Forthcoming articles

* "Meeting Old Friends & Colleagues, Collectors and Dealers: Osvald Sirén’s German Contacts in Berlin 1927," forthcoming in 2012 in Ostasiatische Zeitschrift

* "Osvald Sirén as collector of Chinese art," forthcoming in 2012 in Art and Collection Monthly (Diancang): the focus of the article is Sirén and his role and activities as a collector of Chinese art.

In addition to acquiring East Asian art for the museum in Stockholm, he acted as an advisor for the Honolulu Academy of Arts in 1930s. Between 1918 and 1935 he travelled extensively in East Asia and though the focus of these journeys was an research, visits to both Western, Japanese and Chinese dealers in major cities were an integral part of the programme. He also acted as an advisor for dealers and private collectors and amassed a collection of Chinese art for his own pleasure.

* "In Search of Paradise Lost: Osvald Sirén's Scholarship on Garden Art," forthcoming in 2013 in The Reception of Chinese Art across Cultures, ed. by Michelle Huang and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing: The article discusses Sirén's views on garden art as they are manifested in his scholarly studies such as Gardens of China (1948) and China and the Gardens of Eighteenth Century Europe (1950); both works are pivotal in the history of western perceptions on East Asian gardens and the relationship between China and Europe; in addition, among Sirén's scholarship the volumes mark his recent retirement and manifest a remembrance of things past, albeit in different ways.