OLD AND NEW

Art fairs and auctions will keep collectors busy in Asia this month, while museums in London and New York focus on the ancient and modern

ANDY WARHOL— FROM A TO B AND BACK AGAIN

WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, NEW YORK NOVEMBER 12 TO MARCH 31, 2019 Remarkably, this is the first Andy Warhol retrospective to be held in the US since 1989. Starting with Warhol’s work as a commercial illustrator in the 1950s, the show traces the artist’s career through to the height of pop art in the 1960s and on to his experimental video work and use of ready-mades in the 1980s. whitney.org

WEST BUND ART & DESIGN

WEST BUND ART CENTRE, SHANGHAI NOVEMBER 8 TO 11 More than 90 galleries from around the world are descending on Shanghai to take part in the West Bund Art & Design fair, among them heavy hitters such as Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth and David Zwirner. Once you’re finished at West Bund, don’t miss the other events taking place concurrently, including the Art021 fair and the 12th Shanghai Biennale. westbundshanghai.com

CHRISTIE’S AUTUMN SALES

HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE NOVEMBER 23 TO 28 Christie’s hosts a series of day and evening auctions at the end of this month selling everything from jewellery and watches to wine and Chinese calligraphy. The highlight of the auction series is the painting Wood and Rock (below) by Su Shi (who lived from 1037 to 1101), which is hailed by experts as one of the world’s rarest Chinese paintings. The estimate for the 1,000-year-old scroll is more than US$51M. christies.com

I AM ASHURBANIPAL: KING OF THE WORLD, KING OF ASSYRIA

THE BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON NOVEMBER 8 TO FEBRUARY 24, 2019 King Ashurbanipal of the Assyrian empire, who lived from roughly 669 to 631 BC, was the most powerful man on earth at the time. This major exhibition explores his reign through the British Museum’s unmatched collection of art and objects from the Assyrian empire, which at its heyday stretched from the eastern Mediterranean to the mountains of Iran. britishmuseum.org