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Science Museum exhibition: Zimingzhong: Clockwork Treasures From China’s Forbidden City
In the 1700s, China’s emperors collected ornate clockwork automata known as zimingzhong and cherished them for their intricate design and technical innovation. Now, the Science Museum’s new exhibition Zimingzhong: Clockwork Treasures from China’s Forbidden City showcases a unique collection of 23 stunning pieces, on display in the UK together for the first time.
This exhibition invites you to discover the outward beauty and inner workings of these centuries-old timepieces and their historic role in early cultural exchanges between Britain and China. Translating as “bells that ring themselves”, zimingzhong were far more than just clocks; they combined timekeeping with sophisticated musical technology and flamboyant aesthetics. Their designs incorporated motifs such as cranes and lotus flowers, expressing British perceptions of a Chinese culture that held powerful sway over the country’s imagination.
Exhibition Date:
Until Sunday 2 June 2024
Location:
Special Exhibition Gallery 2, Level 2
Science Museum
Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2DD
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 2024
Press View: Wednesday 5th June from 9am to 12pm
Please save-the-date
CLEVELAND MUSEUM EXHIBITION: Into the Seven Jeweled Mountain
March 15–September 19, 2024
This groundbreaking digital immersive exhibition leads you on an exciting adventure to natural wonder beyond reach. The awe-inspiring Seven Jeweled Mountain, now in North Korea, was favored not only as a popular tourist destination but also as a subject of Korean landscape paintings. The Cleveland Museum of Art has the most spectacular 19th-century folding screen detailing this mountain’s eccentric terrain.
Cleveland Museum exhibition: From Dreaming to Hiking: Korean Landscape Paintings
March 1–September 29, 2024
Whether depicting imaginary, idealized terrain or actual natural and historical sites, Korean landscape paintings are celebrated for their dynamic artistic vocabulary. This exhibition explores works wherein nature becomes an important dimension of human experience.
Cleveland Museum exhibition: To the River’s South in Japanese Painting
December 15, 2023–June 2, 2024
Some of the paintings and painted ceramics in gallery 235A show how Japanese artists of the past portrayed two landmarks in Jiangnan, Mount Lu and West Lake, and Xiao-Xiang, a place located physically west of Jiangnan but an important touch point in artistic productions from that region. The installation features artworks from the 1500s to 1700s, including some that have not been on view for more than a decade.
Cleveland Museum exhibition: Six Dynasties of Chinese Painting
November 10, 2023–May 6, 2024
Six Dynasties of Chinese Painting presents a selection of the museum’s most important paintings that cover six different dynasties, including the modern era. These paintings represent various subject matter, from figures, landscapes, animals, birds, and flowers to religious and historic themes; their dates of acquisition range from the museum’s founding years to the most recent additions, demonstrating a continuous commitment to Chinese painting, a field that has always been the strongest asset of the Chinese collection.
Cleveland Museum exhibition: Colors of Kyoto: The Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio
August 19, 2023–March 10, 2024
This exhibition debuts recent gifts to the museum of modern ceramics by the studio of Seifū Yohei. It features some 60 works from the Kyoto, Japan-based studio that reflect the artists’ engagement with Chinese forms and techniques, as well as sencha, Chinese-style steeped tea. Stufio start Seifū Yohei III was the first ceramist to gain Imperial Household Artist status, the forerunner of today’s Living Treasure title.
Cleveland Museum exhibition: Nature Supernatural
September 22, 2023–March 3, 2024
Thirty exquisite paintings, textiles, and works of decorative art in the Indian painting and Himalayan galleries reveal a perennial fascination with miraculous vegetation. Plants that grow or bloom in an exceptional or magical way connote a supernatural or divine force. Specific flowers communicate coded meaning to knowledgeable viewers.
Cleveland Museum exhibition: Raja Deen Dayal: The King of Indian Photographers
April 23, 2023–February 4, 2024
Raja Deen Dayal, the first great Indian photographer, depicted the British colonial elite and Indian maharajas in 1886–87. Historical Indian paintings, textiles, and jewelry help bring that world to life.
Alisan Fine Arts workshop: MEDITATION WORKSHOP @ Hung Keung: Digital Media Art Installation
27 January 2024, Saturday (2:00pm-2:30pm GMT+8)
Alisan Fine Arts
Alisan Aberdeen, Hong Kong
RSVP: assistant@alisan.com.hk
During the closing party, there will be a mindfulness meditation workshop with the artist Hung Keung.
The workshop is limited to 6 participants on a first-come, first-served basis. Kindly RSVP.
Please arrive 15 minutes early. It will be conducted in Chinese and English.
Alisan Fine Arts: CLOSING PARTY @ Hung Keung: Digital Media Art Installation
27 January 2024, Saturday (2:00pm-5:00pm GMT+8)
Alisan Fine Arts
Alisan Aberdeen, Hong Kong
RSVP: assistant@alisan.com.hk
Hung Keung, renowned digital media installation artist from Hong Kong, has been practicing mindfulness meditation for twelve years. In the closing event, Hung will share the methods of mindfulness meditation and guide participants to enter the world of “awareness” through the practices of “art viewing” and “contemplation”. Visitors can engage in meditation with the artist, and immerse in the poetic realm of purifying the mind and harmonising with nature, while personally experiencing the fusion of technology and mindfulness.
Kindly RSVP.
Alisan Fine Arts: CURATOR TALK & BOOK LAUNCH @ Walasse Ting: New York, New York
27 January 2024 (2:00pm-4:00pm GMT-5)
Alisan Fine Arts
Alisan New York, USA
RSVP: assistant@alisan.com.hk
Celebrating the inaugural show of Walasse Ting at our New York gallery and the artist’s first museum retrospective in the US at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, we are excited to present a curator talk and book launch by Mia Ting, estate of Walasse Ting and Ariella Wolens, curator of the NSU Art Museum exhibition, Walasse Ting: Parrot Jungle.
Talk will be in English. Kindly RSVP.
Alisan Fine Arts talk: Beyond Borders: The Power of Ink Painting in a Global Context
Conversation with Artist, Wang Mengsha
31 Jan 2024 (6:00pm-7:00pm GMT+8)
Alisan Fine Arts
Alisan Central, Hong Kong
RSVP: assistant@alisan.com.hk
In celebration of our current exhibition Wang Mengsha: Whispering Blossoms, we are happy to present an artist talk, titled Beyond Borders: The Power of Ink Painting in a Global Context, where the artist, Wang Mengsha, will be in conversation with Elaine W. Ng, the editor and publisher of ArtAsiaPacific, to discuss her artistic practice, her artworks bridge the East and the world, and how ink painting situates in a global context.
Talk will be in English and Chinese. Kindly RSVP.
Also live-streamed on Instagram @alisanfinearts.
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 career, from court ladies and courtesans to geisha and demons.
You’ll see beautifully crafted costumes that showcase a range of elaborate textile techniques, including weaving, dyeing, embroidery and hand-painting.
The over-robe for the courtesan Agemaki in the play Sukeroku, Flower of Edo (助六由縁江⼾桜), shown below, was worn at a performance in June 2004 at the Kabukiza Theatre, Tokyo. It features New Year’s decorations on black satin and the courtesan’s sash has a carp ascending a waterfall embroidered on a pale blue-green satin ground.
Ashmolean Exhibition: FANG LIJUN: PORTRAITS AND PORCELAIN
This exhibition celebrates more than 100 artworks by the contemporary Chinese artist Fang Lijun, on loan from his studios in Beijing and Jingdezhen and from private collections. It showcases Fang’s paintings and drawings, and also ceramics produced in the last five years.
Fang Lijun was one of the leading protagonists of the early 1990s Cynical Realist movement, a major art movement in China post-1989. His works captured the disillusionment of his generation and reflected the feeling of helplessness in Chinese society in the early 1990s.
Some of these seminal paintings he became famous for – the large anonymous, shaven heads and blank faces – are in our exhibition, alongside early pencil drawings from his student days and newer ink paintings and a series of intriguing porcelain pieces.
Ashmolean Exhibition: KABUKI LEGENDS
Japanese artist Takahashi Hiromitsu creates dynamic, colourful prints showing exciting moments in kabuki, Japan’s traditional dance-drama.
Hiromitsu’s striking designs are not portraits of actual actors, but visualisations of famous kabuki roles.
In kabuki, performers wearing elaborate costumes and make-up use stylised movement and song to enact melodramatic stories about love, loyalty and the clash between duty and emotion.
Ashmolean Talk: THE ORIGINS OF WRITING
Sat 9 Mar, 2–3pm; Booking is essential
At the Museum and Online
The in-person event will take place in the Headley Lecture Theatre and via Zoom online
With Andrew Robinson, author of ‘The Story of Writing’
Writing is generally agreed to be among the greatest inventions in human history, perhaps the greatest invention, since it made history possible – as well as today’s digital world. Andrew Robinson, author of The Story of Writing, will investigate when and how people first began to write down ideas.
Humans have always had the desire to make marks. But how did the earliest marks, seen in ‘rock art’ tens of thousands of years old, evolve much later into writing?
The origins of writing are puzzling. Was it invented once and transmitted around the world, or independently in places such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, China and even Easter Island? What inspired it: accountancy, statecraft, religion? Why are some ancient writing systems simple in appearance, such as the Greek alphabet, while others are bewilderingly complex, like the Egyptian hieroglyphs and Chinese characters? These questions will all be explored.
Ashmolean Event: ONE WORLD FAMILY FESTIVAL
Sat 10 Feb – Sun 11 Feb 2024, 11–4.30pm
Celebrate the many communities and faiths of Oxfordshire through a dazzling array of activities, performances, talks and crafts for all ages.
From a Japanese tea ceremony to a Jewish musical medley and Nepalese dancing to Islamic calligraphy, there’s something for everyone at this fantastic weekend festival.
Join for drop-in events across the whole Museum.
Please note programme details may be subject to change.
FREE
Alisan Fine Arts exhibition: Hung Keung: Digital Media Art Installation
Alisan Fine Arts is pleased to announce the new exhibition “Hung Keung: Digital Media Art Installation” at our Aberdeen Gallery. Hung Keung, a renowned digital media installation artist from Hong Kong and grantee of Asian Cultural Council Award (2005), is known for his interactive installations that combine film, video, and digital new media with themes from Chinese classical philosophy, art, and literature.
Alisan Fine Arts exhibition: Walasse Ting: New York, New York
Alisan Fine Arts is proud to announce the opening of a new gallery location in New York City’s Upper East Side in November, 2023. The inaugural exhibition at the New York location pays homage to Walasse Ting (1928-2010 and this exhibition in New York coincided with Walasse Ting’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States, “Walasse Ting: Parrot Jungle”, which is now opening at the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale.
Alisan Fine Arts exhibition: Wang Mengsha: Whispering Blossoms
Alisan Fine Arts is excited to present an exhibition of Wang Mengsha, an artist who gracefully navigates through the realms of traditional and contemporary art, where the ancient ‘xieyi’ style of painting is reborn through her innovative approach. She harmoniously blends aspects of traditional paintings of daily objects, court maidens and natural elements, all while employing a sense of humour and a vibrant palette that reminds viewers of the natural sceneries in the south-eastern part of China.
East Asian Art Tour: A tour of the Asian Art in London exhibitions at Cromwell Place led by Nicole Schoeni
Curator Tours! This Asian Art in London, we are delighted to hold curator-led tours of our Participants’ exhibitions and auction previews.
East Asian Art Tour: A tour of the Asian Art in London exhibitions at Cromwell Place
Led by Nicole Schoeni, A Director of Asian Art in London.
Nicole will lead the tour group around the Asian Art in London exhibitions at Cromwell Place, starting in Gallery 10 with Jacqueline Simcox.
Time:
Tuesday 31st October
4 pm
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LAW meets AAL: A Tour to Celebrate the Variety of London’s Art World led by Luce Garrigues
Curator Tours! This Asian Art in London, we are delighted to hold curator-led tours of our Participants’ exhibitions and auction previews.
LAW meets AAL: A Tour to Celebrate the Variety of London’s Art World
Led by Luce Garrigues, Director London Art Week
Luce will lead the tour group to London Art Week Participants Ben Elwes Fine Art and Sladmore, followed by Asian Art in London Participants Susan Page and Priestley & Ferraro
Friday 27th October
12pm
Meet at Ben Elwes Fine Art, 45 Maddox Street
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Curator tour: preview of the Islamic and Indian Art sales: Christie’s and Sotheby’s with Chiara de Nicolais
Curator Tours! This Asian Art in London, we are delighted to hold curator-led tours of our Participants’ exhibitions and auction previews.
Preview of the Islamic and Indian Art sales: Christie’s and Sotheby’s
With Chiara de Nicolais, Senior Teaching Fellow, SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art
Monday 23rd October
2.30 pm – 4.30 pm
Meet in the lobby of Christie’s at 2.30 pm, from there the group will walk to Sotheby’s
V&A Lunchtime Lecture: Chinese Dress in Detail
Join the author, conservator, and photographer of the V&A’s new publication Chinese Dress in Detail, published by Thames & Hudson in partnership with the V&A, for a head-to-toe exploration of Chinese dress as they go behind the scenes to reveal fascinating stories and the creative process behind the making of the book. The speakers will disclose secrets and new discoveries from the exquisite detail of the garments, including the use of rare materials such as peacock-feather threads and gelatine sequins for embroidery; fashioning imperial headdress with three different types of imitation pearls; and illustrating a love story based on a romantic tragicomedy Chinese play, the ‘Peony Pavilion’. The talk will be illustrated with a selection of stunning imagery from Chinese Dress in Detail.
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Oriental Rug & Textile Society online talk: Changing hybrid fashions in 19th- and early 20th-century Singapore by Peter Lee
Changing hybrid fashions in 19th- and early 20th-century Singapore
Singapore might be a relatively new metropolis, but it inherited a freewheeling, volatile and diverse Southeast Asian legacy of hybrid port city culture that was several centuries old. Singapore instantly became a melting pot of people, goods and ideas, once it was founded as a colonial settlement in 1819. With no single cultural arbiter, and away from motherlands, its residents began to dress and shop as they pleased, sourcing from an array of available global goods perhaps wider than anywhere else in the world. Singapore residents were also able to combine ensembles of textiles and garments from across the globe in their own individual way, and often used them in completely different contexts from where they originated. These inconsistent and individual styles raise questions about the idea of traditional dress in Asia, and elucidate how Singapore was an early centre for an egalitarian attitude to fashion, that is fast becoming a norm in an intensely globalised and connected world.
Peter Lee is an independent researcher from Singapore. He is the Honorary Curator of the critically acclaimed Baba House, a historical house museum managed by the National University of Singapore. He is the writer of numerous books and articles on material culture in Southeast Asian port cities. In addition, he features as the host in the 2020/2022 eight-part series ‘Mark of Empire’ broadcast regionally by Channel News Asia (Singapore) and is currently available on YouTube.
Pundole’s auction in Mumbai: The Fine Art Sale
VENUE
Pundole’s
Hamilton House, Ground Floor 8 J N Heredia Marg
Ballard Estate
Mumbai 400 001
Sotheby’s auction: Japanese Woodblock Prints Online
Viewing:
Fri 8th Dec 09.00 -16.30
Sat 9th Dec 12.00 – 17.00
Sun 10th Dec 12.00 – 17.00
Mon 11th–Fri 15th Dec 09.00 – 16.30
Mon 18th Dec 09.00 – 16.30
Tues 19th Dec 09.00 – 16.30
Sotheby’s auction: China / 5000 Years Online
Viewing:
Fri 8th Dec 09.00 -16.30
Sat 9th Dec 12.00 – 17.00
Sun 10th Dec 12.00 – 17.00
Mon 11th–Fri 15th Dec 09.00 – 16.30
Mon 18th Dec 09.00 – 16.30
Tues 19th Dec 09.00 – 16.30
Sotheby’s auction: Important Chinese Art
Viewing:
Sat 28th Oct 12.00–17.00
Sun 29th Oct 12.00–17.00
Mon 30th Oct 09.00–20.00
Tues 31st Oct 09.00–16.30
Sotheby’s auction: The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection Part IV: Online
Viewing:
Fri 20th Oct 09.00–16.30
Sat 21st Oct 12.00–17.00
Sun 22nd Oct 12.00–17.00
Mon 23rd Oct 09.00–16.30
Tues 24th Oct 09.00–13.00
Sotheby’s Auction: Arts of the Islamic World & India Incl. Fine Rugs & Carpets
Viewing:
Fri 20th Oct 09.00–16.30
Sat 21st Oct 12.00–17.00
Sun 22nd Oct 12.00–17.00
Mon 23rd Oct 09.00–16.30
Tues 24th Oct 09.00–13.00
Sotheby’s Auction: The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection. Part III
Fri 20th Oct 09.00–16.30
Sat 21st Oct 12.00–17.00
Sun 22nd Oct 12.00–17.00
Mon 23rd Oct 09.00–16.30
Tues 24th Oct 09.00–13.00
Sotheby’s auction: Modern and Contemporary Japanese Art Online sale
VIEWING
Sat 28th Oct 12.00–17.00
Sun 29th Oct 12.00–17.00
Mon 30th Oct 09.00–16.30
Tues 31st Oct 09.00–12.00
Roseberys auction: Chinese, Japanese & South East Asian Works of Art
Viewing at:
Bowman Sculpture
6 Duke Street, St james’s London SW1Y 6BN
Sat 28th Oct 12.00–17.00
Sun 29th Oct 10.00–20.00
Viewing at
Knight’s Hill Salesroom
Thurs 2nd Nov 10.00–17.00
Fri 3rd Nov 10.00–17.00
Sun 5th Nov 10.00–14.00
Mon 6th Nov 10.00–17.00
Roseberys auction: Antiquities, Islamic & Indian Arts
VIEWING AT
4 CROMWELL PLACE SOUTH KENSINGTON LONDON SW7 2JE
Thurs 19th Oct 12.00–18.30
Fri 20th Oct 10.00–16.00
VIEWING AT
KNIGHT’S HILL SALESROOM
Tues 24th Oct 09.30–17.00
Wed 25th Oct 09.30–17.00
Thurs 26th Oct 09.30–17.00
Fri 27th Oct 09.30–17.00
Sun 29th Oct 10.00–14.00
Lyon & Turnbull auction: Scholars’ Aesthetics: Dr Kenneth P. Lawley’s Collection of Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Southeast Asian Arts and Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
VIEWING
Sun 29th Oct 10.00–17.00
Mon 30th Oct 10.00–19.00
Tues 31st Oct 10.00–17.00
Wed 1st Nov 10.00–17.00
Thurs 2nd Nov 10.00–17.00
Dore & Rees auction in Somerset: Fine Asian Art – The Anthony Lovett Collection
Viewing in London in conjunction with Asian Art in London
Sunday 29 October 12:00 to 17:00
Monday 30 October 10:00 to 18:00
Tuesday 31 October 10:00 to 14:00
At Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP
Viewing in Frome
Friday 3 November 10:00 to 16:00
Saturday 4 November 10:00 to 16:00
Sunday 5 November 10:00 to 16:00
At Dore & Rees Auction Salerooms, Vicarage Street, Frome BA11 1PU
Christie’s auction: Art d’Asie Paris
HIGHLIGHTS VIEWING IN LONDON
Sat 28th Oct– Fri 3rd Nov 9.00 – 16.00
Chiswick Auctions: Asian Art II
Viewing:
By appointment only
Mon 23rd–Fri 27th Oct10.00–16.00
Mon 30th Oct 10.00–16.00
Official view:
Tues 31st Oct 12.00–16.00
Wed 1st–Sun 5th Nov 10.00–16.00
Chiswick Auctions: Asian Art I
Viewing:
By appointment only
Mon 23rd–Fri 27th Oct10.00–16.00
Mon 30th Oct 10.00–16.00
Official view:
Tues 31st Oct 12.00–16.00
Wed 1st–Sun 5th Nov 10.00–16.00
Chiswick Auctions: Islamic & Indian Art
Viewing:
Sat 21st Oct 10.00–16.00
Mon 23rd–Sat 28th Oct 10.00–16.00
Mon 30th Oct 10:00-12:00
Bonhams Knightsbridge Auction: Asian Art (Part II)
Viewing:
Fri 27th Oct 09.00–17.00
Sat 28th Oct 11.00–17.00
Sun 29th Oct 11.00–17.00
Mon 30th Oct 09.00–17.00
Bonhams Knightsbridge Auction: Asian Art (Part I)
VIEWING
Fri 27th Oct 09.00–17.00
Sat 28th Oct 11.00–17.00
Sun 29th Oct 11.00–17.00
Bonhams Auction: Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art
Sat 11th–Sun 12th Nov 11.00–15.00
Mon 13th Nov 09.00–16.30
Tues 14th Nov 09.00–12.00
Bonhams Auction: Islamic and Indian Art
VIEWING
Sun 12th Nov 11.00–15.00
Mon 13th Nov 09.00–16.30
Bonhams Auction: Fine Japanese Art
Viewing:
Sun 29th Oct 11.00–17.00
Mon 30th Oct 09.00–19.00
Tues 31st Oct – Wed 1st Nov 09.00–16.30
Bonhams Auction: Devotion: Culture, Country and Charity – Chinese Art Sold for the Benefit of a Charitable Foundation
Viewing:
Sat 28th–Sun 29th Oct 11.00–17.00
Mon 30th Oct 09.00–19.00
Tues 31st Oct–Wed 1st Nov 09.00–16.30
Bonhams Auction: The Marsh Collection: Art for the Literati Part II
Viewing:
Sat 28th–Sun 29th Oct 11.00–17.00
Mon 30th Oct 09.00–19.00
Tues 31st Oct–Wed 1st Nov 09.00–16.30
Bonhams Auction: Fine Chinese Art
Viewing:
Sat 28th–Sun 29th Oct 11.00–17.00
Mon 30th Oct 09.00–19.00
Tues 31st Oct–Wed 1st Nov 09.00–16.30
SOAS Brunei Gallery exhibition: Extraordinary Endeavors
The Brunei Gallery, SOAS, and the Royal Asiatic Society are pleased to present an exhibition celebrating the Society’s bicentenary and its involvement in the study of science, literature, religion, and the arts of Asia since 1823.
The exhibition includes rare books, manuscripts, paintings, photographs, and maps from the collections and reveals how Asian works of literature, art, and religion made a lasting impression on British culture. This ranges from popular games such as chess illustrated by a 16th-century Persian manuscript and the original game of ‘Snakes and Ladders’ (RAS 051.001) painted by a Maharashtran artist, ca. 1800 CE to celebrated works of literature including the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and the Arabian Nights. The exhibition reflects the extraordinary diversity of the collections donated to the Society by its members and other institutions.
Oriental Rug and Textile Society Lecture: ‘Tuduc or not Tuduc – that is the question.’ by Stefano Ionescu
Oriental Rug and Textile Society Lecture: ‘Tuduc or not Tuduc – that is the question.’ by Stefano Ionescu.
The University Womens Club is at 2 Audley Square, South Audley Street, Mayfair, London W1K 1DB.
Talks begin at 7 pm. Free to members; non-members are asked to pay £7 per talk.
UWC Talk: The Persian Carpet: The Forgotten Years 1722-1872 by Hadi Maktabi
The lecture will cover the forgotten history of carpet weaving in Persia during the 18th and 19th centuries. It will show how Safavid styles morphed and evolved as they were adopted (and adapted) by rural weavers, eventually coalescing into the recognizable types of the last 150 years. This overlooked period, which has been the main focus of my research for 20 years, is an essential connector between the historical Safavid age and the more familiar carpets of the Revival era (1872-1930) and beyond. The lecture will discuss various design groups (such as Garden and Tree themes, the Harshang, Herati and Garrus types etc) and show how each transitioned and changed gradually step by step from the Safavid original into the final Revival form. I will also explain the socio-economic value and history of carpets in this period and highlight the art historical importance of the lack of European demand during it.
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SOAS Film Screening and Panel Discussion: L’Odysée – CHU Teh-Chun
Panelists:
Yvon CHU, Vice-president of the Foundation CHU Teh-Chun and the artist’s son
Anne-Valérie Sceau, Director of the Foundation CHU Teh-Chun and the artist’s daughter in law
Dr Malcolm McNeill, Director SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art (chair)
Dr Panpan Yang, Lecturer in the Arts and Visual Cultures of Modern China
Co-hosted by SOAS School of Arts and the SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art in collaboration with the Foundation CHU Teh-Chun.
Trailer for the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8zK100JbEQ
V&A South Kensington: Korean Photography: History and Practices
Join in talks and conversations on Korean photography taking place in their Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre.
This symposium will highlight Korea’s vibrant photographic scenes looking back at its histories from the colonial period to the present day. You will hear from curators, publishers and contemporary artists and explore Korean photographs and postcards from the V&A’s permanent collection. There will also be a guided tour of the Photography Centre.
Please note that the lunchtime object viewing sessions and guided tours of the Photography Centre have limited availability. Attendees can sign up on the morning of the event.
This event was organised in collaboration with the University of Arizona, and supported by the Korea Arts Management Service, with additional support from the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Tourism – Republic of Korea.
Image Credit: Nodeulseom (1958-63, Seoul), Han Youngsoo, © Han Youngsoo Foundation
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Jorge Welsh Works of Art / Talk – Noble Blue: The Enduring Appeal of Blue Ground Chinese Porcelain
Talk about a unique and aesthetically stunning type of Chinese porcelain produced in Jingdezhen, ranging from the 17th to the 19th century.
Jacqueline Simcox talk: An introduction to the exhibition
Exhibition ‘Chinese Textiles‘ : A selection of rare Chinese silk tapestries, brocades and embroideries, from 13th–19th centuries and a small group of decorative panels.
Jacqueline Simcox talk: An introduction to the exhibition
Exhibition ‘Chinese Textiles‘: A selection of rare Chinese silk tapestries, brocades and embroideries, from 13th–19th centuries and a small group of decorative panels.
W. SHANSHAN 珊然軒 Talk: Beauty and Power of Tang
W. SHANSHAN 珊然軒 Talk: Beauty and Power of Tang; light refreshment provided; RSVP: gallery@artwshanshan.com or stern@pissarro.com
W. SHANSHAN 珊然軒 Talk: Beauty and Power of Tang
W. SHANSHAN 珊然軒 Talk: Beauty and Power of Tang; light refreshment provided; RSVP: gallery@artwshanshan.com or stern@pissarro.com
W. SHANSHAN 珊然軒 Talk: Beauty and Power of Tang
W. SHANSHAN 珊然軒 Talk: Beauty and Power of Tang; light refreshment provided; RSVP: gallery@artwshanshan.com or stern@pissarro.com
W. SHANSHAN 珊然軒 Talk: Beauty and Power of Tang
W. SHANSHAN 珊然軒 Talk: Beauty and Power of Tang; light refreshment provided; RSVP: gallery@artwshanshan.com or stern@pissarro.com
W. SHANSHAN 珊然軒 Talk: Beauty and Power of Tang
W. SHANSHAN 珊然軒 Talk: Beauty and Power of Tang; light refreshment provided; RSVP: gallery@artwshanshan.com or stern@pissarro.com
Marchant talk: Kangxi Biscuit & Pottery, Exhibition Talk
Marchant is holding an exhibition titled Kangxi Biscuit & Pottery: A French Private Collection. This entire group was collected between 1924- 1941, most pieces even state where and when they were purchased, online catalogue will be available.
Alisan Fine Arts Talk: Media and Materiality in Contemporary Chinese Art
Talk by Dr Malcolm McNeill, Director of the SOAS Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art and Senior Lecturer in Arts Education, SOAS University of London
SOAS lecture: Beijing in the 18th Century
Jacqueline Simcox will bring us a lecture for the SOAS short course: Beijing in the 18th Century!
Beijing in the Eighteenth century was the capital of the multi-ethnic Qing empire at the zenith of its power.
It was from Beijing, and the Forbidden City – the largest palace complex in the world – that three extraordinary Manchu emperors: Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong ruled over the fourth largest empire in world history with a population of 400 million people, creating the foundation and borders of modern China today. The capital, with its palaces and temples, was a major centre of trade with factories producing the finest porcelain, silk, lacquer, jade and many other art objects for its consumption.
Eighteenth century Beijing was also the home of Beijing opera and Cao Xueqin, writer of ‘Dream of the Red Mansions’, one of the greatest works of Chinese literature of all time. Foreign embassies vied to open trade and sent gifts of elaborate automaton clocks, and the emperor built himself European style palaces under the supervision of foreign Jesuits who introduced oil painting and chiaroscuro.
This online specialist art short course, offered in association with Asian Art in London, will explore the cultural contributions of this important period of Chinese history and how the dreams of China as the most powerful and culturally sophisticated empire on earth, still lingers on to this day.
Convened by Dr Edward Luper, Specialist for Chinese Works of Art at Bonhams New Bond Street in London, the course features additional contributions from specialists at SOAS University of London, the Hong Kong Palace Museum, Fo Guang University (Taiwan), University of California (Los Angeles) and more.
Book Launch – Four Centuries of Blue & White: The Frelinghuysen Collection of Chinese and Japanese Export Porcelain, Becky MacGuire
Four Centuries of Blue & White: The Frelinghuysen Collection of Chinese and Japanese Export Porcelain
With lecture by author Becky MacGuire, followed by a panel discussion with Dr Valentina Bruccoleri and Dr Yupin Chung
Lecture and panel discussion
16.00-17.00
Tea and book-signing
17.00-17.30
RSVP email: rsvp@christies.com
Christie’s, An Eye Enchanted: Indian Paintings from the Collection of Toby Falk
This October, Christie’s is honoured to present An Eye Enchanted: Indian Paintings from the Collection of Toby Falk. The sale includes over 150 paintings from different schools of painting across the Indian subcontinent, from Mughal to Pahari, Deccani, Company School and some of the lesser known Rajasthani centres. Paintings date from the 15th century right up to the beginning of the 20th and values range from £500 to 300,000. Whatever the value, from the lowest in the sale to the highest, one can feel Toby’s discerning and expert eye – you can understand why he acquired each and every one. There are masterpieces for the more established collectors but also pieces that are more accessible to those starting out in the field.
Toby Falk was one of the foremost academics in the field of Indian painting. He died too soon in the 1990s after a brief battle with cancer, but before then was responsible for some of the most important academic texts on Indian and Islamic art. He famously catalogued the collection of the India Office Library and produced Indian Miniatures in the India Office Library in 1981. Amongst other publications were India Revealed (1989) based on the collections of two Scots, James and William Fraser, who went to India at the beginning of the 19th century and were extensive patrons of Company School works, and the catalogues of Persian and Mughal miniatures and drawings exhibited by Colnaghi’s for the Festival of Islam in 1976. All are still go-to reference books for budding scholars and existing academics in the field.
Christie’s Arts of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including Rugs and Carpets
Christie’s autumn sale of Islamic and Indian art taking place on the 26 October will offer a curated selection of carpets, ceramics, manuscripts, textiles, works on paper, and metalwork from the Islamic world. With objects ranging in date from the mid-7th century to the 20th century and representing a geographical area stretching from Spain through to Central Asia, the auction will highlight the global reach and the longevity of Islamic culture. Covering a diversity of artistic traditions, the sale will demonstrate why the high standards of craftsmanship shared across the region continue to be prized by collectors today. The auction will be followed on the 27 October by the sale of the Toby Falk Collection of Indian paintings, accumulated over his three-decade career of study and scholarship.
Late night opening: East Asian Art in Mayfair
3812 Gallery | Bonhams | Eskenazi Ltd | Sotheby’s
Participating Galleries and Auction Houses are delighted to invite you to the Late Night Opening.
At the time of writing, the following Participants will open late, but please check the Asian Art in London website for the latest information and please note that opening times will vary. www.asianartinlondon.com