Agenda

Saturday September 30 2023

Specimen Meeting with Anne Sey en Robert McPherson

After last year's successful edition, the ceramics committee is organising another specimen meeting.

Saturday June 17 2023

Young Scholars’ Symposium in Asian Art 17 juni 2023 – New Perspectives on Asian Art and Material Culture

Saturday May 20 2023

Collection Visit: Jan Veenendaal

Members of the KVVAK are cordially invited to an intimate collection visit to collector Jan Veenendaal on Saturday 20 May in Oudenbosch. His collection is the result of 50 years of collecting and now is the opportunity to see it all together.

Saturday April 29 2023

The General Meeting of Members and Lecture Denise Campbell

The KVVAK cordially invites you to the General Members' Meeting on 29 April at 13:00. The meeting will be followed by a lecture by Denise Campbell on 'the birth of European porcelain' following the exhibition 'Porcelain Fever' at the Princessehof.

Friday April 14 2023

KVVAK-seminar on Japanese prints and Chinese folding fans

The KVVAK invites its members and those of the Society of Japanese Arts to a special afternoon dedicated to two major Asian art donations to the Rijksmuseum.

Friday February 24 2023

In the picture: Photography from the Dutch East Indies

A lecture on KITLV's Indies photo collection by Coen van 't Veer and an interview with Martin Roos.

Thursday February 23 2023

Eighteenth-Century Chinese Infatuation: Chinoiserie Interiors in Bohemia

January 29, 2023 - February 5, 2023

Tickets for BRAFA Art Fair 2023

BRAFA invites the KVVAK to visit the 68th edition of this international event. They are pleased to give the members of the KVVAK 30 tickets that are valid on all public exhibition days.

Saturday January 28 2023

KVVAK New Year’s Reception 2023: Japanese Temple Guardians and ‘A Staggering Encounter’

De KVVAK nodigt haar leden van harte uit voor de nieuwjaarsbijeenkomst op zaterdag 28 januari 2023 om het nieuwe jaar in te luiden. Menno Fitski, hoofd Aziatische kunst van het Rijksmuseum, zal een korte lezing geven over kunsthistorische aspecten van de twee Japanse Tempelwachters in de collectie van het Rijksmuseum. Aansluitend zal kunstenaar Jikke van Loon vertellen over haar ontmoeting met deze tempelwachters en de start van een langdurig internationaal kunstproject.

Saturday November 26 2022

Seminar: Leaping the Dragon Gate, Voids of Clay and Behind Beauty – It is all about Chinese Porcelain

The KVVAK and the Nederlandse Vereniging van Vrienden van Ceramiek en Glas (NVVCG) join forces and invite their members to this unique event at the Rijksmuseum Auditorium in Amsterdam on 26 November, 13.00 hrs. The focus of this afternoon is on Chinese porcelain in all its exciting and colourful manifestations. Four eminent scholars and experts in the Chinese porcelain field will give presentations on a.o. the famous Butler collection, new books will be presented and we will learn about what lies behind the beauty of women on Chinese porcelain.

November 20, 2022 - November 27, 2022

Tickets for the anniversary edition PAN 2022

PAN Amsterdam nodigt de KVVAK uit voor een bezoek aan de 35ste jubileumeditie van dit internationale evenement. Ze stellen graag 30 tickets ter beschikking aan de leden van de KVVAK die op alle publieke beursdagen geldig zijn.

Friday November 11 2022

Lecture: ‘Freud and China’ by Craig Clunas

The KVVAK and HWS (Hulsewé-Wazniewski Foundation) are extremely happy to invite you for the lecture Freud and China by Craig Clunas. This lecture will take place on 11 November from 15.00-17.00 hrs. at the Grote Zaal of Museum Volkenkunde (Steenstraat 1, Leiden). The doors will be open at 14.30 hrs.