CALENDAR 2025
Throughout the year Asian Art in London is proud to promote a wide range of art events across the UK. These include symposia, performances, gallery talks, openings, lectures, short courses and much more. London’s eclectic resources make it a hub for art-world professionals and enthusiasts.
Asian Art in London 2025
Current and upcoming Events
Japan House – Pictograms: Iconic Japanese designs
Pictograms are everywhere. From street signs and text messages to toilet doors and maps, they have transformed global travel, removing barriers by creating a universal visual language. Visit Japan House London during Asian Art in London 2025 for a masterclass in the simplicity of communicating without words.
Oriental Museum – Journey of a Century: From the Forbidden City to the Palace Museum
Jointly organised by the Palace Museum and Oriental Museum, 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Palace Museum in Beijing. Using archival and recent photographs, this exhibition will present the transformative 100 years of the Palace Museum from an imperial palace complex to a public institution that serves as a museum, research […]
V&A – Dimensions: Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts
During Asian Art in London 2025, The Victoria & Albert Museum will be displaying ‘Dimensions: Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts’. In the 1980s, Chinese artists began to reimagine craft as a medium for artistic expression. This display explores the dimensions of studio craft practice in China today, and the innovations which have grown from China’s longstanding […]
Asian Art in London’s Joint Private View with the V&A of Dimensions: Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts
To celebrate the 28th edition of Asian Art in London, a Joint Private View with the V&A of Dimensions: Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts will be held in the Dome of the Victoria and Albert Museum on Tuesday 28th October 2025. The Directors of Asian Art in London hope you will join our Participants, the directors and curators from museums worldwide, […]
V&A – Dimensions: Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts, talk with curator Xiaoxin Li
At the V&A join curator Xiaoxin Li to discover the V&A’s research and collecting of modern and contemporary Chinese studio crafts and explore behind-the-scenes of the newly opened display. In this lecture, curator Dr Xiaoxin Li will take audiences behind the scenes of this ambitious project, from its inception to her extensive travels to production […]
Roseberys – Feng-Chun Ma Presents Her Collection Celebrating 1000 Years of 100 Boys in Chinese Art, at a Winding Stream Party
At Roseberys Feng-Chun Ma will present her Collection Celebrating 1000 Years of 100 Boys in Chinese Art, at a Winding Stream Party as part of Asian Art in London 2025. This talk will celebrate the upcoming auction ‘1000 Years of 100 Boys in Chinese Art: The Feng-Chun Ma Collection’ which takes place on Tuesday 4th […]
Bertha DocHouse – Japanese Avant-Garde Pioneers, Q&A with director Amélie Ravalec and a book signing of Japan Art Revolution, Thames & Hudson
As part of Asian Art in London 2025, Bertha DocHouse will be showing a film screening of ‘Japanese Avant-Garde Pioneers’ at Curzon Bloomsbury. The screening on Thursday 30 October will be followed by a Q&A with director Amélie Ravalec and a book signing of Japan Art Revolution, the companion art book published by Thames & Hudson. […]
Curated Tour of Francesca Galloway’s exhibition ‘RARE – Indian Art for Court and Trade’ with Art Historian Ursula Weekes
As part of Asian Art in London 2025, please join Art Historian Ursula Weekes for a curated tour of Francesca Galloway’s exhibition ‘RARE – Indian Art for Court and Trade’. This exhibition encompasses Indian art for court and export and includes a rare folio from the St Petersburg Album, Hindu paintings from the 16th-19th century, […]
Curated Tour – ‘Chinese Art’ and ‘Asia / 5000 Years’ with Julian King, Senior Vice President, Sotheby’s
Join Julian King, Senior Vice President, International Specialist and Head of Sale, Himalayan Art at Sotheby’s for a curated tour of two auctions at Sotheby’s ‘Chinese Art’ and ‘Asia / 5000 Years’. The tour will begin at 2pm on Saturday 1st November. The meeting point will be the New Bond Street lobby. The tour is […]
Marchant – Centenary Exhibition Highlights and Marchant One Hundred Years Book Launch
Join Marchant for a talk and book launch to celebrate their spectacular Centenary exhibition: ‘Imperial Porcelain of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong’, during Asian Art in London 2025.
Late Night Opening – Kensington Church Street
Asian Art in London is delighted to announce our late night opening in Kensington Church Street on Saturday 1st November from 5.00pm onwards. This year Marchant will be exhibiting their ‘Centenary Exhibition: Imperial Porcelain of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong’. At 5.00pm Marchant will be hosting a book launch for their new publication ‘Marchant – One […]
Bonhams – daily talk with artist Hugh Moss on his exhibition Painting the Dao: The Master of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat
As part of Asian Art in London 2025, the artist Hugh Moss will be giving a talk about his exhibition at 11.00 daily during viewing hours. The talks will be held on Sunday 2nd November at 11am, Monday 3rd November at 11am, Tuesday 4th November at 11am and Wednesday 5th November at 11am.
Bonhams – ‘Brushes with the China Trade’, a guided tour with Dr Patrick Conner
Join Dr Patrick Conner for a guided tour at Bonhams as part of Asian Art in London 2025.
Sotheby’s – ‘Sir James Stewart Lockhart – Collector and Scholar’ Speaker Lisa Kerr
A talk by Lisa Kerr ‘Sir James Stewart Lockhart – Collector and Scholar’ at Sotheby’s as part of Asian Art in London 2025.
Bonhams – ‘Through the Lens of the Marsh and White Collections: A Journey Through Themes’, a lecture by Dr Edward Luper
As part of Asian Art in London 2025, join Dr Edward Luper for a fascinating lecture at Bonhams.
Late Night Opening – St James’s
Asian Art in London is delighted to announce our late night opening in St James’s on Sunday 2nd November from 5.00pm onwards. The Participating Galleries and Auction Houses will be Christie’s, Michael Goedhuis and Tomasso, Amir Mohtashemi and Roseberys. Christie’s, 8 King Street, St James’s, London SW1Y 6Q, will have on display a non-selling exhibition […]
Christie’s – Religion, Belief and Morality in the Woolf Collection of Chinese Jades by Dr Malcolm McNeill
As part of Asian Art in London 2025, please join us for at Christie’s for the talk ‘Religion, Belief and Morality in the Woolf Collection of Chinese Jades’ by Dr Malcolm McNeill. Dr Malcolm McNeill is the director of the SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art and Senior Lecturer in Arts Education. This lecture accompanies […]
Curated tour – ‘An Exploration of Antique Chinese Decorative Arts’ with Ashley Innes (née Crawford)
Join Asian art specialist Ashley Innes (née Crawford) for a curated walking tour titled ‘An Exploration of Antique Chinese Decorative Arts’. This walking tour will be themed around Chinese antique decorative art objects, focusing on Susan Page’s snuff bottles and Slaats Fine Art’s cloisonné and scholar’s objects. The tour will explore the relationship between these media and […]
Bonhams – daily talk with artist Hugh Moss on his exhibition Painting the Dao: The Master of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat
As part of Asian Art in London 2025, the artist Hugh Moss will be giving a talk about his exhibition at 11.00 daily during viewing hours. The talks will be held on Sunday 2nd November at 11am, Monday 3rd November at 11am, Tuesday 4th November at 11am and Wednesday 5th November at 11am.
Dore & Rees – Conserving and Restoring Historical Ceramic Artefacts with Jeff Smith and Duncan Gates from Antique Conservation Ltd.
Dore & Rees present a talk at Asia House with Jeff Smith and Duncan Gates from Antique Conservation Ltd.
Dore & Rees – Highlights from The Eva & Aubrey Sweet Collection with Rosemary Bandini
Join Dore & Rees with Rosemary Bandini for a talk on The Eva & Aubrey Sweet Collection, as part of Asian Art in London 2025.
Bonhams – ‘From the Authentic to the Copy: Understanding the Role of Mingqi in Ancient Chinese Funerary Art’, a lecture by Dr Arnaud Bertrand, Curator at the Guimet, Paris
Join Dr. Arnaud Bertrand, Curator at the Guimet, Paris, for an exceptional lecture at Bonhams, as part of the Asian Art in London 2025.
Late Night Opening – Mayfair
Asian Art in London is delighted to announce our late night opening in Mayfair on Monday 3rd November from 5.00pm onwards. The Participating Galleries and Auction Houses will be Anrad Gallery, Bonhams, Lloyd Choi Gallery, Eskenazi Ltd, Hanga Ten, Japan Print Gallery, Lyon & Turnbull, Susan Page, Simon Pilling, Schoeni Projects, Anastasia von Seibold Japanese […]
Bonhams – Book signing: ‘Later Chinese Bronzes for the Scholar’s Studio’ with Paul Bromberg
Join Paul Bromberg at Bonhams for a book signing of ‘Later Chinese Bronzes for the Scholar’s Studio’ published in 2025. This event is part of Asian Art in London 2025.
Bonhams – daily talk with artist Hugh Moss on his exhibition Painting the Dao: The Master of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat
As part of Asian Art in London 2025, the artist Hugh Moss will be giving a talk about his exhibition at 11.00 daily during viewing hours. The talks will be held on Sunday 2nd November at 11am, Monday 3rd November at 11am, Tuesday 4th November at 11am and Wednesday 5th November at 11am.
Jacqueline Simcox Ltd – ‘A study of the exhibition textiles’
Join us on Tuesday 4th November to hear Jacqueline Simcox discuss the works in her exhibition of Ming and Qing textiles, including Buddhist silk appliqués, on display during Asian Art in London.
Simon Pilling – ‘My passion for urushi’
Join Simon Pilling to hear a talk about his passion for urushi as he celebrates his 20th Anniversary with an exhibition titled “The Magic of Lacquer”, during Asian Art in London.
Anrad Gallery Ltd – ‘The Living Tapestry’
Anrad Gallery Ltd will be giving a talk titled ‘The Living Tapestry’ at 12:30pm on Tuesday 4th November, to discuss their exhibition at Asian Art in London. Please join us to learn about their collection of traditional Indian art.
Slaats Fine Art – ‘Painting with Light: Yinglong Li and the Beauty of Plique-à-Jour Enamels’
Come to hear Mark Slaats give a talk about the plique-à-jour enamels of Yinglong Li, and view his exhibition ‘Ancient Echoes, New Perspectives’, which will be on display during Asian Art in London.
Curated tour – ‘Selected highlights of Chinese Art from Asian Art in London exhibitions’ with Alice Williamson, Gallery Director of Priestley & Ferraro
Join Alice Williamson, Gallery Director of Priestley & Ferraro, for a curated walking tour titled ‘Selected highlights of Chinese Art from Asian Art in London exhibitions’. The curated tour will begin at 2pm on Tuesday 4th November at Slaats Fine Art’s exhibition in St. George Street Gallery, Ground Floor, Sotheby’s, 34-35 New Bond St, London, […]
Amir Mohtashemi Ltd – The Influence of Chinese Art on Ottoman Pottery
Please join is at Amir Mohtashemi for an interesting talk on ‘The Influence of Chinese Art on Ottoman Pottery’ as part of Asian Art in London 2025.
Bonhams – ‘Marking 30 Years of Priestley & Ferraro Chinese Art: Imperial Lacquer and Cloisonné of the 14th and early 15th Centuries’
Join us for this talk at Bonhams as part of Asian Art London 2025, to mark the upcoming auction ‘Priestley & Ferraro: Three Decades in Chinese Art (1994-2025)’.
Susan Page – ‘Snuff Bottles in the Qing Dynasty’
Susan Page will be giving a talk about her exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles from the 18th and 19th centuries at this year’s Asian Art in London. Please join us.
Thang Long Art Gallery – ‘Vietnam – Enchanting Beauty’
Join Thang Long Art Gallery during Asian Art in London to hear a talk about their exhibition of Vietnamese contemporary art.
Christie’s – The OCS Annual Lecture: Findings and Research in the Jingdezhen Luomaqiao Kiln Site – ‘Blue and White Porcelain Production over 700 Years’ Speaker: Dr Weng Yanjun
The Oriental Ceramic Society is delighted to welcome Dr. Weng Yanjun, the Director of the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum and Institute and the Jingdezhen Ceramic Archaeology Research Institute, to London to present a lecture at Christie’s as part of Asian Art in London 2025. Tea and coffee will be served from 5.30 pm – 6.00 […]
Lloyd Choi Gallery and Schoeni Projects – Guided Tour ‘Heritage in Contemporary Dialogue’ led by Lloyd Choi and Nicole Schoeni
Lloyd Choi Gallery and Schoeni Projects will collaborate to host a talk and guided tour exploring their exhibitions for Asian Art in London. Please join us to learn about their collections of Asian art, which focus on contemporary craftsmanship-led practices that blur the boundaries between art, craft, and design.
Bonhams – daily talk with artist Hugh Moss on his exhibition Painting the Dao: The Master of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat
As part of Asian Art in London 2025, the artist Hugh Moss will be giving a talk about his exhibition at 11.00 daily during viewing hours. The talks will be held on Sunday 2nd November at 11am, Monday 3rd November at 11am, Tuesday 4th November at 11am and Wednesday 5th November at 11am.
The Marg Foundation – Heads? Tails? Or neither? Join us for a discussion on Marg’s recent volume ‘The Third Side of the Coin’
Join The Marg Foundation at Royal Asiatic Society for a ‘Heads? Tails? Or neither?’ Join us for a discussion on Marg’s recent volume ‘The Third Side of the Coin’ with Joe Cribb, Robert Bracey and Marzbeen Jila moderated by Naman P. Ahuja. Marg’s is India’s oldest art magazine with fresh perspectives and new research from […]
