Lecture Series - An Overview of Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art

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Join Sandhya Jain-Patel, AAA, Sandhya Jain-Patel, LLC 
for the next installment in our 2021-2022 Lecture Series.
Sandhya will provide an overview of the current and 
historical markets for Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast
Asian Art. Attendees will learn how to recognize art from
South and Southeast Asia.

Sandhya Jain-Patel is an specialist in the care, collection,
and appraising of fine art. Previously, she was the inaugural
director for Wrightwood 659, a private arts space in Chicago,
where she oversaw the exhibition of Trace by Ai Weiwei.
Before then, Mrs. Jain-Patel was VP and Head of the Indian,
Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art Department at Christie's
New York, where under her guidance, her team were responsible
for appraising, marketing and selling fine art from the Gandharan
period up to the early 20th century. During her tenure at Christie’s,
the department set multi-million dollar records across the category,
and handled some of the most important collections, including the
Pal Family Collection, and the James and Marilynn Alsdorf
Collection. Mrs. Jain-Patel was instrumental in identifying a lost
Indian court painting by Nainsukh of Guler which sold for $1.6
million in 2008, in bringing the Doris Wiener Collection to auction
in March 2012 which achieved $12.7 million, and in winning the
Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, which made $134 million
in March 2015. Currently, Mrs. Jain-Patel is an independent
cultural producer and passionate DEI advocate. You can find
her on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandhya-jain-patel)
or her website (sandhyajainpatel.com).

A reception with refreshments will follow the lecture that will be in the historic National Arts Club, a National Landmark building and the former home of Governor Samuel Tilden.

1.5 CE credits