MUNICH.- The Udo and Anette Brandhorst Stiftung has co-commissioned a new work by Isaac Julien, which was completed in 2010 and will be presented in Germany for the first time starting for the public 30 March 2011 in the Museum Brandhorst. Ten Thousand…
Kofi Annan and His Wife Explore the Sakip Sabanci Collection of Ottoman Calligraphy
ISTANBUL.- The former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, and his wife, Nane Marie Annan, visited the Sabanci University Sakip Sabanci Museum in Istanbul. They were welcomed upon their arrival by Guler Sabanci, who accompanied the cou…
Kofi Annan and His Wife Explore the Sakip Sabanci Collection of Ottoman Calligraphy
ISTANBUL.- The former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, and his wife, Nane Marie Annan, visited the Sabanci University Sakip Sabanci Museum in Istanbul. They were welcomed upon their arrival by Guler Sabanci, who accompanied the cou…
Christie’s to Present The Beauty of Art: An Exhibition of Modern Chinese Painter Shi Lu
NEW YORK, NY.- In conjunction with Asian Art Week (March 22-25), Christie’s New York will mount a rare presentation of one of 20th century China’s most distinctive artists, in the special exhibition The Beauty of Art: An Exhibition of Paintin…
Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin at the New Orleans Museum of Art
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Until April 17, 2011, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) presents a new exhibition of paintings and calligraphy by the most significant Japanese Zen master of the past 500 years, Hakuin Ekaku. Organized by NOMA, The Sound of One Han…
Patricia Buckley Ebrey to Receive 2010 Shimada Prize for Outstanding Work of East Asian Art History
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery have announced that Patricia Buckley Ebrey, a leading scholar of Chinese civilization, will receive the 2010 Shimada Prize for her book Accumulating Culture: The Coll…
Metropolitan Museum Announces James C. Y. Watt to Become Curator Emeritus
NEW YORK, NY.- Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced yesterday that distinguished scholar James C. Y. Watt will retire on June 30, following a decade as Brooke Russell Astor Chairman of the Department of Asian Art an…
National Touring Exhibition Illuminates the Art and Life of Preeminent Zen Master Hakuin
NEW YORK, NY.- What’s the sound of one hand clapping? This famous meditational question was first framed as “What is the sound of one hand?” by Hakuin Ekaku, an 18th century painter and Zen master whose work is showcased at Japan Society…
Sotheby’s Doha Auction ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ Realises Above High Estimate, Total of $5.6 Million
DOHA, QATAR Sotheby’s ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ Sale, the first-ever international auction entirely devoted to calligraphy, realised the outstanding total of $5,630,125 (QAR 20,500,765), in excess of the pre-sale high estimate of $5….
Sotheby’s Doha Auction ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ Realises Above High Estimate, Total of $5.6 Million
DOHA, QATAR Sotheby’s ‘Hurouf: The Art of the Word’ Sale, the first-ever international auction entirely devoted to calligraphy, realised the outstanding total of $5,630,125 (QAR 20,500,765), in excess of the pre-sale high estimate of $5….