First Row (L-R): Courtesy Carole Davenport; Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd.; HK Art & Antiques LLC; Second Row (L-R): Onishi Gallery; Fu Qiumeng Fine Art; Shibunkaku; Third Row (L-R): Loewentheil Photography of China Collection; Seizan Galllery; Last Row (L-R): Alisan Fine Arts; Joan B Mirviss LTD; Ippodo Gallery
Although our nine-day celebration of exhibitions, events, and auctions for Asia Week New York has come to an end, many captivating exhibitions are still open for viewing! Take this opportunity to explore these remarkable galleries, where ongoing exhibitions showcase extraordinary collections of Asian art. Check their gallery websites for specific dates and hours.
Alisan Fine Arts
Reconstructed Realities: Gu Gan, Lee Chun-yi, Wucius Wong
Closing April 26, 2025
Featuring the work of true pioneers of ink art, these three artists took radical approaches to traditional styles of calligraphy, composition and methodology in their work. Their practices have been instrumental in bringing the ink tradition into the global contemporary art conversation.
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Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd.
Japanese Ceramics, Aesthetics, and Practice
Closing March 28, 2025
A curated selection of significant ceramic, textile, and painted works by the pioneers of the Mingei Movement in 20th century Japan, this exhibition examines the tension between Mingei’s ideals and its legacy, inviting viewers to closely examine how the ceramic objects of the Mingei Movement embody its philosophy and why their forms remain profoundly beautiful today.
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Carole Davenport
What’s in a Title: Japanese Works of Art from Ancient to Modern
Closing March 30, 2025
An all encompassing show in various media highlighting objects from Japanese art history from the Tumulus period, 3rd to 6th centuries, through contemporary works by Hiroyuki Asano, stone sculptor from Tokyo, and Ted Kurahara, color painter born in Seattle, Washington. Along the way there are wooden sculptures from the Heian period, 9th to 12th centuries and a Hotei of charming and welcoming gesture from the middle Edo period. A few scrolls of calligraphic nature by artist Nobuhiro of Konoe fame and Otagaki Rengetsu, the nun, poet and calligrapher from the late Edo period. Be prepared to be challenged by the variety and to appreciate Japanese style and design throughout the centuries. The Noh masks alone are confrontational.
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Fu Qiumeng Fine Art
Fluid Strength: The Art of Ink
Closing May 3, 2025
This exhibition explores the profound philosophical connotations of water-based ink as a medium, rooted in the Daoist concept of softness, yielding, and resilience. In East Asian art history, water and ink symbolize Yin energy—gentle yet powerful, nourishing and sustaining all life. This principle is vividly expressed in Daoist thought: “Water flows without contention, achieving great deeds by simply being natural.”
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HK Art & Antiques LLC
Elegance and Simplicity: Bohnchang Koo and Geejo Lee
Closing April 8, 2025
This remarkable exhibition showcases the acclaimed works of two masters in their fields: Bohnchang Koo, a renowned photographer, and Geejo Lee, a distinguished contemporary ceramic artist. Offering a rare opportunity to witness the intersection of their artistic practices, the exhibition presents Koo’s meditative photographs of Joseon ceramic vessels in harmony with Lee’s elegantly crafted ceramics. Together, their works celebrate the timeless beauty of craftsmanship, tradition, and the passage of time.
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Ippodo Gallery
Light and Abundance: Gold in Japanese Art
Closing April 17, 2025
This inaugural exhibition in their new flagship location in New York’s historic TriBeCa district celebrates the immutable beauty of gold featuring a group of fourteen master artists’ latest pieces in lacquer, metal, Nihonga painting, and ceramics.
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Loewentheil Photography of China Collection
Sun and Silver: Early Photographs of China by Lai Fong and John Thomson
Closing May 16, 2025
Bringing together masterpieces by two giants of 19th-century photography of China, this show reveals the intricate and fascinating relationship between the works of the most famous early Chinese photographer and those of his leading foreign contemporary.
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Joan B Mirviss LTD
BEYOND THE SURFACE: The Unity of Form and Pattern in the Work of Wada Morihiro (1944-2008)
Closing April 2025
This exhibition, fifteen years in the making, is the first comprehensive retrospective for this seminal clay master. It showcases seventy works, most acquired directly from the estate of the artist, representing nearly all of his diverse patterns on his ever-changing forms.
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Onishi Gallery
KOGEI and Art
Closing April 11, 2025
Showcasing contemporary works that celebrate Japanese traditional craftsmanship and innovation at their newly established Upper East Side location, this exhibit features artworks that vary in mediums and categories of KOGEI, including metalwork, lacquerware, ceramic, screen and painting.
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Seizan Gallery
Takashi Seto: Moments of Arrival
Closing May 3, 2025
Unveiling fifteen recent works on canvas, the exhibition highlights Takashi Seto’s mastery of Yuzen fabric dyeing and Shippaku metal leaf techniques — the traditional craft methods he revives and reinterprets. Through this intricate process, Seto explores cultural heritage, symbolism, and the passage of time, transforming ephemeral materials into meditative, multi-layered works.
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Shibunkaku
Masterpieces of Japanese Art: A Timeless Dialogue
Closing April 2025
This exhibition sheds light on the artistic evolution of Japan, highlighting the profound connections between calligraphy, painting, and avant-garde experimentation. From the bold abstraction of the postwar era to the meditative brushwork of Zen calligraphy, visitors will encounter the enduring power and innovation within Japanese artistic traditions.
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