Asia Week New York is fast approaching, kicking off on the evening of Friday 14 March 2014 and boasting not 7, but 9 days of top tier gallery exhibitions, auctions, lectures and special events celebrating the diverse genres of Asian art. Among many others, Carlo Cristi, Italy will show at 1016 Madison Avenue, London's Francesca Galloway will exhibit mainly Indian paintings at Leslie Feely Fine Art, while Alan Kennedy (Paris, and from 2014, also California), will again show at the James Goodman Gallery in the Fuller Building, with the theme of women in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911).
Carlo CristiPheasant in roundel in golden ground, silk samite, central Asia , 7th-8th century, 55 x 34 cm
Francesca GallowayTwo Ladies on a Terrace (detail)By a Mughal artist, 1730-50Opaque watercolour and gold on paperPainting: 28.2 x 17.6 cmPrivate collection, Switzerland
Alan KennedyChinese Imperial Concubine Portrait Qianlong period (1735 - 1796) or later217 x 125 cm. (85 1/2 x 49 1/4 inches)ink, color and gold on silk
Francesca GallowayRaja Jai Singh of Kulu (1731–1742) with LadiesPahari, Arki, c. 1730Opaque watercolour on paperPainting: 16.5 x 15.5 cmG.K. Kanoria Collection
Francesca GallowayArmenian Liturgical Embroidery, Commissionedby the Armenian Community from Hassan PashaDistrict in Istanbul for the Monastery of Saint Johnthe Baptist in 1763Ottoman, Armenian commission executed inIstanbul, mid 18th centuryFine cashmere wool embroidered in silk and metalthread in tambour or chain stitch178 x 122 cm
Alan KennedyKosode (detail)JapanFirst half 18th centurySilk and Gold
Alan KennedyChinese Imperial Concubine Portrait (detail)Qianlong period (1735 - 1796) or later217 x 125 cm. (85 1/2 x 49 1/4 inches)ink, color and gold on silk
Alan KennedyChinese Imperial Concubine Robe142 x 193cm. (56 x 76 inches)silk and gold embroiderylongpao, a semi-formal court robe decorated with dragonsfirst half 19th century
Carlo Cristi, Peacocks in pearl roundels, silk samite, Central Asia, 8th-9th century, 78 x 26 cm
Carlo Cristi, ItalyBirds in pearl roundels, silk samite, central asia, 7th-8th century, 83 x 88 cm
The annual invitation only evening reception will this year be hosted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on 17 March and Carol Conover, chairman of the Asia Week New York Association is thrilled that the world renowned museum is hosting this important occasion saying that she ‘can’t think of a more magnificent setting in which to celebrate the sixth edition’ of the celebratory event.
Paradise Mountain by Tai Xiangzhou , 2012. Ink on silk. The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York
The museum’s permanent galleries and four major special exhibitions in the Asian Wing will be open to the public during the Open House weekend on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 March 2014 and throughout the week to 22 March. In addition, on Friday 14 March the annual lecture on the Arts of Southeast Asia will be presented by John Guy on ‘Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia’ in anticipation of the Metropolitan’s major spring exhibition of the same name which will open in April.
