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Asian Art

A Sotheby’s auctioneer stands at a podium gesturing toward the crowd as a screen displays Hokusai’s The Great Wave with active bidding figures during the sale of the Okada Museum works.

Utamaro’s ‘Fukagawa in Snow’ Led Sotheby’s HK$688M Sale of Works from the Okada Museum of Art

The museum, founded in 2013 by billionaire Kazuo Okada, was compelled to sell the trove of masterworks to settle a $50 million legal bill owed by the collector.
By Elisa Carollo
A traditional Japanese woodblock print depicts a horse pulling a wooden cart with large wheels, a black and white dog sitting on top of the cart wearing a straw hat, and a background featuring massive green bamboo mats opening to reveal a river and buildings in the distance.

What Not to Miss at Asia Week New York 2025

This sprawling, decentralized art event brings together classical and contemporary art from across Asia in auctions, exhibitions and more.
By Christa Terry
A photo of an outdoor plaza featuring futuristic, mound-like structures with circular skylights and people walking, biking, and gathering under a bright blue sky.

Observer’s Guide to Helsinki’s Best Art Galleries and Museums

The city, spread across a series of islands, has many exceptional galleries and museums (though sadly, no Guggenheim).
By Nathan Smith

End of an Era: Goodbye, Rubin!

By The Editors
A drinking vessel

An Archaic Bronze Drinking Vessel Was the Star of the Autumn Asia Week New York Auctions

By Sophia Powers

Asia Week New York Is Back for Autumn With a Smaller Program of Exhibitions and Auctions

By Christa Terry
A man paints pottery in a workshop

Mingei: Japan’s ‘Art of the People’ is Having a Moment

By Karen Gardiner
A museum exhibition with prints hanging on a wall

Two Curators On How the National Museum of Asian Art’s “Staging the Supernatural” Came to Be

By Dan Duray
A black and white photo of three Chinese women

What Not to Miss at Asia Week New York Spring 2024

By Christa Terry
Print of large blue and white ocean wave

Hokusai’s Full Mount Fuji Series Could Fetch $5M in Christie’s Asia Week New York Sale

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
A gilt framed painting of a mountainous landscape done in the pointilist style

Alan Hartman’s Art Collection Realizes $22.2m at Bonhams

By Christa Terry
Dinosaur skeleton set against white background

Sotheby’s Celebrates 50 Years in Asia with the Sale of Two Exceptional Fossils

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Oil painting of man trapped in bunk bed made of boxes

Gagosian Is Building Tetsuya Ishida’s Legacy in the U.S.

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Young woman with dark hair in ponytail sings into microphone while holding guitar

A Look at the National Museum of Asian Art’s Centennial Celebration

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Men carry bundles and women wash herbs near a waterwheel

Asia Week Auction Recap: A ‘Great Wave’ Bidding War and More

By Anni Irish
White and blue porcelain vase depicting dragons

A Seemingly Ordinary Chinese Vase Sold at Auction for $7.6 Million, Nearly 4,000 Times Its Estimate

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Chinese Artist Sun Xun Turned His Hotel Quarantine into a Studio of Infinite Freedom

By Farah Abdessamad

“Weaving Stories” Explores the Importance of Textiles in Southeast Asia

By Emily Wilson

A Spectacular Auction of Ancient Chinese Art Is Coming Up at Sotheby’s

By Helen Holmes

Multimedia Artist Lu Yang Creates Art for Our Times

By Farah Abdessamad

If You Have Around $7 Million, This Van Gogh Drawing Could Soon Be Yours

By Helen Holmes

The Met Just Received More Than 375 Objects Belonging to the Late Jayne Wrightsman

By Helen Holmes

The Met Museum Plans to Auction Off 300 Works of Chinese Art at a Precarious Time

By Helen Holmes

The Largest Collection of Japanese Prints in the US Is Moving House

By Daniel Grant
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