Brussels, June 5-9, 2013.  

We are glad to inform you that next week, simultaneously to the Antiquities and Asian Art Fairs, ArtConnoisseurs organizes in Brussels a series of 25 cutting-edge lectures given by world renowned specialists about hot topics for collectors, scholars and art lovers.

During 5 days, Artconnoisseurs will receive 25 lecturers. Respected experts, scholars, curators, collectors, dealers coming from Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and USA will come to Brussels to share their knowledge and passion about Egyptian, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Greek, Roman, as well as Tibetan and Near Eastern art. Most of the lectures will be given into english and, in order to share it, they will be filmed and made available freely online after the event.

ArtConnoisseurs will receive major names in the field like Dr. Sidney Goldstein, the ancient glass specialist (former curator/director at Corning Museum of Glass and at Saint Louis Museum),  the world famous scholar of Indian Art, Dr. Pratapaditya Pal, (Former Curator of Boston Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art…), Dr. Claire Derriks, Egyptologist, President of International Committee for Egyptology (CIPEG) of the International Council of Museums,) Dr. Mark Merrony, Director of the Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins and Editor-in-Chief of Minerva Magazine and David Pritzker, Researcher on Himalayan Art and Exhibitions Curator of the Rubin Museum, New York who will be among many others scholars from Belgium and abroad.

Artconnoisseur's idea gathered also an impressive impulse of confidence from high-profile personalities like philanthropists, scientists, curators, as well as political figures like Herman Van Rompuy, President of European Council, who wrote the foreword to Artconnoisseurs's 50 members committee of honour.

You will find all the details (Program, lecturers, Committee of Honour) as well as videos of objects and interviews of collectors (DKM Museum, Alain Bordier, Jacques Léon Théodor, Christian Levett) on the website:  www.artconnoisseurs.eu

Lectures are free of charge and can be booked at :
contact@artconnoisseurs.eu 

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ArtConnoisseurs is a cultural project of Asian Art in Brussels (AAB) and Brussels Ancient Art Fair (BAAF) in partnership with IBHEC (Institut Belge des Hautes Etudes Chinoises), developed by Brussels International Art Promotion and Logistics (BIAPAL) with the support of VisitBrussels and Region Brussels-Capital.