Asian Arts

http://www.asianart.com/

Pictorially exquisite, this truly is an online gallery of Asian art.

SPECIAL FEATURES

The four main links from the homepage are to Associations, such as the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust and the Tibet Heritage Fund; Exhibitions; Articles, including features on everything from Chinese snuff bottles and Wangden meditation weavings in Tibet to the Bangladeshi arts of the ricksha (sic); and Galleries, which lists dealers worldwide and is almost undoubtedly the best list you will find anywhere.

The real value of this website lies in its wealth of information, the object being to enhance the study of Asian art in all its forms. Exhibitions is a link to a calendar of online exhibitions, which one could happily spend hours 'visiting.' A different list of actual, real-world events is found under the Departments link, and then Calendar of Events. In this same section you will find both Letters and Forum, where articles by visitors to the website are posted, some pretty arcane, many very interesting. Finally, look at Books and Links, which are divided by country.

Unquestionably the first port of call for anyone interested in Asian Art.