I hope everyone is having a terrific summer! I recently finished a long work trip to Vancouver where I sourced artworks for the upcoming Heffel Asian art online auction. Hopefully I will remain in Toronto for the next couple of weeks. My next trip will be a one week stop to Ottawa and Montreal in the beginning of September followed immediately by a flight to Asia Week New York for the Asian art previews and auctions. It's going to be busy! Last August, I put together a blog on my Japanese woodblock print collection featuring a couple of shin hanga (new wave prints) by the legendary Kawase Hasu ..read more

I'm back from Paris now! This was a such a wonderful trip to one of the world's most famous cities. I haven't visited Paris since 2016 and it was such an incredible feeling to wander the streets and view all of the city's Asian art offerings. The food, wine and coffee were also exceptional! I was in Paris for approximately eight days for Printemps Asiatique Paris (aka Asia Week Paris) which ran from June 7th-16th 2023. In addition to the Asian art auctions taking place at Bonhams, Christie's and Sotheby's, there were plenty of Asian art sales at the regional houses and a dealer fair at the leg ..read more

I had a wonderful visit to Minneapolis and Chicago back in early May! It was my first time visiting Minneapolis and here I was joined by a few Asian art colleagues where we were granted a private tour by esteemed Chair of Asian art and curator of Chinese art Dr. Liu Yang of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Dr. Yang guided us through his blockbuster exhibition 'Eternal Offerings: Chinese Ritual Bronzes'. These were a reimagining of the Pillsbury bronzes, part of the foundations of the museum's permanent Asian art collection, and one the most important collections of Chinese archaic bronzes in ..read more

And a big THANK YOU for everyone who participated in my April Asian art auction at Heffel, Canada's National auction house! This was the fifth Asian art sale I collaborated with Heffel, and the total sale realized an incredible CAD 820,000! Nearly 150 Asian art objects were offered over three sessions, with the majority of the items originating from China, Japan and the Himalayan region. This sale ran from April 6th to 27th across three of Heffel's galleries in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Despite the current economic climate, the sale fared much better than expected. The Asian art items t ..read more

This past Asia Week in New York saw strong prices across the board for Chinese works of art including Chinese porcelain and ceramics, jade carvings and furniture. There was also a resurgent interest for gilt-copper alloy (aka gilt bronze) sculptures from the Himalayan region. Initially many Asian art insiders feared that the market would slow down because of the global economic situation with its rising interest rates, but the Asian art market has shown its resilience and has proved to be a stable alternative to stocks and real estate. As many of you know, Asia Week New York takes place every ..read more

In early March I did a whirlwind tour of East Asia! This was my first time back to the region since before the pandemic, and over a 14 day period I visited Hong Kong, Taipei and Tokyo. It was a great feeling to visit this part of the world again - especially Hong Kong where I was able to see numerous family members and friends again. One of the highlights of my trip was to visit the newly opened Hong Kong Palace Museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District. This new museum was years in the making and finally opened up on July 3rd of 2022. It is conveniently located just a quick bus ride from t ..read more

And that's another milestone achieved for @anthonywuart! I finally surpassed 4000 followers on Instagram with 4001 and counting! A big thank you to everyone supporting me over the years and following my international Asian art adventures. I started my Instagram account shortly after I left my position as an Asian art specialist at a regional auction house in Toronto in the summer of 2015. Since the humble beginnings of having '0' followers and weekly posts that average only 10-15 'likes', my Instagram account has grown to become one of the more popular Asian art feeds, and is followed by frie ..read more

This is my first post for 2023 and I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas break and Happy New Year! During the holidays I was in the USA to complete a few of projects before the year-end. One of these jobs took me to Dallas for an insurance appraisal. This was my first time in Texas and the trip started smoothly enough with the appraisal being completed within schedule. Later that evening I was also able to try some famous Texas BBQ at Terry Black's - the ribs and brisket were simply amazing! However my flight to New York (where I was based for 2 weeks) was delayed because of a snowstorm in ..read more

I hope everyone is doing well as looking forward to the holiday season! My apologies for taking so long to put the finishing touches on my Asian Art in London blog. It's been quite busy with business traveling over the past few weeks. Since the end of November, I've already made stops to New York, Chicago and Dallas. There's still a lot of Asian art appraisal and valuation work to be completed before the end of the calendar year! I also wanted to wait for the final results of the Christie's Paris Art d' Asie auctions that took place in mid-December. Many of their highlight objects including th ..read more

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 and gallery visits (including a stop at Eskenazi for their latest exhibition), but also visiting various museums around the city. During my visits to London, I also make a point to visit ONE museum outside of the London area. Recent years have taken me to the Museum of East Asian Art in Bath, the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, and the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford. For this trip I went on a two day excursion to the city of Bristol. Bristol was always a fascinat ..read more