AsiaExplore Ancient China, Luoyang, Here’s What You...
AAD REPORTS 08/06/2018So, you’re in Xian and you need a little break from all your Terracotta-ing. Thanks to a bullet train that began late last year, it now only takes less than two hours to get to Luoyang – one of the most celebrated historical areas in all of China.
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AsiaVan Gogh & Japan
AAD REPORTS 20/03/2018The exhibition 'Van Gogh & Japan' will shed light on the influence exerted by Japanese art on Vincent van Gogh. On view from 23 March 2018.
The above from the Van Gogh Museum's Instagram Page - Follow that page here
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AsiaIndia's forgotten caves
AAD REPORTS 11/03/2018Following the tiger’s tracks, the group came to a clearing between tamarind trees and thickets that revealed the rushing Waghora and the ravine it had whittled out of the earth. Smith spotted a horseshoe-shaped escarpment on the other side with a number...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaPhotos emerge of arrested ex-CIA agent suspended from...
AAD REPORTS 21/01/2018Photos of a former CIA agent currently in US custody for suspected espionage have emerged showing a rugged “strongly built” man who had worked at auction house Christie’s in Hong Kong for nearly two years.
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AsiaChristie’s Suspends Ex-CIA Officer Suspected of...
AAD REPORTS 18/01/2018A former Central Intelligence Agency officer arrested on charges of unlawfully retaining classified information has been suspended by Christie’s as its head of security in Hong Kong.
The auction house said Wednesday it had suspended an unnamed...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaConstruction workers just accidentally discovered 30...
AAD REPORTS 31/12/2017Dinosaur eggs found in the Dragon of the East.
The holidays are all about happy surprises, and paleontologists got one heck of a shock earlier this week after learning about an unexpected discovery in China. Chinese construction workers digging on...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaApple accused of racism after Face ID fails to...
AAD REPORTS 21/12/2017Apple has been accused of racism, amid reports that the Face ID authentication technology on its new iPhone X is failing to distinguish between Chinese users.
A man from Shanghai bought his wife the new gadget soon after it was released last month, but...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaInternational Loan Exhibition of Korean Painting to...
AAD REPORTS 15/12/2017
Exhibition Overview
The Diamond Mountains—perhaps the most famous and emotionally resonant site on the Korean peninsula—is the theme of this international loan exhibition. Though the region has inspired cultural pride since ancient times, its...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaAsian collectors to define future art market:...
AAD REPORTS 30/10/2017Collectors in the region will write the future narrative for the international art market, according to Ben Clark of Christie's Asia.
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AsiaBeyond Angkor Wat, forgotten Cambodia
AAD REPORTS 27/10/2017If you've heard of one Cambodian temple, it's probably Angkor Wat -- an awe-inspiring yet well-trodden UNESCO World Heritage Site in Siem Reap.
But many travelers don't realize the Seventh Wonder of the World is one of thousands of ancient Khmer temples...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaMonet Collection Shipped off To Les Chinois
AAD REPORTS 15/10/2017To see the full catalogue entitled Dear Monsieur Monet property from the family of Claude Monet, click on the image below:
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AsiaEconomist Xie Says China's Property Market a Ponzi...
AAD REPORTS 26/09/2017Watch the interview on ATT.net:
http://start.att.net/player/category/finance/article/bloomberg_global_bus-economist_xie_says_chinas_property_market_a_ponzi-5min
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AsiaChinese Antiques Collection, Princeton University Art...
Robert Alexander Boyle 19/04/2017Chinese, Tang Dynasty 618-907, Tomb figure (detail)
One of the few steady bright spots in the art and antiques field these days is the Chinese market, and the best way for a dealer to learn good-better-best is to go to art museums. Princeton is one of...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaPax Americana Returns?
AAD REPORTS 07/02/2017Op-Ed: President Trump's major Asian breakthrough
Rival power designs about throwing Uncle Sam out of Asia just got more difficult – or well-nigh impossible. And that crowd sloshing in the snow of ridiculously expensive Alpine resorts will have...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaAncient Chinese Secret
AAD REPORTS 07/11/2016The ancient walls of a lost city in southern China have been uncovered in a remarkable find by archaeologists. The northern section of the city was found at the Sansingdui archaeological site located in Sichuan province. It dates back than...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaDecorated Scientist Claims That The Founders of...
AAD REPORTS 09/10/2016On a cool Sunday evening in March, a geochemist named Sun Weidong gave a public lecture to an audience of laymen, students, and professors at the University of Science and Technology in Hefei, the capital city of the landlocked province of Anhui in...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaChina and Tibet
AAD REPORTS 24/09/2016
Perspective Map of Lhasa; Lhasa, Tibet; early 20th century (pre-1912); ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on rice paper; Collection of Knud Larsen; L179.4.1
Architectural landmarks act as anchors for the identity of a place as well as focal points for...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaLegends Say China Began in a Great Flood
AAD REPORTS 04/08/2016
Legends say China began in a great flood. Scientists just found evidence that the flood was real.
"Yu the Great Fights a Flood Dragon" (Totoya Hokkei/William Sturgis Bigelow Collection)
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AsiaSecrets of lost Cambodian cities to be revealed:...
AAD REPORTS 12/06/2016Secrets of Lost Cambodian Cities To Be Revealed
Archaeologists are set to unveil further details of medieval cities hidden under jungle in Cambodia near Angkor Wat, the world's largest Hindu temple complex, the Guardian newspaper said...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaChinese archaeologists may have stumbled onto the...
AAD REPORTS 10/06/2016Chinese Archaeologists May Have Stumbled Onto The Fabled 'Greatest Palace That Ever Was'
For centuries the imperial palace of Kublai Khan's Yuan dynasty was shrouded in mystery. After the dynasty collapsed, there were no clues as to where it was...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaBehold the Haunting Decay of Gunkanjima, Japan's...
AAD REPORTS 04/06/2016Battleship Island. It's a fantastic name for an unbelievable place. A place unlike any in the world. A tiny island, once home to 5,259 people with the highest population density in history, abruptly abandoned and left to the elements for decades.
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AsiaThe Indus Valley civilisation is 2,500 years older...
AAD REPORTS 03/06/2016The Indus Valley civilisation may be even older than initially thought.
A group of researchers in India have used carbon dating techniques on animal remains and pottery fragments to conclude that the Indus Valley settlements could be 8,000 years...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaAsia Week NYC, Full of Surprises
AAD REPORTS 24/03/2016ASIA WEEK NYC, FULL OF SURPRISES
Fresh on the heels of Art Asia Week (which is really 10 days) in NY, the questions started coming…how did the slowdown in China and other Asian countries affect the market for Asian Objects in New York?...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaPeabody Essex Exhibition: Asia in Amsterdam: The...
Robert Alexander Boyle 04/03/2016
1. Gerrit Adriaensz. Berckheyde. The ”Golden Bend” in the Herengracht, Amsterdam, 1671-1672. Oil on panel. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Purchased upon the recommendation of the Vereniging Rembrandt with the support of the Stichting Nationaal...[Read More]0 Comments
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Asia‘Time Waterfall’ to be unveiled at ICC Hong Kong...
AAD REPORTS 04/02/2016Internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Tatsuo Miyajima will present a new large-scale public light installation during Art Basel’s show in Hong Kong in March. Each night from March 21 to 26 ‘Time Waterfall’ will be shown across the...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaFrisky At Asia Now
Maura Haverly 21/10/2015Billing itself as “the first human sized fair in France and Europe for contemporary Asian Art“, Asia Now opened at the Espace Pierre Cardin on 19 October. Twenty-one galleries from 10 countries on two floors , the timing couldn’t be...[Read More]0 Comments
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AsiaThe MET’s Chinese Fashion Exhibit
The Epoch Times 25/05/2015
Christine Lin @ The Epoch Times
The MET’s Chinese Fashion Exhibit Neglects 94 Percent of Chinese Fashion
The Metropolitan Museum’s new gargantuan fashion exhibit, China: Through the Looking Glass, has its fair share of...[Read More]0 Comments
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AntiquesIvory : Facts vs. Emotion
04/05/2014There are a number of false claims about ivory that are currently circulating in the news. The biggest false claim is that New York is the second largest ivory market in the world. I don’t know where or how this fact was established, but anyone...[Read More]0 Comments
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