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

Greetings from New York! I’m currently visiting one of my favourite cities in the world for the twice-annual Asia Week, North America’s major event for Asian art auctions. I’ll be writing more about this trip in my next blog where I’ll share all the Asian art highlights I’ve seen, so please stay tuned! For now, and as promised, I want to continue with the rest of my big summer journey, which took me from San Francisco to Hong Kong and Tokyo over a three-week period from late

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...

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...

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...

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...

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer! It's mid-August now which means there's only 4 weeks left before the Asian art auction...

I hope everyone is having a pleasant summer! I have been in British Columbia for the past few weeks sourcing Asian art items for my next...

In late May I managed to take a week off to make the 24 hour trip from Toronto to Hong Kong. I was there to view the important Asian art...

This past May I attended the Spring Asian Art in London events for about 12 days. Even though the Spring edition of Asian Art in London...

The April 2024 edition of my Heffel Asian art online sale was a great success and I'd like to thank all those who were involved once more...