China Exchange in London’s Chinatown has a Battle of The Strings on Tuesday 21st August 2018 18.30-19.30 – demonstrating the charm of two ancient instruments, the Chinese guqin and Indian sitar, in live performance. Buy tickets online.
Listen to examples of his playing.
ALL ABOUT INK exhibition at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, St. James’s, London SW1Y 5AH: artworks by three Hong Kong artists, Lee Chi Ching (李志清), Nina Pryde (派瑞芬) and Raymond Fung Wing Kee (馮永基), who were all born in British Hong Kong and under British education. Some of their artworks blend Western and Eastern elements together, in which they paint with Chinese painting techniques while infusing Western concepts.
EXHIBITION DATES 8 – 18 AUGUST 2018 (10.00-17.00)
Frances Wood is giving a talk at the British Library 25th September, based on her new book: Great Books of China. Details and booking here.
A new exhibition at the Ashmolean in Oxford features representation of Women in Chinese Art over the last 100 years .
Have a look at this Ashmolean blog, with several illustrations,
No, not the Chinese script, but historical figures ancient and recent, in BBC’s radio series Chinese Characters. – from the female Emperor Wu Zetian to Bruce Lee and many more!
Have a look at these photos of how a dog can enjoy Chinese ink! (ignore the adverts).
The Chinese Gallery at the British Museum will include and rotate different types of objects such as paintings, prints and textiles. It includes a digital version of the rarely-displayed Admonitions Scroll.
The Chinese Jade gallery has also been refurbished, with some exquisite new items.
The Percival David collection of Chinese ceramics remains well worth a visit.
The University of Cambridge have digitised the famous Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy. This is an early printed manual of paintings, with lots of appealing compositions. You can click through the pages (remember the books are “backwards” compared to western order).
Image 220 is the persimmon and tangerines used to illustrate the Wikipedia article on the manual’s publisher Hu Zhengyan. It also appears in a video about the Huntington’s copy of the Manual, with more information in their blog.
