Two Fo dogs – that’s what they’re called – welcome us at the entrance of the new National Museum of Oriental Art (MNAO) in hall 3 of the Borges Cultural Center. One is male and rests one of its legs on a round object, clearly a planet – and not a ball as one would … Read more
The new Museum of Oriental Art seeks to disarm the stereotypes and myths around that culture (TELAM) With much more space and a new curatorial script intended to reflect on what we understand by the Orient, the National Museum of Oriental Art -which operated in the Errázuriz Palace- finally finds its permanent headquarters and is … Read more
(By Mercedes Ezquiaga) With much more space and a new curatorial script aimed at reflecting on what we understand by the Orient, the National Museum of Oriental Art -which operated in the Errázuriz Palace- finally finds its permanent headquarters and is preparing to open its doors to the public on December 8, on the second … Read more
Next Wednesday, December 7 at 6:30 p.m., the National Museum of Oriental Art reopens its doors at its new headquarters: the Borges Cultural Center (Viamonte 525, 2nd floor). The Museum has a heritage made up of more than 4000 original parts from China, Japan, Korea, India, Egypt, Turkey, Armenia, the former Persian Empire, Tibet, Indonesia, … Read more
That pstriarcs Kirill avoided the meeting with the Pope in Kazakhstan “was in the air, also because a meeting had never been scheduled or officially communicated the participation of Patriarch Kirill”. This was stated by Don Stefano Caprio, a speaker of Russian spirituality at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome and a visiting professor at … Read more