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Amazing Chinese Porcelain Highlights in Boston and Worcester Museums
Hope everyone is having a nice summer! I've been keeping myself busy the past few months. In addition to a work trip to Vancouver in July...

Anthony Wu
Aug 28, 20215 min read


My August 12th Chinese Art Lecture with the Canadian Society of Decorative Arts!
Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer. I've been busy the past few weeks preparing for the Fall season of Asian art auctions. This...

Anthony Wu
Jul 17, 20212 min read


My Inaugural Asian Art Auction at Heffel!
I'm back from Vancouver now! One of my big news updates of 2021 is I joined Heffel auction house back in January. I am now their...

Anthony Wu
Apr 21, 20215 min read


Rare 1500 Year-Old Chinese Pilgrim Flask Resurfaces in Toronto
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and hoping for a much better 2021. I've had a chance to relax over the holidays and now I'm back at...

Anthony Wu
Jan 13, 20216 min read


My Quintessential Chinese Art Reading List during COVID Lockdowns
And we made it to December! Just when things started to look better in the early months of the Fall, Toronto is back in lockdown-mode...

Anthony Wu
Nov 26, 20208 min read


Visualizing the Divine: Early Chinese Buddhist Bronzes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe! Summer went by too quickly now that the Ontario government has loosened some of the...

Anthony Wu
Sep 14, 20206 min read


Reporting East Asia: The Collection of Suzanne and Mark Gayn
Hope everyone is doing well during these uncertain times! As we approach mid-July there are many signs Toronto is slowly regaining a...

Anthony Wu
Jul 10, 20207 min read


My New Chinese Art Auction Highlights Article in Orientations!
Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during these uncertain times. We're now well into April of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in...

Anthony Wu
Apr 9, 20204 min read


Unprecedented Times: New York Asia Week 2020 and COVID-19
Nothing is ordinary these days with the major clampdown of North America and Europe because of the COVID-19 'Corona' Virus. As I am...

Anthony Wu
Mar 18, 202010 min read


Late Spring Chinese Art Highlights in Hong Kong - Porcelain, Buddhas and Jades
I finally made it back to Toronto! If you have been following my Instagram, you probably saw that I was in Hong Kong for two weeks. In...

Anthony Wu
Mar 18, 20206 min read


The Re-opening of the Hong Kong Museum of Art! Museum Highlights and an Amazing Harbour View!
Hope everyone is doing well! This post is a continuation of my previous one where I go through my trip to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong...

Anthony Wu
Feb 21, 20205 min read


December Visit to Shanghai - the Stunning Shanghai Museum, a Beautiful Skyline and Delicious Crabs!
And here it is! In last month's blog I promised to showcase some of the highlights from my trip to China in early December 2019. In...

Anthony Wu
Jan 21, 20206 min read


£1 'Charity Store' Vase Sells for over £480,000, and other Chinese Art Highlights in London!
Some of the amazing Chinese porcelain I saw in London Asia Week 2019 including objects found in thrift stores that sold for a lot of $$$!

Anthony Wu
Dec 13, 20195 min read


My Latest Article - 'A Former ROM Imperial Treasure Resurfaces at Christie's Auction'!
My latest article just came out and can be found in the Fall 2019 issue of the Royal Ontario Museum's 'Friends of East Asia: Newsletter...

Anthony Wu
Nov 17, 20192 min read


USD 3.5 Million Tang Dynasty Silver Bowl and Other Highlights from September Asia Week New York!
Hope everyone is enjoying the autumn season! I've been traveling a lot the past few weeks so have been a little late in posting my trip...

Anthony Wu
Oct 20, 20197 min read


Summer News and Chinese Art Highlights from the Spring of 2019!
I can't believe we're already halfway through summer! The past couple of months have been fairly busy for me with the Toronto Asian Art...

Anthony Wu
Aug 25, 201910 min read


Gods in My Home - Celebrating Chinese New Year at the Royal Ontario Museum
Happy belated Chinese New Year! February 5, 2019 marks the beginning of the year of the pig - the twelfth and final animal in the Chinese...

Anthony Wu
Feb 25, 20193 min read


The Thomson Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles at the Art Gallery of Ontario
For those who have been following my blogs over the past three years, you probably noticed that I write a lot about my visits to Asian...

Anthony Wu
Jan 26, 20194 min read


August/September Asian Art Updates - Boston trip & the record-setting 'Stanley Fields' bowl
Hope everyone had a wonderful summer! It's definitely been a while since my last blog ... and if you haven't read it yet, it was an...

Anthony Wu
Sep 21, 20184 min read


Is the €16 Million 'Shoe Box' Vase Worth all the Hype?
If you have read my past blogs, this one is going to be a little different from what I have assembled in the past. In this case, I am...

Anthony Wu
Aug 9, 20185 min read
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