Saturday September 20 2025
After last year’s successful edition, the ceramics committee is happy to be organising another specimen meeting. It will take place on Saturday afternoon 20 September from 2pm to 4pm at the Amsterdam Public Library.
14:00 uur
Members & partner-members
Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam, Oosterdok
Activities, Lezingen
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Saturday June 14 2025
The KVVAK is delighted to welcome you to the one-day symposium on 14 June 2025, the fifth in the series of KVVAK Young Scholars’ Symposia in Asian Art. The symposium is entitled ‘Asian art and material culture: new ways of seeing’, because all of today’s presenters (BA and MA students, PhD candidates and early career researchers) will present their work that offers new perspectives and approaches to the art and material culture of Asia and the exchange between Asia and Europe. The symposium is held at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, the home of the KVVAK’s collection.
12:30 uur
Members & partner-members
Auditorium Rijksmuseum
Activities
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Saturday May 24 2025
The KVVAK is pleased to announce a lecture-filled afternoon on Saturday May 24 engaging in the exploration of the life and legacy of C.T. Loo (1880–1957), one of the most influential figures in the history of Asian art collecting.
14:00 uur
Members & partner-members
Auditorium Rijksmuseum
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Friday May 9 2025
KVVAK members are cordially invited to Dr. Jeffrey Moser's lecture on the Chinese aesthetics of geology on May 9 in Leiden.
13:15 uur
Members & partner-members
Universiteit Leiden
Lectures
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Wednesday April 23 2025
The KVVAK is happy to announce, in collaboration with the Waza no Michi Foundation, a special Kōdō workshop on April 23, led by Mrs. Mina Hayakawa of Kyoto, a contemporary practitioner of this traditional Japanese incense ceremony.
18:00 uur
Members & partner-members
Huis de Visscher
Activities
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Saturday April 12 2025
The board of the KVVAK invites its members to the General Meeting (ALV) on Saturday, April 12, 2025, 2 p.m. in the Auditorium, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
13:30 uur
Members & partner-members
Auditorium Rijksmuseum
Activities
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Saturday March 22 2025
The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Royal Asian Arts Society in the Netherlands are pleased to present a special cultural event for young audiences to experience Indonesian cultural heritage and engage with the collection of the Asian Pavilion at the Rijksmuseum.
14:00 uur
Members & partner-members
Auditorium Rijksmuseum
Activities
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Tuesday February 4 2025
The KVVAK cordially invites its members to a special excursion to the Dutch Silver Museum in Schoonhoven on Tuesday, February 4. During the visit there will be a special lecture on the exhibition Refleksi-Refleksi which tells the story of Indonesia and the Netherlands through silver objects.
10:30 uur
Members & partner-members
Nederlands Zilvermuseum te Schoonhoven
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Saturday January 18 2025
The KVVAK cordially invites its members to the special New Year's Reception on Saturday, January 18, in Leeuwarden. This year we will be welcomed at the Fries Museum and then visit the exhibition Wu Zetian in the Keramiekmuseum Princessehof Leeuwarden
13:30 uur
Members & partner-members
Fries Museum and Keramiekmuseum Princessehof Leeuwarden
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Friday December 13 2024
The Southeast Asia Committee cordially invites members of the KVVAK to a special tour of Asian Bronze with curator William Southworth. You will soon be able to register for one of the two tours that will take place on Friday, December 13.
14:00 & 15:00 uur
Members & partner-members
Rijksmuseum
Activities
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Saturday November 9 2024
The KVVAK cordially invites you to an afternoon with two lectures by Bruce Carpenter and Michael Backman in the auditorium of the Rijksmuseum on Saturday, Nov. 9.
14:00 uur
Members & partner-members
Auditorium Rijksmuseum
Activities
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Saturday October 12 2024
KVVAK and the SJA cordially invites its members to a special lecture by Ayomi Yoshida on Japanese printmaking and three generations of female printmakers from the Yoshida artist family.
14:00 uur
Members & partner-members
Auditorium Rijksmuseum
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