Events
Germany: Korea Rediscovered !
Ten German museums with Korean collections have come together to do a travelling exhibition titled ‘Discovering Korea! Treasures from German Museums’. Read More
Exhibition: In the steps of the Buddha, Melbourne
The exhibition, In the steps of the Buddha – held at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, explores the development of Buddhist imagery across Asia. Read More
Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam
The Hajj or the pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, is one of the five pillars of Islam. It is the pilgrimage that every Muslim must make at least once in their lifetime if they are able. This major exhibition at the British Museum, London charts the history of this spiritual journey. Read More
Tokyo National Museum hosts 200 Chinese masterpieces
The Tokyo National Museum is hosting an exhibition of masterpieces from the Palace Museum, Beijing, to mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of relations between Japan and China. Read More
[Singapore] Indian Textiles for Export, exhibition
Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore: Journey back to when India clothed the world. Patterns of Trade: Indian Textiles for Export, 1400–1900 presents over seventy works of strikingly patterned and brightly coloured Indian trade textiles from a recently acquired collection. Read More
Budapest: Korean Art in the 18-19th Century
The Hopp Ferenc East-Asia Museum of Art, Budapest, Hungary, has a temporary exhibition presenting the extremely exciting culture of Korea. Interiors, ceremonial clothing and ornamented objects represent Korean art. Read More
Photo Exhibition Dublin: China through Scottish eyes
At the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, there is an photography exhibition on loan from the Wellcome Library, London, featuring photos of China taken by Scottish photographer John Thomson between 1868 and 1872. Read More
Rabindranath Tagore: Poet and Painter
2011 marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), who is best known as a poet and the first non-European writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. Read More
Paris exhibition: Lacquer and Gold, Burmese Manuscripts
The National Museum of Asian Art (Musée Guimet), Paris, France, presents for the first time an exceptional collection of manuscripts and artifacts preserved in Burmese collections. Read More
Tokyo: Exhibition honouring the Great Masters of Kamakura Buddhism
The exhibition is organised by the Tokyo National Museum, Japan, to commemorate the 800th Grand Memorial of Honen and the 750th Grand Memorial of Shinran, the two great masters of Kamakura Buddhism. Read More
