Sackler Museum to show Modern & Contemporary Chinese Ink Paintings

CAMBRIDGE, MA – The Harvard University Art Museums present A Tradition Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Ink Paintings from the Chu-tsing Li Collection, 1950–2000 on view November 3, 2007 through January 27, 2008 at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum. This traveling exhibition of 63 works, drawn entirely from the collection of Chu-tsing Li—the finest and most comprehensive collection of its kind in the West—is the first to survey Chinese ink paintings produced during the second half of the 20th century. In examining this five-decade period, the exhibition demonstrates the dramatic evolution of Chinese ink painting in recent times and lays a foundation for understanding the international-style work that is being created in China today.

Picasso: ‘Fired with Passion’ at National Museums Scotland

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND – This summer National Museums Scotland presents Picasso: Fired with Passion, a newly-created major exhibition which gives a fascinating insight into the extraordinary life and work of one of the most renowned artists of the twentieth century. The exhibition, only showing at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, will offer visitors a new and intimate perspective on Picasso the man, the artist and the icon.

Museum of London shows ‘ Out of India ‘

London – Out of India, a new display at Museum of London, highlights the impact of the culture of the Indian subcontinent on London, and the contributions made by people of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi descent, who settled in the capital. It marks the 60th anniversary of Indian Independence, and the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan. 2007 will see India take centre-stage in London as the capital celebrates the influence of Indian culture across London’s creative, commercial and entertainment industries.

No, Those Wonders Never Do Cease

No, Those Wonders Never Do Cease When all the votes were counted the Great Wall of China was still standing — as one of the new seven wonders of the world. So were the Colosseum in Rome; the Taj Mahal in India; Petra in Jordan, Machu Picchu in Peru; the Statue of Christ Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro; and the Chichén Itzá pyramid in Mexico. The Associated Press reported that in the balloting, conducted by New7Wonders (ew7wonders.com) a nonprofit organization, about 100 million votes were cast online and in text messages, leaving open the possibility that some people voted more than once. The losers among 14 other nominated landmarks included the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, the Acropolis, the Kremlin, the Sydney Opera House and Easter Island. The pyramids of Giza, the competition’s sole survivors from the traditional seven wonders of the ancient world, were declared above the fray after indignant Egyptian officials said it was ”ridiculous” to even put them in such a competition. Yesterday the Egypt government said that the Great Pyramid was the only true wonder of the world. Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Cairo, told Agence France-Presse that the vote had “no value” because, he said, “the masses do not write history.