Courtesy Alisan Fine Arts New York

Chinyee: Enraptured By Color
September 5 – October 26, 2024
Opening Reception: Thursday, Sept 5, 2024, 6-8pm
Curator Conversation: Saturday, Sept 7, 2024 , 2-4pm (kindly RSVP to [email protected])
120 East 65th Street

Join Alisan Fine Arts this week as they present their fifth solo exhibition by the late Chinese American artist Chinyee (b. 1929 Nanjing, China). This will be the first solo exhibition of her work since she passed away last June. Chinyee’s work, often been described as “Lyrical Abstraction,” is permeated with influences from both East and West. Her loose, unformulated brushstrokes reflect both Asian brush techniques and years of careful study of modern abstraction. The symphonic, colorful, and optimistic aura of her works is edged with dynamism.

Anchoring the exhibition will be a selection of works from the 1960s, two of which were recently part of the critically acclaimed exhibition Action / Gesture / Paint: a global story of women and abstraction 1940-70, exhibited at Whitechapel Gallery in the UK, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh in Arles, France, and Kunsthalle Bielefeld in Germany. Showing alongside paintings by Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankenthaler and Elaine deKooning, Chinyee’s A Touch of Red and Solitude No. 2 were part of a long overdue survey of female abstract painters, most of whom were overlooked in the decades that were dominated by the New York school artists. The exhibition also includes a selection of Chinyee’s works from the 1980s through 2018, both on canvas and on paper, many of them being exhibited for the first time.

“Painting to me is a process of discovering, shaping and reshaping my inner being. I work spontaneously – starting with a line or a dot, similar to Chinese calligraphy… then I let the drama begin to develop among the colours and lines under my subconscious control. I seek in my work rhythm, harmony among conflicts, lines with energy, and even surprise. I chose to do abstract painting… the language utters energetic rhythm, subconscious cries, and subtle poems.” ~ Chinyee, 2018

Enraptured By Color coincides with the exhibition Asian American Abstraction: Historic to Contemporary at Hollis Taggart, which includes 3 paintings by Chinyee and is curated by Jeffery Wechsler, previously the Senior Curator of the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum.

In addition to their opening reception, Alisan Fine Arts will be hosting a curator conversation with Jeffrey Weshler and Chinyee’s son, Andy Sung on Saturday, September 7th to discuss the artist’s life and career. RSVP is requested through [email protected].

To learn more, click here.

Photos Courtesy Lie Sangbong; Courtesy The Korea Society

Korean Couture: Generations of Revolution
A Curator’s Perspective
Thursday, September 5, 2024 at 6:30pm EDT
350 Madison Avenue, 24th Fl, NYC

The Korea Society is pleased to host a conversation on Korean Couture: Generations of Revolution, the current exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art about the history and transformative legacy of Korean fashion. This compelling show presents garments ranging from excavated 17th-century aristocratic garments to contemporary Korean couture by leading and emerging designers, including André Kim (1935–2010); Lie Sang Bong (b. 1954); Lee Chung Chung (b. 1978), for LIE; Lee Jean Youn (b. 1978); and Shin Kyu Yong (b. 1988) and Park Ji Sun (b. 1988), for Blindness.

Through juxtaposing historical and contemporary ensembles, Korean Couture: Generations of Revolution recounts the definition of “couture” from an inclusive perspective, amplifying how tradition has empowered contemporary Korean fashion designers to invent a new artistic language.

Join them for a fascinating talk with Darnell-Jamal Lisby, who co-curated the exhibition with Sooa Im McCormick.

To learn more and sign up in-person or virtually, click here.

Installation view, Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co., Photo by Eileen Travel, Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Met Expert Talks—Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.
Thursday, September 5 at 3 pm
Monika Bincsik, Diane and Arthur Abbey Curator for Japanese Decorative Arts, Department of Asian Art, The Met and John Byck, Marica F. and Jan T. Vilcek Associate Curator, Department of Arms and Armor, The Met
Gallery 199

Join The Met’s curators from the Asian Art and Arts and Armor Departments for a deep dive into a selection of works from their current exhibit, Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co. Hear new insights and untold stories from these Met insiders and take a closer look at the objects on display. You’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions.

Free with Museum admission, though advance registration is recommended.

Another talk with curators from the Islamic Department will be held on October 1, 2024.

To learn more and register, click here.

Asia Week New York is pleased to announce that the Autumn 2024 Edition will run from September 12–20 with an eye-catching array of online and in-person gallery exhibitions from twelve international Asian art galleries and sales at seven auction houses: Bonhams, Christie’s, Doyle, Freeman’s|Hindman, Heritage, iGavel, and Sotheby’s.

To mark the opening of Asia Week New York, a special webinar titled Four Centuries of Blue & White, with the noted decorative arts expert Becky MacGuire, author of Four Centuries of Blue & White: The Frelinghuysen Collection of Chinese & Japanese Export Porcelain will be held on September 11th at 5:00 p.m. EST. Stay tuned for further details.

Eleven of the galleries are simultaneously opening their doors to the public in New York, while two will present their exhibitions online.

Organized by category, here is a round-up of highlights at the galleries. For more information, please click on the link associated with each gallery’s name and to help plan out your days, click here for our handy map.

Ancient and/or Contemporary Chinese Art

Chinyee 青意 (1929- 2023), Untitled, 1987, oil on canvas; Courtesy Alisan Fine Arts

Alisan Fine Arts
Chinyee: Enraptured By Color
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 5, 2024, 6-8pm
September 5–October 26, 2024
120 East 65th Street

Alisan Fine Arts presents Chinyee: Enraptured By Color, the fifth solo exhibition by the late Chinese American artist Chinyee (b. 1929 Nanjing, China) and the first solo exhibition of her work since she passed away last June. Chinyee’s work, often described as “Lyrical Abstraction”, is permeated with influences from both East and West with her loose, unformulated brushstrokes reflecting both Asian brush techniques and years of careful study of modern abstraction.

Bian Shoumin, Geese Returning to a Shallow Shore; Courtesy Fu Qiumeng Fine Art

Fu Qiumeng Fine Art
Transcultural Dialogues: The Journey of East Asian Art to the West
July 11–October 19, 2024
65 East 80th Street

On view at Fu Qiumeng Fine Art, Transcultural Dialogues: The Journey of East Asian Art to the West is a group exhibition that examines the artistic evolution of East Asian traditions as they entered the Western art world and emphasizes the exchange and interaction of visual languages and conceptual frameworks, particularly between traditional ink art and modern American art. Concurrently, a complementary exhibition, Asian-American Abstraction: Historic to Contemporary, will be presented at Hollis Taggart in Chelsea.

A Kosometsuke Dish with Rabbit Decor 青花(古染付)兔紋瓷盤, d: 8 1/4 in., h: 1 1/2 in., late Ming dynasty, 17th century Courtesy Kaikodo LLC

Kaikodo LLC
Autumn’s Accessories
Online only starting September 10, 2024

Kaikodo’s fall exhibition, Autumn’s Accessories, focuses on a selection of Chinese ceramics along with Chinese and Japanese paintings. Included among the former is a late Ming-dynasty underglaze-blue decorated dish created by Chinese potters for Japanese clients who would have greatly appreciated the novel “half” zone composition.

(Right) Dingyao Lobed Ewer with Applied Palmette Medallion Handle, early Northern Song Dynasty, 11th c. AD, China, height: 15.5 cm; (Left) Small Huozhou Ware Petaled Plate, Jin Dynasty, 1127-1279 AD, China, diameter: 11.5 cm; Courtesy Zetterquist Galleries

Zetterquist Galleries
White Wares from China and Vietnam
September 13–20, 2024
3 East 66th Street, by appointment

Taking center stage at Zetterquist Galleries is an exhibition of Chinese and Vietnamese white wares, featuring pieces from the renowned collection of Carl Kempe, one of the foremost collectors of early Chinese monochrome ceramics and porcelains. Highlights include two notable Northern Chinese white wares: an Early Northern Song Dynasty (11th c.) Dingyao Lobed Ewer with an Applied Palmette Medallion Handle, and a small Jin Dynasty (1127-1279 AD) Huozhou Ware Petaled Plate. The exhibition also showcases a range of Chinese ceramics from the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, with pieces from Ding, Xing, Houzhou, Cizhou, and Southern Chinese kilns, alongside Vietnamese works dating from the 11th to 16th centuries.

Ancient and/or Contemporary Japanese Art

Nagae Koshi , Oribe tea caddy, stoneware, with signed wood box, h:9.5 × d:5.7cm; Courtesy Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd.

Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd.
The Craft of Tea: The Art of Contemporary Japanese Tea Ceramics
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 12, 4:30-6:30pm with Tea Service
September 12–20, 2024
18 East 64th Street, by appointment

Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd. features The Craft of Tea, an exhibition dedicated to modern and contemporary ceramics by master artists from Japan. These artists honor tradition and utility while showcasing their craft with contemporary expressions. They welcome
you to explore the ways in which the fine craftsmanship of modern Japanese ceramics can create new, contemporary ways of living with art.

Utagawa Hiroshige, Kinryusan Temple at Asakusa From One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Meisho Edo Hyakkei, 1856; Courtesy Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints

Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints
Hiroshige’s One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Selected Works
Online only starting September 12, 2024

Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints which will feature select works from Utagawa Hiroshige’s groundbreaking series 100 Famous Views of Edo, the artist’s final masterwork, redefining the landscape genre in 19th c. Japanese woodblock printmaking. The exhibit includes masterpieces that greatly influenced Western art and artists.

Sekisoh, 2020, ceramic, h:15.74 x w:30.7 x d:8.66 in.; Courtesy Ippodo Gallery

Ippodo Gallery
Expanding Earth: New Works by Yukiya Izumita
Opening Reception with Artist: Thursday, September 12, 6-8pm (RSVP required)
September 12–October 3, 2024
32 East 67th Street

Ippodo Gallery presents Expanding Earth: New Works by Yukiya Izumita, the leading ceramicist’s return to New York for his fifth solo exhibition in the United States. Over 40 of Izumita’s latest laminatelayered sculptures, flat-folded vases, and tea bowls are on view. Izumita’s unseen sceneries of earthen formations demonstrate his capacity to push the physical constraints of hand-built ceramic and miraculously defy the laws of gravity withstanding the intensity of the anagama tunnel-kiln fire.

Fukumoto Fuku (b.1973), Sun and Moon, 2024, glazed porcelain sculptures with either gold or platinum leaf and dust; Sun (gold): 10 3/8 x 15 5/8 x 11 3/4 in.; Moon (platinum): 12 5/8 x 15 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.; Photography by Okawara Hikari; Courtesy Joan B Mirviss LTD

Joan B Mirviss LTD 
Quiet Elegance: The Ceramics of Fukumoto Fuku
September 13–October 25, 2024
39 East 78th Street, 4th floor

Quiet Elegance: The Ceramics of Fukumoto Fuku, at Joan B Mirviss LTD, will feature over two dozen of the ceramist’s captivating sculptures and teabowls. Celebrated for her remarkably thin, gracefully shaped, porcelain sculptures, the radiant, unglazed surfaces punctuated by glistening glazes in tones of blue ranging from the deepest cobalt or teal to powder blue or soft gray is often complemented by the addition of gold or platinum leaf.

Mae Fumio (b. 1940), Living National Treasure, Kunpu (Summer Breeze), 2023, Box with Design in Chinkin, wood, gold powder, and urushi lacquer, h: 4 3/4 x w: 10 5/8 x d: 6 1/4 in.; Courtesy Onishi Gallery

Onishi Gallery
The Spirit of Noto: Urushi Artists of Wajima and Waves of Resilience
Preview: Mid-September, 2024 (dates forthcoming)
October 3–25, 2024
16 East 79th Street

In partnership with KOGEI USA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting Japanese art abroad, Onishi Gallery presents two concurrent exhibitions: The Spirit of Noto: Urushi Artists of Wajima and Waves of Resilience. In collaboration
with the Wajima Lacquer in New York Executive Committee, 10% of sales will support earthquake recovery efforts in the Noto Peninsula, a historic hub of fine lacquer craftsmanship. The Spirit of Noto showcases works by three Living National Treasures and twelve exceptional local artists, all utilizing urushi, the sap of the Japanese lacquer tree, while Waves of Resilience features luxury tableware designed, curated, and directed by New York-based interior designer Melissa Bowers, in partnership with Senshudo, a renowned Wajima lacquerware company. This exhibition celebrates Noto’s coastal beauty and the enduring strength of its people.

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series: Tennoji Temple in Osaka, 1927, woodblock print, 15 1/4 by 10 1/4 in.; Courtesy Scholten Japanese Art

Scholten Japanese Art
TREASURED VIEWS: The Stipanich Collection of Kawase Hasui Woodblock Prints
September 12–20, 2024
145 West 58th Street, Suite 6D, appointments appreciated

Scholten Japanese Art is exhibiting TREASURED VIEWS: The Stipanich Collection of Kawase Hasui Woodblock Prints, a choice group of landscape prints by the 20th century shinhanga master. The collection was assembled by Neil and Nancy Stipanich, who as a young married couple in the mid-1970s lived in Jakarta, Indonesia, and traveled extensively in Asia during their time abroad. A 1976 trip to Japan where they even climbing Mount Fuji to see the sunrise, sparked a love of Japanese art that continued throughout their lives together. These landscape woodblock prints by Kawase Hasui were a particular passion of Neil’s, and after his sudden passing, his family have decided to release them into the world for new collectors to treasure.

Girl with Flowering Plum Branches, Nihonga artist, 1920s, Japan, hanging scroll; ink and mineral colors on silk, overall size: 93¼ x 37 in.; Courtesy Thomsen Gallery

Thomsen Gallery
Nihonga: Japanese Pre-War Paintings
September 12–20, 2024
9 East 63rd Street, 2nd floor

The exhibition at Thomsen Gallery focuses on folding screens and hanging scroll paintings from the Taisho era (1912-26) and early Showa era (1926-1989), a time of great change for Japan and its arts. Superb works were created for the domestic market, in contrast to the export-oriented output during the preceding Meiji era (1868-1912). Artists often experimented with new materials and perspectives shifting to more naturalistic botanical studies.

Ancient and Contemporary Korean Art

Myong Hi Kim, Butterfly boy, 2006, oil pastel on chalkboard, 20.4 x 14.1 in.; Courtesy HK Art & Antiques LLC 

HK Art & Antiques LLC 
Autumn Group Exhibition
September 27–October 16, 2024
49 East 78th Street, by appointment

HK Art and Antiques LLC presents Autumn Group Exhibition which features selected works by contemporary Korean artists such as Yong-Ik Cho, Ouhi Cha, Sooyeon Hong, Myong Hi Kim, Su Kwak, Tchah Sub Kim., Elizabeth Keith, Geejo Lee, and Bohnchang Koo.

Masaaki Miyasako (b. 1951), Firework ‘Aqua’ – Eternal Moment – 水花火, 2023, Byoubu Screens, h:77 x w:146 in (h:195.6 x w:370.8 cm)

Independent 20th Century Art Fair
September 5 – 8, 2024
Hours: Sept 5 (11am-8pm, by invitation;), Sept 6-7 (11am-7pm), Sept 8 (11am-6pm)
Booth Location: Riverside Suite⁠
Cipriani South, 10 South St, NYC

Ippodo Gallery is pleased to debut at the upcoming Independent 20th Century Art Fair with their group exhibition, VOYAGE BLUE.  Showcasing a six-foot-long screen by Japan’s leading living painter Masaaki Miyasako alongside tea bowls, ceramic sculptures, and glass from nine contemporary Japanese artists, VOYAGE BLUE is an invitation to embark on an odyssey in Japanese culture.

Acclaimed for his revival of the ancient reverse-side painting style urazaishiki, Masaaki Miyasako is one of Japan’s foremost living painters. His six-foot-long screen Firework ‘Aqua’ is a vision of the fisherman’s cast net: a timeless symbol of opportunity and good fortune. Working with the best materials available in Japan today, Miyasako has cultivated an unparalleled pointillism-like technique, beginning in the center of the painting and emanating outwards in an expanding spiral. His work will be juxtaposed with works of art by Japanese artists who are introducing new design perspectives while remaining deeply rooted in the traditions of earth-wrought materials.

Set in the Riverside Suite overlooking Manhattan’s Upper Bay, VOYAGE BLUE will offer an undisturbed moment to encounter rare works of Japanese fine art.

To learn more and purchase your tickets, click here.

Junpei Hayashi (b. 1991), Air, 2021, Madake bamboo, rattan, 11.25 x 12.50 x 12.50 in.

Tradition and Innovation: Tanabe Chikuunsai IV and Apprentices
Closing Saturday, August 31, 2024

These are the last days to catch Tradition and Innovation: Tanabe Chikuunsai IV and Apprentices at TAI Modern.  This exhibition features the work of master artist Tanabe Chikuunsai IV alongside pieces by his apprentices offering a glimpse into the future of Japanese bamboo art.

As bamboo is always a family affair for the Tanabe family, Tradition and Innovation also features the work of Tanabe Mitsuko, Chikuunsai’s mother and bamboo master in her own right.

The Tanabe Chikuunsai lineage is the only surviving lineage of the great lineages in Japanese bamboo art, with a studio just outside of Osaka that is currently training its fifth generation. It is a lasting commitment to tradition paired with innovation that has allowed the Tanabe family to foster the next generation of bamboo artists.

To learn more, click here.

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857

We are pleased to focus our Gallery Spotlight on Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints this week. Established in 1975 by Herbert Egenolf,  this highly regarded gallery specializes in fine Japanese woodblock prints and drawings, including works by the earliest 17th century pioneers of ukiyo-e to the shin hanga masters of the 20th century.

They offer a highly curated selection of designs in exceptional condition over a broad range of prices. Their commitment to authenticity and excellence attracts clientele including private collectors, museums and dealers from around the world.

In addition to the newly acquired prints on their website and their schedule of print fairs, Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints presents outstanding online exhibits, including their upcoming one for Asia Week New York Autumn 2024: selected works from Hiroshige’s groundbreaking series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. One such masterpiece is this iconic print, Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake where pedestrians are captured hurry along the Shin-Ohashi Bridge, vainly attempting to keep themselves covered as an afternoon thunderstorm interrupts the summer calm. Van Gogh was so impressed by this design that he created his own version in oils as an homage to this print, now in the Van Gogh museum.

Be sure to view this upcoming exhibition when it goes live on September 12th!

To learn more about the gallery and their latest acquisitions, click here.