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Charm of ancient Chinese poems inspires new concert Ji Yuqiao Published: Apr 19, 2021 11:18 PM Photo: Courtesy of the Xi’an Symphony Orchestra Photo: Courtesy of the Xi’an Symphony Orchestra    As a part of China’s Orchestra Festival 2021, the Xi’an Symphony Orchestra held a concert based on Chinese poems of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) accompanied by Western and traditional Chinese musical instruments on Saturday in Beijing. Xi’an, capital of Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, was the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and the concert held at the National Center for Performing Arts...

Exhibition explores the creative expression seen in Meiji-era prints Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915), Night Patrol in the Snow near Niu-chuang, 1894, woodblock printed triptych 14 1/8 by 27 5/8 in., 35.8 by 70.3 cm. NEW YORK, NY .-Scholten Japanese Art is presenting, On The Vanguard: Meiji Period Woodblock Prints, a two-part exhibition, with thirty prints in each section, exploring the creative expression seen in Meiji-era prints and the acceptance of new cultural ideas in the Japanese populace at large during this dynamic period in the late 19th and early 20th century. Delineated by the rei...

With a bounty of treasures from the East, Asia Week New York opens Egami Etsu (b. 1994), Face, 2020. Oil on canvas, 66 1/8 x 46 1⁄2 in (168 x 118 cm). Photo: Courtesy Chambers Fine Art. NEW YORK, NY .- With its spectacular trove of Asian works of art–both ancient and contemporary– spanning the Far East and South Asia–the 12th annual Asia Week New York continues to delight collectors and connoisseurs of all persuasions. Opening on March 11th through March 20th, the 29 international galleries will present their exhibitions virtually on www.asiaweekny.com and by-appointment, with six aucti...

NORMAN – The nonprofit Norman Cultural Connection on Feb. 19 presented a virtual screening of “Spirit Flute: Healing of the Heart,” a documentary featuring Oklahoma flute players and artists, including Cherokee Nation citizen Tommy Wildcat. 
The 56-minute documentary narrated by Cherokee actor Wes Studi showcases different generations talking about the art of creating the flute, creating music, concerns in keeping the art form alive as well as exploring gender roles and its impact on flute making and flute playing in contemporary times, according to a NCC press release. Wi...

The Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain. Photo: Patricia J. Garcinuno/Getty Images. Critics are blasting the Prado Museum in Madrid for acquiring a 20th-century Cubist painting which they say actually belongs in the city’s contemporary art museum, the Reina Sofia. The Prado paid €70,000 (around $85,000) for  La Boulonnaise, a 1929 work by the Spanish painter María Blanchard, according to the Spanish outlet ABC. But the move has riled some commentators, who point to a 1995 law dictating that any works created after 1881 belong in the collection of the Reina Sofia. The law, which includes a...