CALENDAR 2024
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. This page is regularly updated.
Asian Art in London 2024
Current and upcoming Events
Ashmolean Exhibition: KABUKI KIMONO: Costumes of Bandō Tamasaburō V
Six spectacular kimonos belonging to the kabuki actor Bandō Tamasaburō V will be on display in the Textiles Gallery for a year. Tamasaburō is the most popular and celebrated onnagata (male actor who performs female roles) currently on stage. The costumes selected reflect the wide variety of roles in this actor’s long and celebrated theatre […]
Serpentine Gallery: Serpentine Pavilion 2024
Serpentine is delighted to announce that Seoul-based Korean architect Minsuk Cho and his firm Mass Studies have been selected to design the 23rd Pavilion. Mass Studies’ Pavilion will be unveiled at Serpentine South on 5th June 2024 with Goldman Sachs supporting the annual project for the 10th consecutive year. 7th June – 27th October 2024Press View: Wednesday 5th June from 9am […]
British Museum exhibition: Silk Roads
26th September 2024 to 23rd February 2025 This continent-spanning exposition unravels how the journey of people, objects and ideas formed an expansive web of trade routes that shaped cultures and histories. Working with 29 national and international partners to present objects from many regions and cultures alongside those from the British Museum, the exhibition offers a unique chance […]
British Library exhibition: A Silk Road Oasis: Life in Ancient Dunhuang
This exhibition provides a rare glimpse into the ordinary lives of people long ago through the remarkable contents of the ‘Library Cave,’ part of the Buddhist cave complex of Mogao, where a wealth of manuscripts, documents and artworks remained sealed for nearly 900 years. Detailing life in and around Dunhuang during the first millennium CE, […]
Oriental Rug and Textile Society Talk: William Robinson of Christie’s: ‘Woven memories: 40 years in the carpet market.’
Wednesday, October 16th, 2024 William Robinson of Christie’s: ‘Woven memories: 40 years in the carpet market.’ University Women’s Club, London. 18.00 for 18.30. Guests are welcome. Please contact Dimity Spiller on membership.orts@gmail.com In his talk William Robinson will discuss his time at Christie’s, from his start in 1982 when Christie’s sold a vase carpet for what […]
ArtChina talk: Lotus meditation: NeoExpressionist Art by Qi Yang
Visit Marchant with BADA Friends
I am delighted the BADA Friends will be visiting Marchant on the opening day of Asian Art in London and will be viewing and learning more about their fascinating Kosometsuke exhibition where all the pieces were made during the Tianqi reign in China for export to Japan. There will also be the chance to see […]
Runjeet Singh Limited talk: ‘Collecting Asian Arms and Armour’
Asian Art in London Gala Party 2024
Join us on Wednesday 30th October, the opening day of Asian Art in London , to celebrate our 27th edition with a Gala Party at the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A). With champagne and canapés, the evening will be filled with curator-led talks and the presentation of the Art Awards. The V&A was the location of the first ever Asian Art in London Gala […]
Raquelle Azran Vietnamese Fine Art talk: From École des Beaux-Arts del’Indochine to Vietnam Fine ArtsUniversity in Hanoi
Jacqueline Simcox Ltd talk: ‘Symbolism on Chinese textiles’
Slaats Fine Art talk: ‘The Beauty of Chinese Lacquer through the Ages’
Simon Pilling Talk: ‘The Art of Display’
Raquelle Azran Vietnamese Fine Art talk: From École des Beaux-Arts del’Indochine to Vietnam Fine ArtsUniversity in Hanoi
Book launch and lecture by the author, Feng-Chun Ma: Thousand Years of HundredBoys in Chinese Art, 10th -20th century
Rolleston talk: ‘An Introduction to Chinese Export Porcelain, Enamel and Reverse- Painted Mirrors’
Symposium: Asian Art in London x SOAS Alphawood One-Day Symposium – Asian Art: Objects in Focus
This Symposium, co-hosted by the SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art and Asian Art in London, brings together curators, scholars, artists and art market specialists to explore diverse perspectives on a range of media and materials across Asia; specifically: ceramics, textiles and metalwork. Panellists will speak about a range of artworks and objects which can […]
