Christie’s celebrates Asian art

  • Event date 15 - 30 March
  • Event location New York, Online

Trace illustrious artistic traditions throughout time at Christie’s Asian Art Week in New York. Beginning on 21 March, explore a cascade of Hokusai’s masterpieces, Buddhist art, lacquer works, important Korean paintings and more in the Japanese and Korean Art auction. The Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art auction on 22 March highlights a large and impressive Gandharan grey schist figure of Buddha Shakyamuni, a brilliantly gold-heightened Tibetan painting of Milarepa, an array of Himalayan bronzes and royal portraits from the Rajput and Deccan states. Join the celebration of South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art next in a live auction spanning works by Manjit Bawa, Francis Newton Souza, Maqbool Fida Husain, Sayed Haider Raza, Akbar Padamseeand other luminary artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Your journey continues with the exceptional scholarship and provenance presented in the highly anticipated auction of J. J. Lally & Co. and the Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art auction from 23–24 March. The series closes with the online auctions of J. J. Lally & Co. – The Library, South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Online and Arts of Asia Online — accepting bids until the end of March.     

How to watch the livestreams

Asian art week
J. J. Lally & Co. ◆ 23 March | 8:30am EDT
Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art (Session 1) ◆ 23 March | 2pm EDT
Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art (Session 2) ◆ 24 March | 8:30am EDT
Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art (Session 2) ◆ 24 March | 2pm EDT

THURSDAY, 23 MARCH

Tune in at 8:30am EDT | 8:30pm HKT on Thursday 23 March to watch the J. J. Lally & Co. and Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art (Session 1) auctions live from New York. The sales will be livestreamed globally from our saleroom, where clients can place bids.

FRIDAY, 24 MARCH

Join us at 8:30am EDT | 8:30pm HKT on Friday 24 March to watch the Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art (Session 2). The sales will be livestreamed globally from our salerooms in New York, where clients can place bids.

Visit the christies.com homepage or check back here on 23, 24 March to watch the livestream events.

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Exhibitions & events

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Viewing at Christie’s New York

Location
20 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020

Dates & Times
17–22 March 

Monday – Saturday, 10am – 5pm
Sunday, 1pm – 5pm

The exhibition is free and open to the public.

Guided tours of Asian Art Week

Please join us for guided tours of Asian Art Week galleries on the 17th and 20th of March. Robert D. Mowry, Christie’s senior consultant and the Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art Emeritus at the Harvard Art Museums, will share his insights on the history and provenance behind this season’s collection of fascinating works.

Dates & Times
Friday, 17 March
Monday, 20 March

Tours begin at 11am at the front reception desk