Asia
Built in AD 1240 by Ghiyasuddin Balban, Lal Mahal, in Delhi’s Hazrat Nizammudin Basti, has been recorded as the earliest Islamic palace building in India, and yet, this historical monument that once sheltered Ibn Batuta, is under threat of being demolished....
Hong Kong’s latest architectural landmark, the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal is nearly complete. Dubbed “The Rolls Royce of Cruise Terminals,” it still needs some work to be done on its subsidiary facilities before it can officially open to the public in...
This week marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most extraordinary songs to reach the top of the U.S. Billboard charts, a song named after a hot-pot dish that changed the perception of an entire nation for many, and set a bar that no other Asian act...
SINGAPORE — “The Golden Lotus” is a 16th-century Chinese novel about Ximen Qing, a corrupt and lustful merchant in the Ming Dynasty. The tale of courtly decadence chronicles the relationship between the protagonist and three women, Pan Jinlian, Li Ping’...
James Dean’s lucky golden pocket watch can be yours to own on June 22 as Antiquorum offers this keyless Elgin pocket watch (circa 1889) at the “Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces” auction in Hong Kong, with a pre-sale estimate of HK$39,000 to...
Chinese herbology, a complex system harnessing animal, vegetable, and mineral elements to treat illnesses, has been the backbone of Chinese traditional medicine for thousands of years. In artist Zhang Huan’s latest series of work, to be shown at Pace Gallery...
At Art Basel that opened on June 13, Audemars Piguet is presenting the second leg of its collaboration with British photographer Dan Holdsworth at the Collectors’ Lounge. The mini exhibit showcases a series of limited edition images of Vallée de Joux...
HONG KONG – Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze’s is a Cinderella story. The young French photographer is a self-taught photographer, buying his first DSLR camera just three years ago, shortly after finishing his studies in multimedia and graphic design.He arrived in Hong...
There’s never an easy way of explaining Vianney Halter’s watches, but in a nutshell, the designer's new timepiece Deep Space Tourbillon is a device that reminds man of the four dimensions on Earth: length, width, depth and time, in case one loses his...
SINGAPORE — Floating balloon men, Harry Potter Dementor-type floating garments, and a gigantic chair made from scraps of sari are some of the pieces featured in an ongoing exhibition of large installations at Millenia Walk.Indeed it’s “go big or go home” at...
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May 17, 2013
