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Nanhai I and other Important Shipwrecks
Symposiums, Exhibitions and Publications on Maritime Silk Roads in Recent Years

The Nanhai I is a Chinese merchant ship that sank in the South China Sea (Nanhai) while carrying a cargo of ceramics and other goods for export during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). The shipwreck was found in the waters of Guangdong in 1987, the year when an underwater archaeology section was formed by the China History Museum (now the China National Museum) with the support of its late director Yu Weichao (1933–2003) (fig. 1), a renowned scholar.
Interview with Martin Clayton
與英國皇家收藏版畫素描部主任馬丁·克雷頓的訪談
Prunus Vases, Porcelain Stools and Ritual Vessels
梅瓶、繡墩和禮器
Cathy Wilkes for the British Pavilion at 58th La Biennale di Venezia
英國文化教育協會揭幕第58屆威尼斯雙年展英國館凱茜·威爾克斯作品

A brand–new body of work by artist Cathy Wilkes for the British Pavilion at this year’s 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Wilkes’ exhibition for the Biennale Arte 2019 is bathed in natural Venetian daylight. The unadorned architecture of the British Pavilion provides the setting for an interconnected series of floor-bound sculptural installations, paintings and …
An Investigation of Chinese Ceramics Discovered in Kenya and Major Conclusions

Under the auspices of the Ministry of Commerce of China, the joint archaeological team of Peking University and the National Museum of Kenya (lead by Professor Qin Dashu) made three archaeological investigations between 2010 and 2013 on Chinese ceramics discovered by other scholars from earlier archaeological excavations or surveys in 37 ancient sites or archaeological contexts (such as a shipwreck) in the coastal areas of Kenya.
The Existential Paradox
A Personal View on Violet March’s Video Art

27th April, at the Barge, Marina Brighton, artist Violet March had her latest video art on display. It was a 5:32 min long documentary, footage of the artist’s life journey and her critical thinking on individual existence. The form of the footage is paradoxically concrete and abstract, and the viewpoint is arguably through her first-person gaze as well as through that of her alien I.
Black Dots
陸超 | 黑點

LU CHAO Black Dots 陸超 |黑點 07/03/2019 – 11/05/2019 HdM GALLERY – 1st Floor, 42 Conduit Street, Mayfair, London W1S 2YH This Spring ‘Black Dots’ by Lu Chao will be present at HdM GALLERY. The sixth instalment in a range of sequential exhibitions exploring the colour black, ‘Black Dots’ continues Lu Chao’s trademark investigation into issues …
Franz West and His Punk Aesthetic
弗朗茲·韋斯特與他的朋克美學

Tate Modern 2/20/19–6/2/19 Ironic, irreverent, yet profoundly philosophical, Franz West was a key figure of European art in the late 20th century. Franz West by Tate Modern will be the first posthumous retrospective and the most comprehensive survey of the artist’s work ever staged in the UK. Franz West (1947–2012) brought a punk aesthetic into …
Bill Viola / Michelangelo: Life, Death, Rebirth
比爾·維奧拉、米開朗琪羅:生、死与重生

This exhibition pairs Bill Viola’s powerful installations with rarely-seen drawings by Michelangelo. Journey through the cycle of life in our immersive and unparalleled show. Michelangelo is best known for the Sistine Chapel and for his large sculptures. Yet his smaller, more intimate drawings take us closer to the spiritual and emotional power …
Recent Researches and Exhibitions on Ming Dynasty Porcelain Outside China
近年海外明代瓷器研究和展覽舉要
5 Must See Art Exhibitions in 2019
2019年不可錯過的五個展覽

Van Gogh and Britain at Tate Britain Mar 27-Aug 11 Van Gogh and Britain presents the largest collection of Van Gogh’s paintings in the UK for nearly a decade. Some of his most famous works will be brought together from around the world – including Shoes, Starry Night on the Rhône, L’Arlésienne, and two works he made while …
Whitechapel Gallery–On Now
白教堂畫廊:在展展覽

Elmgreen & Dragset: This Is How We Bite Our Tongue, 27 September 2018 – 13 January 2019 Working together since 1995, artist duo Michael Elmgreen (b. 1961, Denmark) and Ingar Dragset (b. 1969, Norway) produce beguiling spatial scenarios that explore social and sexual politics and unveil the power structures embedded in the everyday designs that surround us. In …
Royal Academy of Arts to Celebrate 250th Birthday
皇家藝術研究院250周年慶

Major gift announced from Julia and Hans Rausing for The Vaults in the new RA The Royal Academy of Arts, the world’s foremost artist and architect-led institution, will have its 250th birthday on Monday 10 December 2018, exactly 250 years after the “Instrument of Foundation” was signed by King George III in 1768. The RA …
Recent Researches and Exhibitions on Ming Dynasty Porcelain Outside China
近年海外明代瓷器研究和展覽舉要
Review of Diary of a Madman

We have been following Cheng Ran’s trajectory ever since Artzip was introduced to the Israeli painter Gideon Rubin, with whom Cheng was part of a 2016 residency programme organised by Xiaohui Guo. Here at Israeli’s leading institution of experimental art, we are delighted to view Cheng’s latest work ‘Diary of a Madman: Jerusalem’ – a direct result of his residency in Israel.
Artizians Founder Tiziana des Pallieres Reinvents the Gallery Model for the Instagram Generation

Artizians Founder Tiziana des Pallieres Reinvents the Gallery Model for the Instagram Generation Gifted Curator Tiziana Des Pallieres has an impressive art world CV with exhibitions at Art Basel Hong Kong, and London under her belt, and upcoming shows in Paris and at Copenhagen Fashion Week. Tiziana Des Pallieres was born in Budapest, …
Teratology
怪異研究

Teratology is a term currently connected to the study of physiological development and its potential abnormalities, which also includes deformities in botany, but in the 16th and 17th centuries teratology was essentially the “science of monsters”, which were the subject of collection, wild misrepresentation and propaganda.
Diary of a Madman – Trilogy
狂人日記:三部曲
Black Book
黑皮書

The Freud Museum is pleased to present BLACK BOOK, an exhibition of new work by Gideon Rubin and the latest in a critically acclaimed series curated by James Putnam. Rubin’s specially created project for Freud’s final residence relates to the era of the late 1930s, when Freud left Vienna for London.
Recent Researches and Exhibitions on Ming Dynasty Porcelain Outside China
近年海外明代瓷器研究和展覽舉要

第三部分:有關明代陶瓷的外銷
值得注意的是有關明瓷的英文著作,很多都強調其在全球貿易中的重要作用,甘淑美女士(Teresa Canepa)於2008年為倫敦與里斯本的古董商兼出版商Jorge Welsh撰寫的克拉克瓷圖錄,體現了克拉克瓷研究的新進展,起名為“Kraak Porcelain: The Rise of Global Trade in the Late 16th and Early 17th Centuries”(《克拉克瓷-16 世紀晚期到17世紀早期興起之全球貿易》)。之前1989年Maura Rinaldi 女士有關克拉克瓷的重要專著“Kraak Porcelain- A Moment in the History of Trade”,也名為《克拉克瓷-貿易史之重要一刻》。
The Liquidator
城市之光
Youth
那些年的青春,那些年的《芳華》

Trinity to Release Feng Xiaogang’s Youth in UK Cinemas Day-and-Date with China 馮小剛新片《芳華》英國院線同步上映 Youth, the latest work from the award-winning Feng Xiaogang, one of China’s most popular and internationally acclaimed directors, has recently been the most talked about film in China following the pulling of its original September release date, allegedly due to its sensitive …
Recent Researches and Exhibitions on Ming Dynasty Porcelain Outside China
近年海外明代瓷器研究和展覽舉要
Soutine’s Portraits: Cooks, Waiters and Bellboys
蘇丁之肖像:廚師、侍應和行李員
Ferrari: Under the Skin
法拉利: 表殼之下
Start From Zero:Pingyao International Film Festival
從零出發:平遙國際電影展

Edited by 編輯 x Michelle Yu 余小悦 Shoran jiang 姜嘯然 The first edition of Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival (PYIFF) will take place from 19-26th October 2017, held in the magnificent ancient city of Pingyao which has a history of 2700 years. 2017 is Pingyao Year 0, meaning the fresh start …
Interview with Jia Zhang-ke, founder of PYIFF
專訪平遙國際電影展創始人賈樟柯

Image Courtesy of 圖片提供 x PYIFF 平遙國際電影展 Translated by 翻譯 x Nicholas Anderson 尼古拉斯•安德森 Edited by 編輯 x Michelle Yu 余小悦 Jia Zhang-ke is one of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers working in China. He is both an award-winning auteur film director and producers. His films have received critical praise and have been recognized …
Interview with Marco Müller Artistic Director of PYIFF
專訪平遙國際電影展藝術總監馬可·穆勒

Image Courtesy of 圖片提供 x PYIFF 平遙國際電影展 Translated by 翻譯 x Hao Zhizi 郝智梓 Edited by 編輯 x Michelle Yu 余小悦 Marco Müller is a film critic, award-winning film producer, and former director of prestigious Rotterdam, Locarno, Venice and Rome film Festivals. Renowned for injecting new life into festival, Müller is also one of …
PYIFF: Pingyao Night
平遙國際電影展迎來榮耀“平遙之夜”
Opening: Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival
平遙國際電影展今日開幕 影人齊聚臥虎藏龍
Conversation with John Woo Yu-Sen
吳宇森大師班論壇速記
Visual Arts at the Natural History Museum
自然歷史博物館中的視覺藝術

Recently, the immersive theatre has become popular in mainland China, with some British immersive theatre companies, such as ‘PunchDrunk’ and ‘Les Enfants Terribles’, bringing their shows to Shanghai. Other companies have emerged within British theatre culture from different industries, such as Visual Reality, Augment Reality and drama education projects being accepted by many mainland Chinese …
Qu Leilei
曲磊磊
Rachel Whiteread
瑞秋·懷特瑞德
Mind the Gap
小心間隙
Recent Researches and Exhibitions on Ming Dynasty Porcelain Outside China
近年海外明代瓷器研究和展覽舉要

第一部分:大英博物館、大維德基金會的明瓷;海內外明代文物或瓷器展 圖1:蓮子碗,大英博物館藏品 明代瓷器在全世界一直享有崇高聲譽(圖1:蓮子碗,大英博物館藏品),相關英文專著及帶研究文章的展覽收藏圖錄等屢有出版。有關明瓷的英文研究,大體而言似乎分為兩大主流,一為對世界各地博物館館藏明瓷尤其是官窯瓷器的著錄與研究,涉及到斷代、與中國及世界各地公私收藏或出土類似明瓷的對比分析(圖2:蓮子碗,吳賚熙藏品),及有關的陶瓷史、宮廷藝術、美術史研究等(圖3:魚藻紋洗)。另外一條主線更側重貿易史的研究,例如從景德鎮、福建等窯各種明代瓷器在全球各地陸上、水下考古發現及傳世品研究,來探討中國與東亞、東南亞遠及歐美等地有關的貿易體系、網絡及全球貿易等問題。這種不同的研究重點僅是相對而言的,實際上鮮有學者會專注於一點而不及其餘。 圖2: 青花蓮子碗,吳賚熙藏品 圖3:鱼藻纹葵式洗 就筆者所知廣為參引的英文明瓷收藏圖錄,有大英博物館霍吉淑女士(Jessica Harrison-Hall)撰寫的該館館藏元代後期及明代瓷器圖錄《Catalogue of Late Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum (The British Museum Press, 2001) 》。霍吉淑女士為大英博物館中國部主任,從2016起兼任英國東方陶瓷學會會長。 此書已經絕版,甚難覓得,所幸近來由故宮出版社組織人員辛勞翻譯為中文,由大英博物館和故宮請筆者與故宮博物院器物部主任呂成龍研究員審核。在有限的時間內以極大功夫,按照輕重緩急修正初譯稿中大量翻譯問題後,於2014年出版,是很難得的學術資料,中文書名《大英博物館藏中國明代陶瓷》,趙偉、陳誼、文微譯;李寶平、呂成龍審校,上下冊(圖4)。 圖4上:《大英博物館藏中國明代陶瓷》 圖4下:《大英博物館藏中國明代陶瓷》 另外大維德中國藝術基金會(Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art)也藏有很多明瓷。大維德爵士藏品本在倫敦大學常年展出,後由何鴻卿爵士資助,在大英博物館95號展廳建成何鴻卿爵士陶瓷研究中心,於2009年全部轉到大英博物館該展廳展出,同年大英博物館出版社出版精品小集The British Museum Chinese Ceramics: Highlights of the Sir Percival David Collection,康蕊君(Regina Krahl)及霍吉淑合著,包括珍稀明代瓷器。康蕊君女士也曾任職大英博物館,為霍吉淑之前的東方陶瓷學會會長;曾為土耳其托普卡普博物館(Topkapi Saray Museum)撰寫館藏中國陶瓷圖錄。該書中譯者包括黃薇女士(與黃清華為景德鎮東郊學堂聯合創辦人伉儷)、倫敦“藝術亞洲”公司譚圓圓女士、北京正觀堂梁曉新先生等;經康蕊君和霍吉淑及大英博物館請筆者審核,2013年由“藝術亞洲”公司及北京的文物出版社聯合出版(圖5)。 圖5:《大英博物館大維德爵士藏中國陶瓷精選》 此外大英博物館於2014年底舉辦大型展覽“Ming: 50 Years That Changed …
Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic
神奇的織物

In spring 2017, the National Gallery presents ‘The Caged Bird’s Song’, a new tapestry by Turner Prize-winning artist Chris Ofili. The exhibition marks the first time the artist has worked in the medium of tapestry and includes a series of preparatory works on paper in an installation conceived by the artist for the Gallery’s Sunley Room.
Matisse in the Studio
畫室中的馬蒂斯

This summer, the Royal Academy of Arts presents Matisse in the Studio, the first exhibition to consider how the personal collection of treasured objects of Henri Matisse (1869-1954) were both subject matter and inspiration for his work. To reveal the working processes by which these pieces were transformed in his oeuvre, around 35 objects are displayed alongside 65 of Matisse’s paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and cut-outs.
Emma Hart: Mamma Mia!
艾瑪哈特:媽媽咪呀

Emma Hart, who won the sixth edition of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women, brings her large-scale installation Mamma Mia! into the Whitechapel Gallery. After a six-month bespoke residency in Italy, Hart presents a family of large ceramic, jug-like luminous heads, which are cut off below the nose but reveal a mouth that projects …
RAPHAEL: The Drawings
拉斐爾的素描世界
A Handful of Dust
一掬塵土
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power
民族之魂:黑人藝術的力量

Tate Modern presents an exhibition: Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power from 12 July to 22 October. Tracing a series of creative artworks among African-American artists form 1963 to 1983, featuring more than 150 works, many on display in the UK for the first time, Soul of a Nation provides an opportunity to see how American cultural identity was re-shaped at a time of social unrest and political struggle.
The Encounter: Drawings from Leonardo to Rembrandt
一場邂逅:達芬奇至倫勃朗時期肖像畫展
The Details Are Invented
無中生有的細節
Heidegger and Cinema: Das Man and Medium Awareness

For the full version go to Re-Sounding Blog A space for thinking about sound and audiovision. When viewing a film in a cinematic environment the individual spectator is absorbed into the audience. They are drawn into the 2D illusion and into empathizing with the characters, their eyes are dictated to by the camera. This …
Perfume: A sensory journey through contemporary scent
尋·香之旅
Grayson Perry: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever
格雷森·佩里:史上最受歡迎的展覽

During 8 June — 10 September, the Serpentine has invited British artist Grayson Perry, one of the most astute commentators on contemporary society and culture, to present a major exhibition of new work. The works in the show touches on many themes including popularity and art, masculinity and the current cultural landscape.