New York Asia Week
| When | 18 Mar 2011 - 26 Mar 2011 |
5 – 6pm Lecture: China Institute
Restoring Qianlong Emperor’s Juanqinzhai
(Studio of Exhaustion from Diligent Service)
With Dr. Nancy Berliner and Henry Ng.
11 – 6pm Special Sale Event: AsiaStore, Asia Society
Scholars’ Rocks from the Collection of Kemin Hu
Daily, through Sun 27 (Fri 25 March until 9pm)
1 – 4pm Personal appearances by Kemin Hu, Asia Society
Daily, through Sun 20 March
AsiaStore presents a newly acquired collection from Kemin Hu.
Experience the power of scholars’ rocks or “spirit stones” – cherished by
the Chinese for generations. Autographed copies of Hu’s books are available
for purchase.
11 – 6pm Asian Art Collectors Book Review: AsiaStore, Asia Society
Daily, through Sun 27 March (Fri until 9pm)
AsiaStore presents a vetted selection of the most recent and must-read titles for Asian Art Collectors. Get critical insight into the world of Asian collectibles and find books on ceramics, sculpture, textiles, painting, furniture, jewelry and more.
1pm Taste of RMA Tour: Rubin Museum of Art
Weekends at 1pm and 3pm, weekdays at 3pm.
10 – 6pm OPEN HOUSE
Asia Week participating dealers and auction houses
See listings and maps for various locations in Mid-town and the Upper East Side.
12:30pm Lecture: Japan Society
Exhibition lecture, Bye Bye Kitty!!! Between Heaven and Hell in
Contemporary Japanese Art
With curator David Elliott.
1pm Taste of RMA Tour: Rubin Museum of Art
Weekends at 1pm and 3pm, weekdays at 3pm.
2pm Curator’s Talk: Museum of Chinese in America
Antique Chinese Puzzles: Games for the Hands and Mind
With Wei Zhang and Peter Rasmussen.
2:30pm Guided tour: Museum of Chinese in America
With a Single Step: Stories in the Making of America
Meet in museum lobby. Also taking place on Sun 20 March, Sat 26 March,
Sun 27 March, 2:30 – 3:30pm.
4–6pm Lecture China Institute
Rank Badges of the Yongzheng Emperor’s Reign
With Dr. David Hugus
5:30pm Lecture: Sotheby’s
Power and Sensuality: The Best of Khmer Art
With Emma C. Bunker.
10 – 6pm OPEN HOUSE
Asia Week participating dealers and auction houses
See listings and maps for various locations in Mid-town and the Upper East Side.
10:30am Panel Discussion: Sotheby’s
Stuart Cary Welch, Scholar, Curator, Collector: His Life and Legacy
11am Lecture: Japanese Art Society of America (JASA)
Who Knew? Mexican Responses to Japanese Art 16th to 19th Centuries
With curator Caron Smith.
Annual Meeting of the Japanese Art Society of America precedes the lecture.
Location: Marymount School, 1026 Fifth Avenue, at the corner of 84th Street
2:30pm Guided tour: Museum of Chinese in America
Chinese Puzzles: Games for the Hands and Mind
With curators Wei Zhang and Peter Rasmussen.
Meet in Bloomberg Special Exhibition Gallery. Also taking place at 4pm
today, Mon 21 March at 2pm, and Thurs 24 March at 2 & 4pm.
3pm Lecture: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sunday at the Met – Rugs and Ritual in Tibetan Buddhism
Introduction to the exhibition Rugs and Ritual in Tibetan Buddhism
With curator John Guy.
Followed by Annual Lecture on South and Southeast Asian Art
3:15pm Lecture: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ritual in Contemplation: Text and Tools in Tantric Buddhism
With Robert A. F. Thurman.
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
3:00 – 4:30pm Concert: Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art
Afternoon of music with the Open Music Ensemble
4:30pm Lecture: Christie’s
The Sun and the Star: Rabindranath Tagore and Stella Kramrisch
A conversation between Dr. Pratapaditya Pal and Dr. Darielle mason celebrating the book launch of Something Old, Something New: Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary volume edited by Pratapaditya Pal, published by Marg.
4:30pm Lecture: Sotheby’s
Song Ceramics: Inspiration for Qing Imperial Porcelain
With Regina Krahl
5pm Lecture: Christie’s
Elegance and Innovation: Chinese Monochrome Ceramics
A lecture by Rosemary Scott, International Academic Director, Chinese Art
10am Exhibitions continue: Asia Week participating dealers
10am Auction: Doyle New York
Asian Works of Art
10 – 5pm Exhibition preview: iGavel Auctions Gallery
Asian, Ancient and Ethnographic Works of Art
Through 25 March
2pm Gallery Talk – Tibet House
“New Evidence of Greek Influence on the Evolution of the Buddha Image”
by Nik Douglas and Robert Thurman
6 – 11pm Gala Benefit and Dinner: Asia Society
Celebration of Asia Week
Gala Reception ( 6 – 8pm)
Dinner & Dance ( 8 – 11pm),
at 583 Park Avenue.
Tickets: AsiaSociety.org/asiaweekbenefit
Info: call (212) 327 9335 or email asiaweekbenefit@AsiaSociety.org
10am Exhibitions continue: Asia Week participating dealers
10am Auction: Bonhams
The Linda Riddell Hoffman Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles
10am Auction: Christie’s
Property from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection
10am Auction: Sotheby’s
Informing the Eye of the Collector: Chinese Ceramics and
Works of Art from J. T. Tai & Co.
2pm Auction: Bonhams
Fine Japanese Art
2pm Auction: Christie’s
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
2pm Auction: Sotheby’s
Informing the Eye of the Collector: Chinese Ceramics and
Works of Art from J. T. Tai & Co.
6pm The Khoj Book Launch and Panel Discussion: Sotheby’s
The Evolving Contemporary Art Framework in South Asia
6:30 – 8pm Director’s Talk and US Premiere: China Institute
The Giant Buddha at Leshan
With Steve Talley and Dr. Hsin-Mei Agnes Hsu.
6:30 Gallery talk: Korea Society
Mapping Identity: Antiquarian Korean Maps of the MacLean Collection
With curator Richard Pegg.
10am Exhibitions continue: Asia Week participating dealers
10am Auction: Christie’s
Modern & Contemporary Indian Art
10am Auction: Sotheby’s
Harmony of Form, Serenity of Color: A Private European
Collection of ‘Song’ Ceramics
11:30 Auction: Sotheby’s
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
2pm Auction: Christie’s
Japanese and Korean Works of Art
2pm Auction: Sotheby’s
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
2pm Gallery talk: Brooklyn Museum
Hindu Sculpture (with museum guide).
6-7pm Lecture: hosted by Hiroshi Yanagi at Arader Galleries
1016 Madison Avenue at 78th Street
Pure Land of Beauty: The Art of Otagaki Rengetsu
With John Stevens, author of Lotus Moon, a translation of Rengetsu’s poetry, and a principal contributor to Black Robe, White Mist: Art of the Japanese Buddhist Nun Rengetsu (National Gallery of Australia exhibition catalog, 2008).
10am Exhibitions continue: Asia Week participating dealers
10am Auction: Christie’s
Magnificent Qing Monochrome Porcelains and Earlier Works of
Art from the Gordon Collection
10am Auction: Sotheby’s
Indian & Southeast Asian Works of Art
11am Fair: New York Arts of Pacific Asia Show
7 West 34th Street at Fifth Avenue
Thurs – Sat 11 – 7:30pm Sun 11 – 5pm
Through March 27
2pm Auction: Christie’s
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including Property from
the Arthur M. Sackler Collections
2pm Gallery talk: Brooklyn Museum
Highlights from the Museum’s Asian Art Collections
With curator Joan Cummins.
2pm Gallery talk: Noguchi Museum
On Becoming an Artist: Isamu Noguchi and His Contemporaries, 1922 – 1960
6 – 8pm Conversation and exhibition-viewing reception: Bard Graduate Center
The Refined Eye: Important Collections and Connoisseurship of Chinese Metalwork
Moderated by François Louis, with curator Béatrice Quette, Philip Hu,
Roger Keverne.
6:30pm Gallery talk: Korea Society
Threading Life: A Lecture with Korean Quilt Master Kim Haeja
With Korean quilt master Kim Haeja.
7pm Gallery talk: Brooklyn Museum
Seeing Stories in Indian Stone
With museum guide.
7 – 8pm Public Program: Museum of Chinese in America
Hands-On Chinese Puzzles
With curators Wei Zhang and Peter Rasmussen.
10am Exhibitions continue: Asia Week participating dealers
10am Auction: Christie’s
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including Property from the
Arthur M. Sackler Collections
10am Auction: Sotheby’s
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
2pm Auction: Christie’s
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including Property from the
Arthur M. Sackler Collections
2pm Gallery talk: Brooklyn Museum
Seeing Buddha and Shiva
With museum guide.
2pm Gallery talk: Noguchi Museum
On Becoming an Artist: Isamu Noguchi and His Contemporaries, 1922 – 1960
10am Exhibitions continue: Asia Week participating dealers
1pm Gallery talk: Brooklyn Museum
4000 Years of Japanese Pottery
With museum guide.
2 – 3pm Artist talk: Museum of Chinese in America
The Travelers project
With artist Lee Mingwei.
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