Asia Week New York—the ten-day Asian art extravaganza—which concluded on March 24, 2018, reports that combined sales totaled $169,819,000. At press time, this figure includes 41 out of 45 galleries and the four auction houses: Bonhams, Christie’s, Doyle, and Sotheby’s. 

The annual event was celebrated with a gala reception on March 19, co-hosted with the Asian Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mike Hearn, Chair of the Asian Art Department and Christina Prescott-Walker, chairman of Asia Week New York welcomed over 600 collectors, curators and Asian art specialists.