DEC 1999

VOLUME 30 - NUMBER 10

The Asian art collection at the Honolulu Academy of Arts is currently undergoing reinstallation: existing galleries are being refitted and new ones created, greatly increasing the display area and underlining the strength of the holdings. This issue highlights various aspects of the collection: Julia White focuses on some of the important examples of Chinese and Japanese paintings and Buddhist art, paying tribute to Anna Rice Cooke, who founded the Academy with her personal collection; Paul Varley discusses the Academy's Rakuchu Rakugai-zu screens, and examines changes of emphasis with reference to a number of other examples; Nancy Dowling gives an overview of some of the notable Hindu stone and bronze images, textiles and paintings that will be on view in a new gallery devoted to South Asia; and Virginia Mann presents examples from The Christensen Fund's collection of Indonesian textiles, which is on loan to the Academy. Finally George Sexton, designer of the new galleries, reveals in an interview the challenges of working on this and other Asian art projects.

FEATURES
Virginia Mann. Sultans and Chieftains: Great Cloths in The Christensen Fund Collection of Textiles
Nancy H. Dowling. A New Era of Commitment to South Asian Art
Paul Varley. Scenes in and around the Capital
Julia M. White. The Cooke Legacy at the Honolulu Academy of Arts
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Catherine Maudsley. Hong Kong Auctions - November 1999
Margaret Tao. New York Auctions - September 1999
Susan Dewar. Beijing Auctions - Summer 1999
Susan Dewar. Beijing Exhibitions
Donovan D. Rypkema. Conference Report: 'Leadership Conference on Conservancy and Development', Kunming and Lijiang, Yunnan province, China
Peter Hardie. Book Review: Nigel Wood, Chinese Glazes: Their Origins, Chemistry and Recreation
Catherine Maudsley. Exhibition Preview: 'Passion of Collecting' University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong
INTERVIEWS
An Interview with Installation Designer George Sexton
NEWS
Margaret Tao. Gallery News
COMMENTARY
Eleanor Briggs. Commentary: Too Much of a Good Thing