Art Agenda

Please send all information with regard to activities and events relating to Asian art to:

Gate Foundation
Lijnbaansgracht 322-323 bg
1017 XA Amsterdam
The Netherlands
t. +31 (0)20 6208057
f. +31 (0)20 6390762
www.gatefoundation.nl
info@gatefoundation.nl

Australia

Queensland Art Gallery
Queensland Cultural Centre
South Bank
South Brisbane
PO Box 3686
Queensland 4101
Tel: +61-7-8407333
Fax: +61-7-8448865
Monday to Sunday 10.00-17.00 hrs.

June 17 - October 15, 1995:
Ukiyo-E: Prints from the collection
Exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints of Kabuki theatre and beautiful women by the following participants: Buncho; Kunisada; Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Eishi; Kitagawa Utamaro; Chikanobu.

Austria

Museum of the History of Art
Maria-Theresien Platz
1010 Wien
Tel +43-1-52177301
Tuesday-Sunday 10.00-18.00 hrs, closed on Monday.

Permanent collection:
Egyptian and Oriental collection, paintings, coins, and antiquities.

Belgium

Royal Museum of Mariemont
Chaussee de Mariemont,
100-7140 Morlanwelz
Tel: +32-64-212193
Fax: +32-64-262924
Daily 10.00-18.00 hrs., closed on Monday

April - August, 1995:
The graphic arts of Taiwan today
A presentation of the work of young artists in the fields of painting, calligraphy and seriography.

May - October, 1995 :
Chinese Bronzes of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
A presentation of the work of young artists in the field of painting, calligraphy and seriography.

Denmark

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Gl. Strandvej 13
3050 Humlebaek
Tel: +45-42-190719
Fax: +45-42-193505
Daily 10.00-17.00 hrs, Wednesday 10.00-22.00 hrs, Sat./Sun.
10.00-18.00 hrs.

June 23 - September 24, 1995:
Japan Today
Japanese contemporary architecture, design, photography and visual arts (see highlights).

France

Museum of Fine Art and Archeology
Place de la Révolution (Place du Marché)
25000 Besancçon
Tel: +33-81-814447
Fax: +33-81-615099
Closed on public holidays.

Permanent collection:
Fine art and archeology from non-western area's.

Galerie Myrna Myers
Arts d'Extrême Orient
11, Rue de Beaune
Paris VIIe
Tel: +33-1-42611108

May 16 - June 30, 1995
Le Pèlerinage Doré
Buddhist art from Asia

Musee National Des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet
6, Place d'Iena
75116 Paris
Tel: +33-1-47-236165
Fax: +33-1-47-205750
Daily 9.45-18.00 hrs.

May - July 6, 1995:
Gold from the Indonesian Archipelago
Jewels and objects from Indonesia.

National Galleries of the Grand Palais
Avenue du Géneral Eisenhower
75008 Paris
Tel: +33-1-44-131730
Fax: +33-1-45-635433
Daily (except Monday) 10.00 - 20.00 hrs, Wednesday 10.00-22.00 hrs.

Autumn 1995:
Buddhist Oasis - On the Silk Route.

Germany

Museum of Ethnology
Lansstrasse 8
D-14195 Berlin
Tel: +49-30-83011
Fax: +49-30-8315972
Monday to Friday 9.00 - 17.00 hrs, Sat./Sun. 10.00 - 17.00 hrs.

Permanent collection:
Studies of the cultures of the Pacific islands, Africa, America and South-East Asia.

Overseas Museum
Bahnhofsplatz 13
28195 Bremen
Tel: +49-421-3619176
Fax: +49-421-3619291
Daily (except Monday) 10.00 - 18.00 hrs.

End of 1995:
Manus - Art and life in a Province of the Papua Island New
Guinea (provisional title)
History and culture of the Manus province in Papua New Guinea
focussing on the current living conditions.

Museum fur Ostasiatische Kunst
Universitatsstrasse
D-50674 Cologne
Tel: +49-221-9405180
Due to construction work, the museum will be closed until the autumn of 1995.

Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum
Ubierring 45
50678 Cologne
Tel: +49-221-3369413
Fax: +49-221-22114155
Tuesday to Sunday 10.00-17.00 hrs, First Thursday in the month 10.00-20.00 hrs.

Permanent collection:
Collections illustrating non-European cultures.

The Ruhr Cultural Foundation - Villa Hugel
Hugel 15
45133 Essen
Tel: +49-201-422559
Fax: +49-201-421048
Daily 10.00-19.00 hrs, Tuesday 10.00-21.00 hrs.

June - October 1995:
People and Gods in Ancient China
In preparation.

Linden Museum
Hegelplatz 1
70174 Stuttgart
Tel: +49-711-1231242
Fax: +49-711-297047
Tuesday to Sunday 10.00-17.00 hrs, Wednesday 10.00-20.00 hrs.

Permanent collection:
Worldwide ethnographical collections, Chinese and Japanese lacquer-ware.

Universität Gh Kassel
Mönchebergstrasse 21 A
34109 Kassel
Tel: +49-561-8042530
Fax: +49-561-8043505

August 10 - September 24, 1995 (first part),
December 15 - January 28, 1996(second part):
Exhibition: Al Fahn
Al Fann covers a contemporary art exhibition, a symposium, an introduction of books as well as readings, dance and music activities on Islamic art from Islamic cultures among others: Indonesia and Malaysia.

Great Britain

British Museum
Great Russelstreet
London WC1B 3DG
Tel: +44-71-6361555
Fax: +44-71-3238480
Monday to Saturday 10.00-17.00 hrs, Sunday 14.30-18.00 hrs.

Permanent collection:
Antiques from Egypt, Western asia, Greece and Rome, as well as prehistoric and British art, Medieval, Renaissance, Modern and Oriental collection, prints, drawings, coins and medals.

June 8 - October 29, 1995:
Chinese jade from the Neolitic to the Qing.
This exhibition of jade, collected by Sir Joseph Hotung, illustrates the history of its use in China from c. 5000 BC to the Qing dynasty (AD 1644-1911) and displays the wide range of colours and textures of this material.

June 15 - August 13, 1995:
Classic art of Japan from the British Museum's collections
This selection concentrates on three of Japan's great artistic traditions: sculpture, painting and woodblock prints.

June 16 - August 13, 1995:
Europe in India: Mughal paintings and their European Prototypes
Works consisting primarily of Mughal paintings of the 15th to 18th century with additional bookbindings and related objects. European art represents several foreign strains present in Mughal Indian art from the 1580's onward.

June 21 - October 15, 1995:
Chinese snuff bottles from the Mary and George Bloch collection
This collection of 450 snuff bottles was formed by Mary and George Bloch. Many bottles were made for connoisseurs and valued for their intrinsic beauty and as indicators of social status.

August 31 - September 24, 1995 (part one),
September 26 - October 22, 1995 (part two):
The passionate art of Utamaro
Kitagawa Utamaro (?1754-1806) is the pivotal artist of the Ukiyo-e school. This exhibiti- on draws from public and private collections worldwide to present a never-before-seen selection of over five hundred works in all media and formats including most of the rare
hanging scroll paintings, woodblock prints and illustrated books.

Sotheby's
34-35 New Bond Street
London W1A 2AA
Tel: +44-171-4085372
Fax: +44-171-4085927
Monday to Friday 9.00-16.30

21 August - 22 September, 1995
The Emperor's Broken China: reconstructing Chenghua porcelain
An exhibition of Chinese pocelains of the Chenghua period (1465-1487) recently excavated from the imperial kiln site at Jingdezhen in South China.

Victoria and Albert Museum
South Kensington
London SW7 2RL
Tel: +44-71-9388500
Fax: +44-71-9388458
Tuesday to Sunday 10.00-17.50 hrs, Monday 12.00-17.50 hrs.

June - September 1995:
Modern Japanese Studio Crafts
An exhibition of the various kinds of studio-craft production found in Japan today. It will include demonstrations by practising Japanese artists and craftsmen.
November 1995 - February 1996:
The Peaceful Conquerors - Jain Art from India
Jainism has been continuously practised in India since the 6th century BC, and is the third major religion to originate there together with Hinduism and Buddhism. This travelling exhibition will present some of the finest examples of Indian sculpture and painting produced in the Jain tradition spanning a period of over 2000 years and will be the first exhibition of Jain art in the West.

The Burrell Collection
2060 Pollokshaws Road
Glasgow G43 1AT
Tel: +44-41-6497151
Fax: +44-41-6360086
Monday to Saturday 10.00-17.00 hrs, Sunday 11.00-17.00 hrs.

Permanent collection:
Art objects from the ancient civilizations of Iraq, Egypt, Greece, Italy, the Orient and from Medieval Europe.

Hong Kong

Gallery La Vong
Fine Contemporary Vietnamese Art
One Lan Kwai Fong 13/F
Central
Tel: +852-2286-9686/6682
Fax: +852-2286-9689
Monday - Saturday 10.30-18.30 hrs.

Permanent exhibition: Work of Vietnamese artists among whom Nguyen Tu Ngiem (born 1922).

Hongkong Museum of Art
10 Salisbury Road
Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Tel: +852-27342167
Fax: +852-23675138

13 June - 17 September, 1995
Heaven's Embroidered Cloths: one thousand years of Chinese textiles

Plum Blossoms
305-307 Exchange Square One
Central

22 - 27 June, 1995
Splendid Silk
In conjunction with the exhibition in the Hongkong Museum (see above)

Indonesia

Gedung Seni Rupa Depdikbud (National Gallery)
Jalan Merdeka Timor 35 (behind Gambir Station)
Jakarta Pusat
Fax: +62-21-3153665

April 28 - June 30, 1995:
Contemporary Art of the Non Alligned Countries 1995
See highlight

August 19 - September 5, 1995:
Orientation
Artworks of five young Indonesian and five young Dutch artists. See article.

The Galeri Foto Jurnalistik Antara
Gedung Graha Bhakti Antara
Jl. Antara No. 59
Pasar Baru
Jakarta 10710
Tel: +62-21-3458771
Fax: +62-21-3840942

June 19 - July 16, 1995:
Kota Kita (Our city)
Annual workshop and travelling exhibition on the city of Jakarta involving young photographers from high schools and universities.

During August and September ,1995:
In The Miracle Years
A part of the 150 years of photography in Indonesia celebration which involves an exhibition and discussions.

Cemeti Gallery
Jalan Ngadisuryan 7a
Yogyakarta
Tel/Fax: +62-274-371015

July 6 - July 31 ,1995:
Shigeyo Kobayashi
Work of this Japanese artist, who lives several months a year in Bali. The wild fauna of Bali is her source of inspiration, wonderous forms of growing structures arise in her work.

Italy

Castello Giardini / Palazzo Grassi
editorial office:
Venezia Ca Giristinian
San Marco
Tel: +39-41-5218711
Fax: +39-41-5200569

June 11 - October 15, ,1995:
Venice Biennale 1995 100th anniversary "Identity and Otherness"
25 countries will participate in the 46th International Art Exhibition, and the work of 41 foreign artists will be presented.

Japan

Fukuoka Art Museum
1-6 Ohori Park, Chuo Ku
Fukuoka City 810
Japan
Tel: +81-92-7146051
Daily: 9.30-17.30 hrs.

June 4 - July 16 ,1995:
Ancient Painting and Craftwork in North and South Korea

August 19 - September 24, 1995:
Western influences on Japanese Art
This exhibition shows painting and craftswork from the Momoyama - Edo period (17th - 19th century) with among others; Kawahara Keiga, Shiba Kouken, Odano Nakotake.

September 5 - October 8, 1995:
Druva Mistry exhibition
The world of Druva Mistry, a sculptor born in India, in his drawings from the collection of the Fukuoka Art Museum will be presented.
The Netherlands

Soeterijn Theatre
Linnaeusstraat 2
1092 CK Amsterdam
Tel: +31-20-5688517

June 8 - June 19 and June 26, 1995:
Cinema India - Women in the film
Films, documentaries and discussions.

Tropenmuseum
Linaeusstraat 2
1092 CK Amsterdam
Tel: +31-20-5688418
Fax: +31-20-5688331

Semi-Permanent exhibitions about the life of people in the tropics: South-East Asia department: New dept. about People and cultures in South East Asia, especially Indonesi- a.

June - August 20, 1995:
Nomadic People in Central Asia
An exhibition of lost cultures as well as the present lifestyle of people in Central Asia (costumes, jewellery, tapistry etc.).

April 30 - August 27, 1995:
Indian paintings from the collection of the museum
An impression of life in Indonesia at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century by four Indian impressionists: Leo Eland, Max Fleischer, Jan Poortenaar and Charles Sayers.

Foundation for Indian Artists / Galerie Schoo
Fokke Simonszstraat 10
1017 TG Amsterdam
Tel/Fax: +31-20-6231547
Tuesday to Saturday: 13.00 - 18.00 hrs. First sunday of the month: 14.00 - 17.00 hrs.

May 6 - July 10, 1995:
Indian Printmakers Guild Group exhibition
A group exhibition with a.o. Kanchan Chander, Subba Ghosh, Bhupen Khakhar and Dilip Sur.

During the summer the gallery will be closed as from July 11
to September 1, 1995.

Museum Bronbeek
Velperweg 147
6824 MB Arnhem
Tel: +31-85-840840

Permanent exhibition: Visualization of the Dutch colonial past, emphasizing the history of the Dutch Colonial Army (KNIL).

Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara
St. Agathaplein 1
2611 HR Delft
Tel: +31-15-602358
Fax: +31-15-138744
Daily: 10.00- 17.00 hrs.

Permanent exhibition on Indonesian cultures

August 12, 1995:
Oriental Fair
Fair with theatre and dance.

Museon
Stadhouderslaan 41
2517 HV Den Haag
Tel: +31-70-3381338
Fax: +31-70-3541820
Tuesday to Friday 10.00-17.00 hrs, Sat./Sun. 12.00-17.00 hrs.

March 31 - September 3, 1995:
Exhibition of drawings made by Dutch prisoners in Japanese internment camps in Indonesia during World war II.

Museum for Ethnology Gerardus van der Leeuw
Nieuwe Kijk in 't Jatstraat 104
9712 SL Groningen
Tel: +31-50-635791
Fax: +31-50-636200
Tuesday to Friday 10.00-16.00 hrs, Sat./Sun. 13.00-17.00 hrs.

June 12 - September 4, 1995:
Exhibition Goudglans en Schaduwen (Golden Shade and Shadows)
Exhibition of a unique collection of Wayang Kulit puppets, from the Eastern part of Java. All these puppets have been restored and described, specially for the occasion, by Dr. Th. Psota, curator of the Bernisches Historisches Museum, Bern and Mr. Armand de Guéménée from Paris, an expert in the field of Wayangpuppets.

Museum The Princessehof
Grote Kerkstraat 11
8911 DZ Leeuwarden
Tel: +31-58-127438
Fax: +31-58-122281
Daily 10.00-17.00 hrs, Sunday 14.00-17.00 hrs.

Permanent collection:
Large exhibition of Asian ceramics.

December 8, 1995 - February 25, 1996:
The Mongolian Empire during the Yuandynasty (1279-1368)
This exhibition shows the influence of the Mongolians on the various art forms, especially ceramics.

Centrum voor Beeldende kunst (Centre for Visual Arts), Leiden
Aalmarkt 21
2311 EC Leiden
Tel: +31-71-165369
Wednesday - Saturday 12.00 - 17.00 hrs, Thursday evening 19.00 - 21.00 hrs.

May 19 - June 16, 1995:
Weather Report. Artworks by thirty-eight young artists from Asia and the Netherlands.

Museum of Ethnology of Nijmegen
Thomas van Aquinostraat 1
6525 GD Nijmegen
Tel: +31-80-615577
fax: +31-80-611945
Monday to Friday 9.00-17.00 hrs.

June 19 - August 18, 1995:
Indonesia Merdeka.
Indonesia's 50 years of independance, seen from the Indonesian perspective.

Museum of Ethnology Rotterdam
Willemskade 25
3016 DM Rotterdam
Tel: +31-10-4111055
Fax: +31-10-4118331
Tuesday - Saturday 10.00-17.00 hrs. Sundays and public holidays: 11.00-17.00 hrs.

From April 14 onwards:
Enchanted worlds
for children who want to see even more of the world. Children will be able to make a trip through the Netherlands, the world of the islam as well as new worlds which have now been added: the Afro-Caribbean world and Asia.

June 3 - August 27, 1995:
Modern Indonesian painting
Toeti Heraty's choice. This psychologist, philosopher and poet has built up a major collection of modern Indonesian art. The exhibiton shows paintings from this collection together with a number of poems and fragments of literature.
June 24 - September, 1995:
The land living within me
Literature and visual art on the theme of migration. Seven artists of non-Dutch origin are inspired by a fragment from a novel or a poem by a non-Dutch writer. Their art, together with the texts, express what all migrants have in common: their need to establish themselves in a new situation, the need to integrate the past within the new situation.

Stichting de Pont
Wilhelminapark 1
5041 EA Tilburg
Tel: +31-13-438300
Fax. +31-13-420992
Tuesday to Sunday 11.00-17.00 hrs.

March 12 - July 2, 1995:
Anish Kapoor at de Pont
Exhibition of the British sculptor (1954, Bombay, India), which will mainly consist of recent sculptures in wood and stone, as well as several installations.

Museum Terzijde
Schoolstraat 3
4724 BJ Wouw
Tel: +31-1658-3650

March 17 - October 31, 1995:
Silk from Indonesia.
Costumes and clothapplication techniques.

Norway

Ethnographic Museum
Frederiksgate 2
0164 Oslo
Tel: +47-22-859300
Fax: +47-22-859960
Tuesday to Sunday: September 15 to May 14 12.00-15.00 hrs,
May 15 to September 14 11.00-15.00 hrs.

Permanent collection:
From East Asia, Africa, North-America, South-America, Artic, sub-Artic

Poland

The Asia & Pacific Museum
24 Solecstreet
00-403 Warsaw
Tel: +48-22-299268
Fax: +48-2-6219470

January 31st - December 31st ,1995:
Exhibition: "The World of Vietnamese Art"
at the Nusantara Gallery, 18a Nowogrodzka Street, Warsaw.

May 1995 - onwards:
Exhibition: "Contemporary Art and Graphics of Vietnam"
at the Asian Gallery, 5 Freta Street, Warsaw.

Portugal

Museum of Ethnology
Avenida llha da Madeira-ao Restelo
1400 Lisboa
Tel: +351-1-301526415
Fax: +351-1-3013994
Tuesday to Sunday 10.30-18.00 hrs.

Permanent collection:
Ethnological collections from Africa, America, Asia, and Europe with a strong focus on Portugal.

Russia

Tsaritsino Palace Museum
1 Rue Doskaia
115569 Moscow
Tel: +7-095-3216366
Fax: +7-095-2414623
Opening time not available

During 1995:
The notion of beauty in the works of traditional artists of Middle Asia and the Caucasus.

Slovak Republic

State Gallery of Banská Bystrica
8 Rue Dolna
97450 Banská Bystrica
Tel: +42-88-24167

October 1995 - January 1996:
The 13th International Triennial of Wood Engraving.

Switzerland

The Baur Collections
8 Rue Munier-Romilly
1206 Genève
Tel: +41-22-3461729
Fax: +41-22-7891845
Tuesday to Sunday 14.00-18.00 hrs.

Permanent collection:
Japanese and Chinese art.

Barbier-Mueller Museum
10 Rue Calvin
1204 Genève
Tel: +41-22-3120270
Fax: +41-22-3120190
Daily 10.00-17.00 hrs.

Permanent collection:
African, Oceanic, Melanesian and American art.

Rietberg Museum
Gablerstrasse 15
8002 Zürich
Tel: +41-1-2024528
Fax: +41-1-2025201
Tuesday to Sunday 10.00-17.00 hrs.

Permanent collection:
Indian and Tibetan art, art from Africa and the Pacific, Eskimo and North West Ameri- can, Indian and pre-Columbian art.
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U.S.A.

Asian Art museum of San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
California 94118
Tel: +1-415-6688921
Fax: +1-415-6688928
Wednesday to Sunday: 10.00-16.45 hrs, closed Mondays and Tuesdays, open first wednesday of each month until 20.45 hrs.

Through June 11, 1995:
Painted Prayers: Photographs of Indian women's ritual arts
The women of India regularly paint the surfaces of their homes with decorative art intended to please the gods.

July 19 - October 15, 1995:
Mongolia: The legacy of Chinggis Khan
See section Central Asia.

July 20 - October 1, 1995:
Living masters: The painting of Zhu Qizhan
In celebration of the life and art of the 105 years old Shanghai's most prominent living artist, an exhibition of approx. 20 of his paintings is presented.

May 27 - 29, 1995:
14th Annual Asian American Jazz Festival

June 3,7 & 10, 1995:
1995 Asian Film Tour

July - September 1995:
In conjunction with the Mongolian exhibition, a dynamic series of films, videos , storytelling programs and cultural performances will be presented.

Vietnam

Red River Gallery
71A Nguyen Du Street
Hanoi
Tel: +84-4-229064

Permanent collection: Work of Vietnamese artists Khuc Thanh Binh, Thah Chuong, Dao Tanh Dzuy, Pnam Minh Hai, Dang Xuan Hoa, Tran Luong, Pham Hong Thai, Boa Toan, Truong Tan, Do Minh Tam.

Art Gallery Hien Minh
1st Floor, 44 Dong Khoi Street, Distr. 1
Ho Chi Minh City
Tel: +84-8-224590

Permanent collection: Work of among others the Vietnamese painter Nguyen Thi Hien.

Galleria Vinh Loi
49 Dhong Koi Street, Distr. 1
Ho Chi Minh City
Tel: +84-8-222006

Permanent collection: Among others the work of the Vietnamese artist Bui Xuan Phai (1921-1988).