But these estimates just show how far the Chinese art market has slid since the dizzy heights of April 2011, when similar auctions raised $447m (HK$3.47 billion). It wasn't just Sotheby's: rivals Christie's saw sales slump from $904m to $685m from 2011 ... full story
HONG KONG — The all-important auction season kicked off yesterday, April 3, with the sale of elBulli's wine cellar. Still to come is the marathon of auctions for art, ceramics, timepieces, and other fine collectibles. Below, ARTINFO highlights all the ... full story
LOS ANGELES, March 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As the third-largest art auction center in the world, Hong Kong continues to garner international acclaim as the art mecca of Asia, prompting the world's most influential artists, gallerists and collectors ... full story
Well-known Hong Kong actor and martial arts film director Wu Ma (A Chinese Ghost Story) throws himself into the part of the uncompromising artist with gusto, wit and seeming enjoyment. As the art patron, Guo Zhenni is a wonderfully authoritative female ... full story
The artist, known for his provocative work that comments on contemporary life in Hong Kong, is working with Absolut Art Bureau for the art bar. Titled “Wun Dun” the bar is, according to Absolut, inspired by the Confucian party god that came into being ... full story
Hiroshi Senju, one of Japan's most celebrated contemporary painters, will talk about his art practice, his pursuit of beauty in his monumental landscape images and the place and purpose of art in our increasingly chaotic and artificial age. Senju was ... full story
The conference will present different contextual genealogies, realities of production and interpretative vocabularies and allow for their reading from the perspective of Hong Kong and its changing position in the globalized contemporary art field.`Father of full story
It's no secret that Hong Kong is incredibly photogenic. Look at any Facebook profile, Instagram feed or set of tourist snaps, and you'll find jaw-dropping images of its incomparable skyline, Kowloon's neon glow and picturesque streetscapes, the ... full story
Chen Man said she was 'embarrassed to comment' when she was asked, during a Time Out Hong Kong interview back in March 2010, about her formidable status as one of China's leading fashion photographers. Her star has only shone brighter ever since.and more »full story
There is a dissolving border between fine art, installation art and photography. So photography is easily absorbed into the mainstream art world, which is now the case in Hong Kong. I have noticed, for example, people who specialise in video art are ... full story
