Detailed Schedule
Thursday
October 1
10:00–12:30
Visit of the Musée du Cinquantenaire incl. a handling session with Netsuke from the Michotte/Lepage Collections
(max. 15 people)
@ Musée du Cinquantenaire
14:00–16:30
Visit of the Musée du Cinquantenaire incl. a handling session with Netsuke from the Michotte/Lepage Collections
(max. 15 people)
@ Musée du Cinquantenaire
18:00–20:00
Registration & Welcome Reception & Contemporary Carver’s Exhibition
Friday
October 2
08:30
Registration & Opening Remarks
09:00
Collecting Netsuke & Japanese Arts in Belgium
A brief introduction
Nathalie Vanderperre, Brussels & Giovanni Rimondi, Italy
10:30
Pairing Inro with Netsuke (and ojime)
Guidelines & approaches
Arie Vos, Brussels
10:30
Cabinet Portier & 100 years of French Asian Art history
Alice J., Paris
11:30
Insai
More than a monkey trainer carver
Neil Holton, London
14:00–17:30
Dealer’s Room Open
18:00–20:00
Plaisirs ephémères
Netsuke from Belgian collections
@ Lempertz Brussels
6, Rue du Grand Cerf
1000 BRX
Saturday
October 3
09:00
Ceramic netsuke. Schools & Techniques
A Tactile Talk
Léonore de Magnée & Hugues Vuillefroy d. Silly, Paris
10:30
Signs on the Surface
Skin, Disease, and Texture in Netsuke
Saskia Goldschmidt, Zurich (via Zoom)
10:30
The Latest on Raymond Bushell
Max Rutherston, London
11:30
Deer-antler netsuke and Kakuten ojime
Dr. Ikuko Kimura, Tokyo
12:30–14:00
Lunch (+ INS Board Meeting)
14:00–18:00
Dealer’s Room Open
18:00–20:00
Dinner & Fun Auction
Sunday
October 4
09:00
Bokuto
The Geoff Dorey Collection of Bokuto. 108 examples of martial spirit
Neil Holton, London
10:30
Panel discussion
Q&A-edition
Alex Carmel, collector, Leiden
Clive Hallam, restorer, London
Max Rutherston, dealer, London
Lukas Zacke, auctioneer, Vienna
14:00–16:00
Dealer’s Room Open
18:00–20:00
One or two or three last drinks
Sundowners, Mingei-Art and Netsuke
@ Kitsune Gallery
55, Rue des Minimes
1000 BRX
Special Events
Musée du Cinquantenaire
Visit incl. a handling session with Netsuke from the Michotte/Lepage Collections
(max. 15 people)
Thursday: 10:00–12:30 and 14:00–16:30
Welcome Reception
Registration & Welcome Reception & Contemporary Carver’s Exhibition
Thursday: 18:00–20:00
Plaisirs ephémères
Netsuke from Belgian collections
Friday: 18:00–20:00
Lempertz Brussels
6, Rue du Grand Cerf
1000 BRX
Dinner & Fun Auction
Saturday: 18:00–20:00
One or two or three last drinks
Sundowners, Mingei-Art and Netsuke
Sunday: 18:00–20:00
Kitsune Gallery
55, Rue des Minimes
1000 BRX
Dealer’s Room Open
Friday: 14:00–17:30
Saturday: 14:00–18:00
Sunday: 14:00–16:00
Around Brussels
Art left and right
Dinners
Hotels (if you’re not staying at the NH)
Registration
Early Bird Pricing
Register before August 1, 2026
Member
$850
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Member’s guest
$750
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Standard Pricing
After August 1, 2026
Member
$950
Member’s guest
$850
Add guests during your member registration
Hotel Accommodations
2026 INS Convention Hotel Rate
Superior Room from
€240 Single Occupancy
€260 Double Occupancy
price including breakfast and taxes
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