'Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters':
An Interview with Arthur R. Miller

Organized by the Royal Academy in collaboration with Arthur R. Miller and The British Museum, 'Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters: Japanese Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi from the Arthur R. Miller Collection' comprising of more than 130 colour woodblock prints loaned to Japan Society by the American Friends of The British Museum travels to Japan Society Gallery this spring (12 March-13 June). The vast majority of the works are from Miller's extraordinary collection of almost 2,000 prints, amassed over the past three decades. An avid art-lover with a passion for Kuniyoshi's prints, Miller is renowned for his work as a lawyer and legal scholar, with a distinguished career that has included more than 35 years as a chaired professor at Harvard Law School. Since 2007, he has been University Professor in the School of Law at New York University and in 2008 became Special Counsel to Millberg LLP. A highly respected commentator on law and society, he has published more than 40 books and received two Emmys for his television work, including two decades as legal editor on Good Morning America. Orientations speaks with him about the present exhibition and his journey of collecting.

A 'Family Affair': A Conversation with Allan and Steven Chait

Ralph M. Chait opened his eponymous gallery in 1910 after moving to New York from England. Working for an art dealer cousin, Chait became fascinated by Chinese works of art; he went on to develop a library and, unusually for dealers of that time, become a scholar in his field. In its hundred years of existence, the gallery has been in five different locations, but always remained in the same neighbourhood. While concentrating primarily on Chinese porcelain and works of art, Ralph Chait bought a collection of Khmer art and American paintings in the 1930s; he also had some Pre-Columbian gold. Chait's son Allan and late daughter Marion Howe expanded the focus to include Chinese export silver. As Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc. approaches its centenary, Margaret Tao speaks with Allan Chait and his son Steven about the gallery's distinguished past and present, and its plans for the future.