March 17, 2014-Asia Week New York Kick-off Reception at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
On the occasion of Asia Week New York, the Asian art extravaganza that is currently underway all over town, The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened its majestic Asian art galleries to over 600 international collectors, curators, gallery owners, and scholars who are in New York for the non-stop round of exhibitions, auctions, and museum shows. Now in its 6th year, a record-breaking 47 galleries -- from Australia, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, Thailand and the U.S. -- have set up shop all over town offering an astonishing array of the rarest and finest Asian examples of porcelain, jewelry, paintings, ceramics, sculpture, bronzes, prints, photographs, and jades from China, Japan, Korea, India, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia.
One of the evening’s highlights were the curatorial tours of the major exhibitions now on view: Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China, the Met’s first Chinese contemporary art exhibition; The Flowering of Edo Period Painting: Japanese Masterworks from the Feinberg Collection and Tibet and India: New Beginnings.
Among those seen in the crowd were: The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Yoo Soon-taek, Emily Rafferty, Maxwell K. Hearn, Carol Conover, Lulu Wang, Mary Ann Rogers, Gisèle Croës, Kasper, Bernard Wald, Marie- Hélène Weill, Colin Mackenzie, Joan Mirviss, Jiyoung Koo, James Lally, Kit and Tina Luce, Melissa Chiu, Alexandra Munroe, Harry and Ellen Eisenberg, Annysa Ng, Suneet Kapoor, Robert Mowry, Suzanne Eliastam, John Carpenter, Beatrice Chang, Martha Sutherland, Carlo Cristi, Katherine Martin, Margriet Krigsman Scholten, Annysa Ng, Karen and Leon Wender, Keum Ja Kang, Erik and Cornelia Thomsen, Nancy Berliner, Jane Portal, Michael Goedhuis, Francesca Galloway, Henry Howard-Sneyd, Christina Prescott-Walker, Anu Ghosh-Mazumdar, Yamini Mehta, Mee-Seen Loong, Xian Fang, Dessa Goddard, Bruce MacLaren, Jeff Olson, Edward Wilkinson, Claire and Michael Chu, Lesley Kehoe, Byron Kehoe, Debbie Misajon, John Reed, Michael Hughes, Elias Martin, Eric Zetterquist, Nana Onishi, Oliver Forge, Brendan Lynch, Jonathan Tucker, Prahlad Bubbar, Tina Zonars , Elisabeth Hammer, Ashley Hill, Louis Webre, Jennifer Casler-Price, Marley Rabstenek, Nancy Berliner, Sue Ollemans, Walter Arader, Nicholas Grindley, Ruth and Richard Dickes, Bill Griswold, Chris Malstead, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Feinberg, Karsten Tietz, Giuseppe Piva, Antoine Barrère , Marsha Vargas Handley, Chiu-Ti Jansen, Dessa Goddard, Machiko and Koichiro Kurita, David Orentriech, Marina Killery, Carole Davenport, Erik Schiess, Gaia Banovich, Jessie Paindiris, Dr. Alvin Friedman Kien, John and Berthe Ford, Tu Qiang, Andrew Kahane, Christophe Hioco, Shawn Ghassemi, Hiroshi Yanagi, Nayef Homsi, Kathy and Paul Bissinger, Bob Levine, Vijay Anand, Leonardo and Tomaso Vigorelli, David Joralemon, Ed Nagel, Thomas Bachmann, Gabriel Eckenstein, John Guy, Joe Earle, Erica and Lark Mason, Jiaxin Tian, Alice Chin, Nancy Wiener, Leiko Coyle, Calli and Bob McCaw, Vyna St. Phard, Corinne Plumhoff, Shao Wang, Carlton Rochell and Kathleen Kalista, Noémie Bonnet, Sarah Callaghan, Margaret Tao, Marilyn White, Pilar Conde, and Alfonso Lledo Perez.
This year, Asia Week New York welcomes their Presenting Sponsor, Amanresorts ,with seven of its properties in four Asian countries including Amanfayun in Hangzhou, China, Aman at Summer Palace in Beijing, China, Amanbagh in Rajasthan, India, Aman-i-Khas in Ranthambore, India, Amangalla in Galle, Sri Lanka, Amanwella in Tangalle, Sri Lanka, and the Amankora in Bhutan.
The Supporting Sponsor for the second year, is The China Center, which is scheduled to open on 6 floors in One World Trade Center in 2015. Serving as a gateway for Chinese companies and individuals entering the U.S. to connect with American entities seeking new opportunities with China. A multifaceted space, The China Center will include a private members club with a restaurant, a tea lounge, a bar, premier event and conference spaces and best-in- class serviced office suites.
Asia Week New York ends on Saturday, March 22. http://www.asiaweekny.com
Read MoreOne of the evening’s highlights were the curatorial tours of the major exhibitions now on view: Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China, the Met’s first Chinese contemporary art exhibition; The Flowering of Edo Period Painting: Japanese Masterworks from the Feinberg Collection and Tibet and India: New Beginnings.
Among those seen in the crowd were: The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Yoo Soon-taek, Emily Rafferty, Maxwell K. Hearn, Carol Conover, Lulu Wang, Mary Ann Rogers, Gisèle Croës, Kasper, Bernard Wald, Marie- Hélène Weill, Colin Mackenzie, Joan Mirviss, Jiyoung Koo, James Lally, Kit and Tina Luce, Melissa Chiu, Alexandra Munroe, Harry and Ellen Eisenberg, Annysa Ng, Suneet Kapoor, Robert Mowry, Suzanne Eliastam, John Carpenter, Beatrice Chang, Martha Sutherland, Carlo Cristi, Katherine Martin, Margriet Krigsman Scholten, Annysa Ng, Karen and Leon Wender, Keum Ja Kang, Erik and Cornelia Thomsen, Nancy Berliner, Jane Portal, Michael Goedhuis, Francesca Galloway, Henry Howard-Sneyd, Christina Prescott-Walker, Anu Ghosh-Mazumdar, Yamini Mehta, Mee-Seen Loong, Xian Fang, Dessa Goddard, Bruce MacLaren, Jeff Olson, Edward Wilkinson, Claire and Michael Chu, Lesley Kehoe, Byron Kehoe, Debbie Misajon, John Reed, Michael Hughes, Elias Martin, Eric Zetterquist, Nana Onishi, Oliver Forge, Brendan Lynch, Jonathan Tucker, Prahlad Bubbar, Tina Zonars , Elisabeth Hammer, Ashley Hill, Louis Webre, Jennifer Casler-Price, Marley Rabstenek, Nancy Berliner, Sue Ollemans, Walter Arader, Nicholas Grindley, Ruth and Richard Dickes, Bill Griswold, Chris Malstead, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Feinberg, Karsten Tietz, Giuseppe Piva, Antoine Barrère , Marsha Vargas Handley, Chiu-Ti Jansen, Dessa Goddard, Machiko and Koichiro Kurita, David Orentriech, Marina Killery, Carole Davenport, Erik Schiess, Gaia Banovich, Jessie Paindiris, Dr. Alvin Friedman Kien, John and Berthe Ford, Tu Qiang, Andrew Kahane, Christophe Hioco, Shawn Ghassemi, Hiroshi Yanagi, Nayef Homsi, Kathy and Paul Bissinger, Bob Levine, Vijay Anand, Leonardo and Tomaso Vigorelli, David Joralemon, Ed Nagel, Thomas Bachmann, Gabriel Eckenstein, John Guy, Joe Earle, Erica and Lark Mason, Jiaxin Tian, Alice Chin, Nancy Wiener, Leiko Coyle, Calli and Bob McCaw, Vyna St. Phard, Corinne Plumhoff, Shao Wang, Carlton Rochell and Kathleen Kalista, Noémie Bonnet, Sarah Callaghan, Margaret Tao, Marilyn White, Pilar Conde, and Alfonso Lledo Perez.
This year, Asia Week New York welcomes their Presenting Sponsor, Amanresorts ,with seven of its properties in four Asian countries including Amanfayun in Hangzhou, China, Aman at Summer Palace in Beijing, China, Amanbagh in Rajasthan, India, Aman-i-Khas in Ranthambore, India, Amangalla in Galle, Sri Lanka, Amanwella in Tangalle, Sri Lanka, and the Amankora in Bhutan.
The Supporting Sponsor for the second year, is The China Center, which is scheduled to open on 6 floors in One World Trade Center in 2015. Serving as a gateway for Chinese companies and individuals entering the U.S. to connect with American entities seeking new opportunities with China. A multifaceted space, The China Center will include a private members club with a restaurant, a tea lounge, a bar, premier event and conference spaces and best-in- class serviced office suites.
Asia Week New York ends on Saturday, March 22. http://www.asiaweekny.com
