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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 hubs […]

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.

A talk by Lisa Kerr ‘Sir James Stewart Lockhart – Collector and Scholar’ at Sothebys as part of Asian Art in London 2025.

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 […]

Dore & Rees present a talk at Asia House with Jeff Smith and Duncan Gates from Antique Conservation Ltd.

Join Dore & Rees with Rosemary Bandini for a talk on The Eva & Aubrey Sweet Collection, as part of Asian Art in London 2025.

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)’.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Join Thang Long Art Gallery during Asian Art in London to hear a talk about their exhibition of Vietnamese contemporary art.

British Library curators, Melodie Doumy and Kitty Liu provide an insider’s view of the exhibition, A Silk Road Oasis: Life in Ancient Dunhuang. They will walk you through the entire process, from shaping the exhibition’s narrative to the final touches. Discover how each object was carefully selected to highlight Dunhuang’s rich history of commercial, diplomatic, […]

The Japan Society is delighted to welcome Takeshi Musashigawa, fourth-generation head of Musashigawa Kobo, Toyama, to discuss his artisanal practice with Masami Yamada, a Curator in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Asia Department. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about Takaoka lacquerware and watch a demonstration of the mother-of-pearl inlay technique (raden).

This talk is part of the V&A Academy Lunchtime Lecture Series. No booking is required.The colourful woodblock prints of the late eighteenth and nineteenth century played a vital role in Japan’s vibrant fashion culture. Drawing on the V&A’s important collection, curators Anna Jackson and Masami Yamada reveal how these ukiyo-e, ‘pictures of the floating world’, […]

Wajima, on the Noto Peninsula, has long been a centre of urushi (lacquer) production. Its lacquerware, known as Wajima nuri is nationally recognized as an important intangible cultural property. Distinguished by its durable undercoating and its complex production process, Wajima nuri typically undergoes over one hundred intricate stages involving a specialized division of labour before […]

Susan will uncover how Asian buyers are now being influenced by the provenance and creative elements of antique jewellery and looking beyond brand names, diamonds, Jade and coloured stones when buying for their collections.  Considering global auction highlights and important collections, such as the Albion collection in Tokyo, Susan will illustrate how there is a new […]

A conversation between Jonathan Woolf and Henry Howard-Sneyd

IN ROOM ATTENDANCE IS FULLY BOOKED – JOIN BY ZOOM Large vision-language models (VLMs) have demonstrated remarkable abilities in understanding everyday content, however, their performance in the domain of art remains less explored. Evaluation of art, particularly in regard to its authenticity, can be approached from art historical, scientific and archival / provenance methods. This […]

Lecturer: Rosemary Scott, Independent scholar