JUN 2005

VOLUME 36 - NUMBER 5

The Musée Cernuschi was closed in 2001 for extensive renovation and conversion, but is now opening its doors again in June with redesigned and enlarged galleries. Gilles Béguin describeds some of the new features, and Michel Maucuer provides a profile of Cernuschi the man, covering the beginnings of his collecting and the founding of his museum. Further articles discuss different aspects of the collections: Olivier Venture examines emblems on Shang and Western Zhou bronzes; Michel Maucuer takes a fresh look at several bronze mirrors in the collection which have previously been listed as Chinese; Hélène Chollet presents some recent acquisitions which have enhanced the museum's masterpieces, the controversial handscroll Grooms Presenting Horses.

FEATURES
Anthony Hardy. Introducing the Hong Kong Maritime Museum
Gilles Beguin, Sylvie Colinart and Elisabeth Ravaud. Grooms Presenting Horses: New Perspectives
Helene Chollet. Treasures from the Liao Period at the Musée Cernuschi
Michel Maucuer. Kofun Period Bronze Mirrors Rediscovered in Enrico Cernuschi's Collection
Olivier Venture. Emblems on Shang and Western Zhou Bronzes in the Musée Cernuschi
Michel Maucuer. From Cernuschi's museum to the Cernuschi Museum
Gilles Beguin. The Resurrection of the Musée Cernuschi
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Hwang Yin. The Asia Art Archive: Keeping the Present for the Future
Margaret Tao. Asia Week in New York
Filippo Salviati. Exhibition Review: 'Oriented', International Festival of Photography, Rome
Wang Tao. Book Review: Yang Xiaoneng (Editor and Principal Author): New Perspectives on China's Past: Twentieth Century Chinese Archaeology, Yale University Press, 2004
INTERVIEWS
Valerie C. Doran. Interview with Gordon OngleyInterview with Guy Ullens
NEWS
Robert H. Blumenfield. Obituary: David Sanctuary Howard (1928-2005)
COMMENTARY
Valerie C. Doran. Commentary: 250,000 Square Metres