Christie’s Education offers collectors and the simply curious two-day immersion courses in advance of Asian Art Week in March and its Magnificent Jewels sale in April.
Both courses include classroom and field studies, such as private tours of Chinese art exhibits, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China,” or a behind-the-scenes walk-through of the auction house’s own viewing galleries for the Magnificent Jewels sale.
SHORT COURSE: Chinese Contemporary Art
Kick off Asia Week in New York with Christie’s Education’s two-day course, “Chinese Contemporary Art,” on Friday and Saturday, March 14-15. The full-day course meets at Christie’s Education’s New York facility and will explore contemporary Chinese art from both an art historical and a market perspective.
Each day consists of lectures, with a focus on works from the 1970s onwards, and field study trips including a private tour of Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a tour of the China Institute’s exhibit, Inspired by Dunhuang: Re-creation in Contemporary Chinese Art. Lecturers will address how the role of art in China has been defined, reshaped and transformed by a series of political, social, economic and cultural movements from the time of Mao’s death to the Beijing Olympics and the present day.
Dates: March 14 – 15, 2014, 9:30am – 4:30pm
Instructors: CEDU Associate Professor and Course Director, Dr. Julie Reiss; Ingrid Dudek, Vice President and International Senior Specialist for Christie’s Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art; and Zhijian Qian, art historian, Parsons, The New School.
Location: 11 West 42nd Street, 8th Floor, (This course will include off-site visits)
Course Fee: $800
Registration: 1-212-355-1501; [email protected]; www.christies.edu/new-york/courses
SHORT COURSE: Special Topics in 19th & 20th Century Jewelry
Jewelry aficionados can develop a deeper appreciation for the art of fine jewelry in an intensive, two-day master class focused on 19th and 20th century jewelry. Each day will consist of lectures at Christie’s Education’s New York facility, covering major designers and movements, and afternoon field trips to look at jewelry in various contexts.
The course includes a guided walkthrough of the Christie’s Magnificent Jewels sale preview, led by a Christie’s specialist. The course will take place on April 10 and 11, plus a half-day on Saturday, April 12 for the walkthrough and closing reception.
Dates: April 10 – 11, 2014; from 9:30am – 4:30pm
Instructors: CEDU Associate Professor and Course Director, Dr. Julie Reiss; additional guest lecturers to be announced.
Location: 11 West 42nd Street, 8th Floor, (This course will include off-site visits)
Course fee: $1,350
Registration: 212-355-1501; [email protected]; www.christies.edu/new-york/courses