If I wasn't traveling enough already, just before the December holidays I managed to squeeze in a quick trip to New York to visit friends and family. While I was there, I also made time for something I'd been looking forward to for many years - finally visiting the newly reopened Princeton University Art Museum in Princeton, New Jersey. The museum traces its origins back to 1755, and today its collection includes more than 117,000 works of art. Its previous home, which opened

Immediately after selling the 1 million dollar Zhao Mengfu calligraphy album at Heffel in Toronto, I was on the plane again! This time it was a flight to the UK for their twice-annual Asian Art in London events. Like Asia Week New York, Asian Art in London celebrates the art of China, Japan, Korea, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia and South Asia. It takes place twice a year - November and May - and in addition to local Asian art lovers, hundreds of international visitors will de

Once again, a heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated in my latest Asian art online sale at Heffel . As I approach my fifth anniversary with Canada’s national auction house, I’m thrilled to share that this was by far my most successful auction with the company to date! Spread over three sessions, the Fall sale featured 121 objects from Asia, with works primarily from China alongside select pieces from Japan and South Asia. In total, the auction realized an impressive

The Fall 2025 edition of Asia Week New York already feels like a distant memory. Following a long late-summer journey that took me to San Francisco, Hong Kong, and Tokyo, I spent a few days in mid-September in New York attending the Asian art previews. New Asian art exhibitions were presented by major international auction houses such as Bonhams , Christie's , and Sotheby's , as well as regional firms including Hindman-Freeman's , Heritage Auctions , and Doyle . The market f