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Classical Chinese painting across dynasties: landscape, birds-and-flowers, figures, and the literati eye.
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In the Year of the Snake, Chinese painting treats the serpent as little dragon, totem, and wandering line.
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British Library’s “Women in the Middle Ages”—from Joan of Arc’s letters to mystic voices on the page.
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Zhao Zhiqian in 300 seals and calligraphy works
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Song–Yuan Chan ink and Japanese aesthetics in Tokyo
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Jiading bamboo carving: Wang Wei treats bamboo like paper
Intangible heritage in Jiading—Wang Wei revives a scholar’s bamboo craft for contemporary hands.
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National Gallery curator on selecting Botticelli to Van Gogh
How the National Gallery collection show was chosen—and what the sequence wants viewers to compare.
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Song insects hide in Taipei’s NPM grass show
Taipei NPM’s “Grass and Insects Hide and Seek”—Song-to-Qing close-ups of tiny painted lives.