OCT 2015
VOLUME 46 - NUMBER 7
A group of extraordinary works in gold from the Ayala Museum and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas are reunited in the groundbreaking exhibition ‘Philippine Gold: Treasures of Forgotten Kingdoms’ at Asia Society Museum in New York. Florina H. Capistrano-Baker introduces this issue with a discussion of key discoveries and exhibition highlights. Comparing recent finds from the Philippines with counterparts in China and Southeast Asia, articles by Adriana Proser and Nancy Tingley explore the extent of trading links from the 10th to the 13th century. Mary Jane Louise A. Bolunia reviews archaeological finds in the Butuan area, and factors that contributed to its role in maritime trade.
Two major exhibitions this autumn reflect innovations and continuity in Japanese art over the centuries. Yukio Lippit considers the oeuvre of Tawaraya Sōtatsu in a show devoted to the artist at the Freer and Sackler Galleries. Frank Feltens introduces six small-scale works from an exhibition at the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in Berlin honouring Klaus F. Naumann.
In our interview, Tiffany Beres catches up with Ai Weiwei, who shares a lesser-known aspect of himself as a collector of antiquities. In other features, Guo Jia introduces the new Yunnan Provincial Museum, and closing the issue, Sarah Orford offers perspectives on a recent spate of thefts of Asian art from European museums.
FEATURES
Florina H. Capistrano-Baker. Philippine Gold: Treasures of Forgotten Kingdoms
Adriana Proser. Early Philippine Gold and Links to China Trade
Nancy Tingley. Philippine Gold: Southeast Asian Trade and Transmission
Mary Jane Louise A. Bolunia. Archaeological Excavations in Butuan: Uncovering Evidence of Maritime Trade in the 10th–13th Century
Yukio Lippit. Making Waves: Tawaraya Sotatsu at the Freer and Sackler Galleries
Frank Feltens. Traversing Time: Three Centuries of Japanese Art at the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Berlin
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Jennifer Purtle. Book Review: A Defiant Brush: Su Renshan and the Politics of Painting in Early 19th Century Guangdong, by Yeewan Koon
Guo Jia. Highlights of the New Yunnan Provincial Museum
INTERVIEWS
Tiffany Beres. A Battlefield of Judgements: Ai Weiwei as Collector
NEWS
News/Galleries
Fine Art Asia 2015
COMMENTARY
Sarah Orford. Commentary