7 Amazing Chinese Museums
While China is still generally closed to international travel, we can always virtually explore the great museums it has to offer. China has hundreds...
Joanna Kaszubowska 6 December 2021
Asian Art
Turquoise: Art, Culture and Myth of a Gemstone
The bright blue-green Turquoise has been valued and revered for centuries by all the cultures around the world that had access to it. Several...
Nadine Waldmann 23 November 2021
Pumpkin Spiced Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama, the legendary Japanese artist born in 1929, began her career 69 years ago. Nevertheless, the world discovered her just a couple of...
Magda Michalska 26 October 2021
A Female Artist of the Edo Period: Nōguchi Shōhin
Nōguchi Shōhin (野口 小蘋) (1847–1917) was a leading Japanese painter from the Edo period (1603–1867). She was born in Osaka to a...
Isla Phillips 28 September 2021
Peek into the Court: Stunning Qajar Portraits
I’m sure you’re well acquainted with European royal portraiture. But have you ever seen portraits of rulers from beyond Europe? We want...
Magda Michalska 17 September 2021
Tōkyō Thrift – Japonisme and the Japanese Bauhaus
The historical narrative of Modernism is overwhelmingly western. However, the history of the movement is, in reality, one of constant diffusion...
Geoffrey Bunting 29 August 2021
Superfab, Superflat! The Most Renowned Works by Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami is a Japanese artist best known for his collaborations with multiple fashion brands and famous singers. You may know him from his 2019 collab with Billie Eilish, for the music video of You Should See Me in a Crown. His creativity is informed by traditional Japanese arts and modern Japanese pop culture. His artworks appeal both to the masses as well as collectors of fine art.
Rucha Vijay Bodas 26 August 2021
Need Some Chilling? The Art of Ukiyo-e – Japanese Winter Prints
The Ukiyo-e genre of art flourished in Japan between the 17th and 19th centuries. The term translates as “picture[s] of the floating...
Zuzanna Stańska, Kate Wojtczak 3 July 2021
Seven Famous Modern Indian Printmakers
Indian Printmaking traces its lineage from the narrative of the father of Indian modern art, Raja Ravi Verma, and his oleographs. Besides, Verma was...
Urvi Chheda 1 July 2021
Garlands of Greatness for the Astonishing 20th Century Chinese Artist Zhang Daqian
Zhang Daqian is considered the foremost Chinese artist in the last 500 years. If this is true, then what is it that makes Zhang Daqian so important?...
Barry Russell 18 June 2021
Top 10 Most Famous Chinese Paintings
With thousands of years of continuous history, China is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. It is also one of the most culturally unique...
Marina Kochetkova 18 June 2021
The Eighth Wonder of the World: Terracotta Army
When people mention the terracotta army, the first thing that comes to mind is the phrase “the eighth wonder of the world”. It is a symbol of...
Marina Kochetkova 16 June 2021
