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Wilson, Keith

Mr.

Chinese jades of the Neolithic through Han periods, bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, with particular interest in inscribed examples; Buddhist sculpture of the Six Dynasties period and Sui and Tang dynasties; Korean art of all periods.

Positions

Geographic Focus

Background And Education

Education And Training

Research And Grants

Publications

Selected Publications

  • Article

    • Li, Kin Sum, Liu, Yu, Ma, Guancong, Liu, Kwong Ip, Ng, Michael Kwok-Po, Liu, Haiwang, Wilson, Keith, Chen, Xueqing, Lee, Kin San, Fang, Qin, Poon, Johnny M., Qin, Xu, Chun, Tsz Hin, and Jiang, Haoran. 2024. "A “set” of ancient bronze bells excavated in Changsha, Hunan Province, China." Heritage Science, 12, (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-024-01377-0. 2024
    • Li, Kin Sum, Liu, Haiwang, Wilson, Keith, Chen, Xueqing, Lee, Kin San, Fang, Qin, Qin, Xu, Liu, Yu, Chun, Tsz Hin, and Jiang, Haoran. 2024. "Potential scale of industrial outputs of the bronze bell casting industry in 500 BCE China." Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 16, (5). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-024-01979-6. 2024
    • Wilson, J. Keith. 2023. "Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings." Arts of Asia, (Winter), 2023
    • Wilson, Keith. 2016. ""Meiguo Huashengdun tequ Shimisen xuehui zang de Kezier bihua duanpian 美国华盛顿特区史 密森学会藏的克孜尔壁画残片 (Kizil wall painting fragments at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC),"." Xin meishu 新美術, 5 20–34. 2016
    • Wilson, Keith. 2013. "Thinking Green: Chinese Jades Reworked in the Second Millennium BCE." Transactions of the Oriental Ceramics Society, 77 39–56. 2013
    • Wilson, J. Keith. 2012. "The Singer Collection." Orientations, 43, (7) 58–59. 2012
    • Wilson, J. Keith. 2011. "Chinese Art Now at the Freer and Sackler." Arts of Asia, 41, (5) 100–103. 2011
    • Wilson, J. Keith. 2011. "Then and Now: Displaying Chinese Art at the Freer Gallery." Arts of Asia, 41, (5) 135–147. 2011
  • Chapter

    • Wilson, Keith. 2020. "Introduction." In Dragon's Roar: Chinese Literati Musical Instruments in the Freer and Sackler Galleries. Yang, Yuanzheng, editor. Munich, Germany: Hirmer Publishers. 2020
    • Wilson, J. Keith and Flecker, Michael. 2010. "Dating the Belitung Shipwreck." In Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds. Krahl, Regina, Guy, John, Wilson, J. Keith, and Raby, Julian, editors. 35–37. Washington, D.C.: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Books. 2010
    • Wilson, J. Keith and Wang, Daisy Yiyou. 2010. "The Early-Twentieth-Century 'Discovery' of the Xiangtangshan Caves." In Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan. Tsiang, Katherine R., Wilson, J. Keith, and Born, Richard A., editors. 104–129. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2010
    • Wilson, J. Keith. 2007. "Korean Art Exhibitions in the U.S." In Exhibiting Korean Art. 222–263. Seoul: National Museum of Korea. 2007
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Editor Of

  • Book

    • Tsiang, Katherine R., Wilson, J. Keith, and Born, Richard A., editors. 2010. Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2010
    • Krahl, Regina, Guy, John, Wilson, J. Keith, and Raby, Julian, editors. 2010. Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds. Washington, D.C.: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. 2010

Presentations

  • Presentation

    • Wilson, Keith. 2019. Collecting Networks: A Social History of Chinese Art in America [presentation]. Chinese Art in the West, March 23, 2019. Shanghai, China.
    • Wilson, Keith. 2019. Designing digital catalogues [presentation]. Shenzhou guoguang: Wang Zhongxiu's archive and Huang Binhong's art, March 19, 2019. Hangzhou, China.
    • Wilson, Keith. 2018. Jades for Life and Death: A Template for Museum Digital Publications [presentation]. Digital Asian Art History, October 26, 2018. Chicago, Illinois.
    • Wilson, Keith J. 2022. Korean Art in the United States: A Forum [presentation]. June 9, 2022. The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: The Korean Cultural Center in Washington, DC.

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