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The Collector | 2018 treats for Hong Kong art lovers: mega venue opens, David Zwirner gallery debuts, Antony Gormley returns
The long wait for launch of art space at former Central Police Station will soon be over, there are solo shows for Michaël Borremans and Robert Indiana, Art Basel, and biennales galore – with Bangkok’s featuring Marina Abramovic
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Hongkongers, rejoice! For it is 2018, and we are on the home stretch of a marathon wait for long-promised mega art venues. The anticipated opening this year of the Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and Art, in the former Central Police Station compound, has The Collector trembling with excitement, and there are plenty of other propitious events to look forward to. The Year of the Dog will soon be upon us, but the local art scene feels more bullish than ever.
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JANUARY: Leading contemporary art dealer David Zwirner’s new Hong Kong gallery will open with a solo exhibition by Belgian artist Michaël Borremans, whose realistic oil paintings were popular with Zwirner’s Asian clients during Art Basel Hong Kong 2016, and the artist has been asked to create new works for the launch. “Fire from the Sun” will show from January 27 to March 10 at his eponymous gallery in H Queen’s, a building especially designed to house galleries, on Queen’s Road Central.
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FEBRUARY: The “LOVE Long: Robert Indiana and Asia” exhibition at Asia Society Hong Kong will bring to our shores memorable works by the American pop artist, best known for his LOVE painting from 1965. Guest-curated by New York-based Miwako Tezuka, the exhibition will also feature works by eight Asian artists and collectives that share Indiana’s interest in words: Kutlug Ataman, Candy Factory, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, Chim-Pom, He An, Hung Keung, Charwei Tsai and Xu Bing. The show opens on February 7 and runs until July 15.
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