Carol Conover has been named the new chair of the fast-growing festival Asia Week New York. […] According to Conover, "At 18 I knew it had to be Chinese art for me." She helmed the Chinese art department for nearly two decades and in 1996 took the post of gallery director of Kaikodo LLC, whose selection of high-quality Chinese paintings is renowned. At Asia Week she aims to present the best examples of art from the continent and ensure that the usually competitive institutions work together smoothly.