lee Mingwei’s “Through Masters’ Eyes”
PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM
• A Modern Pursuit of Ancient Feelings: Chinese Paintings by Zhou Ping-guang
SEPIA INTERNATIONAL INC.
• OBJECT \ PLACE \ PROCESS
FAYETTEVILLE MUSEUM OF ART
• Nirvana
THE TEXTILE MUSEUM
• Over One, Under One, and Much More
THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM
• Pearls of the Parrot of India
ASIA SOCIETY, WASHINGTON D.C.
• Line & Movement: Classical & Contemporary Chinese Brushstroke
JAPAN INFORMATION AND CULTURE CENTER
• Kabuki
• Kumamoto ArtPolis
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
• The Arts of Korea: Selections from the Permanent Collection
THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM
• On the Eve of Battle
• Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet: The John Berthe Ford Collection
• Geisha Symposium and Reception
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
• Reconsidering a Modern Japanese Landmark: Shofuso in Fairmount Park
THE TEXTILE MUSEUM
• 27th Annual Rug Convention - "Indian Textile Traditions: Exchange & Transformation"
• WING LUKE ASIAN MUSEUM
• ASIAN ARTS FESTIVAL
• ASIAN ARTS FESTIVAL
• BON FESTIVAL
• KABUKI IN WASHINGTON
ARTHUR M. SACKLER ART GALLERY
• Point of View: Return of the Buddha: The Qingzhou Discoveries
CROCKER ART MUSEUM
• Art of Mongolia
SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART
• "Yasujiro Ozu and the Japanese Family (Tokyo Stories, Ohayo-Good Morning)"
ASIAN ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO
• Meet Contemporary Taiwanese Artists Wu Mali and Michael Lin
• Secret World of Geishas
• Geisha in San Francisco
• In Through the Side Door: A Glimpse into Art and Relationships in the Geisha World
• Memoirs of an American Geisha
• An Introduction to the exhibition Geisha: Beyond the Painted Smile
• Tibet: Treasures from the Roof of the World
THE BOWERS MUSEUM OF CULTURAL ART
• India: Glorious Art of India
• Myths and Legends of the Himalayas
• Belief Made Visible: The Arts of Tibet
• Tibet's Wild West: Mount Kailash and the Magic Guge Kingdom
• Living Goddesses of India
SEATTLE ASIAN ART MUSEUM
• Being Buddhist in a Christian World: Gender and Community in a Korean American Temple
THE FIELD MUSEUM
• Bringing the Forbidden City to Chicago
• Religious Traditions of the Forbidden City
• Beyond Chinese Borders: Relations with the Western World in the 18th Century
• Living the Emperor’s Life
• The Emperor’s Ladies: Women in Qing Court Society
• Art and Identity: Representations of Emperor Qianlong
THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS
• Chinese Ceramics: the Great Tradition, Neolithic through Sung, 3000 B.C. through A.D. 1280
• Chinese Ceramics: the Great Tradition, Yuan through Ch'ing, A.D. 1280 through 1911
• Along the Mekong River: A Grand Tour of Ancient Civilizations
• Friends Lecture: The Making of a Geisha
THE DEVER ART MUSEUM
• In Search of Direction: The Forming of a Chinese Snuff Bottle Collection (Curator’s Circle Conversation)
THE TRAMMELL & MARGARET CROW COLLECTION OF ASIAN ART
• Korean Ceramics Artist Lecture
NORTON SIMON MUSEUM OF ART
• Painted Poems: A Closer Look at Selected Rajput Paintings
• Treasures Revealed: Chinese Art at the Norton Simon Museum
PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM
• Comparing Yin Yu Tang with Gardner-Pingree House
JAPAN SOCIETY
• Revealing Kabuki: Heisei Nakamura-za
GHANDI MEMORIAL CENTER
• India's Architecture: Its Evolution over the Ages
ASIA SOCIETY, WASHINGTON DC
• 30 Years On: New Developments in Asian American Art
FREER GALLERY OF ART
• New Perspectives on Return of the Buddha: the Qingzhou Discoveries
• From the Heavenly Realm to the Human World: Changing Patterns of Intention in Sixth-Century Buddhist Image Making
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