NEW YORK, N.Y.- Priska C. Juschka Fine Art presents Transoxiana Dreams, Kazakh artist Almagul Menlibayeva’s fourth solo exhibition at the gallery from March 24 through May 14, 2011. Menlibayeva films mythological narratives placed and staged in th…
China and U. of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology Resolve Dispute Over Exhibit
PHILADELPHIA (AP).- A Philadelphia museum said Friday that its exhibit on the Silk Road, including a pair of ancient mummies, will go on after it resolved a dispute with the Chinese government that led to a pared-down event with fake mummies and life-…
Chinese: Pennsylvania Museum Never OK’d for Mummies Exhibit
PHILADELPHIA (AP).- A diplomatic official says two mummies and other ancient artifacts from China were never approved for display at the Philadelphia museum now embroiled in a dispute over the items. A Chinese embassy spokesman in Washington says the…
University of Pennsylvania Museum Removes Mummies After China Objects
PHILADELPHIA (AP).- A museum just days away from opening a long-awaited exhibit including two mummies and other historical artifacts from China is gutting the display of all objects at the request of Chinese officials, the museum announced Wednesday. …
For the First Time in France, the Saatchi Gallery Present More than 60 Works from Its Contemporary Art Collection
LILLE.- In the autumn of 2010 and for the first time in France, the London based Saatchi Gallery will present more than 60 works from its famous contemporary art collection, assembled for the exhibition entitled “La Route de la Soie” (The Silk Road). T…
Chinese Ceramics, Culture and Commerce on View at the Norton Museum of Art
WEST PALM BEACH, FL.- On the Silk Road and the High Seas: Chinese Ceramics, Culture and Commerce examines why Chinese ceramics were such prized commodities, both at home and abroad. Examples of proto-porcelain appeared in China about 3,000 years ago an…
25 Centuries of Exchange between Asia and Europe at the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels
BRUSSELS.- Together, Asia and Europe form a single gigantic continent, Eurasia , with an endless variety of landscapes, climates, fauna, and flora and an equally great diversity of peoples and cultures. For millennia past, Asia and Europe have had inte…