This lecture honours the life and legacy of Michael Goedhuis, one of Europe’s most influential dealers in Asian art. Trained as an economist, he studied art history at the Courtauld Institute and took an MBA at INSEAD. He began his career in investment banking before joining Colnaghi, where he specialised in Persian, Mughal and Islamic art. There he placed major collections with institutions, including the Vever Collection with the Smithsonian Institution.
His dealing later extended to India, Japan and China. In the early 1990s he became the first Western dealer to champion Chinese modern and contemporary art. His exhibitions included the pioneering China Without Borders at Sotheby’s New York in 2001, and he assembled the Estella Collection, shown at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and the Israel Museum. A long-standing advocate for the relevance of Chinese ink art to contemporary aesthetics, he was also a writer for The Economist and many art publications.
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Bonhams Bond Street – Michael Goedhuis Memorial Lecture, Joe Earle
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This lecture honours the life and legacy of Michael Goedhuis, one of Europe’s most influential dealers in Asian art. Trained as an economist, he studied art history at the Courtauld Institute and took an MBA at INSEAD. He began his career in investment banking before joining Colnaghi, where he specialised in Persian, Mughal and Islamic art. There he placed major collections with institutions, including the Vever Collection with the Smithsonian Institution.
His dealing later extended to India, Japan and China. In the early 1990s he became the first Western dealer to champion Chinese modern and contemporary art. His exhibitions included the pioneering China Without Borders at Sotheby’s New York in 2001, and he assembled the Estella Collection, shown at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and the Israel Museum. A long-standing advocate for the relevance of Chinese ink art to contemporary aesthetics, he was also a writer for The Economist and many art publications.