``Spring Mountains in Sichuan'' by Zhang Daqian fetched more than three times its estimate in a Hong Kong auction on April 5, 2011. Source: Sotheby's via Bloomberg "The Rietveld-Schroeder House at Nightfall" by Liu Ye is in the Contemporary Asian Art ... full story
A supporter of prominent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei holds a picture of him at Weiwei's art studio in Shanghai November 7, 2010. -- The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own -- By John Foley HONG KONG (Reuters ... full story
Asia Art Archive is the Official Education Partner of ART HK and has, from the Fair's launch, assembled leading collectors, curators, critics and artists to debate the key issues affecting the international art world and Hong Kong. ... full story
“By the time the art hub is set up there should already be a critical mass of office spaces, shopping malls, residential buildings to turn the area into a core commercial and tourist district,” said Simon Lo, Hong Kong-based director of research at ... full story
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A triptych oil painting by Chinese artist Zhang Xiaogang sold for $10.1 million in Hong Kong on Sunday, which Sotheby's said was a record auction price for a contemporary artwork from China. ... full story
BEIJING — The Chinese authorities on Sunday detained Ai Weiwei, a high-profile artist and stubborn government critic, as he tried to board a plane for Hong Kong, his friends and associates said. Mr. Ai's wife, his nephew and a number ... full story
Prior to the biennale, the gallery organised a group show that included the two, and also presented Lee at their booth in Art Stage Singapore. Next month, they will bring Chua's works to the prestigious regional art fair Art Hong Kong. ... full story
While ArtTactic is concerned about the sustainability of the growth seen in the mainland China art market over the past two years, it points out that distinctions must be made between the Mainland market and the Hong Kong market. To look into this, ... full story
The piece, "Stand Guard For Our Motherland", painted by Indonesian artist S. Sudjojono in 1965, is tipped to beat its estimate of up to $385000 at the Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong on April 4, a spokesman for the auctioneers said. ... full story
Sotheby's in Hong Kong will hold an auction of 106 contemporary Chinese artworks from the Ullens Collection on Sunday (April 3) valued at up to US$17m and likely to exceed pre-sale estimates by up to 10 times, according to ... full story
