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Exhibitions & Events
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April 2006 - 25th February 2007 'Khmer
Silks' Buddhist Textiles from Cambodia Diploma
in Asian Art The British Museum For further information contact Dr Heather Elgood, The British Museum provides a unique opportunity to gain a postgraduate degree that focuses on the classical and decorative arts of Asia. The course is object based providing lectures and handling sessions led by leading international academics and museum curators. Students can choose any number or combination of three-month modules. Students successfully completing three modules will be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art, validated by University of London, Royal Holloway College. The Post Graduate Diploma is taught over three twelve-week terms. Please contact the Education Department for further details. Email:
[email protected] 14th June - 22nd December 2006 Percival David Foundation 53 Gordon Square London WC1 Mon-Fri: 10.30am-5pm From August: 10.00am- 12.30pm, 1.30pm-5pm Ming
Colours - Polychrome Porcelain from Jingdezhen' 7th - 10th November 2006 The Nehru Centre 8 South Audley Street London W1K 1HF Tel: + 44 (0) 207 491 3567 / 7 493 2019 Fax:+ 44 (0) 207 409 3360 Email: [email protected] Website: www.nehrucentre.org 'Raja Ravi Varma' Further information please contact [email protected] Akademi Event 2006 in Association with the Mayor of London Akademi South
Asian Dance UK Awaz/Voice 7th
- 8th October 2006, 8pm October
2005 - July 2007 The Victoria & Albert Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 2RL Tel: + 44 (0) 207 942 2000 www.vam.ac.uk New Gallery: Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art. 20th October 2006 - 30th
April 2007 26th August - 12th November The Fan Museum 12 Crooms Hill Greenwich London SE10 8ER Tel: 0208 305 1441 www.fan-museum.org Tues-Sat: 11 am - 5 pm, Sun: 12pm - 5 pm Admission: £4; Consessions: £3;Children under 7, OAP'S, Disabled: Free 'Chinoiseries' 31st August - 11 November 2006 Asia House 63 New Cavendish Street London W1G 7LP Tel: +44 (0) 207 307 5454 [email protected] www.asiahouse.org 'Beyond the Page: Contemporary Art from Pakistan' Beyond the page: Contempoary Art from Pakistan will be launched this year at Asia House in London and Manchester Art Gallery, and will then tour to the Harley Gallery, Huddersfield Art Gallery and the Midlands Art Centre in Birmingham. The art of minature painting developed at Islamic courts in Asia between the 14th and 19th Centuries. In recent years there has been a dramatic revival of the miniaturist tradition and its has once again become one of the most significant art forms of the region with several young Pakistani artists standing at the vanguard of the movement. the full-colour publication , designed by reform Creative in Manchester, and co-published by Asia House, Manchester Art Gallery and Shisa will be a lasting document of this exhibition and the transgression of a movement. 3rd October - 2nd December 2006 The London International Gallery of Children's Art 02 Centre 255 Finchley Road London NW3 6LU Tel: +44 (0) 7435 0903 email: [email protected] Tues - Thurs 4pm - 6pm, Fri - Sun 12pm - 6pm Entry Free 'The Christina Noble Children's Foundation
Sunshine Art Exhibition' 10th October - 8th December 2006 The Brunei Gallery, SOAS School of Oriental & African Studies Thornaugh Street Russell Square London WC1H 0XG Tel: + 44 (0) 207 898 4915 (Reseption) 4046 (Recorded Information) Contact: Joy Onyjiako Email: [email protected] Tues - Sat 10.30am - 5pm. Admission: Free. Groups of 10 or more please telephone in advance. 'Images
from the End Game' The Photographs of Alexander Lyas - The
Tsar's Consul to Persia, from 1901-1914. 'A
Future for the Past: The Petrie Palastinian Collection',
presented with the University of Archaeology UCL. 2nd-10th November 2006 The Bhavan Centre M.P. Birla Millenium Gallery 4A Castletown Road London W14 9HE 0207 381 3086 [email protected] 11am - 7pm daily 'Eastern Echos': A group exhibiiton by: Saima Rasheed, Maryam Hashemi, Aqeela Shirazes. An exhibition by three contemporary artists from South Asia to include watercolour and miniatures. The private view for the exhibition is on Thursday 2nd November 6.30-8.30pm at the above address. 6th November - 1st December 2006 Embassy of Japan Foyer Gallery 101-104 Piccadilly London W1J 7JT Contact: Simon Wright + 44(0) 207 465 6500 [email protected] Mon-Fri: 9.30am - 5.30 pm Entry: Free 'Washi Ning Yo: The World of Japanese Paper
Craft' Workshops will be held on 8th November at the Japan Foundation, London. Fordetails and to reserve a place, contact +44 (0) 207 436 6695, [email protected] or check the website: www.jpf.org.uk 11th
November 2006 - 25th February 2007 Art Exhibition
'Chola: Sacred Bronzes of Southern India' 14th-20th
June 2007 Private Preview 13th June 2007 Opening
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