(I am not sure whether this belongs in the Teaware or in the Announcement section. Given that it is so closely related to Teaware I placed it here, but feel free to move it.)
I just wanted to make any interested parties aware of the fact that a special Chawan temporary exhibition opened at the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria. I will be going on Saturday, but from what I have read it should be pretty good, with over 100 Chawans from various collections in Europe and Japan, the oldest piece dating from the 8th century.
link:
http://www.mak.at/e/jetzt/f_jetzt.htm
It will be open until March 2010, so if you have been thinking of visiting Central Europe here is perhaps something to add to the travel plans.