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"The ecosystem from which the dynamism of visual life drew its vitality is now frail ... It's becoming increasingly difficult to see where the next generation will stem from" It's the same in Australia - we're ensuring a bleak, uninspiring world for ourselves and our children 🫠

My book now has a cover! Islamic Objects in 17th-Century Italy: Ferdinando Cospi, the Bologna Collection and the Medici Court. Edinburgh University Press

Delighted that my ‘Surrealism & the Manhua Artists of Liuyi (The Six Arts)’ has been published in 'Magical Metropolis: The Shanghai Surreal' in Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art. Excellent essays by Lauren Walden (architect of the project)Liz Emrich-Rouge, Jiang Jiehong &many others

Explore highlights from our recently launched Siu King Chung Archive, illuminating the multiple art histories he took part in documenting and forging in Hong Kong: anpasia.com/newsletterweb/… Image: “Art and Space: From Sculpture to Installation” exhibition documentation, 1993.

This looks incredible! Keen to get my hands on a copy of what's sure to become a foundational text 👏🏼

One volume of Braudel down!📖🎉 Pleasantly surprised to see so much focus on China (albeit relying on 17th- & 18th-century European sources, with no citation of Needham?!) A little dated but the ideas of "material civilisation" and the longue durée remain so enduringly resonant

Preparations are well under way for my research seminar this semester on materials in contemporary art and theories for understanding their use! Leading with this deceptive yet captivating work by Susan Collis as a case-study for Gell's and Bennett's ideas of "enchantment"...👇🏽

Enjoying some quality time this morning with these gems found yesterday afternoon at our local second-hand bookshop (Book Lore in Lyneham) 📚 Especially pleased to nab Medley's "Yuan Porcelain and Stoneware" for $5!

Thanks to William H. Ma for his review of "New Export China" University of California Press (is on Bluesky) in the Journal of Asian Studies Association for Asian Studies!🎉 "An important addition to the history of contemporary Chinese art [that] raises critical questions about the status of porcelain" doi.org/10.1215/002191…

Delighted that my new article is now available on FirstView with the The Historical Journal! I explore the important role health and the body played in the making of the Pomeranian Art Cabinet. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Picked up a second-hand copy of McPhee's Annals of the Former World for a lecture on deep time and contemporary art, with an unexpected bonus - a 1987 boarding pass used by one Gunnar Larson! ✈️ Should I include this in the lecture as an example of things collapsing time? 😆

👋🏽Attention all UK-based arts lovers and readers!📚 Between now and midnight on Sunday, you can pick up a copy of Material Selves at 30% off the cover price (or 40% for an ebook) 👉🏽bloomsbury.com/uk/material-se…👈🏽

My very first Loeb! 📚🏛🏺 Found myself referring to Pliny so much last semester when teaching the history of artists' materials and techniques that I thought I may as well invest in a copy of my own 🤓

Second volume finished this morning!📚 Braudel shifts from "material civilisation" to the market economy, meaning the world of everyday industry and transactions More focus on Europe, but still a wide-ranging read with some fascinating insights and arguments #books #history

Academics: if you like someone's work, tell them! It's so important that we as a profession normalise emailing me compliments