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This year’s Kiaf Seoul art fair in South Korea was well-attended and visitors were enthusiastic, despite the art market downturn. Photo: Kiaf Operating Committee

Seoul art fairs see plenty of enthusiasm despite a slowdown in sales

Sales were down but spirits were high at the Kiaf and Frieze Seoul art fairs, with exhibitors pleased by young Koreans’ appetite for art.

Sales were down but spirits were high at the Kiaf and Frieze Seoul art fairs, with exhibitors pleased by young Koreans’ appetite for art

Organisers look to future as Hong Kong contemporary art fair enjoys strong debut

Shanghai-based Art021 launches Hong Kong art fair with focus on Global South

Opinion | Hong Kong must fall in love with art to be a bona fide cultural hub

Hong Kong, traditionally business-focused, needs to do more to organically cultivate a society that values and embraces art and culture

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Mong Kok residents painting a mural on the hoarding of a construction site for a new building late last year in a community art project by the non-profit Art In Place. Photo: Art In Place Hong Kong

Art fair Hong Kong Art021 Hong Kong extended: new dates, regional element

The rescheduled and extended Art021 fair will run from August 28 to September 8 in four locations, including a free show in Victoria Park, and take place in conjunction with a Greater Bay Area Art Week.

Editorial | Deal with Art Basel will showcase best of Hong Kong on global stage

Agreement aims to attract more high-end visitors to Hong Kong through promotions in Switzerland, United States and France.

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Editorial | Mega events also have to be big in quality for sake of Hong Kong’s reputation

As more shows, conferences and exhibitions are added to the city’s calendar, organisers must ensure people do not go away disappointed.

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A visitor admires the artwork “Lepton II” by Ivan Navaro at Art Basel 2024 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai in March. Photo: Eugene Lee

They said Michael Chow was too Chinese to be an artist. Look at him now

Famous for his celebrity-packed chain of Chinese restaurants, 85-year-old Michael Chow talks about facing prejudice, and why he wants to be known as the world’s greatest living artist.

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Biting satire: shoot zombie art collectors in artist’s video game

Hong Kong artist Mak2 takes a satirical swipe at her own industry with a zombie video game inviting viewers to shoot undead dealers and collectors, at her new solo exhibition at De Sarthe Gallery.

City colour added to Hong Kong’s Affordable Art Fair in bid to draw in more tourists

Affordable Art Fair designed to attract buyers on budget says it has seen increase in number of younger buyers on first day of show.

Affordable Art Fair staff arrange works by SHU matsukura as the four-day event opens to the public on Thursday. Photo: Elson Li

How to build an art collection: research, educate yourself – and follow your gut

Hauser & Wirth’s Elaine Kwok says that collecting should be more about passion than investment, while the Sunpride Foundation’s Patrick Sun advises doing your homework as well as buying what you love

A visitor to Gallery 1957’s booth at this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. Photo: Eugene Lee

HSBC sees growth in loans to ultra-rich backed by art, jets, other assets

The bank has ‘quite an active pipeline’ of loans based on such collateral owned by ultra-high-net-worth individuals, who are often asset-rich but liquidity-constrained, private banker says.

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Opinion | 3 ways Hong Kong can easily and quickly up its tourism game

Hong Kong has all the ingredients it needs, from its East-meets-West cultural history, free port tax-free status and vast natural attractions.

M+ Facade might be Hong Kong’s most important new landmark of the decade

In Hong Kong, watching a film from a mile away has become another new normal – thanks to the M+ museum’s massive LED screen beaming out across Victoria Harbour every night

The M+ Facade and museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District, framed on the right-hand side by Hong Kong’s tallest building, the International Commerce Centre. Photo: Shutterstock

Style Edit: BMW’s electric exhibit at Art Basel Hong Kong

The carmaker’s i7 car appeared at the show in collaboration with an AI-driven experience by artist Alex Israel – just the latest in the brand’s creative tie-ups that have even involved Jeff Koons and Roy Lichtenstein

BMW’s all-electric i7 car appeared at March’s Art Basel Hong Kong in collaboration with an AI-driven experience designed by artist Alex Israel – just the latest in the brand’s creative tie-ups that have even involved Jeff Koons and Roy Lichtenstein

Young founder of new Seoul art fair on championing emerging artists

Noh Jae-myung, 33, has already amassed nearly 300 artworks by emerging artists. He talks about launching a new art fair, called Art OnO, in Seoul, with booths significantly cheaper than usual.

In the public eye: Hong Kong’s best art spaces in the great outdoors

Tai Kwun is an unrivalled heritage art space, TeamLab: Continuous and Florentijn Hofman’s Rubber Duck transformed Victoria Harbour, while the West Kowloon waterfront has hosted anthropomorphic grapes

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Shanghai’s Art021 art fair to launch Hong Kong version in summer 2024

Organisers of the Art021 Hong Kong fair are inviting selected gallery owners from China, the Middle East and other nations in the Global South to increase exposure to their artists’ ‘exceptional’ art.

The organisers of the inaugural Art021 Hong Kong art fair have invited gallery owners from China, the Middle East and other countries in the Global South such as India, Brazil, and Pakistan, to increase exposure to their “exceptional” art. Photo: Art021

Missing Art Month already? 6 more cultural happenings to catch around Hong Kong

TeamLab has scattered giant light-emitting ovoids from Tamar Park into the harbour, while the Hong Kong Heritage Museum has a sculpture exhibition that brings to life characters from Jin Yong’s novels

Opinion | Amid Article 23 tensions, cultural summit shows a better way to connect

The soft power of arts and culture transcends borders, influencing perceptions and fostering goodwill without the need for political or economic leverage. The inaugural Hong Kong International Cultural Summit played an essential role in attracting visitors and countering negative perceptions.

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Opinion | The big issues in Hong Kong Art Week? Security laws, and tacky public art

Visitors for Art Week from Beijing and Shanghai complained to a taxi driver about tacky mainland Chinese-style public art taking over Hong Kong, he recounted – and I couldn’t agree more.

Visitors admire artworks at Art Basel Hong Kong, the highlight of Art Week in the city, as the contemporary art fair opens for public visitors at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. Photo: Eugene Lee

Has ‘Art March’ put Hong Kong back on the map?

In this week’s issue of the Global Imapct newsletter, we take a look at Hong Kong’s ‘Art March, as the city seeks to hang on to its tag as Asia’s commercial art hub.

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In this week’s issue of the Global Imapct newsletter, we take a look at Hong Kong’s ‘Art March, as the city seeks to hang on to its tag as Asia’s commercial art hub. Photo: Jelly Tse

China’s rise in art market fosters demand for advisory services from banks

Family office advisers see higher demand for art advisory services, including impartial expertise, collection governance and legacy planning from Chinese family offices.

6 women artists you should know in 2024 – from Christine Wang to Wangechi Mutu

After decades of being sidelined by the art establishment, women painters are enjoying long-overdue exposure – in the wake of Art Basel Hong Kong, here are 6 talents you should really already know

Hong Kong sees photographer Wolfgang Tillmans’ unedited views of the world

The only photographer who doesn’t know how to use Photoshop is German Wolfgang Tillmans’ jokey self-description. His unfiltered images and video installation at David Zwirner Hong Kong are mesmerising.

Wolfgang Tillmans with his artwork Lunar Landscape, part of The Point Is Matter at David Zwirner gallery in Central, his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong in six years. “What runs through this exhibition is a deep interest in the matter of things: this shirt, this branch, this leaf, this roadside, this ocean surface,” he says. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Hong Kong artists with intellectual disabilities showcase works at Art Basel

Art fair and Hong Chi Association host exhibition of 13 pieces from artists with intellectual disabilities.

(Left to right) Teacher Ko Mei-yee, artist Chou Chiu-ming and his mum Yip Shui-heung attend this year’s Art Basel. Photo: Jonathan Wong

‘Let your freak flag fly’: photographer Quil Lemons’ focus on queer identity

Famous for his Billie Eilish Vanity Fair cover, Lemons has shot his share of A-listers, but his most powerful work addresses issues of queer identity and helping people find their authentic selves

Meet the curators behind Art Basel Hong Kong’s biggest hits

Alexie Glass-Kantor’s Encounters includes an imposing Daniel Boyd installation at Pacific Place, while Li Zhenhua’s film sector has work from Luka Yuanyuan Yang

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Art Basel Hong Kong is Asia’s largest contemporary art fair. The annual event was launched in 2013 when it took over Art HK and is hosted at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. It is run by the same company that holds Art Basel fairs in Basel and Miami Beach. During the week there are countless gallery exhibitions and parties that take place across the city on the back of all the excitement that the fair generates.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
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