
While other events are contracting, this New York mainstay remains a force to be reckoned with. Since the city’s dealers in Asian art first joined forces in 2009, Asia Week New York (AWNY) has been distinguished by its emphasis on connoisseurship – and by the number of curators from museums across the United States, Europe and Asia it attracts. For Brendan Lynch – of the London-based dealership Forge and Lynch, and now overseeing his second edition as chairman of AWNY – a key part of his remit has been capitalising on this strength, developing AWNY into a kind of ‘year-round cultural hub.’