BY ROBIN MARKBREITER

For this issue I am delighted to publish Rosemary Crill’s wonderful article on textiles from India as well as additional articles in celebration of other aspects of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Indian collection…

BY ROBIN MARKBREITER

Remarkably quickly, we have already reached the halfway point of the year. The Asian art world continues unabated, with museum and gallery exhibitions, auctions and events. I am pleased that we are covering several of these in this diverse and interesting summer issue…

BY ROBIN MARKBREITER

Asia Week New York 2015 was a wonderful opportunity to view stunning works of art and meet new and old friends at parties, lectures, museum exhibitions, art galleries and auctions. It was the best Asia Week that I have attended…

BY ROBIN MARKBREITER

It is a great privilege to present in this issue four articles relating to the “Buddhist Art of Myanmar” exhibition held at Asia Society, New York. Many of the objects are genuine treasures that have never previously been displayed outside of Myanmar…

BY ROBIN MARKBREITER

This year marks the 45th anniversary of Arts of Asia, which is an immense achievement, especially given the general decline of print publications worldwide…

BY ROBIN MARKBREITER

For this issue, Arts of Asia commissioned eight scholarly articles to coincide with the British Museum’s new exhibition, “Ming: 50 years that changed China”, curated jointly by Craig Clunas, Professor of the History of Art, University of Oxford, and Jessica Harrison-Hall, Curator, British Museum…

BY ROBIN MARKBREITER

For this issue, we commissioned a selection of captivating articles and fantastic photography. This is the case with the in-depth contribution by Linda Rosenfeld Pomper on the subject of kinrande (“gold brocade type”)…

BY ROBIN MARKBREITER

It was a pleasure collaborating for the first time with Cora Würmell, Curator of East Asian Porcelain at the Porzellansammlung, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, who has so expertly detailed the little-known treasures of the enormous Dresden State Art Collections…

BY ROBIN MARKBREITER

In honour of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, who has devoted decades to wearing and promoting indigenous Thai textiles, this issue features a select group of scholarly articles by renowned specialists…

BY ROBIN MARKBREITER

March is one of the busiest months for Asian art. From the beautiful advertisements, readers can refer to significant events being staged at the most important museum exhibitions, auctions and gallery shows…