Lectures
Wednesday
5th October Asia House Steve McCurry will talk about his work and travels as a freelance photographer in India 6.30-7.30pm Thursday 20th October Exhibiting Japan, 1862-2005 Dr Angus Lockyer, Lecturer in the History of Japan, SOAS Sainsbury
Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures 6-7.30pm (50 minute
lecture followed by refreshments) Sunday 6th November 'Trade Taste and Transformation: Jingdezhen Porcelain for Japan 1620-1645'. Dr Julia Curtis, North American Representative, Oriental Ceramic Society. Annual Oriental Ceramic Society lecture hosted by Christie’s. Oriental Ceramic
Society, in association with Christie’s 6pm Monday 7th November 'Text-Image Interaction in Ukiyo-e Paintings and Prints by Hokusai' Dr John Carpenter, Lecturer in the History of Japanese Art, SOAS. There will be a drinks reception and view of Sotheby’s forthcoming 'Japanese Works of Art' sales following the lecture. The
Japan Society, in association with Sotheby's 6pm Monday 7th November 'Ceramics and Science: Fingerprinting the Fakes' Professor John Watling, Department of Forensic Science University of Western Australia. Those attending will also be able to view privately the auction of '20th Century Japanese Ceramics' to be sold the following evening. Bonhams Private
reception and drinks 6.15pm, lecture 7-8pm Tuesday 8th November 'The Dawn of Mughal Painting' by Dr Chahryar Adle. The
Annual Benjamin Zucker Lecture
on Mughal Art 7-8pm, followed
by a reception 8-9pm Wednesday 9th November 'Silks of Imperial China' by Jacqueline Simcox, a private dealer specialising in Chinese textiles. This illustrated talk will look at the gloriously decorated silks from the Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1912), used for court costumes, palace furnishings, religious garments and the luxuries of court life which reflect designs and colours influenced by over 2,000 years of Chinese culture. The Winter Olympia
Fine Art and Antiques Fair, Olympia 11.30am Friday 11th November 'Towards a Better Tea Bowl: Art, Industry and Ambition in Seventeenth-century Japan: Polishing a Potter’s Skills: Kyuemon’s Study Tour' by Louise Allison Cort, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M Sackler Gallery Sainsbury Institute
for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures 6pm Friday 11th November 'Fatimid Ivories' by Dr. Anna Contadini The
Royal Asiatic Society 6pm Tuesday 15th November 'Towards a Better Tea Bowl: Art, Industry and Ambition in Seventeenth-century Japan: Competing Visions of Daimyo-sponsored Ceramics' Louise Allison Cort Sainsbury
Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures 6pm Thursday 17th November 'Towards a Better Tea Bowl: Art, Industry and Ambition in Seventeenth-century Japan: Screens, Pots and Dried Fish: Inventing Official Gifts' by Louise Allison Cort Sainsbury
Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures 6pm Monday 5 December Still Moving: A Sculptor's Response to Working in Japan A lecture and discussion by Antony Gormley The culmination of The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation/Japan Society 2005 Joint Seminar Series The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese
Foundation in association with AHRC 6-8pm. |