Based in London since 1988, Joost van den Bergh has dealt in Asian art for over 35 years.

Initially Indian art was his primary focus with a particular interest in Tantra and ritual art. This formed the basis of his Tantra (2010), Magic Markings (2016) and Perfect Presence (2019) exhibitions, each of which was accompanied by a catalogue including specially commissioned academic and literary articles. Another exhibition in 2020 was the first ever solo show for Kalu Ram – a Tantric painter from Jaipur who was active in the late twentieth century but whose work had largely been forgotten.

The 2021 exhibition Double Take highlighted a number of works from the private collection of pianist and conductor Christian Zacharias, juxtaposing examples of Indian ritual art with modern Western art, and its catalogue included an extended discussion between Zacharias and the artist Alexander Gorlizki, as well as an essay by the poet and art critic John Yau.

With more than  20 years of experience in Japanese twentieth century art Joost has been actively expanding in this area and his most recent art fair presentations at TEFAF Maastricht have seen exclusive presentations on this subject, accompanied with especially produced catalogues such as Showa in 2024, and Mingei, Showa, Gutai in 2025.

Joost has contributed to various highly acclaimed museum exhibitions in recent years, including Thinking Tantra at the Drawing Room (London, 2016), Colori: Emotions of Color in Art at Castello di Rivoli (Turin, 2017) and The Botanical Mind at the Camden Art Centre (London, 2020). He has exhibited at the Battersea Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair, the Art and Antiques Fair Olympia, and TEFAF Maastricht numerous times, and has served on the vetting committees for the latter two events. He is also a long-time contributor to Asian Art in London, having exhibited for well over a decade. Numerous museums have acquired work for their permanent collections such as The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The MET, New York, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Queensland Art Gallery Brisbane and The British Museum London.

Contact: +44 (0)20 7839 8200
joost@joostvandenbergh.com