Asian Art in the Age of COVID-19

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Asian Art in the Age of COVID-19

Instructor: 
Dessa Goddard
When: 
November 12, 2020
Time: 
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time
Place: 
Zoom Webinar
Fee: 
$15 per person Society Upper Category members. Advance registration must be received by the SAA by November 5, 2020.

Advance registration for this event has now closed.

As Asian art lovers, how do we adapt to the virtual new reality, where the art we love to appreciate and perhaps own is largely accessible through a computer screen, and group activities occur mainly through online platforms? There are new, rich avenues to explore and guideposts to help us through these extraordinary times. Dessa Goddard will share with us her experience and perspective on Asian art in the age of COVID-19.

Dessa Goddard oversees all Bonham’s specialists and consultants in the fields of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Himalayan, Indian and Southeast Asian Art in North America, and is the Senior North American Chinese Specialist in charge of acquiring consignments for the company's auctions in New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong. She holds a B.A. in Art History from Northwestern University, an M.A. in Asian Art, and advanced to Candidacy for the Ph.D. in Chinese History at UC Berkeley. She attended Harvard University as a graduate student, where she studied under Professors Max Loehr and John Rosenfield. She travels and lectures throughout the U.S. on topics in Chinese art and has focused her recent research on the growth of philanthropy and urban culture, with a specific eye to the history of Asian art collecting in America. She regularly appears on PBS's Antiques Roadshow.

A Zoom confirmation email with information on how to join the webinar will be sent to all registered attendees a few days before the event. Even though it is not required by Zoom, we recommend that you download and install Zoom on your computer or mobile device in advance, and set yourself up with a free account. Attendees will have a chance to participate in the Q&A with a text chat function.

Registration Policies

The Society for Asian Art's cancellation policy requires at least one week's advance written notice in order to receive a refund of registration fees. This excludes our Travel programs, which have separate cancellation policies, as well as any programs where a specific refund policy is stated on the event page. Your fees will be returned to you through a check in the mail. To cancel, please contact us.

For programs located within the Asian Art Museum, the museum entrance fee must be paid separately and is not included with your registration fee.

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