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Giorgio Strafella

@gstrafella.bsky.social

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Associate Professor and dog dad at the Department of Asian Studies, Palacký University Olomouc gstrafella.wordpress.com

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Giorgio Strafella @gstrafella.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

If you're wondering if Wen Zhengming (attr.), Baoshan Island, is still on show, the answer is yes: ng.bach.cz/ng_vade/perm...

detail from the the painting: landscape with hills, trees and buildings partially hidden behind the trees

tiny detail of the painting: person wearing a hat riding a donkey

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Giorgio Strafella @gstrafella.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

And here's the second addition, of the "street vendor" genre: Qiu Ying (attr.), Travelling salesman, 1543.

my photo of Qiu Ying (attr.), Travelling salesman, 1543. hanging scroll (ink and colours on silk). more info at the link

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Giorgio Strafella @gstrafella.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Here's one welcome addition now on display: Qi Baishi, Houses in a bamboo grove under the mountains, 1930. ng.bach.cz/ng_vade/perm...

my photo of Qi Baishi, Houses in a bamboo grove under the mountains, 1930. hanging scroll, ink on paper. more info at the link (NGP database)

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Giorgio Strafella @gstrafella.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

For inspiration on the topic and practical information, please check the full CFP on the conference website: acas.upol.cz/call-for-pap...

short version of the call for papers for the twentieth annual conference on asian studies, which will take place in Olomouc in November 2026. please check the linked webpage for full details

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Giorgio Strafella @gstrafella.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Main building @unisg.ch designed by Walter M. Förderer. Building was inaugurated in 1963. Walked through it everyday when working there from 2011-21, still visit each year. At the top of the stairs hangs an untitled 1966 work by A. Calder. See also: issuu.com/universityof...

brutalist staircase of the main building of the university of st.gallen, switzerland

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Giorgio Strafella @gstrafella.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Post your warning sign

Sticker on a beijing number plate that reads, sorry, novice driver, with the portrait of sailor moon making a cute face

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Giorgio Strafella @gstrafella.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Gao Brothers, "Installation above the Gate, 1949–1995", 1995. From the White Book, p. 111.

photo artwork by Gao Zhen and Gao Qiang (i.e. Gao Brothers) consisting of a photo of Mao's portrait on Tiananmen Square seen from below

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Giorgio Strafella @gstrafella.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Hu Xiangdong, Cabbage/Dream Plant, 1998. www.mplus.org.hk/tc/collectio...

photo of the art installation "cabbage/dream plant" by Hu Xiangdong, consisting of real cabbage and resin sculptures of the plant, arranged in alternation pattern on a patch of land. the resin is pink and, according to he artist, it is meant to resemble jade (but he couldn't afford making them in this material).

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Giorgio Strafella @gstrafella.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Cover of sarah dauncey's 2020 book, disability in contemporary china: citizenship identity and culture (cambridge up)

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Giorgio Strafella @gstrafella.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Zhenwu, the Perfected Warrior, vp 141, ngp

Label of Six Lamenting Officials, vp 1092-vp 1097, ngp

Six Lamenting Officials, vp 1092-vp 1097, ngp

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Giorgio Strafella @gstrafella.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The Immortal Lü Dongbin with Sword, Vm 146 ng.bach.cz/ng_vade/perm... Landscape with Kingfisher Clouds [山光水色翠連雲], Vu 3129 ng.bach.cz/ng_vade/perm...

Photo of The Immortal Lü Dongbin with Sword, Vm 146

Detail (inscription) of Landscape with Kingfisher Clouds

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Giorgio Strafella @gstrafella.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

(Qiu Ying, attr.), Concert in the Palace Garden, Vm 1532 ng.bach.cz/ng_vade/perm... Yu Fei'an, Two peonies and Two Bumblebees, Vm 640 ng.bach.cz/ng_vade/perm... [*I put in brackets details e.g. "attr." that are in the exhibition but not in the online NGP database: ng.bach.cz/ng_vade ]

My bad photo of (Qiu Ying, attr.), Concert in the Palace Garden,
Vm 1532

My photo of Yu Fei'an, Two peonies and Two Bumblebees, Vm 640

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Giorgio Strafella @gstrafella.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

These are the Chinese paintings currently on view at Salm Palace. I am told there will be changes in 3 and again in 6 months. Wen Zhengming (attr.), Baoshan Island, Vm 5950 ng.bach.cz/ng_vade/perm...

A detail from Wen Zhengming, attr, Baoshan Island, NG Prague, Vm 5950

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Giorgio Strafella @gstrafella.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Today opens the new permanent collection of Asian art at the Salm Palace of the National Gallery in Prague.

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Giorgio Strafella @gstrafella.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

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Giorgio Strafella @gstrafella.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

Programme and more information on this year's ACAS will be available soon on the conference website: acas.upol.cz

Poster for the 18th edition of the Annual Conference on Asian Studies, which will take place in Olomouc on 22 and 23 November, 2024. Includes QR code to the conference website, acas.upol.cz. The theme of this year's conference is "Asian Temporalities: Chronologies, Seasons, Tenses." ACAS is organised by the Department of Asian Studies of Palacky University Olomouc, in the Czech Republic.

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Giorgio Strafella @gstrafella.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

acas.upol.cz

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Giorgio Strafella @gstrafella.bsky.social · 15/01/2024

From CordobaCyril on twitter: "Swiss universities started the year without a contract with two major scientific publishers, Elsevier and Taylor & Francis.. In the background, it is the fight for free access that is being played out." www.letemps.ch/sciences/les...

Full text of the article from Le Temps, which is paywalled at the link in the post.

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