It's 2 p.m. on a Saturday. A crowd of people swarms Gloucester Road as a racket emanates from the windows of a Hong Kong police station. I'm in a 2-by-2 1/2-metre concrete cell along with five other people. At one end is a latrine; at the other ... full story
"But in terms of quantity, the largest quantity of objects traded today of Chinese art go back towards the mainland." The red bowl with a design of pink and blue lotuses sold for HK$528,000 the first time it went under the hammer at Sotheby's in 1983 ... full story
With the recent rise of Hong Kong as Asia's art and design gateway, Duddell's will provide a colourful backdrop against which creative ideas can be shared and developed. It will also be a unique hub for like-minded international visitors who are keen ... full story
Despite the flurry of activity and glut of high estimates, art insiders are watching nervously for signs of China's luxury appetite. Last year, art-auction sales in Greater China, which includes Hong Kong, fell 37% from 2011, according to data compiled ... full story
The most expensive lot to go under the hammer at Sotheby's spring sale of 20th century Chinese art was Zao Wou-ki's 10.03.83, which drew a top bid of HK$37 million. Organisers would only say it sold to an Asian collector present at the auction in the ... full story
KOLKATA: At Sotheby's Hong Kong Contemporary Asian Art Spring sales on April 5, the 35 lots offered in the sale of You Are Not Alone - Yoshitomo Nara Works from the Kurokochi Collection achieved a total of HK$41 million/US$5.3 million, more than ... full story
Hong Kong's major spring auctions kicked off earlier this week with solid sales of wine and Asian art—including a $3.5 million mountain scene by Chinese modernist Zhang Daqian at China Guardian and $5.2 million of comic-style paintings by contemporary ... full story
A bamboo forest has emerged amid Hong Kong's post-industrial Wong Chuk Hang district. The intriguing installation, by architects Eric Schuldenfrei and Marisa Yiu of ESKYIU studio, comprises hundreds of 4-meter-high pencil-thin aluminium filaments on an ... full story
A special sale will showcase Hong Kong ink paintings and put local artists in touch with mainland collectors. The sale, part of China Guardian's spring auction at the Island Shangri-La tomorrow, will feature 25 lots by 20 Hong Kong artists, including ... full story
HONG KONG – Sotheby's and three Asian auction houses expect to sell more than $300 million in art, antiques, wine and jewelry this week, with a Mao portrait by Zeng Fanzhi and a Qing dynasty bowl among the most expensive items. Despite the flurry of ... full story
