Amin Jaffer
Dr Amin Jaffer is International Director of Asian Art at Christie’s and holds a particular responsibility for developing the brand and business in India.
| Fact title | Fact data |
|---|---|
| Joined the Roadshow: |
2015
|
| Dream find: |
Drawings by Indian modernist artist Nasreen Mohamedi
|
For thirteen years, he was a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, he authored Furniture from British India and Ceylon (V&A, 2001), Luxury Goods from India (V&A, 2002) and Made in Maharajas: design diary of Princely India (2006). Amin was co-curator of the V&A’s blockbuster 2004 exhibitions Encounters: the meeting of Asia and Europe, 1500-1800 and the 2009 exhibition Maharaja: the Splendour of India’s Royal Courts, and co-editor of the accompanying catalogues.His most recent publication is Beyond Extravagance: A Royal Collection of Gems and Jewels (2013), a multi-authored volume documenting a private collection of Indian jewellery spanning four hundred years.
Amin lectures frequently in Europe, America and India and contributes regularly to journals and major newspapers.
