Edward Wilkinson

Edward Wilkinson is Executive Director of Bonhams, Asia based in Hong Kong, and remains Global Head of Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art department. In 2011 Wilkinson has served as a consultant to Bonhams Asian Art department and has helped to develop sales of Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art in New York, where new records have been... established for Indian artists Bagta for $302,000 and Tara for $192,000 and Thai sculpture, a Mon-Dvaravati 'Eilenberg' Buddha for $673,000. In 2014 a new record was estbalished for a 16th century Tibetan Mandala for $929,000 and Wilkinson is credited with the rediscovered two spectacular works by the modern Indian artist, V.S. Gaitonde, that sold for $1,685,000 and $1,085,000. Since establishing an independent art adviory and appraisal company in 2003, Wilkinson has conducted numerous appraisals on behalf of private individuals and corporations for charitable donation to museums, including; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pacific Asia Museum of Art, Asian Art Museum-San Francisco, Seattle Art Museum, San Diego Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rubin Museum of Art, Museum Rietburg, Zurich, Royal Ontario Museum, and many more. Wilkinson has conducted numerous lectures and workshops for museum and private groups including; a lecture at the Norton Simon Museum of Art, April 2007 entitled 'The Beauty is in the Details: An aesthetic appreciation of the museum's permanent collection'; 'Building Your Own Collection' at the Pacific Asia Museum October 2011. He was co-author and curator of 'From Miniature to Modern, Tradition In Transition: Indian Works of Paper,' 2010, London and Los Angeles. He was also a contributing author to 'Goddess, Lion, Peasant, Priest: Modern and Contemporary Indian Art from the Collection of Shelley and Donald Rubin', Oglethorpe University Museum, 2010. Wilkinson was accredited member of the International Society of Appraisers 2007-2015 and Co-Chair of the ...Read More