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Thomsen Gallery

ART FAIRS

Frieze Masters

October 9 – 13, 2024
Booth C06
Regent’s Park, London 

We are delighted to return to Frieze Masters this year, presenting Japanese art of the 20th century with a focus on art from the Taisho-Showa eras, 1910-1940.

With 130 galleries from 26 countries, Frieze Masters 2024 is led by Nathan Clements-Gillespie and sees a reimagined, artist-centred approach, including an expanded Studiosection and a redefined floor plan to encourage creative connections across art history. The fair’s new Creative Advisor, Sheena Wagstaff, said: ‘Our new curatorial direction acknowledges how artists visit Frieze Masters to satisfy their curiosity, rejuvenate their thinking and see how the work of their artist peers reflects the creative values of the past.’

The fair takes place in The Regent’s Park in the heart of London, in an elegant, contemporary environment designed by renowned architect Annabelle Selldorf.

We look forward to welcoming you to our booth in London soon!

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Design Miami/Paris

October 15 – 20, 2024
Salle 13
Hôtel de Maisons, Paris

We are delighted to announce our participation in the 2nd edition of Design Miami/Paris, presenting Japanese modern and contemporary art. The exhibition will focus on Japanese bamboo baskets by the great masters of the 20th century, gold lacquer boxes, contemporary ceramics, and Japanese folding screens.

The fair will take place in the historic Hôtel de Maison, 51 Avenue de l’Université, in 75007 Paris.

We also look forward to welcoming you in Paris soon!

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RECENTLY CLOSED ASIA WEEK NEW YORK AUTUMN 2024 EXHIBITION

Nihonga: Japanese Pre-War Paintings

September 12 – 20, 2024
Opening hours: 11am-5pm, including Saturday Sept 14 (closed on Sunday, Sept 15)

We are pleased to present Nihonga: Japanese Pre-War Paintings during this season’s Asia Week New York Autumn 2024. The exhibition 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). 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. Making trips abroad, many painters incorporated foreign elements from their travels into their work.

Next to painting, bamboo baskets and intricate gold lacquer boxes from the Taisho and Showa eras will highlight the technical perfection in works of art that were executed in traditional formats and materials but explored new worlds of expression and design.

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Summer Works of Art

We are pleased to offer our current collection of Japanese screens and scrolls, early Japanese tea ceramics from medieval through Edo periods, masterpieces of ikebana bamboo baskets, and fine gold lacquer objects on our website. We also specialize in post-war ink art and Gutai art as well as contemporary art by select artists. We look forward to welcoming you to our gallery soon.

 

ABOUT US

Thomsen gallery, located in a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, offers important Japanese paintings and works of art to collectors and museums worldwide. The gallery specializes in Japanese screens and scrolls; in early Japanese tea ceramics from the medieval through the Edo periods; in masterpieces of ikebana bamboo baskets; and in gold lacquer objects. It further specializes in post-war ink art and Gutai art as well as contemporary art by select artists, such as the internationally renowned Japanese ceramic artist Sueharu Fukami, the paper artist Kyoko Ibe, and the lacquer artist Yoshio Okada.

The gallery is owned by Erik and Cornelia Thomsen, who live and work in New York. Erik has been a dealer in Japanese art since 1981; born to Danish parents and raised in Japan, he is fluent in Japanese and was the first foreigner to apprentice to an art dealer in Japan. They have three children, Julia, Anna, and Georg.