World Art & Culture
Monthly Archive: December Worl
The Natural World in South Asian Painting
![Emperor Aurangzeb Observing Nilgaï; unknown artist; borders attr. to master decorator Muhammad Baqir; watercolour and gold on paper; Delhi, India c. 1680; combined into album c. 1750 A grassy landscape with grazing animals and a group of men carrying a man in a palaquin.](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/924.12.146_rom2009_10749_2.jpg?itok=T9egdIk4)
In Indian painting, nature is a space of possibilities—where spiritual retreats, leisure activities, romantic encounters, and tests of skill take place. Written by Deepali Dewan.
Smudging Blue: Honouring the Spirit of Our Whale
![Kim Wheatley drums and sings an Anishnaabe blessing to the skeleton of the blue whale. Photo by Rachel Brown Kim Wheatley drums and sings an Anishnaabe blessing to the skeleton of the blue whale. Photo by Rachel Brown](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/thumbnail_1.jpg?itok=Tu0i_ysX)
Guest blog written by 2017 Environmental Visual Communication student Rachel Brown
Kim Wheatley is an Anishinaabe mother and grandmother of the Shawanaga First Nation. Read this blog to hear the story of how EVC student Rachel Brown met Kim at the ROM, where she offered a traditional prayer and blessing for the bones and heart of ‘Blue,’ the whale - the star of Out of the Depths: The Blue Whale Story.
Sports et divertissements: a unique resource for researchers in design history
![Portfolio cover of Sports et divertissements (Paris: Publications Lucien Vogel, 1923). Musical score by Erik Satie, illustrations by Charles Martin, hand-coloured by Jules Saudé. Royal Ontario Museum, Rare Book M25 .S27 S7 1923 (Image: ROM2017_15496_1) Portfolio cover of Sports et divertissements](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom2017_15496_1_resized.jpg?itok=iajDppKA)
Toronto based researcher, illustrator and textile artist, Ketzia Sherman, discusses
In Conversation with the Hon. Jean Augustine about “Exploring Black Feminine Identity” at the ROM
![The Honourable Jean Augustine, Fairness Commissioner. Source: FairnessCommission.ca The Honourable Jean Augustine, Fairness Commissioner. Source: FairnessCommission.ca](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/jean_augustine_072-sml_0.jpg?itok=DHdhyesp)
This Sunday, October 18 at 12:30 pm, join a panel of leading Canadian cultural critics as they explore the historical and contemporary constraints that can and have shaped Black female identity in Canada. This event is an opportunity to engage in conversations with leading experts to rethink critically the way history is told and understood not only in the media, but also in the museum itself.
Sasha Priewe: Ancient Cultures, World Art, Textiles and Fashions
![Sascha Priewe, managing director of Ancient Cultures, World Art and Culture, and Textiles and Fashions Sascha Priewe, managing director of Ancient Cultures, World Art and Culture, and Textiles and Fashions](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/sacha_priewe_thumbnail.jpg?itok=vYpJnicN)
The ROM's Sascha Priewe is a guy with a lot on the go
By: Sheeza Sarfraz
Sascha Priewe
Managing Director
ROM Ancient Cultures, ROM World Art and Culture, ROM Textiles and Fashions
Academic Positions
2009 – 2015
Curator
Chinese and Korean Collections, The British Museum
2012
Visiting Curator
Shanghai Museum
2008 – 2009
Contributing Curator
The British Museum
Education
Nail Art: Then and Now
![Empress Dowager Cixi, Image by Jung Chang Empress Dowager Cixi, Image by Jung Chang](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/cixi.jpg?itok=hFnrcvik)
Women have grown, groomed and decorated their fingernails for over 5000 years – From the women of Ancient Egypt to the nail salon industry that flourished during the 80s and 90s, nail trends have had authority over beauty regimes across regions and eras. By the late 20th century manicured fingernails would become a sign of the leisure class among many different cultures. Grooming your fingernails parallels the act of using cosmetics, it exhibits self-expression and character.
Weapon Wednesday
![Sword of Babylonian King Marduk-shapik-zeri, 1081-1069 BC Sword of Babylonian King Marduk-shapik-zeri, 1081-1069 BC](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/rom2007_9215_1.jpg?itok=S5D8zVk3)
Weapons are one of the most politically-incorrect subjects there are, associated with brutality and violence. But they are also important, and have often defined the cultures that made them....
ROM Research Colloquium: Dr. Peter Kaellgren
![Dr. Peter Kaellgren on a recent trip to the Louvre Dr. Peter Kaellgren on a recent trip to the Louvre](https://www.rom.on.ca/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/blog_post/thumbnail/img_1195_0.jpg?itok=lZAjTqTc)
The annual ROM Colloquium highlights recent discoveries by ROM curators and researchers.