NEWSLETTER [achtung! kunst]
  
     
 
The newsletter appears on an irregular basis. It contains selected articles on East Asian Art and East Asian Art History with special focus on China, Taiwan, and Tibet. The postings are taken from various online sources, links to the original sites are given at the end of each article.
 
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Archive
2003-2004 | 2005 | 2006
  
     
     
 
July 4, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Ancient City Reveals Life in NW China Desert 2,200 Years Ago
 
     
 
July 4, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Ancient seawater filter found
 
     
 
July 4, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Beijing Olympics construction unearths imperial tombs, prompting building suspension
 
     
 
July 4, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : China history unravelled by mummies
 
     
 
July 4, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *market* : China: Cultural Evolution
 
     
 
July 4, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *market* : Christie's Asian modern art auction harvests $45.5m
 
     
 
July 4, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *market* : Ming dynasty vase's auction price breaks world record
 
     
 
July 4, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Bonn: Rahmenprogramm zur Ausstellung "Xi'an - Kaiserliche Macht im Jenseits"
 
     
 
June 13, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Voodoo Doll Ban Starts Craze
 
     
 
June 13, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Long March Yan'an Project
 
     
 
June 13, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *markt* : Als Mao noch jung und unscharf war
 
     
 
June 13, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *market* : China Orders Art Galleries to Remove Paintings With Political Themes
 
     
 
June 13, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : China Reports Discovery of Ancient City - City ruins by Korean border may date to Han Dynasty
 
     
 
June 13, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Murals reveal aristocrats' lives 1,500 years ago
 
     
 
June 13, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Unearthing Secrets of a Lost Ancient State (W-Zhou State of Peng)
 
     
 
June 13, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *exhibition* Seoul, National Museum of Korea: "Treasures from Pyongyang"
 
     
 
June 12, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *exhibition* : Washington, Sackler Gallery: "Hiroshi Sugimoto: History of History"
 
     
 
June 12, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Wu Guanzhong
 
     
 
June 12, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : 2,500-year-old Imperial Tomb Excavated in Shaanxi (Zhou tombs, NW Shaanxi)
 
     
 
June 12, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : 1,300-year-old stele eyed by Chinese, Japanese archaeologists (Tang, King of Bohai)
 
     
 
June 12, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *museum* : Seoul: New Home for Hwajeong Museum
 
     
 
June 12, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *market* China's Modern Artists Push Political, Commercial Boundaries
 
     
 
June 12, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *market* An Art Market with Chinese Characteristics
 
     
 
June 12, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *market* : Christie's Hong Kong
 
     
 
June 12, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *markt* Bei Vollmond: Vorschau auf die Auktion bei Lempertz in Köln
 
     
 
June 06, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *ausstellung* : Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie: "Berlin-Tokyo/Tokyo-Berlin"
 
     
 
June 06, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *mao-market* : Mao Portrait Sale Called Off After Criticism
 
     
 
June 06, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *mao-market* China's brand: Pictures of Mao
 
     
 
June 06, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *mao-market* : Chameleon Mao, the Face of Tiananmen Square
 
     
 
June 06, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *mao-market* : Looking for Mao? Try a Trinket Site, Not the Yangtze
 
     
 
June 06, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *mao-market* : Web fury over Mao portrait sale
 
     
 
June 06, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *mao-market* A Mao Portrait on the Block Causes a Stir in Chat Rooms
 
     
 
June 06, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *mao-market* : Own a Mao original... bids start at £8 0,000
 
     
 
June 06, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *exhibition* : Paris, Guimet: "The Very Rich Hours of the Court of China - Masterpieces from Qing imperial painting"
 
     
 
June 06, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *exhibition* : New York, Metropolitan Museum: Tibetan virtuosity shines in the art of warfare ("Warriors of the Himalayas: Rediscovering the Arms and Armor of Tibet")
 
     
 
June 06, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *ausstellung* : Frankfurt, Museum für Moderne Kunst: " Ghost Valley coming down the Mountain" (Serge Spitzer, Ai Weiwei)
 
     
 
June 06, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *ausstellung* : Frankfurt, MMK: Die China-Vernetzung ("Humanism in China")
 
     
 
June 06, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Rahmenprogramm in Frankfurt: Uli Sigg, Sunflowers und Yang Yi (u.a.)
 
     
 
June 03, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] An artists' community takes shape on Beijing's edge
 
     
 
June 03, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Beijing's Dashanzi festival
 
     
 
June 03, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *heritage* : China Establishes Annual 'Cultural Heritage Day'
 
     
 
June 03, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *heritage* : First “National Cultural Heritage Day”
 
     
 
June 03, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *heritage* : Listing China's intangible heritage
 
     
 
June 03, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *heritage* : China Attaches Importance to Relics Protection on Cultural Revolution
 
     
 
June 03, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *heritage* : Efforts being made to reclaim cultural relics
 
     
 
June 03, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *heritage* : China Sets up Database to Reclaim Lost Cultural Relic Treasures Abroad
 
     
 
June 03, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *preservation* : Hong Kong tries to save a bit of its storied past
 
     
 
June 02, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *market* Art fairs steal the show from the auction houses
 
     
 
June 02, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *architecture* : The China Syndrome
 
     
 
June 02, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Uli Sigg: A Mirror to China's Art Scene
 
     
 
June 02, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Unearthing Secrets of a Lost Ancient State
 
     
 
June 02, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries of 2005 unveiled
 
     
 
June 02, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *exhibition* : New York, Asia Society: Asia's Digital Dimension - "Projected Realities: Video Art from East Asia"
 
     
 
June 02, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *ausstellung* Frankfurt, Museum für Moderne Kunst: Drei Generationen a uf 7,3 Quadratmetern - "Humanism in China"
 
     
 
May 06, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Chino Kaori Memorial Essay Prize, 2006
 
     
 
May 06, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Heidelberg Colloqies on East Asian Art History
 
     
 
May 03, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Neolithic village remains unearthed in E. China province
 
     
 
May 03, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *conference* : Paris: Regarding Art Collections in XVIII Century China
 
     
 
May 03, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *book review* _Muroji_, by Sherry Fowler (Reviewed by Yui Suzuki)
 
     
 
April 21, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Female artists in China get a room of their own (Li Wenzi)
 
     
 
April 21, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] China's New Home Life
 
     
 
April 21, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *movies* : Capturing drama through music: "Isabella" and Peter Kam Pui-tak
 
     
 
April 21, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Digital model created for Qin terracotta pit
 
     
 
April 21, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Egyptian techniques to save China's ancient books
 
     
 
April 21, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Newly discovered 4th-century ceramics show Korean influence
 
     
 
April 21, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : A new quest for modern China: Saving its artifacts
 
     
 
April 21, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Artifacts in Ancient Chinese City Reveal Superb Technology
 
     
 
April 21, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Ancient coins found at construction site in Shaanxi
 
     
 
April 21, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Shanghai's Boom: A Building Frenzy
 
     
 
April 20, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *market* : The Chinese advance: More bids, many buys
 
     
 
April 20, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *exhibition* : Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum: "Terauchi Collection"
 
     
 
April 20, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : 2,300-year-old ding returned to China
 
     
 
April 20, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Ancient tombs discovered in Sichuan
 
     
 
April 20, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Large group of ancient tombs excavated in Henan
 
     
 
April 20, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Beheaded skeletons replay war history
 
     
 
April 20, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : China's 7 significant archaeological discoveries in 2005
 
     
 
April 20, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *exhibitions* : Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art: 'House of Oracles' (Huang Yong Ping)
 
     
 
April 19, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Unearthing the lost Peking Man
 
     
 
April 19, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *conference* : Asian Art History in the Twenty-First Century
 
     
 
April 12, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Remains of dormitory found near Ishibutai Tomb
 
     
 
April 12, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Pottery offers clues to origin of Chinese characters
 
     
 
April 12, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Imperial residence found in Asuka ruins
 
     
 
April 12, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *museums* : Beijing's new Capital Museum
 
     
 
April 12, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *market* : Sotheby's Bets on a Windfall
 
     
 
April 12, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *market* : New Buyers Flock to Asian Art
 
     
 
April 9, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *museums* : Zhang Zhaohui and the new Beijing Museum of Contemporary Art, Changdian
 
     
 
April 9, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Saving Chinese Artifacts: A Slow Fight
 
     
 
April 9, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *art fairs* : Oriental Lacquerwares at Asia Week
 
     
 
April 9, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *art fairs* : New York: Asia Week II
 
     
 
April 9, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *illicit trade* : Furor Over Stolen Art Moves East
 
     
 
April 9, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *not really off topic: illicit trade* : Is It All Loot? Tackling The Antiquities Problem
 
     
 
April 7, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] The Chinese Vanguard Is Blazing Its Trails With Cameras
 
     
 
April 7, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Asia Society goes Hong Kong and Mumbai
 
     
 
April 7, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *art fairs* : Cai Guoqiang at the Asia Week
 
     
 
April 7, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *art fairs* : New York: Asia Week I
 
     
 
April 7, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : 1,000-year-old wells unearthed in central China
 
     
 
April 7, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Ancient coins offer clue to riverside ritual 1,300 years ago
 
     
 
April 7, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *exhibition+symposium* : San Francisco, Asian Art Museum: "The Elegant Gathering: The Yeh Family Collection"
 
     
 
April 2, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Rare painted earthenware unearthed from 1,500-year-old tomb
 
     
 
April 2, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Qing Dynasty female mummy found in Chongqing
 
     
 
April 2, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : 1,700-year old tombs excavated in Anhui
 
     
 
April 2, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *exhibition* : Singapore Art Museum: "Legends: Soo Bin's Portraits of Chinese Ink Masters"
 
     
 
April 2, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *exhibition* : again - London, Royal Academy: The Three Emperors
 
     
 
April 2, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *exhibition* : Paris, Cernuschi: Peintures Erotiques de Chine
 
     
 
April 2, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *Archäologie* : Noch viele Schätze im Grab des Kaisers
 
     
 
April 2, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *exhibitions* : Bonn: "Xi'an – Imperial Power in the Afterlife"
 
     
 
April 1, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *(US) TV* : 'Samurai 7': An Animated Series Based on a Kurosawa Classic
 
     
 
April 1, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *market* : Sotheby's and the Bloodline Series
 
     
 
April 1, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] The irresistible comeback of Japan, from sales to shows
 
     
 
April 1, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *Ausstellung* : Leipzig: Qin Terrakotta Armee
 
     
 
April 1, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Berlin: Symposium "Kulturelles Gedächtnis"
 
     
 
April 1, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Berlin: Schlußverkauf bei Mao
 
     
 
April 1, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Berlin: Produktive Überforderung
 
     
 
April 1, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Berlin: "China - Zwischen Vergangenheit und Zukunft"
 
     
 
March 15, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Beijing, National Art Museum of China: Liu Haisi
 
     
 
March 15, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *museum*: Shanghai: Museum fuer Moderne Kunst
 
     
 
March 15, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Art & Auction March 2006 special issue: The Chinese Art Market Phenomenon
 
     
 
March 15, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *ausstellung* : Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt: "China - Zwischen Vergangenheit und Zukunft"
 
     
 
March 3, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *exhibition attendance figs 2005* : Tokyo's Hokusai and Toshodaiji shows top
 
     
 
March 3, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] China and Italy team up to fight illicit trade
 
     
 
March 3, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *from the Asia Art Archive* : Alternative Art Spaces in Japan
 
     
 
February 9, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *market* : The Chinese are coming... Eastern artists are captivating the western world
 
     
 
February 9, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *market* : Chinese Collectors Resist Investing in Western Art
 
     
 
February 9, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : What secrets did Japan's ancient emperors take to the grave? And will we ever know?
 
     
 
February 9, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Zhou Dynasty relics unearthed in Shaanxi
 
     
 
February 9, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Chinese archaeologists to rescue ship from watery grave
 
     
 
February 9, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Researchers Shed New Lights on Origin of Ancient Chinese Civilization
 
     
 
February 9, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Romans may have learned from Chinese Great Wall
 
     
 
February 9, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : 2,800-year-old treasures brought to light
 
     
 
February 1, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Der europäische Blick nach China
 
     
 
February 1, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *Markt* : Asiatika
 
     
 
February 1, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Shanghai art scene
 
     
 
February 1, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Guggenheim Museum now with curator of Asian art
 
     
 
February 1, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Wang Qi donation to the National Art Museum of China
 
     
 
February 1, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Interview with Ken Yeh
 
     
 
February 1, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Seattle: Asian Art Museum reopened
 
     
 
February 1, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Liu Zheng at Tokyo Gallery
 
     
 
February 1, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Interview with Ieoh Ming Pei
 
     
 
January 30, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : 7000 year-old sacrificial altar found in Hunan
 
     
 
January 28, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *Ausstellungen* : Köln: neues Fundstück und über 70 weitere Teppiche
 
     
 
January 28, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *exhibition* : again London, Royal Academy: The Three Emperors
 
     
 
January 28, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *archaeology* : Massive rescue operation (South-North Water Diversion project)
 
     
 
January 28, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *Ausstellung* : Kupferstichkabinett Berlin: Holzschnitte von Fang Lijun
 
     
 
January 28, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] TOC: China Heritage Newsletter
 
     
 
January 28, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] TOC: Yishu
 
     
 
January 28, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *exhibitions* : New Yort, MET: "Secular and Sacred"
 
     
 
January 28, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] Peking: kunsttheoretische Werkstatt "Universal Studios"
 
     
 
January 26, 2006:
[achtung! kunst] *market* - Christie's ...in France ...in the Middle East
 
     
     
 
Archive
2003-2004 | 2005 | 2006