Sources
Please find below the overview of sources of collections of and information about Asian Art.
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Asian Art Society in the Netherlands
The Royal Asian Art Society in the Netherlands was founded on 29 June 1918 by engineer and art connoisseur H.F.E. Visser (1890-1965) and collector and antiquarian G.J. Verburgt. Their goal was to disclose high-quality Asian art to a wider audience, to create interest in it and to stimulate academic research in the field of Asian art. As of January 1st 2022 the Dutch Tax Council designated the Royal Asian Art Society as a Cultural Public Benefit Organisation (‘Culturele Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling’ (ANBI)).
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Saturday June 14 2025
Young Scholars’ Symposium in Asian Art 2025 | Asian art and material culture: new ways of seeing
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Comment“After all, these objects hold our fascination because they do more than one thing at one time and they do many more things over time.”
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