ASIA WEEK 2010

One of the many things filling the March calendar in New York is Asia Week, Mar. 20-28, 2010, a loose gathering of a wide variety of events that includes major auctions at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and other houses, an Asian art fair, museum exhibitions, and a wealth of gallery shows. A selection of highlights:


* Asian Art Dealers New York (AADNY) Open House, Mar. 20-21, 2010, includes more than 30 dealers in Chinese, Indian, Himalayan, Korean and Japanese artworks -- about double the 16 who participated last year. J.J. Lally is presenting "Chinese Ceramics in Black and White" while M. Sutherland has "Modern Calligraphy Masterworks and Joan B. Mirviss is presenting contemporary "liquid porcelain" works by Nagae Shigekazu.



* New York Arts of Pacific Asia, Mar. 25-27, 2010, at 7W, organized by Caskey-Lees, presents about 60 dealers from around the world at the 7W exhibition space, located at 7 West 34th Street, across from the Empire State Building. The special exhibition, "Legacy in Cloth: Batak Textiles of Indonesia," focuses on the woven designs of the Toba, Simalungun and Karo Batak peoples of North Sumatra. Admission is $20.



* The Japanese Art Dealers Association presents a special exhibition, "Humor in Japanese Art," Mar. 20-23, 2010, in conjunction with "JADA 2010," taking place at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 East 79th Street. Admission is free.



* Risham Syed, Mar. 25-May 15, 2010, opens at Talwar Gallery (108 East 16th Street), in the first U.S. solo show of works by the Lahore-based artist, whose installations and tableaux investigate Pakistani society in the context of its colonialist, Victorian past.



* Conscious Inspiration: Juxtaposing Nature & Art Form is the title of a panel discussion at Japan Society at 6:30 pm on Mar. 23, 2010, featuring architect Shigeru Ban, composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and artist Mariko Mori, and moderated by T Magazine editor Stefano Tonchi. Tickets are $15, and can be ordered online at the Japan Society website.



* Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art, Mar. 16-June 20, 2010, at Asia Society, the first-ever exhibition of art inspired by the practice of Buddhist pilgrimages to sacred sites in Asia. The show features over 90 paintings, sculptures, textiles, manuscripts, ritual implements and reliquaries and other objects. A companion film, The Buddha, narrated by Richard Gere, airs on PBS on Apr. 7, 2010.



* Dancing across Borders, a film by Anne Bass, premieres at the SVA Theatre in Manhattan on Mar. 24, 2010. The documentary tells the story of the young Cambodian dancer Sokvannara Sar, who travels to the U.S. to audition at the School of American Ballet in New York.

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