BY MAXWELL K. HEARN

This article details the gift of 1275 Asian works of art from the Irvings that the Metropolitan Museum received—a donation that fundamentally transformed the holdings of the museum’s Department of Asian Art.

BY ROBIN MARKBREITER

Arts of Asia’s publisher and editor Robin Markbreiter interviews Giuseppe Eskenazi, the eminent London-based purveyor of Chinese art.

BY ADRIANA PROSER

Buddhism has been a major force in Myanmar’s history. This exhibition takes as its subject the Theravada tradition that today is a major part of Myan­mar’s population.

BY ARTS OF ASIA

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BY GINO GONZALES

In so many ways, the dress of a nation reflects the psyche of its people. Beyond expressing the changing silhouettes and ideals of beauty, it also presents the internal struggles between polar forces that constantly shape a nation’s history.