JUN 1999

VOLUME 30 - NUMBER 6

The opening of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts's newly renovated and expanded galleries of Asian art has made it possible to view numerous works previously kept in storage, as well as the entire Pillsbury collection of ancient Chinese bronzes and jades, much of the Chinese furniture and the historic architecture donated by the Daytons, and a rotation of Japanese wood-block prints from the Gale and Hill collections. In this issue, curators Robert Jacobsen and Mathew Welch trace the development of the collection and the renovation and construction of the new galleries, while four other specialists discuss masterworks from the institute's holdings: Guolong Lai explores the connection between changing representations of the human figure and the rituals of ancestor worship during the Eastern Zhou period; Eugene Wang shows how subtle messages are conveyed through the design of a Northern Wei sarcophagus; Christopher Cooke traces the restoration of a seventeenth century folding horseshoe-back chair; and Donald Jenkins examines the highly individual yet complementary Gale and Mitchell collections of Japanese prints. Additionally, an interview with Bruce and Ruth Ann Dayton provides an insight into their association with the institute and their collecting interests.

FEATURES
Per Kvaerne. Obituary: Michael Aris (1946-1999)
Donald Jenkins. A Different Emphasis: Two Collections of Japanese Art
Matthew Welch. New Galleries of Japanese and Korean Art at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Christopher Cooke. A Seventeenth Century Folding Horseshoe-back Chair in The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Eugene Y. Wang. Coffins and Confucianism - The Northern Wei Sarcophagus in The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Guolong Lai. Uses of the Human Figure in Early Chinese Art
Robert D. Jacobsen. The New Galleries for Asian Art at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Catherine Maudsley. Hong Kong Auctions - Spring 1999
Margaret Tao. Spring Art Fairs in New York
Margaret Tao. New York Auctions - March 1999
Carol Morland. Exhibition Reviews: 'Elegance, Virtue, and Ceremony: Buddhist Paintings of the Heian and Kamakura Periods', Kyoto National Museum and 'The Blooming of Hundreds of Flowers: Painters of Edo Period Kyoto in the Heian-jimbutsu-shi', The Museum of Kyoto
INTERVIEWS
An Interview with Bruce and Ruth Ann Dayton
NEWS
Margaret Tao, Sir Michael Butler and Robert P. Piccus. Gallery News
COMMENTARY
Chino F. Roncoroni and David Salmon. Commentary: 'Sacred Visions': An Acknowledgement of the Newar Artist