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British Library Curators’ Lunchtime Lecture: A Silk Road Oasis
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 – 400 Year Tradition of Takaoka Lacquerware in Toyama
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).
Lunchtime Lecture: Fashion and the Floating World
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’, […]
The Future of Wajima Nuri: Survival and Recovery
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 […]
Dore & Rees Talk: Susan Rumfitt: Passionate Collector – How the Asian Buyer is influencing the global Jewellery market at auction
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 […]
Sotheby’s talk: Sir John Woolf – The Man and His Collection
A conversation between Jonathan Woolf and Henry Howard-Sneyd
FULLY BOOKED Dore & Rees talk: Katharine Butler and Tuo Zhang:Can AI Understand Art? Recent research using VLMs (Visual language models) on Chinese Porcelain.
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 […]
Christie’s talk: The Palmer Collection of Chinese Art
Lecturer: Rosemary Scott, Independent scholar
Slaats Fine Art talk: ‘The Beauty of Chinese Lacquer through the Ages’
Runjeet Singh Limited talk: ‘Collecting Asian Arms and Armour’
Jacqueline Simcox Ltd talk: ‘Symbolism on Chinese textiles’
Paul Ruitenbeek Chinese Art talk: ‘Objects of the Tang and Song: Exhibition Tour’
Rolleston talk: ‘An Introduction to Chinese Export Porcelain, Enamel and Reverse- Painted Mirrors’
Rolleston talk: ‘An Introduction to Chinese Export Porcelain, Enamel and Reverse- Painted Mirrors’
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
Raquelle Azran Vietnamese Fine Art talk: From École des Beaux-Arts del’Indochine to Vietnam Fine ArtsUniversity in Hanoi
ArtChina talk: Lotus meditation: Neo-Expressionist Art by Qi Yang
Lotus Meditation: Neo- Expressionist Art by Qi Yang 29th Oct – 4th Nov Daily @14.00RSVP: aimin@artchinauk.co.uk
Oriental Rug and Textile Society Talk: William Robinson of Christie’s: ‘Woven memories: 40 years in the carpet market.’
Wednesday, October 16th, 2024William 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.comIn 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 was then a huge […]
BONHAMS EXHIBITION AND TALK: The Marsh Collection – Art for the Literati (III)
Ahead of the much-anticipated sale of The Marsh Collection: Art for the Literati (III), all 22 rare pieces of porcelain and works of art will be exhibited at Bonhams New Bond Street, London, from 19 to 23 August 2024. A short talk given by Dr. Edward Luper on 19 August at 16:30 will delve into […]
