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...

The March edition of Asia Week New York finished up a couple of weeks ago and I had a wonderful visit to one of my favourite cities in...

CSDA/CCAD Sundays: Expert Series presents  Tea, Art, and Culture  - The Design Evolution of Japanese Tea Ceramics of the Late Edo...

I have some exciting news for everyone! As of March 7th, 2024 I officially joined the Board of the Gardiner Museum ! The Gardiner Musuem...