Asian Art in London runs from 29 October to 10 November 2026, opening with the joint private view at the V&A and running through Mayfair, St James's and Kensington.
Asian Art in London opens its annual autumn season with a joint private view at the V&A on Thursday 29 October 2026. It runs to Tuesday 10 November.
The London dealers and auction houses in Asian art formed it in 1998. They had been competing for the same international buyers on separate dates, and did better on one. A board drawn from the trade itself has run it every autumn since.
The programme has no floor, no stand and no ticket. The whole specialist trade opens at once, and buyers fly in for the period as a whole.
From South Kensington the trade spreads across Belgravia, St James’s and Mayfair, with late openings on three consecutive evenings. A collector can see a Ming jar in a Mayfair gallery, a Japanese screen in Belgravia and a Chinese textile in St James’s in one afternoon. The specialists are in the room.
Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Bonhams all time their Asian sales to fall inside the period. The LAPADA fair on Berkeley Square overlaps it at the Mayfair end.