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Calendar of Events
See the current events and exhibitions of the participating Museums.
1/31/2010 -
3/14/2010
A Story, Twice Told
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Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, Singapore
A Story, Twice Told is a selection of the popular recent exhibition, Thrice Upon A Time, which looked at the rich tradition of storytelling in the Phillippines.
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Singapore Art Museum
11/14/2009 -
3/14/2010
In the Eye of Modernity: Philippine Neo-Realist Masterworks from the Ateneo Art Gallery
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Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, Singapore
In the Eye of Modernity presents the Neo-Realist Masterworks from the renowned Ateneo Art Gallery in Philippines. The landmark exhibition revolves around what many art historians consider to be one of the most important junctures in the development of modern visual art in the Philippines, the so-called Philippine Art Gallery years from 1950 to 1964. The show traces the development of Neo-Realism in Philippines, notably, artists in the 1950s to mid-60s who adopted a modernist approach to ‘re-presentation’, through semi-fi gurative distortion and abstraction. It presents major works from post-war modernists such as Arturo Luz, Vicente Manasala, Jose Joya, HR Ocampo and Cesar Legaspi.
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Singapore Art Museum
11/6/2009 -
3/21/2010
Invisible life: Flip-Flops Journeys Perspectives, An Art-Sociology Investigation
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NUS Museum, NUS Centre For the Arts, Singapore, Singapore
Presenting the outcomes of a dialogue between artist, Michael Tan and sociologist, Caroline Knowles on the world's most popular and best selling foot ware – Flip-Flops, this exhibition presents an object biography of a single flip-flop as a vantage point in studying the landscapes, peoples and processes entangled with it. Made from plastic or rubber, flip-flops, commonly known as ‘slippers’, sandals, etc. are easily recognized by their signature Y-shape straps that are usually attached to the sole. Penetrating beyond everyday utilitarian facets of the flip-flop, Michael and Caroline navigate through China and Ethiopia to animate the life-worlds of a single pair of flip-flop that may otherwise become downplayed by the economics of matter. All the while, a larger question looms - what can we learn about the social world by studying its most taken-for-granted objects?
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NUS Museum, Singapore
11/29/2009 -
3/21/2010
Porseleinroutes, de verre reizen van Chinees porselein.
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Keramiekmuseum Princessehof, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Explanatory information only available in Dutch.
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Keramiekmuseum Princessehof, Leuwarden
2/23/2010 -
3/22/2010
HASEGAWA TOHAKU: 400th Memorial Retrospective
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Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan
The year 2010 marks the 400th memorial of Hasegawa Tohaku (1539-1610), the master painter of the Momoyama period. As the artist of Japanese treasures such as the ink painting Pine Trees (National Treasure, Tokyo National Museum) and the colorful Maple Tree (National Treasure, Chishaku-in Temple), Tohaku rivaled his contemporary Kano Eitoku who reigned over the painting circle of their time. Born in Nanao on the Noto Peninsula, Tohaku started his career under the sobriquet Nobuharu. In his thirties, he moved to the then capital Kyoto and worked on a wide range of themes from Buddhist paintings to portraits to birds and flowers-at times, executing a subtle touch, while at other times, wielding a bold brush. Later, he came to be favored by the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The works Tohaku painted until his death at age 72 preserve their color and force and continue to enchant his viewers even today. The stories of his turbulent life and the episodes which describe his truly human character are also what fascinate us about this unique artist. This major retrospective of Hasegawa Tohaku will cover a wide range of his paintings beginning with his early works, when he went by the sobriquet Harunobu in his hometown of Nanao, to the numerous masterpieces, which he painted in Kyoto under the name Tohaku and which adorned Daitoku-ji and other famous Kyoto temples.
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Tokyo National Museum
2/3/2010 -
3/28/2010
Yusoku - Formal Customs of the Imperial Court
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Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan
In the imperial court of the Heian period, the imperial family, their attendants, court ladies, and other people of the noble class dressed in colorful costumes and spent their days carrying out elegant rituals in the palace surrounded by graceful furnishings and implements. The rituals, rites, annual events, appointed posts, social status, manners, architecture, furnishings, costumes, cuisine, and festivity at court were all accompanied by unique formalities. The knowledge and study of such formal customs of court culture is called Yusoku. In Japan, while aiming to establish a central government based on a system of fixed legal codes introduced from Sui- and Tang-dynasty China, a unique practice of formal manners developed to match the actual situations in the country at that time. These ceremonious rituals, along with the splendors of court architecture and decorative art pieces, embodied a realm of elegant taste. In the middle ages, however, the evolution of the warrior class and the resulting continuous battles devastated the court and hence the rituals were simplified and the traditions ceased. Later, the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate restored peace, and the rituals were revived. The palace was restored following the rules of the imperial court, and the preparations of costumes, furnishings, and implements in traditional styles were prepared by imperial order. The knowledge ofYusoku was applied for the revival of these cultures.
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Tokyo National Museum
9/14/2009 -
3/28/2010
The Ultimate South China Travel Guide - Canton
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Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China
Once upon a time, in a land not very far away and in a time when life was less complex but more unforgiving, there was a wealthy city known to the world as Canton (today’s Guangzhou). This city’s fame and wealth peaked from the mid-1700s to the mid-1800s. China’s gateway city was then known to the western world as London’s match in the Orient. Its elaborate European architectural complexes surpassed any such in China well before Shanghai was even noticed. There were no hotels for foreigners at the time, but the city welcomed foreign visitors in stylish apartments equipped with servants. In many ways, Canton functioned like a “megastore” serving an exclusively western clientele. Communication was not a real problem as locals invented a Pidgin English that foreigners were quickly able to learn. Indeed, the promise of a voyage to Canton was held in exotic regard by many a westerner of the time. Could you imagine travelling back in time and visiting the Canton of old? This exhibition will satisfy your musings and serve as a holographic travel guide offering practical destination information complete with the do’s and don’ts of days gone by and a shop-till-you-drop directory catering specifically to the needs of foreign travellers in the 1800s. A handy tip before you embark: the exhibition is made up of about fifty sub-sets of oil paintings, watercolours, sketches and prints depicting the daily life and landscape of Canton, selected mostly from the Historical Pictures collection.
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Hong Kong Museum of Art
4/19/2009 -
3/28/2010
Earth and Water: Mapping Art in Southeast Asia
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Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, Singapore
Southeast Asia comprises two broad geographical regions - the Mainland and the Archipelago. The former
refers to Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and Peninsular Malaysia. The latter is made up of
the island arcs and archipelagos of the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore and West Malaysia.
The diverse region of Southeast Asia is home to approximately 500 million people. The history and society
of Southeast Asia have been shaped by a confluence of geographical, historical and cultural forces. With
exhibits drawn from the Singapore Art Museum’s permanent collection, the theme of 'Earth and Water'
conjoins two of the basic elements of life with the Mainland and the Archipelago. These works by the
region's best known artists further offer multiple manifestations of life, society and traditions in Southeast
Asia.
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Singapore Art Museum
2/16/2010 -
3/28/2010
Hina and Japanese Dolls
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Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan
According to the old lunar calendar, the third day of the third month is the date of the peach blossom festival. Families traditionally celebrate this occasion by displaying hina dolls, which symbolize their prayers for the health and fortune of their daughters. The origins of this tradition are unclear, but records reveal it had become an annual event by the early Edo period (1603-1868). The "Edo Kanoko" guidebook, written during the Jokyo era (1684-88), mentions hina doll markets being opened at several locations within Edo (present-day Tokyo), including Nakabashi, Owarimachi, Ningyocho, and Kojimachi. During the first half of the Edo period, the main type of hina were standing dolls made of paper. The seated type adorned in courtly attire emerged later in the mid-Edo period.
While today it has become standard to display one set of Dairi-bina (based on Kyoho-bina), pictorial sources show that displays of earlier times combined hina with other doll types, such as traditional Kyoto-style Gosho dolls as well as lesser-known regional varieties. Delicately crafted, these dolls show the affection and tastes of their makers as well as their owners, reflecting the Japanese people's characteristic love of miniature objects.
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Tokyo National Museum
4/21/2009 -
3/31/2010
MADE IN JAPAN. From the Collection of the Museum of Ethnology
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Museum of Ethnology, Vienna, Austria
Explanatory text only available in German.
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Museum of Ethnology
2/23/2010 -
4/4/2010
Looking to the Fields
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Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan
"Looking to the Fields" is the fourth in a series of thematic exhibitions which began in 2007 to showcase the work of Kuroda Seiki. A Western-style painter of the Meiji period, Kuroda is known for Lakeside and other such works. He employed an Impressionist style of expressing light, yet unlike Impressionist painters who preferred to portray the modernizing cities of their time, Kuroda loved pastoral landscapes and sympathized with the Barbizon school of painters. During his period of study in France, much of his work depicted Grez-sur-Loing, an area on the outskirts of Paris. After his return to Japan in 1893, he began to include human figures in his landscapes to express abstract concepts. He chose agricultural labor as the theme for these "conceptual" works, which depict the farmlands of Japan. In addition to paintings by Kuroda, this exhibition features works by painter Asai Chu, who studied the Barbizon style prior to Kuroda. These include Vegetable Garden in Spring and other European farmland scenes painted during Chu's year-long stay in France from 1900. These works provide an insight into the painters' respective interpretations of the Barbizon style and of pastoral landscapes.
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Tokyo National Museum
1/5/2010 -
4/4/2010
Decorative Designs of the Ainu People
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Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan
This display features elaborate designs the Ainu people used to decorate their garments and daily utensils.
Garment designs were rendered from pieces of cotton cloth and dyed embroidery. Wooden objects such as trays, makiri knife mountings and tobacco cases were decorated with minutely carved patterns. Women decorated using cloth and needles, and men engraved designs with makiri knives. The Ainu designs featured include whorl patterns called morew and brace-like patterns known as ayus. The Ainu people held rituals and dances wearing garments and holding objects decorated with these designs.
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Tokyo National Museum
12/19/2009 -
4/18/2010
THE BAG: Carrier bags in Singapore from the 1950s to the 1980s
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National Museum of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
We are no strangers to carrier bags made from paper or plastic as a common form of packaging. Paper
carrier bags were first locally made in the 1950s for provision shops. Its survival was then challenged by
plastic bags as the latter became increasingly popular in the 1970s. These carrier bags were created for
the customer’s convenience and as alternatives to the rattan basket, newspapers and leaves used to
hold food and sundry items. Some households and street peddlers in the past also recycled the carrier
bags to store personal effects and trade tools.This exhibition showcases over 60 paper and plastic bags
in the National Museum’s collection, many on display for the first time. Together with contextual photos,
the display will highlight different uses of the ubiquitous carrier bag, its role as a mobile advertisement,
and also shed light on the paper bag business in Singapore – a much forgotten trade that is still
surviving today.
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National Museum of Singapore
12/19/2009 -
4/25/2010
Seifu Yohei and his Contemporaries: Meiji Ceramics in the Scholarly Taste
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The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, United Kingdom
This exhibition showcases the beautiful collection of Meiji period Ceramics made by Seifu Yohei (1851 –
1914) and other contemporary potters. In the mid to late 19th century Japan opened up worldwide
trade relations, ending a 200 year policy of seclusion. As a result not only were Japanese ceramics
influenced by a wealth of new aesthetics, but it also exposed Japanese artists and craftsmen to
international expos where their work could be showcased. This pushed the potters to experiment with
new glazes and techniques that would move on from the designs of the past which now seemed
antiquated in comparison to the Art Nouveau motifs wowing Europe. Seifu was unique in his focus on
the domestic Japanese market. Seifu’s interest lay in Chinese porcelain, and early in his career he mainly
produced Chinese Ming and Song-style porcelain. He was designated an Imperial Household Artist – the
highest official accolade to be awarded to top artists and craftsmen.
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Museum of East Asian Art, Bath
12/19/2009 -
4/25/2010
Cutting Edge: Untraditional Papercuts by Three Contemporary Artists
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The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, United Kingdom
A breathtaking exhibition of contemporary papercuts by three artists of Chinese descent, Lo Jhy Yen, Nie
Chun-Mei, and Zhang Wenqing. “Cutting Edge: Untraditional Papercuts by Three Contemporary Chinese
Artists”, will display an array of colourful and unusual works. Ornamental papercuts are especially
important around the time of the Lunar New Year, when old ones would be taken down to be replaced by
new papercuts for the coming year. Now practiced in many countries throughout the world with varying
techniques and subject matters, the papercutting of China is often seen as traditional and rustic. This is
however not the case – with recent exhibitions in China featuring papercuts of athletes in honour of the
1st anniversary of the Beijing Olympic Games and the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s
Republic of China.
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Museum of East Asian Art, Bath
2/5/2010 -
4/25/2010
NEW VISION, NEW COLOURS
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Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China
The exhibition features over ten artworks selected from the collection of the Museum in addition to recent works by Hong Kong artists. In these creations the artists express their concern for the environment of Hong Kong and wishes for the future in new multicoloured visions of our world. To coincide with Shanghai World Expo 2010, the Hong Kong Museum of Art will organize two art exhibitions in Shanghai, featuring ink art and interdisciplinary art by Hong Kong artists. The exhibition in Hong Kong is to be a prologue of the shows in Shanghai. Through this combined initiative Hong Kong will present to the world the traditions of Chinese humanitarianism and its recent development.
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Hong Kong Museum of Art
11/13/2009 -
4/25/2010
Sumatra Tercinta - the beloved island
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National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, Netherlands
For the first time ever, Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden is presenting an exhibition about the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The theme running throughout the exhibition is the complex answer to the question of what a wide range of trade contacts throughout the centuries have meant to the island and its people. That influence proves to be great and to give rise to what are sometimes some unexpected stories.
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National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden
3/6/2010 -
5/1/2010
China around 1910 - photograph's by LeMunyon and Van Citters
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National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, Netherlands
In this exhibition Museum Volkenkunde shows a special selection from its own collection of photos. There are several pictures, taken by Le Munyon around 1910 and unique film archives on display. The beautiful photographs are coloured by hand and they show daily life in Beijing. They are displayed along with photos taken by the Dutch diplomat Van Citters. His pictures focus on landscapes around Beijing at the beginning of the 20th century.
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Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden
2/12/2010 -
5/2/2010
Telling Images of China. Narrative and Figure Paintings, 15th-20th Century, from the Shanghai Museum
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The Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland
Comprising scroll and album paintings from the native Chinese Ming (1368-1644) dynasty, the Manchu Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and the early Republican period (1912-), this show explores how stories and tales from folklore, religious lore and literary culture were translated into pictorial images in paintings across six centuries in China. The exhibition is presented through four sometimes overlapping, sometimes interweaving themes, namely ‘crossings’ - stories about exiles, loyalists and rustics; the supernatural world of popular religion; models and exemplars in history; and finally, emperor-concubine and scholar-beauty romances. Collectively, these artworks give a taste of China’s rich mythology and lyric tradition, and show how successive generations of artists gave new life to learning, belief and leisure in pictorial images fit for their own times.
The Chester Beatty Library is pleased to announce a major loan exhibition of thirty-eight figure paintings from the Shanghai Museum. It will be held in the spring of 2010, from 28 January to 2 May (to be confirmed), in the run-up to the World Expo in Shanghai (May-October 2010). Comprising scroll and album paintings from the native Chinese Ming (1368-1644) dynasty, the Manchu Qing dynasty (1644-
1911) and the early Republican period (1912-), this show explores how stories and tales from folklore, religious lore and literary culture were translated into pictorial images in paintings across six centuries in China. The exhibition is presented through four sometimes overlapping, sometimes interweaving themes, namely ‘crossings’ - stories about exiles, loyalists and rustics; the supernatural world of popular religion; models and exemplars in history; and finally, emperor-concubine and scholar-beauty romances.
Collectively, these artworks give a taste of China’s rich mythology and lyric tradition, and show how successive generations of artists gave new life to learning, belief and leisure in pictorial images fit for their own times.
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Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
5/6/2009 -
5/2/2010
Sufi Poster Art aus Pakistan (Sufi Poster Art from Pakistan)
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State Museum of Ethnology, Munich, Germany
Explanatory text only available in German.
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Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich
1/29/2010 -
5/2/2010
Classic Contemporary: Contemporary Southeast Asian Art from the Singapore Art Museum Collection
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Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, Singapore
Classic Contemporary shines the spotlight on Singapore Art Museum's most iconic contemporary artworks in its collection. By playfully asking what makes a work of art “classic” or “contemporary” – or “classic contemporary” – this accessible and quirky exhibition aims to introduce new audiences to the ideas and art forms of contemporary art. A stellar cast of painting, sculpture, video, photography, performance art from across Southeast Asia are brought together and given the red-carpet treatment, and the whole of the SAM 8Q building is transformed into a dramatic stage for these stars and icons. Yet beneath the glamour, many of the artworks also probe and prod serious issues – often asking critical and challenging questions about society, nation and the history of art itself. Since its inception in 1996, SAM has focused on collecting the works of artists practicing in the region, and many of these once-emerging artists have since established notable achievements on regional and international platforms. This exhibition marks the start of SAM's new contemporary art programming centred on enabling artistic development through the creation of exhibition and programming platforms, as well as growing audiences for contemporary art. Classic Contemporary offers an opportunity to revisit major works by Suzann Victor, Matthew Ngui, Simryn Gill, Redza Piyadasa, Jim Supangkat, Nindityo Adipurnomo, Agnes Arellano, Agus Suwage, Natee Utarit and Montien Boonma, among others. A full programme of curatorial lectures, artist presentations, moving image screenings and performances complete the classic contemporary experience.
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Singapore Art Museum
2/3/2010 -
5/3/2010
A Vision of Philippine Art: Selections from the Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Collection
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Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines
Purita Kalaw-Ledesma was a patron of the arts and founder of the Art Association of the Philippines (AAP). What began as a reunion of fine arts graduates of the University of the Philippines in 1947 developed into a professional artists' association. She shepherded the AAP from its infancy, particularly through the difficult years of conflict and controversy between the group of painters who refer to themselves as Conservatives and Moderns. Selected from the collection are major works as well as casual drawings and studies that reveal the diverse and common aesthetic concerns of several leading artists. The exhibition is also about the character and the crusade of a well-respected and beloved individual in the history of Philippine art in the twentieth century. The gathering of paintings, sculptures, and mixed media works include the early and seminal works of acknowledged masters of Philippine art such as Vicente Manansala, Carlos "Botong" Francisco, Victorio Edades, and Napoleon Abueva.
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Ayala Museum, Makati City
3/4/2010 -
5/9/2010
FX Harsono: Testimonies
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Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, Singapore
FX Harsono: Testimonies presents a survey of artwork by one of Indonesia’s foremost contemporary artists. FX Harsono played a pivotal role in the development of contemporary art in Indonesia, and continues to be actively involved in the art scene up till today. This exhibition traces the shifts in the artist’s strategies of representation: from the ground-breaking conceptual works that re-defined art making during the Gerakan Seni Rupa Baru Movement (New Art Movement) of the 1970s; to the politically-charged installations of the 1990s; to the artist’s recent investigations into issues of self, identity and personal histories. Included in this survey are seminal works drawn from the Singapore Art Museum’s permanent collection, as well as from other art institutions and private collections, such as Paling Top (1975), Voice Without A Voice (1994) and Republik Indochaos (1998).
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Singapore Art Museum
1/29/2010 -
5/9/2010
China: Journey to the East
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British Museum, London, United Kingdom
This major exhibition offers visitors the chance to encounter artefacts from one of the most important and influential civilisations in world history. It spans 3,000 years of Chinese history and culture, exploring themes of play and performance, technology, belief and festivals, food and drink, and language and writing. China has been a major influence on many parts of the world through trade and the movement of peoples. Chinese Diaspora communities form a vital part of the history of many other countries, including Britain. This unique exhibition features over 100 objects from the British Museum, the largest loan of Chinese material the Museum has made in the UK.
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The British Museum exhibition at Museum and Wintergardens Sunderland, UK
2/1/2010 -
5/17/2010
The Artistry of Yixing Pottery: The K.S. Lo Collection of the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware
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Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China
Purple clay ware, which dates back to the Song dynasty, was very popular during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Since the middle of the Ming dynasty, purple clay ware making has gradually evolved into an art form where pottery making, poetry, calligraphy, drawing, seal carving and sculpture all converge. Featuring over 110 items of refined Yixing ware, the exhibits include exquisite works of art by Xu Youquan and Chen Zhongmei of the Ming dynasty and masterpieces by renowned potters of the Qing dynasty such as Yang Pengnian, Shao Daheng and Chen Mingyuan. The exhibition also features contemporary tea vessels by 20th century Yixing craft masters Gu Jingzhou, Jiang Rong, Xu Xiutang and Wang Yinxian. Besides tea ware, this exhibition showcases stationery accessories, snuff bottles, pottery pillows and small ornaments that illustrate the ample diversity of purple clay art. To ensure visitors of all ages will be able to fully enjoy their experience, education corners and a range of interactive games have been set up in the galleries to cater to the public’s various of needs.
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Hong Kong Museum of Art - Museum of Tea Ware
12/19/2009 -
5/30/2010
The Egawa Donation: A Collection of Japanese and Chinese Inspired Ceramics
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Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, Singapore
This exhibition showcases a collection of European ceramics donated by Mr. and Mrs. Toshio Egawa to the museum two years ago. Produced mainly in the 18th century in English and European kilns, these wares reflect Japanese and Chinese influence. Porcelain from Japan and China were highly sought after in the West, where they were collected and proudly displayed in palaces and mansions. Gain insight into the development of ceramics production in the West and how its products were inspired by patterns and shapes of the Japanese and Chinese originals. Also discover the interactions between East Asia and Europe on ceramic art and the economic exchanges that set the stage for these cultural cross-currents.
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Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore
12/2/2009 -
6/13/2010
Treasury of the World: Jewelled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals
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Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, Singapore
Immerse yourself in the opulence of the legendary Mughal empire(1526 – 1858), one of the wealthiest, most powerful dynasties the world has ever known. Treasury of the Worldfeatures a dazzling array of 402 exquisite jewelled works of art from Mughal India, from The al-Sabah Collection in Kuwait. The rulers of the Mughal empire were so renowned for their lavish lifestyle, love of beauty and vast collection of precious objects, that the Mughal emperor Jahangir was once described in a letter by the English Ambassador Thomas Roe as ‘the treasury of the world’. Visit this exhibition to learn more about the diverse techniques in the jewelled arts used by the artisans and craftsmen during the Mughal period. This travelling exhibition began its journey at The British Museum in London and has since been shown in world-renowned venues such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Louvre Museum in Paris. The exhibition will make its Asian debut at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore.
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Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore
2/10/2010 -
6/20/2010
Kashmir, Ladakh, Baltistan 1911/12, Photographs by Otto Honigmann
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State Museum of Ethnology, Munich, Germany
Explanatory text only available in German
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Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich
7/12/2009 -
6/20/2010
The Power of our Ancestors, Cultural Evidence from New Guinea
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Ethnographic Collection of the University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Die Macht der Ahnen – kulturelle Zeugnisse aus Neuguinea
Explanatory text only available in German
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Institut für Ethnologie, University of Goettingen
1/29/2010 -
6/30/2010
GOLDEN BURMA. Art and handicraft of Myanmar
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Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
The exhibitions presents a significant part of the Museum’s collection of over 400 objects of Burmese traditional art and handicrafts. Most of them are connected with Buddhism, predominant religion of the country, as well as with local beliefs: ritual utensils, Buddha and bodhisattvas sculptures, lacquered and gilded kammavasa manuscripts, interior decorations and subtly carved steles depicting scenes from the life of Buddha. Lacquer wares, the most perfect and most famous of Burmese crafts, constitute the core of the collection. Lacquered sculptures and containers, made of bamboo and wood, covered with layers of red or black lacquer, gilded and decorated with glass applications, originate from the 19th and 20th centuries. Other exhibits are sculptures made of alabaster, stone or bronze, traditional Burmese theatre puppets in silk costumes, manuscripts and musical instruments. All of them impress with their richness of forms and colours, splendour of gold and inlays.
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The Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw
1/29/2010 -
6/30/2010
ZŁOTA BIRMA Sztuka i rzemiosło Myanmaru (The Golden Birma, Arts and Crafts of Myanmar)
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Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Explanatory text only in Polish
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The Asian and Pacific Museum in Warsaw
2/26/2010 -
7/4/2010
Ceramics from Edo, four centuries of Japanese ceramics in the collections of the Cernuschi Museum.
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Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France
Explanatory text only available in French
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Musee Cernuschi, Paris
11/14/2009 -
9/25/2010
Southeast Asian Ceramics, New Light on Old Pottery
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NUS Museum, NUS Centre For the Arts, Singapore, Singapore
This exhibition features ceramics produced in Southeast Asian kilns from as early as the 11th century.
Research in ceramics over the past decades has uncovered a wealth of data about the centres of production, characteristics of wares from various kilns and the active timeframe of these sites. Our knowledge about the consumption trends of Southeast Asian ceramics has also been enhanced through finds from both land and maritime archaeology. Employed in concert with written sources, such archaeological data have been crucial in reconstructing the region's pre-modern socio-economic and cultural history and providing a more thorough picture of site usage patterns and intra-regional interactions.
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NUS Museum, Singapore
11/17/2009 -
9/26/2010
The Crossroads of Civilizations: Ancient Culture of Uzbekistan
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National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Uzbekistan, "the land of the Uzbeks," is part of West Turkestan, which is located to the west of Pamir Mountains. In the ancient times, this region was part of Transoxiana, which refers to the land between Amu Darya ("Oxus" in Greek) and Syr Darya. Many oases were formed along these rivers that originate from Pamir Mountains and reach Aral Sea. This region was also a major center on the Silk Road, situated at the crossroads of West Asia, China, India, and the steppe region in North Asia.
This exhibition introduces Uzbekistan culture from the prehistoric period to the 8th century through its bronze and iron cultures, Buddhist culture, and Sogdian culture. In addition, the replicas of Afrasiab murals in which ancient Koreans appear will be shown.
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National Museum of Korea, Seoul
1/1/2010 -
12/14/2010
Seeing the Kites Again
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Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, Singapore
In 2008, Chinese artist Wu Guanzhong donated 113 of his important works to the National Heritage Board, Singapore. This is the highest-value donation ever given to a public museum institution in Singapore. An internationally eminent artist, Wu is best known for marrying the distinct art form of traditional Chinese ink with modern concepts in Western art. Recently published as a seven-volume anthology, Wu’s writings provide deep insights into his aesthetics and art practice. Showcasing 22 paintings from the donation, Seeing the Kites Again is an exhibition inspired by Wu’s metaphor of the kite. Since the 1960s, Wu Guanzhong has produced a great number of works, based on his personal recollections. These works are centred around his home in the South of China, his childhood, as well as the villages and towns he has been to. His interest in life and his attention to ordinary scenes, infuse his art with an aesthetic quality that demonstrates a return to simplicity.
This exhibition is an incubator project by the National Art Gallery, Singapore, held on the premises of the Singapore Art Museum.
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Singapore Art Museum
5/31/2008 -
12/24/2018
Discover Islamic Art
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Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
Four VCM contributors are also partners in DIA:
* Giuseppe Tucci National Museum of Oriental Art, Rome
* Victoria and Albert Museum, London
* Museum of Mediterrenean and Near Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm
* Museum Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (as an associated museum)
Museum With No Frontiers (MWNF) is an organisation whose ground-breaking and visionary programme aims to establish a vast trans-national museum that presents works of art, architecture and archaeology in the context in which they were created. Inspired by the principle of organising exhibitions without moving the works of art, MWNF is creating through modern technology an exciting new dimension to museums. The visitor is invited to experience a museum not only as a place to admire artefacts on display but also as a gateway to related works of art in other museums, relevant archaeological sites and monuments as well as to thematic visits. By raising awareness of artistic and cultural heritage and promoting investment in restoration and conservation projects, MWNF aims to promote cultural integration as a means of facilitating political cooperation between different countries and cultures. The MWNF programme provides an opportunity to learn about and enjoy the shared cultural heritage of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East in a completely new way. Its masterly orchestration brings together a large number of academics, professionals, photographers, tourist managers, politicians and many other people and organisations participating in this innovative project. The ever expanding MWNF network includes partners from 19 countries in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. To date, public and private bodies from Algeria, Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and the United Kingdom have joined the MWNF programme.
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