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

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

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...

I hope everyone is looking for the Christmas holidays! I just got back from a long trip to East Asia where I was in Hong Kong for 8 days....

I'm really having a blast during my trip to London! Not only am I enjoying the Asia Week in London events with all the auction previews...

I'm now in London for the Asian Art in London events! I'll be here for approximately ten days of auction previews and sales, museum...

Last month I had the pleasure of visiting London for the first time in almost three years! Even though I resumed traveling...

If you haven't had a chance to visit the Gardiner Museum in Toronto recently, I highly recommend checking out their current exhibition...

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...

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...

I can't believe it has been 2 months since my visit to Hong Kong! If you haven't read my companion post about to my trip in late May,...