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Pahari Paintings: Art and Stories at the Cleveland Museum of Art

Pahari Paintings: Art and Stories at the Cleveland Museum of Art

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamMarch 20, 2026Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Busana: Traditional Costumes of the Malay World at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

Busana: Traditional Costumes of the Malay World at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamMarch 18, 2026Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Rattan Microcosmos: Lampit from South Sumatra

Rattan Microcosmos: Lampit from South Sumatra

Curations & ListsSteven G. AlpertFebruary 28, 2026Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Celebrating 2026: The Year of the Fire Horse

Celebrating 2026: The Year of the Fire Horse

Curations & ListsEditorial TeamFebruary 26, 2026Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

The Mark of Empire: Kingdoms of the Sea presented by Peter Lee | Season Three

The Mark of Empire: Kingdoms of the Sea presented by Peter Lee | Season Three

Video ContentEditorial TeamFebruary 24, 2026Art of the Ancestors, The Mark of Empire, Peter Lee

Time for Papua: An Impressive Presentation of 400 Objects at Wereldmuseum Leiden

Time for Papua: An Impressive Presentation of 400 Objects at Wereldmuseum Leiden

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamFebruary 23, 2026Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Samurai at The British Museum

Samurai at The British Museum

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamFebruary 19, 2026Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

The Hum of Life: A Thousand and One Tales from Bali at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

The Hum of Life: A Thousand and One Tales from Bali at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamFebruary 17, 2026Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Korwars: Souls of the Dead

Korwars: Souls of the Dead

Curations & ListsSteven G. AlpertJanuary 31, 2026Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold, Sainsbury Centre, Top Posts

Hawaiʻi: A Kingdom Crossing Oceans at the British Museum

Hawaiʻi: A Kingdom Crossing Oceans at the British Museum

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamJanuary 29, 2026Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

At the Origins of the Caribbean: Taínos & Kalinagos at Fondation Clément

At the Origins of the Caribbean: Taínos & Kalinagos at Fondation Clément

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamJanuary 28, 2026Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Resource Spotlight | “Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus” by Joan Aruz, ed. & Ronald Wallenfels

Resource Spotlight | “Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus” by Joan Aruz, ed. & Ronald Wallenfels

Book FeaturesEditorial TeamJanuary 26, 2026Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Promise of Paradise: Ancient Chinese Buddhist Sculpture at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art

Promise of Paradise: Ancient Chinese Buddhist Sculpture at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamJanuary 22, 2026Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Sacrifice and Warfare: Guide to Ancient Weapons at the National Palace Museum

Sacrifice and Warfare: Guide to Ancient Weapons at the National Palace Museum

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamJanuary 20, 2026Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Art of the Ancestors Top Features of 2025

Art of the Ancestors Top Features of 2025

Curations & ListsEditorial TeamDecember 31, 2025Art of the Ancestors

Royal Bronzes: Cambodian Art of the Divine at the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Royal Bronzes: Cambodian Art of the Divine at the Minneapolis Institute of Art

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamDecember 30, 2025Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Discovering Ancient Egypt at Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

Discovering Ancient Egypt at Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamDecember 29, 2025Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Highlights of Japanese Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art

Highlights of Japanese Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamDecember 26, 2025Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Embracing Color: Enamel in Chinese Decorative Arts, 1300–1900 at The Met Fifth Avenue

Embracing Color: Enamel in Chinese Decorative Arts, 1300–1900 at The Met Fifth Avenue

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamDecember 22, 2025Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold

Swords of Lucknow at the Wallace Collection

Swords of Lucknow at the Wallace Collection

ExhibitionsEditorial TeamDecember 19, 2025Art of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold