Washington, D.C.- The Freer Gallery at the Freer and Sackler is pleased to present “Winged Spirits: Birds in Chinese Painting” on view through August 5th. In Chinese culture many birds are endowed with strong symbolic associations, both on thei…
Marlborough Fine Art in London Shows US Painter John Hubbard
London.- Marlborough Fine Art is pleased to present “John Hubbard: Nocturnes” from 11th May through 7th June. The American-born artist, John Hubbard, has lived and worked in England for almost fifty years. He is a landscape painter of an unconventi…
The National Art Museum of Romania Shows Hokusai’s Mount Fuji Views In Solidarity With the Japanese People
Bucharest.- As a demonstration of support for the Japanese people in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami, the National Art Museum of Romania has organised a special exhibition of Katsushika Hokusai’s Mount Fuji prints entitled “Pilgrimage to M…
Torn Pieces of Ancient Chinese Painting Reunited at Taiwan National Palace Museum
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (AP).- Two pieces of a torn 660-year-old Chinese painting held by Taiwan and mainland China will be reunited for the first time in centuries at an exhibit at Taiwan’s national museum, in a sign of warming ties between the rivals. The mai…
Torn Pieces of Ancient Chinese Painting Reunited at Taiwan National Palace Museum
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (AP).- Two pieces of a torn 660-year-old Chinese painting held by Taiwan and mainland China will be reunited for the first time in centuries at an exhibit at Taiwan’s national museum, in a sign of warming ties between the rivals. The mai…
Giant Silk China Scroll Goes for $30 Million Plus to Anonymous Hong Kong Collector
PARIS (AP).- A giant 18th-century Chinese silk scroll painting of a military troop review has been sold at auction for more than euro22 million ($30.8 million), the highest auction price for a Chinese work in France. The work, found in a Paris attic a…
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art to Be Offered at Sotheby’s in New York
NEW YORK, N.Y.- On 23 March 2011 Sotheby’s Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art sale will offer superb examples of Chinese painting, jades, furniture, ceramics and other works of art. The 200 lot sale will be part of the Asia Week series of auct…
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art to Be Offered at Sotheby’s in New York
NEW YORK, N.Y.- On 23 March 2011 Sotheby’s Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art sale will offer superb examples of Chinese painting, jades, furniture, ceramics and other works of art. The 200 lot sale will be part of the Asia Week series of auct…
Chinese Teacher Helps Blind Find Confidence in Art
By: Royston Chan
NANNING, CHINA (REUTERS).- Inside a brightly-lit room in a lighting store, painting teacher Zeng Bailiang and his group of volunteers are patiently teaching a group of blind students the basics of Chinese painting. The students in the …
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…