In the context of the Safavid dynasty’s capital city of Isfahan, Sussan Babaie examines the intersection of visual and gustatory experience as a self-aware obsession with ‘taste’. The University of Sydney’s China Studies Centre, The Power Institute and VisAsia, with support from the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Sydney Ideas, are proud ... READ MORE
CALL FOR PAPERS Gender in Southeast Asian Art Histories 2019: Gender Research Network and Digital Platform Open Workshops: Art, Design and Canon-making An international symposium hosted by the Power Institute, University of Sydney, Australia 18-19 October 2019 Proposals due 1 April 2019 Drawing upon the successes of the “Gender ... READ MORE
2018 has been an exciting and rich year for Power’s initiatives in Asian art. From the Sydney Asian Art Series to the launch of Site and Space in Southeast Asia, our projects have taken us around the world and brought the world to Sydney, inviting us to rethink seemingly familiar ... READ MORE