October 2016

Vancouver Appraisal Days

October 12 to October 15, 2016

I will be visiting Vancouver for four days to meet with West Coast clients and institutions. Please call or send me an email to book a private and confidential appointment. Space is extremely limited. A full schedule will be available in early October.

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Tour (cont'd) of the Asian Art Galleries at the Royal Ontario Museum

100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6

Hosted by Anthony Wu from 2-3:30pm Saturday October 1, 2016

A continuation of  the July tour of the Asian Art Galleries at the ROM. This time we will be heading up to the third floor to explore the Sir Christopher Ondaatje South Asian Gallery and the Wirth Gallery of the Middle East. Space is limited so please call or email to book in advance. We will be looking at South Asian and Himalayan religious sculpture, and works of art, as well as decorative arts from the Islamic World. We will gather in the lobby of the crystal at 2pm.

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September 2016

Asia Week New York

September 9 to September 12, 2016

I will be visiting New York City for four days to attend the Asia Week festivities. Highlights will include the Asian Art previews at Bonham's, Christie's and Sotheby's. There will be numerous Asian Art themed exhibition openings including shows at Asia Society New York, The Rubin Museum, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. If you will be there, please send me an email.

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July 2016

Tour of the Asian Art Galleries at the Royal Ontario Museum

100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6

Hosted by Anthony Wu from 2-4pm Saturday July 9, 2016

A quick two hour introductory tour of the Asian Art Galleries at the ROM. Space is limited as we will go through China, Korea and Japan and look at various forms of decorative art including jade, porcelain, earthenware, and bronzes. Museum highlights will also be featured. If there is additional time, we will go to the third floor to explore South Asia and the Himalayan region as well. Please call or email to book in advance. We will gather in the lobby of the crystal at 2pm.

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March 2016

Asian Art in Canada: An Introduction to the players and institutions that shaped Asian Art Collections in Canada

Presented by Orientations magazine

A lecture by Anthony Wu at 2-3pm March 12, 2016 at the Asian Art Fair.

Bohemian National Hall, 321 E 73rd Street, New York NY 10021 

Canada has a rich history of collecting Asian antiques and some of North America’s largest collections of Asian Art in its museums. This lecture will provide an overview of the various collectors, curators, benefactors, dealers, and institutions that played a key role in shaping Canada’s involvement with Asian art over the past 100 years, with a particular emphasis on Toronto and Montreal. Important figures will be examined such as Sir William Cornelius Van Horne (1843-1915), president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Sir Byron Edmund Walker (1848-1924), president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, George Crofts (1871-1925), a fur trader and antique dealer, and Bishop William C White (1873-1960), the first curator of the East Asian Gallery of the Royal Ontario Museum. Institutions such as the Royal Ontario Museum, Montreal Museum of Fine Art, and Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art will be overviewed.