MAR 2010

VOLUME 41 - NUMBER 2

The exhibition 'Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art' at Asia Society Museum explores the impact of pilgrimage on artistic production across Asia. Adriana Proser discusses Buddhist art linked to the sacred destination of Mount Meru. Janice Leoshko traces Buddhist devotion in South Asia through the findings of 19th century Western explorers. D. Max Moerman explains how mandalas are used to map pilgrimage sites in Japan, with special reference to the Nachi Pilgrimage Mandala. Ariane Perrin discusses the earliest known painted representation of a Buddha figure in a funerary context at a Koguryo tomb in China's Jilin province. We also have an interview with Arthur R. Miller, as Japan Society Gallery hosts an exhibition of part of his collection of Kuniyoshi woodblock prints. Nancy Berliner pays a moving tribute to the late scholar Wang Shixiang.

We take a look at the changing landscape of New York's Asia Week, with previews of gallery shows and the Arts of Pacific Asia Show, as well as TEFAF, Maastricht. We also chat with Allan and Steven Chait on the eve of Ralph M. Chait Galleries' centenary. Reviews of the autumn auctions in Hong Kong, Beijing and San Francisco, and the art and antiques expo in Dongguan reveal trends in the market for Asian art. In the run-up to the 150th anniversary of the looting and destruction of the Yuanmingyuan, Bruce Doar comments on the saga of China's lost cultural relics.

FEATURES
'Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters': An Interview with Arthur R. Miller
Ariane Perrin. Buddhist Imagery in the Koguryo Tomb No. 1 at Changchuan, Ji'an, Jilin
D. Max. Moerman. Mandalas and the Mapping of Japanese Buddhist Pilgrimage
Adriana Proser. Mapping Meru: Art of the Spiritual Quest
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Fair Review: The International Antiques & Art Expo 2009, Dongguan
Fair Previews 2010: New York Arts of Pacific Asia Show and The European Fine Art Fair, Maastricht
Asia Week in New York Spring 2010
INTERVIEWS
Margaret Tao. A 'Family Affair': A Conversation with Allan and Steven Chait
INTERVIEWS
Nancy Berliner. Obituary: Wang Shixiang (1914-2009)
COMMENTARY
Bruce Doar. Commentary: Raiders of the Lost Art