Marinika Babanazarova has been director of the Karakalpak Museum of Art since 1984. Her dismissal has caused an uproar.

And the "discourse of danger" in Tajikistan, recommended reads.

In her art, Kathy MacLeod explores Bangkok's 'vibe of self-worship', the hipster invasion, and sexpat culture.

Anida Yoeu Ali’s multi-media installation and performance project is an exploration of spiritual turmoil.

Some of Japan’s hardest working people are types far from what you’d expect.

American burgers become art in one of the busiest community hubs in Kyrgyzstan?

The setting of an art project in Kyrgyzstan’s been destroyed. But hopefully not all is lost.

A new art exhibit features Chinese printing, a technology pioneered over 1300 years ago.

A new documentary about young girls in Mumbai’s red light district is worth seeing.

Over 50 years old, this iconic monster of a film is second on our countdown.

‘From a Calcutta brothel to a New York University,’ reports the BBC today on one of the eight children who were featured in the 2004 documentary Born into Brothels, a remarkable film about finding hope through art for some of the most unfortunate you

Upon seeing a photo from an essay titled ’14 Stunning Photos of Afghanistan’ earlier this week, I was reminded of how so many great, hard-to-find photos from around the world are actually shot by the US Army. It turns out (according to some on-line s

I’ve always thought of wine-making as an art form — in the same category as fine cheese and fine chocolate production — though at the same time I try not to forget I’m fortunate to even be able to have an opinion on this.  

As planning for a Shanghai Disneyland surges forward, boosted by the recent go-ahead of China’s economic planning agency, an interesting news story I came across today sheds some light on local perspectives. A televised protest by Sha

Right now, ‘Pakistan’ is flooding my news feeds and making headlines across the internet, though in doing so it is sadly reinforcing the tendency these days to associate the country with unrest and violence. Today it is a bombing at a spy agency that

This week I mentioned the (supposed) Singapore vs. Hong Kong art war, with the two metropolises said to be vying for top city status through the development of world-class arts and culture scenes.  Well, judging from a wine industry update I rec