Between 200BC and AD600, Indian religious traditions underwent a profound visual metamorphosis. Deities once represented abstractly — through thrones, footprints or trees — began to take anthropomorphic forms. Ancient India: Living Traditions, which opens at the British Museum this week, traces the evolution of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain art. It explores the deepening popular need … Read more
London’s world-famous British Museum was forced to partially close its doors at the end of last week, following a serious security breach involving a former IT contractor. As The Guardian reports, police were called to the museum on Friday after a recently dismissed worker allegedly trespassed onto the museum site and was able to shut … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest free of charge Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favorite tales on this weekly publication. Hollywood Highway in Hong Kong has develop into one thing of a vacationer lure, with artwork galleries and vintage retailers densely clustered alongside the steep, slim street. But it surely was right here, within … Read more