Part art fair, part exhibition, new Hong Kong event set to reinvigorate city’s art scene
- ‘Unscheduled’ at the Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and Arts will showcase the diversity and solidarity of Hong Kong’s commercial and independent art scenes
- The 12 Hong Kong- and Asia-based or connected artists featured include Kitty Chou, Mak Ying Tung 2, Chou Yu-Cheng and Liu Bolin
When Art Basel Hong Kong and the city’s unofficial “art month” were cancelled in March due to the outbreak of Covid-19, Fabio Rossi of the Rossi & Rossi gallery believed all was not lost, knowing that Hong Kong’s vibrant, creative and diverse art scene is much more than two fairs and various auctions.
Two months on, he has teamed up with Willem Molesworth, director of the de Sarthe gallery, to stage an event that showcases not only the diversity, but also solidarity, of both the local commercial and independent art scenes.
To run from June 17 to 27 at the Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and Arts, “Unscheduled” is part art fair, part exhibition. It sets out to reinvigorate art communities in the city that are struggling as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
“It’s a great moment of coming together of all the stakeholders in the art community in Hong Kong. It really shows the strong sense of community in this city,” he says.
