Asia Week New York 2017 Suggested Highlights
March 2017
If you’re one of our regular readers, you know that at any given week, at least a dozen exhibitions featuring works from Chinese artists are going on in New York. However, the annual Asia Week New York, which began in 2009 with 16 Upper East Side galleries banding together to host open houses to welcome and draw those interested in arts from Asia, reminds us of the presence of collectors and art dealers in New York, that smaller galleries and art from other regions usually aren’t on our radar, and that we need to visit certain museums and institutions we haven’t been to in a while.
This year’s Asia Week runs from March 9 – 18, with many exhibitions extending past the 10-day “week”. The over 40 participating galleries will host open houses the weekend of March 11 and 12. Many participants are also holding opening receptions and events.
The full list of participating dealers, auction houses, museums, and institutions; a map of their locations; and a calendar of events are available on the Asia Week New York site. You can filter the list of participants based on your interests.
We combed the listings for participants showing Chinese art and found that many of them present exquisite Chinese art or antiques. However, a few piqued our interest by exhibiting something we had not seen before or for being an interesting collection.
Although the list is by no means a comprehensive list of all the participants you should visit or the great things you might see, here are our highlights for this year’s Asia Week [Updated to include INK Studio’s China Now: New Literati Art]
China 2000 Fine Art
You know Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Rauchenberg, but did you know about their forays into Chinese imagery? Stronger Together: Two Western Artists Who Embrace the Chinese Idiom shows two late-career examples by the American artists that meld Chinese visual elements with their signature styles. On view also are Square Word Calligraphy scrolls by Xu Bing.
The exhibition runs from March 6 – 30.
177 E. 87th St., Suite 601
Roy Lichtenstein – ‘Landscape with Poet’, 1996. 16-color Lithograph and Screenprint in 19 runs, 90.5 x 36.125 in. (229.9 x 91.8 cm)
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FitzGerald Fine Arts
At their 40 Wooster Street location, the gallery debuts works by Beili Liu and works by photographer and performance artist Han Bing, emerging sculptor Zhou Rong, graphite artist Hui Chi Lee, and established porcelain painter Jared Fitzgerald.
An opening reception will be held on March 11, 6 – 9 PM
40 Wooster Street