NOV/DEC 2012

VOLUME 43 - NUMBER 8

Founded in 1952, the Shanghai Museum is renowned for its approach to international cooperation and scholarship, and its focus on presenting important artworks to a wider audience. Our final issue of 2012 is devoted to two events being held to mark the 60th anniversary of this singular institution: ‘Masterpieces of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy in American Collections’, held in collaboration with four US institutions, and ‘Splendors in Smalt: Art of Yuan Blue-and-white Porcelain’.

In our introductory interview, Joyce Zhang Hui talks to Director Chen Xiejun, Vice Director Chen Kelun and Director of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy Shan Guolin about the Shanghai Museum, past and present, and the two exhibitions, while Maxwell K. Hearn, Hao Sheng, Anita Chung and Ling-en Lu take a closer look at the US museums’ relationship with Chinese art. Meanwhile, Li Zhongmou presents a comprehensive summary of recent scholarship on Yuan blue-and-white.

Also in this month’s issue, Orientations talks to Yahoo! founder Jerry Yang about an exhibition of Chinese calligraphy from his collection, at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Finally, Nancy Berliner comments on intellectual property issues in the field of Chinese art history.

FEATURES
Li Zhongmou. Yuan Blue-and-White Porcelain: New Insights from Chinese Scholars
Anita Chung. Collaboration and Commemoration: Cleveland's Masterpieces at the Shanghai Museum
Ling-en Lu. Collecting Paintings in a Revolutionary Age: The Story of a Song Masterpiece in Old Shanghai
Hao Sheng. The Early History of Collecting Chinese Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Maxwell K. Hearn. Chinese Painting at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Formation of a New Canon
Shanghai Museum: 60th Anniversary Exhibitions
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Fair Preview: Asian Art in London
Clare Pollard. Meiji Japanese Textiles at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Tamara H. Bentley. Book Review: Art by the Book: Painting Manuals and the Leisure Life in Late Ming China, by J. P. Park,
Neil Davey. Book Review: View of the Pinnacle: Japanese Lacquer Writing Boxes, by Stephen Little and Edmund J. Lewis, University of Hawaii Press.
INTERVIEWS
'Out of Character: Decoding Chinese Calligraphy': An Interview with Jerry Yang
NEWS
Li Jingjing. Wild, Wild East: A Look at China's Art Market