Artist/maker Unknown, Simurgh Attacking a Gaja-Simha Carrying Elephants, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, Mawar Region, India, Asia, early 19th century, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 12 5/8 x 9 in. (32.1 x 22.9 cm)

If you’re looking for more fascinating Asian Art exhibits nearby, head over to the Philadelphia Museum of Art for their many shows on Japanese, Indian, Islamic and Chinese art! Below is one highlighted exhibition to encounter.

Mythical Creatures: China and the World
Through June 1, 2025
Main Building-Galleries 321, 326 & 339

Mythical creatures fascinate and capture the imagination of people across the globe. Whether benevolent or fearsome, they serve an important purpose – to help humans make sense of the world. This exhibition explores the theme of diversity by bringing together mythical creatures from China as well as across Asia and Europe. Representations of paintings, prints, sculptures, ceramics, textiles, and contemporary toy bricks, dating from the 1000s to today illustrate how these fantastical beasts, although sometimes perceived as the same, are quite different. Among the contemporary works are those by artists Xu Bing and Ai Weiwei inspired by ancient myths and legends that continue to shape the way we think about our lives today.

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Large Blue and White Jar with Tigers, Horses, Birds and Deer, Le-So Dynasties, 15th-16th c., Vietnam, height: 44.5 cm, courtesy Zetterquist Galleries

Asia Week continues this weekend with all 28 AWNY member exhibitions, auction viewings, a Christie’s tour, three Sotheby’s lectures, and online shows and sales!

26 gallery exhibitions are open today with 2 additional online only shows:

Ancient and/or Contemporary Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art

• Art Passages (online exhibition only)
• Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd.
• Francesca Galloway
• Kapoor Galleries
• Thomas Murray (by appointment only)
• Carlton Rochell Asian Art

Ancient and/or Contemporary Chinese Art

• Alisan Fine Arts
• Ralph M. Chait Galleries
• Fu Qiumeng Fine Art
• INKstudio
• Kaikodo LLC (online exhibition only)
• Loewentheil Photography of China Collection
• Zetterquist Galleries

Ancient and/or Contemporary Japanese Art

• The Art of Japan
• BachmannEckenstein Japanese Art
• Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd.
• Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints
• Ippodo Gallery
• Sebastian Izzard Asian Art
• Joan B Mirviss LTD
• Onishi Gallery
• Scholten Japanese Art
• Shibunkaku
• TAI Modern
• Thomsen Gallery
• Hiroshi Yanagi Oriental Art

Ancient and Contemporary Korean Art

• HK Art & Antiques
• Miyako Yoshinaga

TODAY’S FEATURED EVENTS

• Doyle, Heritage Auctions and Sotheby’s are holding Auction Viewings
• Bonhams, Christie’s, and iGavel are holding Auction Viewings and their Online Auctions are open for bidding
• Christie’s Gallery Tour with Robert D. Mowry at 11am
• 3 Sotheby’s Lectures at 2pm, 3pm & 4pm (kindly RSVP)

Be sure to check out our Interactive Map in case you get lost!

And plan the rest of your eventful Asia Week with our handy Calendar of Events.

Kondō Takahiro (Japanese, born 1958), Reflection: TK Self Portrait, 2010, glazed porcelain, 19 1/16 × 6 3/16 in. (48.5 × 15.7 cm); Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection, © Kondō Takahiro, (Photo: Richard P. Goodbody and John Morgan)

During this Asia Week, be sure to visit the Brooklyn Museum’s spotlight exhibit, Porcelains in the Mist: The Kondō Family of Ceramicists. You may also view more of Kondō Takahiro’s work at Joan B Mirviss LTD in their current group show,  Eternal Partnership: Japanese Ceramics in Blue & White.

Brooklyn Museum
Museum Spotlight: Porcelains in the Mist: The Kondō Family of Ceramicists
December 8, 2023 – December 8, 2024
Arts of Japan, 2nd Floor

This porcelain head, a self-portrait, is glazed in shades of blue and covered with metallic droplets called “silver mist,” or gintekisai. The term, like the secret technique that produces the effect, was invented by ceramicist Kondō Takahiro (born 1958). Based in Kyoto, Japan, he carries on a legacy of innovation in ceramic art. For the last one hundred years, Kondō Takahiro and his father Kondō Hiroshi (1936–2012), grandfather Kondō Yūzō (1902–1985), and uncle Kondō Yutaka (1932–1983) have broken free of centuries-old traditions to pursue original, individual expression.

Porcelains in the Mist brings together sixty-one pieces that celebrate the Kondō family’s innovations and talents. Their early creations range from freehand-painted vases to pure-white jars. Most of the works on view are by Takahiro, who often pairs his “mist,” which he describes as “water born from fire,” with dramatic shapes and textures. Several of these powerful porcelains reflect his personal responses to monumental events, particularly the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan.

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Kaparamip (thin robe), Ainu People, Hokkaido, Japan, late 19th-early 20th c., cotton; appliqué, embroidery, 51 x 46 in (129.5 x 117 cm), Courtesy Thomas Murray

Asia Week continues with a wide selection of exhibitions, auction viewings, lectures and online shows and sales!

25 gallery exhibitions are open today with 2 additional online only shows:

• Alisan Fine Arts
• The Art of Japan
• BachmannEckenstein Japanese Art
• Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc.
• Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd.
• Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd.
• Fu Qiumeng Fine Art
• Francesca Galloway
• HK Art & Antiques
• INKStudio
• Ippodo Gallery
• Sebastian Izzard Asian Art
• Kapoor Galleries
• Loewentheil Photography of China Collection
• Joan B Mirviss LTD
• Thomas Murray
•  Onishi Gallery
•  Carlton Rochell Asian Art
• Scholten Japanese Art
• Shibunkaku
• TAI Modern
• Thomsen Gallery
• Hiroshi Yanagi Oriental Art
• Miyako Yoshinaga
• Zetterquist Galleries

• Art Passages and Kaikodo LLC are live with their online exhibitions

TODAY’S FEATURED EVENTS

• Doyle, Heritage Auctions and Sotheby’s are holding Auction Viewings
• Bonhams and iGavel are holding Auction Viewings and their Online Auctions are open for bidding
• Lecture at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  Howard Hodgkin and India: Reflections on Art Making and Collecting with Antony Peattie and Glenn Lowry
  6:00-7:00 pm
  The Met, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
  Kindly register

TONIGHT’S EVENING RECEPTIONS
(organized by event opening and duration)

• Carlton Rochell Asian Art, 5-9pm
• Miyako Yoshinaga, 6-8pm
• Loewentheil Photography of China Collection, 6-9pm
• Rubin Museum of Art, 6-10pm (limited tickets at door)

Be sure to check out our Interactive Map in case you get lost!

And plan the rest of your eventful Asia Week with our handy Calendar of Events.

Attributed to Kaihō Yūshō, Pair of Screens with Dragons and Waves, Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615), ca. 1600–1615., ink on paper; Yale University Art Gallery, Gift of Rosemarie and Leighton R. Longhi, B.A. 1967

Year of the Dragon
March 15 – November 10, 2024

Related Gallery Talk:
Dragon, God of Water: Screens in Ink on Washi Paper
April 24, 2024, 12:30–1:30pm

Yale University Art Museum celebrates 2024, the Year of the Dragon, with a presentation of nearly 30 artworks spanning from the 17th century to the present day. In the West, the dragon has historically been characterized as an evil creature, flying through the air while breathing fire from its mouth, but in the East, the dragon is believed to possess power in the celestial realm and to pour out blessings in the form of rainwater over swirling wind. The dragon also has a place in the Eastern zodiac calendar—alongside 11 other animals, such as the rabbit, snake, and tiger—in which each year is associated with an animal and its reputed attributes. The objects on view, which are largely drawn from the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery, feature dragons on folding screens, other paintings, textiles, ceramics, ivory, and woodblock prints. Taking inspiration from East Asian history, folklore, and myth, these works demonstrate a long, complex, and continuing artistic tradition around this fantastical creature.

There will also be a gallery talk held on April 24th by the curator of the exhibit, Sadaki Ohki who will examine two works in the show –  Pair of Screens with Dragons and Waves, attributed to the Japanese artist Kaihō Yūshō (1533–1615) and Civilization Landscape No. 073 by the Chinese artist Qin Feng (b. 1961). Though the two works were made centuries apart, they share a common medium: ink on washi paper. This object-based discussion will explore how artists engage with the dragon’s celebrated role as the god of water as well as how this theme takes on a sorrowful quality with regard to today’s environmental crisis.  Space is limited. Meet at Public Programs sign in Gallery lobby.

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Ken Matsubara (b. 1948), “SEIRYŪ” AZURE DRAGON 青龍, 2023, h20 1/2 x w20 1/2 x d1 5/8 in. (h52 x w52 x d4 cm), Courtesy Ippodo Gallery

Asia Week New York 2024 launches today with 28 top Asian art galleries, along with 6 auction houses, participating in our 15th season of Asia Week in person and online. The festivities begin today and continue through March 22nd!

GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
21 gallery exhibitions are open today, with 2 additional online only shows:

• Alisan Fine Arts
• Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc.
• Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd.
• Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd.
• Fu Qiumeng Fine Art
• Francesca Galloway
• INKstudio
• Ippodo Gallery
• Kapoor Galleries
• Loewentheil Photography of China Collection
• Joan B Mirviss LTD
• Thomas Murray
• Onishi Gallery
• Carlton Rochell Asian Art
• Scholten Japanese Art
• Shibunkaku
• TAI Modern
• Thomsen Gallery
• Hiroshi Yanagi Oriental Art
• Miyako Yoshinaga
• Zetterquist Galleries

• Art Passages and Kaikodo LLC are live with their online exhibitions

TODAY’S FEATURED EVENTS

• Bonhams and Sotheby’s are holding Auction Viewings today
• iGavel is holding an Auction Viewing today and their Online Auction is open for bidding
• Mindful meditation at the Rubin Museum of Art 

TONIGHT’S EVENING RECEPTIONS (organized by event opening and duration)

• Korea Society, 5-7pm (RSVP)
• Alisan Fine Arts, 5-8pm
• Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd., 5:30-7:30pm
• Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., 5-8pm
• Fu Qiumeng Fine Art, 5-8pm
• Francesca Galloway, until 8pm
• Ippodo Gallery, 5-8pm (RSVP required)
• Onishi Gallery, 5-8pm
• TAI Modern, 5-9pm
• Rubin Museum of Art, 6-8pm (by invite only)

Be sure to check out our Interactive Map in case you get lost!

And plan the rest of your eventful Asia Week with our handy Calendar of Events.

 

Gu-Form Longquan Celadon Vase, Ming Dynasty, early 15th c., AD, China, Height: 25 cm

Chinese and Vietnamese Ceramics from American and Japanese Collections
March 14 – 22, 2024
Asia Week Hours: Mar 14-22, 11am-6pm (otherwise by appointment)
3 East 66th Street, Suite 2B

Zetterquist Galleries is delighted to present an exhibition of Chinese and Vietnamese Ceramics, all sourced from American and Japanese collections.

The Chinese pieces range in date from the Tang through Ming Dynasty, starting with a large Tang Dynasty whiteware jar, rare for its size and excellent condition. There is a selection of nine Song Dynasty pieces with fine examples of Ding, Yaozhou, Henan and Cizhou pieces from Northern China. From Southern China, there are elegant examples of Qingbai porcelains from the Hutien Kilns and a Jian-yao “Hare’s fur” tea bowl from a Japanese tea ceremony collection. From the Ming Dynasty there are two Longquan celadons; The barbed-rim charger with an ideal minty-green glaze color, and an exquisite “Gu” form vase, with Taoist trinary symbols, in an old lacquer box with silver inscription, also from a Japanese tea ceremony collection.

Most of the Vietnamese selections come from the collection of Mary and Cheney Cowles, whose extraordinary collection of Chinese ceramics sold in the gallery last Spring. They collected Vietnamese ceramics with the same exacting eye for quality, condition and beauty with which they chose their Chinese wares. Representing Northern Vietnamese kilns from the Ly Dynasty (1009-1225) through the Le Dynasty (1428-1788), this scholarly collection includes wares of varied techniques, forms and functions. From the elegant Thanh Hoa pieces with Buddhist inspired form, to Blue and white porcelaineous pieces of excellent condition and intricate decoration, this group exhibits the finest of Vietnamese wares.

There are more Vietnamese ceramics from Japanese and American collections on view which, as with many of the Cowles’ pieces, have illustrious provenance and publication histories.

Large Blue and White Charger with Floral Decoration, Le-So Dynasties, 15th-16th c., Vietnam, Diameter: 37.8 cm

This is their seventh Vietnamese exhibition in the last 30 years. It is a field that Zetterquist Galleries thoroughly enjoy and still feel to be eminently collectable. They are particularly fond of exhibiting Vietnamese ceramics together with Chinese ceramics, as it not only shows their inevitable stylistic and technical connections, but also highlights the unique charm and joyful spontaneity of Vietnamese design and decoration.

To learn more and view their catalog, click here.

A Pair of Six-Panel Folding Screens with Painting of Entertainment at Children’s Seasonal Festival (left side), Edo period, 17th c., color on gold-leafed paper, 370 x 102.5 (height) cm

Selection of Japanese and Korean Art
March 14 – 19, 2024
Asia Week Hours: Mar 14-19, 10am-6pm
Nicholas Hall 17 East 76th Street, 4th Floor

Hiroshi Yanagi Oriental Art returns to New York from Kyoto with Selection of Japanese and Korean Art, an exhibition of masterpieces of paintings sculptures, ceramics, & other artworks, ranging from 12th-20th centuries. Highlights include a statue of Jizo, a scroll painting by Ito Jakuchu and folding screens depicting a children’s seasonal festival. Other important works comprise of a blue and white Korean celadon vase with birds design and a Noh mask (Kurohige).

⁠Blue and white Storage Jar with Flower and Bird Design, 18th c., 29(d) x 37 (height) cm; Courtesy Hiroshi Yanagi Oriental Art

They look forward to welcoming you to their exhibition at Nicholas Hall this week.

To learn more, click here.

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An Elephant and Keeper, India, Mughal, ca. 1650–60, opaque color and gold on paper; Howard Hodgkin Collection, Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions, Harris Brisbane Dick, and 2020 Benefit Funds; Howard S. and Nancy Marks, Lila Acheson Wallace, and Friends of Islamic Art Gifts; Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; and funds from various donors, 2022 (2022.187)

Howard Hodgkin and India: Reflections on Art Making and Collecting
Friday, March 15, 2024 from 6-7pm
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Join a panel of distinguished experts at The Met for their Annual Distinguished Lecture on the Arts of South and Southeast Asia this Friday, March 15th at 6pm.

Presented in conjunction with their current exhibition Indian Skies: The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court Painting, this annual lecture brings together experts close to Howard Hodgkin, including his partner of thirty-three years, Antony Peattie, for a personal look at the artist and collector’s lifetime engagement with India and Indian painting.

Over the course of sixty years, Hodgkin (British, 1932–2017) formed a collection of Indian paintings and drawings that is recognized as one of the finest of its kind. Learn about his practice as a highly regarded painter and printmaker and his collection of works from the Mughal, Deccani, Rajput, and Pahari courts dating from the 16th to the 19th centuries that reflect his personal passion for Indian art.

Antony Peattie, writer
Glenn D. Lowry, The David Rockefeller Director, The Museum of Modern Art
John Guy, Florence and Herbert Irving Curator of the Arts of South and Southeast Asian Art, Department of Asian Art, The Met
Navina Haidar, Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah Curator in Charge, Department of Islamic Art, The Met
Introduced by Mike Hearn, Douglas Dillon Chair, Department of Asian Art, The Met

Sign up today to join in this fascinating discussion.

Ōshita Sekkō (1874-1960), Tiered Accessory Box with Cormorant and Fish, 1933, maki-e lacquer on wood with silver rims, 8¾ x 11¼ x 8¾ in. (22.5 x 28.5 x 22.5 cm)

Japanese Modern Masterpieces 1910-1950
March 14 – 22, 2024
Asia Week Hours: Mar 14-22, 11-5pm (otherwise by appointment)
9 East 63rd Street

Thomsen Gallery is pleased to present a collection of Japanese modern masterpieces from 1910 to 1950 during Asia Week New York. The exhibition focuses on Japanese fine art from these decades, 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 prior Meiji era. Though most painters of the Taisho and early Showa eras typically remained focused on traditional themes, they often experimented with new materials and perspectives. They shifted from stylized depictions of nature to naturalistic botanical studies and many works show influence from the West.

Kawamura Kokyo (b. 1913), Garden Scene, 1930s, two-panel folding screen; ink, mineral colors, and shell powder on silk, 60¼ x 61¾ in. (153 x 157 cm)

They look forward to welcoming you to their Upper East Side gallery this week.

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