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“Take advantage of what exists.” — Laozi Chinese red lacquerward on view at Met : An impressive selection Pakistani contemporary art : Its value is increasing Jain: Images of Perfection : At the Rubin...
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This photo of Hongkong at twilight comes from Stuck in Customs’ photostream ROOTS AND BRANCHESPhoto Wednesday: Indian bride This photo of a bride bedecked and bejeweled for her wedding is from riceFR's...
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“Take advantage of what exists.” — Laozi Chinese traditional art loses youth : “The spirit of the art form isn’t in accordance with today’s society.” Mongolian treasures uncovered : From the sands of...
View ArticleThe spirit of stones
Stones in Japan are used for bridges, water containers, lanterns, and many other purposes. They are especially used as steps on paths. In an echo of Japan’s animistic native beliefs, stones are chosen...
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“Take advantage of what exists.” — Laozi Asia in Paris : “a continued desire for an exotic and ‘orientalized’ Asia” Chinese shadow puppets at Princeton : Part of a 2,000-piece collection acquired in...
View ArticlePhoto Wednesday: Omikuji
This image of two women viewing omikuji, or rolled-up fortunes, comes from kalandrakas’ photostream. Kalandrakas writes: Omikuji are random fortunes written on strips of paper at Shinto shrines and...
View ArticleThe Longest Way
This fellow walked across China and made a spectacular time-lapse video about it. ROOTS AND BRANCHESChinese botanical motifs: orchid These leaves from Shitao's album depict orchids, with an...
View ArticlePhoto Wednesday: Red house in Singapore
Singapore has a tradition of vibrant colored buildings with shutters. This great geometric composition comes from swisscan’s photostream. ROOTS AND BRANCHESPhoto Wednesday: Indian bride This photo of a...
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“Take advantage of what exists.” — Laozi Maya Lin’s big dig : Museum of Chinese in America to be NY Chinatown’s culture hub History of the Khukuri : A national symbol of Nepal Jain manuscripts at the...
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I’m back (I think). That was a longer absence than I expected. Well, I’m back for now with a new Friday roundup. * “Take advantage of what exists.” — Laozi Rare Buddha statue unveiled at Ho Chi Minh...
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“Take advantage of what exists.” — Laozi The politics of heritage : From the Deccan Herald “‘A completely new insight into culture and art” : New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts “Padma Bhushans...
View ArticleWhat do Americans know about Asia?
According to a survey reported in a publication from the Asia Society called Asia in the Schools A quarter of all high school students cannot name the ocean that separates North America from Asia....
View ArticleDaido Bunka enso
This unusual enso based on the character for heart/mind was made by Daido Bunka in the first half of the eighteenth century. * The Character for ”Heart/Mind” as an Ens?, 18th century, by Daido Bunka...
View ArticleThe ten most confounding Pinyin pronunciations
English speakers have an uphill slog to make sense of Chinese pronunciation from its transliteration. The Wade-Giles transliteration system used a lot of diacritical marks, with all the annoyances that...
View ArticleAi Weiwei, 1983
This fellow in a New York mood is Ai Weiwei, self-photographed in 1983. His show at Asia Society just completed, but there is still what looks like an excellent exhibition of Buddhist sculptures from...
View ArticleTerracotta Warriors opening party at Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
The Asian Art Museum (200 Larkin Street in San Francisco’s Civic Center) is hosting a party to celebrate their opening of an exhibition featuring some of the First Emperor’s terra-cotta warriors. The...
View ArticleChina’s Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor’s Legacy
That’s the title of the exhibition showing at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco through May 27. I received my new camera — an Olympus E-PL2 — a couple of days ago and took of few pictures of the...
View ArticleNandi
Nandi the bull is the mount of the Hindu god Shiva. I took this photo at the Asian Art Museum, where, unfortunately, the bull is less prominently displayed than it was at the museum’s old location in...
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“Take advantage of what exists.” — Laozi Chinese red lacquerward on view at Met : An impressive selection Pakistani contemporary art : Its value is increasing Jain: Images of Perfection : At the Rubin...
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Photo Wednesday: Hongkong lights
This photo of Hongkong at twilight comes from Stuck in Customs’ photostream ROOTS AND BRANCHESPhoto Wednesday: Indian bride This photo of a bride bedecked and bejeweled for her wedding is from...
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