NEW YORK, NY.- The Asia Week New York Association announces that an unprecedented 47 international galleries will participate in Asia Week New York 2014, the nine-day celebration of Asian art and culture that spans the metropolitan region from March 14 through 22, 2014.

"The continued growth of Asia Week New York confirms that New York City is firmly established as the not-to-be-missed destination for Asian art collectors and enthusiasts," says Carol Conover, chairman. "More and more dealers realize that they must be here to take advantage of the tremendous marketing efforts that has brought about Asia Week New York's huge success. The synergy with galleries, auctions houses, museums and cultural institutions make New York one of the main international hubs for the Asian art market and a wonderful resource for Asian art education."

The newcomers joining Asia Week New York include: Gisèle Croës s.a., the Chinese specialist from Brussels; GalleryFW, the contemporary Japanese art gallery in Chicago; Michael Goedhuis, the contemporary Chinese art specialist from London; Moke Mokotoff from New York, who specializes in Himalayan art and Chinese textiles; Onishi Gallery, a New York-based gallery devoted to contemporary Japanese ceramics; and Giuseppe Piva Japanese Art, who is coming from Italy with works of art, arms and armor. According to Ms. Conover, with some of these new additions, the number of galleries showing contemporary art has increased to 25%.

Dealers returning to Asia Week New York with museum-quality works of art from across the Asian continent include:

Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art
Art Passages (United States), Buddhist Art (Germany), Galerie Hioco (France), Nayef Homsi (United States), Prahlad Bubbar Ltd. (England), Walter Arader Himalayan Art (United States), Xanadu Gallery (United States), Carlo Cristi (Italy), Dalton Somaré (Italy), Francesca Galloway (England), Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd (England), Kapoor Galleries (United States), Susan Ollemans (England), Carlton Rochell Asian Art (United States), John Siudmak Asian Art (England) Jonathan Tucker Antonia Tozer (England), and Nancy Wiener Gallery (United States) .

Ancient and/or Contemporary Chinese Art
Galerie Jacques Barrère (France), Santos-London (England), and U.S. galleries that include Andrew Kahane, Ltd., Asian Art Studio, Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc., China 2000 Fine Art, The Chinese Porcelain Company, Michael C. Hughes LLC, Jadestone, Kaikodo LLC, J.J. Lally & Co., M. Sutherland Fine Arts, Ltd., Nicholas Grindley Works of Art Ltd, and Zetterquist Galleries.

Ancient and/or Contemporary Japanese Art
BachmannEckenstein (Switzerland), Carole Davenport (United States), and Lesley Kehoe Galleries (Australia). Returning participants Dai Ichi Arts, Ltd., Joan B. Mirviss, Ltd., Scholten Japanese Art, Erik Thomsen (all from the United States), along with Hiroshi Yanagi Oriental Art from Japan.

Ancient and contemporary Korean specialists Kang Collection Korean Art and KooNewYork, both from the United States, are the final contributors to the extraordinary array of Asian art treasures on view.