It makes perfect sense that Art Basel Hong Kong has a new section devoted to film this year. “The film industry enjoys a long, very important tradition in Hong Kong,” says Li Zhenhua, who is curating the sector. “Given that Art Basel is thinking about ... full story
The Art Basel Hong Kong fair seems to be having the same effect on the former British colony as Frieze has had on London: triggering a whole swathe of openings and art initiatives. Just a few years ago the Pedder Building in Central, now the beating ... full story
The founder of a Hong Kong shopping chain wants to promote local artists with one of the city's largest cash gifts for the arts. US-born Robert Miller, director and co-owner of the DFS Group, will give HK$100 million to the Asia Society Hong Kong Centre.full story
NEXT WEEK A luminous event will take place on Hong Kong's harbour. It's not the usual 8pm Symphony of Lights – this new display will start at 8.30pm, will only be on for three nights and involves a single building: the International Commerce Centre ... full story
Born in 1963 in Penghu County, Chen left as a teen to live in Taipei and pursued what became a successful career as a fine art photographer. Fengkuei Chair (風櫃椅), a two-part installation, is his careful configuration of a wooden cabinet, a rotating ... full story
Kyotographie, now in its second year, aims to bridge that gap by putting photography as an art form and a narrative front and center in the court of the public. The overarching theme for this year's festival is “Our Environments”; the plural “S” is ... full story
NEW DELHI: From the bylanes of Purani Dilli, Jama Masjid and Jantar Mantar to Edwin Lutyens' Delhi at India Gate, it's a walk down memory lane at All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society where an art exhibition is celebrating 100 years of Delhi. The ... full story
New Delhi: One of the biggest Indian art exhibitions in recent history is on at the National Museum in Delhi. Curated by Naman P Ahuja, it showcases 300 artifacts belonging to 44 collections from all over the country. And celebrates the plurality that ... full story
After all the predictions that prices were only going one way — up — the spring auction season got off to a tepid start at Christie's on Tuesday night, where some examples of Impressionist and modern art by Picasso, Kandinsky and Dalí brought far ... full story
In the coming weeks we have a number of exciting and important works on offer in our salesrooms, including our Contemporary Art sales in New York, which carry their highest pre-sale total estimates in Sotheby's history," added Mr. Ruprecht. ... Sotheby ... full story
