NOV 2000

VOLUME 31 - NUMBER 9

The Museum of Indian Art in Berlin is reopening on 19 October following two years of renovation. The new installation has been designed to integrate into an appropriate architectural context one of the most important collections of Indian and Central Asian Art in the West. This month's articles discuss the new galleries and highlights of the collection. Ming Wilson's selection of export paintings depicting aspects of Chinese life and culture are included in an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. This is one of the numerous events marking 'Asia Art in London'; a schedule of exhibitions and auctions for AAL is featured in this issue, and lectures are listed in the calendar section.

FEATURES
Ming Wilson. As True As Photographs: Chinese Paintings for the Western Market
Barbara Haussman, Holger Manzke, Ulf Palitza, Gerhard Prukner and Sylke Staschik. The Conservation and Reconstruction of the Cave with the Ring-Bearing Doves
Marianne Yaldiz. The History of the Turfan Collection in the Museum of Indian Art
Raffael Dedo Gadebusch. Celestial Gardens: Mughal Miniatures from an Eighteenth Century Album
Friederike Weis. The Divine Power: Shakti Imagery in the Collection of the Museum of Indian Art
Claudine Bautze-Picron. Divine Images from Bodh Gaya to Gaur: The Art of Eastern India in the Museum of Indian Art
Marianne Yaldiz. A New Concept for the Museum of Indian Art
NEWS
Margaret Tao and Orientations. Gallery News
COMMENTARY
James Bennett. Commentary: East Timor Museum: A Collection Abandoned