Interview with Curator & TAF jury member - Julia Hutt

Julia Hutt is curator of Japanese art in the V&A’s Asian department, specializing in lacquer-ware and ivory carvings. She also teaches widely on various courses, most notably at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London. She has published extensively on various aspects of Japanese art, particularly Japanese lacquer inro and netsuke. Her numerous publications include Understanding Far Eastern Art (with Helen Alexander, 1987), A History of the Japanese Fan (1992),catalogue and introductory essay for the lacquer volumes of Nasser D. Khalili’s Meiji no Takara; Treasures of Imperial Japan (1995); Japanese Inro (1997);
Japanese Netsuke (2003). 

Hutt is one of the jury members of TAF. She is also a trustee at Chiddingstone Castle, Kent.

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