Installation view, Thomsen Gallery, New York City

Offering important Japanese paintings and works of art to collectors and museums worldwide, Thomsen Gallery shines brightly in our Gallery Spotlight this week. Founded by Erik and Cornelia Thomsen, the esteemed gallery is located in a charming townhouse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and specializes in Japanese screens and scrolls, early Japanese tea ceramics from the medieval through the Edo periods, masterpieces of ikebana bamboo baskets, and 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.

Thomsen Gallery not only presents captivating exhibitions in New York but also showcases its collections at prestigious international art fairs, including Frieze Masters London and Design Miami/Paris. If you’re in either city in the coming weeks, be sure to visit their stands—from October 9-13 in London for an exhibit of 20th century Japanese art, focusing on works from the Taisho-Showa eras (1910-1940), and from October 15-20 in Paris, where they will feature modern and contemporary Japanese art, highlighting bamboo baskets by 20th century master artists, gold lacquer boxes, contemporary ceramics, and Japanese folding screens.

To learn more about their participation in the art fairs, click here.