I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful summer! At the time of writing this blog, I’m taking a bit of downtime in Toronto as I prepare for a busy Fall season. In July, I spent about two weeks in Vancouver working on my upcoming October Asian art online auction in collaboration with Heffel . In just a week, I’ll be flying off on an exciting Asian art development trip that will take me to San Francisco, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. Over the next three weeks, I’ll be engaged in a numbe

Bonjour Paris! (Well… by now, it’s more like au revoir , Paris) In early June, I was finally able to return to one of my favourite cities in the world - Paris. It had been two years since my last visit, and once again, the trip was timed to coincide with the Printemps Asiatique Paris festivities. As many of you know, the international Asian art auction calendar kicks off every year in September and wraps up in June. This circuit primarily focuses on Chinese art and antiques

Surprisingly, one of the major cities in the world with a renowned Asian art museum I never visited is San Francisco. Despite my...

Immediately after the close of my April online Asian art sale at Heffel (which wrapped on April 24th), I jetted off on one of my...

What a quick turnaround! The spring edition of Heffel's Asian art online auction barely closed and now I am in Hong Kong for the Chinese...

I can’t believe another Asia Week New York has come to an end! For those who have been following my blog over the past few years, you’ll...

It's been a while since I last wrote about the Giga Pearl ! To be exact, my last blog on this subject was July of 2019 after the Giga...

I hope everyone had a very Happy New Year and that 2025 is off to a good start! For the past few weeks I was able to take a bit of a...

Wow, it's nearly the Christmas Holidays! My November and December went by so quickly with art-related business trips all around the...

This Fall season has been one of the busiest ever! I have been traveling a lot for work since mid-September with stops in New York, Hong...

Thank you once again to everyone who participated in my latest Asian art online sale at Heffel , Canada's national auction house! I'm...

October 6th marked the last day you can visit the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art in New York's Chelsea neighbourhood. This was a sad...

The traveling just keeps on coming! A few weeks ago I was in New York for the Asia Week New York festivities (you can read about my trip...

This past Asia Week New York went by so quickly! Asia Week New York is like clockwork and takes place every mid-September and mid-March...

I can't believe it's September already! This means there's only a few weeks left before the autumn Asian art auction season (and my...