How to help: Philippines, Indonesia
Eyeteeth: A journal of incisive ide (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco lets us know how to help the victims of the recent earthquake and typhoons in Southeast Asia .
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Monday, October 5, 2009
Rising in Phoenix (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
If you really want to get a feel of what Afghanistan is like on the ground, it’s culture, many tribal affiliations, the poverty, the rich and complicated history, get a copy of Rory Stewart’s book, The Places in Between, the story of his walk across Afghanistan in 2002. Here are the youtubes from his talk [...]
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Samurai Exhibit Pwned
井の中の蛙 (Free subscription) | 29/08/2009
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco has been targeted by an anonymous artistic and political intervention that parodies the current Lords of the Samurai exhibition with a well designed website and a series of pamphlets distributed in San Francisco. The website is worth exploring, and becomes particularly interesting when paired with an interview with the [...]
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Treasures of Afghanistan
Mallica Vajrathon (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Anyone interested in ancient arts and history should not miss the exhibition on the Afghanistan Hidden Treasures at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. These treasures, some of them dug-up from tombs have been on tour in the United States since last year, beginning at the National Gallery of Art in Washington [...]
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Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
Art (Free subscription) | 20/05/2009
[ June 23, 2009 to September 20, 2009. ] Afghanistan’s Dazzling National Treasures—Hidden for 25 Years—Presented at Metropolitan Museum Exhibition dates: June 23–September 20, 2009 Exhibition location: Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Exhibition Hall [ad#lb] Ancient Afghanistan—located at the crossroads of major trade routes, where it attracted invading armies and nomadic migrations—was...
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Saint Louis Art Museum to Offer Chinese Audio Tours for Ming Exhibition
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 26/01/2009
SAINT LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum will provide audio tours in Mandarin Chinese for the upcoming exhibition, Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty, the first exhibition of its kind to focus on the art from China's Ming dynasty (1368–1644).
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Indianapolis Museum of Art to host Power & Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
INDIANAPOLIS.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art will host Power & Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty, the first exhibition in the United States to focus on the full range of art from China's Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Organized by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the exhibition marks the first collaboration with three of China's most prestigious institutions—The Palace