Arts & Crafts of the Islamic Lands
Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne, says, “Through my school for the traditional arts, I have tried to do what I can to continue the living traditions of the world’s sacred and traditional art forms. It is all too easily forgotten how crucial traditions are in handing on the immense richness of human knowledge, wisdom and skill, and giving them new life and new application. I hope that The School’s...
Ibrahim El-Salahi: A Visionary Modernist
Ibrahim El-Salahi: A Visionary Modernist (3 July–22 September 2013) is, for Tate Modern, a ground-breaking event and for El-Salahi, a retrospective that brings together work over five decades. This first major exhibition of the Sudanese artist Ibrahim El-Salahi in the UK brings together 100 works from across more than five decades of his international career, this retrospective will highlight one of the most significant figures in...
Lost Generation: Luo Zhenyu, Qing Loyalists and the Formation of Modern Chinese Culture
Lost Generation: Luo Zhenyu, Qing Loyalists and the Formation of Modern Chinese Culture is a Saffron Asian Art and Society Series book (ISBN 9781872843377, 2012) edited by Yang Chia-Ling 楊佳玲 and Roderick Whitfield. You may buy this book here The book investigates the roles as politician, antiquarian, art dealer, and publisher, of Luo Zhenyu 羅振玉 (1866~1940), who, together with his circle of Qing loyalists (遺老), established modern...