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...

Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe! Summer went by too quickly now that the Ontario government has loosened some of the...

Hope everyone is doing well during these uncertain times! As we approach mid-July there are many signs Toronto is slowly regaining a...

Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during these uncertain times. We're now well into April of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in...

Nothing is ordinary these days with the major clampdown of North America and Europe because of the COVID-19 'Corona' Virus. As I am...

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...

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...

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...

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 $$$!

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...

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...

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...

One of the more interesting projects I am currently consulting on is the Giga Pearl . The Giga Pearl is the world's largest GIA ...

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...

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 Art collections in museums and auction house previews from all over the world. These include stops to New York, Chicago, London, Paris and Hong Kong. I do feel guilty since my hometown of Toronto definitely features fantastic Asian Art collections. These are spread out through a couple of institutions, with the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) bei