TLmag 28 Extended: Asian Aesthetics

This year the DESIGNART TOKYO festival takes place from 23rd of October until the 3rd of November and boasts an avant-garde space.

In her first showing in Scandinavia, Korean-German artist Jongsuk Yoon takes over the largest exhibition hall at the Nordic Watercolour Museum with her immense murals.

“How the spirit becomes a camel, the camel a lion, and the lion at last a child”, these well-known words from Nietzsche inspired the title of the Shanghai-based Pearl Lam Galleries exhibition ‘Metamorphoses’.

With the help of public backers, Wallonian ceramics center Keramis is hosting the first Belgian exhibition focusing on the works of internationally renown Chinese artist Bai Ming.

Chinese stone carver Song Hongquan reflects on changes in his professional and personal life by presenting three series of works that lay bare disintegrating sculptural traditions, unstable environments and controversial practices.

The grand wooden interiors of The Fenix Palace Stockholm, set the stage for young furniture brand Ariake to exhibit their Japanese crafted collection

“FENDRE L’AIR: Art of bamboo in Japan” Explores the rich past and blossoming present in the craft of bamboo weaving and basketry

What does it mean to listen in the 21st century? An exhibition of Japanese sound artists seeks to answer this question at the Felix Frachon Gallery

We look at some of the newest objects to join the collection at The National Museum of Scotland as it comes to the end of a 15-year-long journey

The 11th Taipei Biennale explores notions of ecosystems to shine a light on both environmental destruction and the function of cultural institutions today

We talk with Finnish artist Man Yau about her 6 week residency at Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park and subsequent exhibition, ‘Shiga-Love and Magic Carpets’

We catch up with Angelique Spaninks, co-curator of the 6th Guangzhou Triennial, to discuss biotechnology, digital realities, censorship and the practice of international curating