Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings
Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings is the first major exhibition in the United States dedicated to Anyang, the capital of China’s Shang dynasty (occupied ca. 1250 BCE–ca. 1050 BCE). The source of China’s earliest surviving written records and the birthplace of Chinese archaeology, Anyang holds a special connection with the National Museum of Asian […]
Forging Beauty: The Artistry of Metal Oxide Masterpieces
Ed Whitmore is a San Diego artist specializing in metal effects painting and sculpting. Whitmore, a self-taught artist, explained to the Middle Land how he began creating in this niche style, “What drives the work is the medium, which is metal effect paint consisting of iron, copper, and bronze—three metals” He stated that his abstract […]