It is not really true that all Asian art comes to New York during the last week of March. It just seems that way. The four focal points of the Asia Week compass are the two auction houses, Sotheby's and Christie's , and the two art fairs, the International Art Fair at the Seventh Regiment Armory and the Arts of Pacific Asia Show at the Armory on 26th Street and Lexington Avenue. In addition to these four events, a number of special exhibitions are scheduled at galleries and museums and you ought to treat yourself to at least some of them.
Tibetan art is the new darling of U.S. collectors.
It is rare, so much of it having been destroyed during the Chinese takeover. Much of the art survives because courageous Tibetans carried it out. J.J. Lally features a show of ancient Chinese jades, bronzes and ceramics at its gallery at 41 East 57th Street, Mar. 24-Apr. 10. More than 20 fine carvings from the Neolithic age to Shang- Han and the Song Dynasties are included, along with archaic bronze vessels of the Shang and Warring States period. This is Schultz's first exhibition dedicated to the material culture of Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.