It’s
New York’s salute to the vibrant arts of Asia, a 10-day festival where
visitors admire or acquire ancient treasures and contemporary
masterworks displayed in lustrous galleries, auction houses and museums.
Now in its eighth year,
Asia Week New York,
which begins on Thursday, has blossomed into a kind of high-culture pub
crawl where international and local exhibitors showcase fine art from
all corners of Asia, and museums and others stage special events. This year more than
50 vendors are
participating — the most ever — but organizers are still mindful that a
year ago, federal officials and the Manhattan district attorney’s
office raided several dealers during a crackdown on antiquities
smuggling. They seized eight items and later charged one of the Asian
art market’s leading figures with trafficking in stolen goods. The
vast majority of dealers and auction houses were not implicated,
however, and they are looking forward to displaying a cornucopia of
traditional and modern works, including porcelain, jewelry, textiles,
paintings, ceramics, sculpture, bronzes, prints, photographs and jades.
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