LONDON.- There was barely standing room and a tangible buzz at Bonhams Fine Chinese Art Sale in London today (12.5.11), which saw many items rocket way beyond their pre-sale estimates. The sale ended with a sold total of £16.9m with 95% sold by value….
Robust Sales, Attendance at Japanese Art Exhibitions During Asia Week New York 2011
NEW YORK, NY.- In a week that saw record prices in nearly every field of Asian art, sales of Japanese art were robust and attendance at the numerous gallery exhibitions held by local and out-of-state and foreign dealers was up significantly over Asia W…
Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Rare Korean Joseon Period Screen for Its Collection
CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Art has acquired a rare screen that demonstrates European and Chinese influences on Korean art from the Joseon period. Consisting of ten-panels depicting the personal objects of a Confucian scholar, the screen us…
Japan Society Reframes the Prevailing Perspective on Contemporary Japanese Art
NEW YORK, NY.- A shimmering taxidermy deer and a gasp-inducing canvas depicting a tumulus of minuscule salary men are among the compelling works that greet visitors to Japan Society Gallery from Friday, March 18 to June 12, 2011. The occasion is Bye By…
Japanese Screens and Korean Ceramics Highlight Christie’s Asian Art Week
NEW YORK, NY.- On March 23, Christie’s will present Japanese and Korean Art, which will include over 300 traditional and modern works of art. The Japanese section of the sale will feature a noteworthy group of classical screens of beauty, and the …
Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin at the New Orleans Museum of Art
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Until April 17, 2011, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) presents a new exhibition of paintings and calligraphy by the most significant Japanese Zen master of the past 500 years, Hakuin Ekaku. Organized by NOMA, The Sound of One Han…
Newly Discovered Paintings by Hokusai and Important Porcelains in Asia Week Exhibition
NEW YORK, NY.- Two newly discovered paintings by Katsushika Hokusai, creator of The Great Wave off Kanagawa, and dozens of other rare and exceptional works of art will be exhibited in JADA 2011: An Exhibition by the Japanese Art Dealers Association. T…
Newly Discovered by Hokusai, Early Buddhist Sculpture, and Important Porcelains in Asia Week Exhibition
NEW YORK, NY.- Two newly discovered paintings by Katsushika Hokusai, creator of The Great Wave off Kanagawa, and dozens of other rare and exceptional works of art will be exhibited in JADA 2011: An Exhibition by the Japanese Art Dealers Association. T…
Newly Discovered and Iconic Works by Hokusai, Early Buddhist Sculpture, and Important Porcelains in Asia Week Exhibition
NEW YORK, NY.- Two newly discovered paintings by Katsushika Hokusai, creator of The Great Wave off Kanagawa, and dozens of other rare and exceptional works of art will be exhibited in JADA 2011: An Exhibition by the Japanese Art Dealers Association. T…
Sydney L. Moss Ltd to Bring Japanese Art to New York in March
NEW YORK, NY.- The venerable London dealer in Asian art, Sydney L. Moss Ltd, will stage an exhibition devoted to Japanese art at the Alexandre Gallery on the 13th floor of the Fuller Building in New York, from Wednesday 16 to Monday 28 March 2011 as pa…