It is. The Chinese government doesn't care much about Chinese contemporary art. They don't know how to choose and they are unwilling to spend the money. Hong Kong isn't like that. I think it's wonderful that Hong Kong is making this happen. Wood Flesh ... full story
Hong Kong-born Thom will team up with fellow architect Ronald Lu to design the Xiqu Centre, a new facility devoted to the traditional performing art of Chinese opera, which combines singing, acting, martial arts, dance and percussion and stringed ... full story
The exhibition was curated by Singaporean art historian Eugene Tan and Connie Lam Suk-yee, one of the centre's executive directors. It featured work by nine Asian artists, including Leung Mee-ping from Hong Kong, Takahiro Iwasaki from Japan and Liu ... full story
Its rich permanent collections are divided into five departments: Chinese antiquities, Chinese fine art, Hong Kong art, historical paintings and the Xubaizhai Collection of Chinese painting and calligraphy. The historical collection of the museum was ... full story
As such, Malhotra was happy to see investors take an interest in the work coming out of Asian countries; however, news that Hong Kong is emerging as a leader in the global art scene, and that speculators are moving on and prices for art pieces are ... full story
... academic than one of Hong Kong's hottest artists. "It just naturally extended into school activities and then a profession." From his start drawing on walls, Abbas has become a prolific, exacting craftsman and an influential presence in Hong Kong's ... full story
In the interim, ArtTactic is carefully monitoring auction results in Beijing and Hong Kong. The deterioration in sentiment follows controversy surrounding listed Chinese art funds, currently valued at $900m. The funds are listed on 20 specialist ... full story
However, London is now hosting not one but two shows of Hong Kong artists. Just opened at the Saatchi Gallery is Hong Kong Eye (until January 12), an exhibition of contemporary art curated by the leading academic and dealer Johnson Chang (Chang ... full story
But whether or not the show, Hong Kong Eye, would also encourage fans of Chinese contemporary art to take a broader perspective and look beyond mainland China remained to be seen, said Nigel Hurst, chief executive of the prestigious gallery.full story
An exhibition named Hong Kong Eye brought together some 30 contemporary art works by 18 budding artists to the Saatchi Gallery, which will run from Wednesday to January 12 next year. "This is the first major collective show of contemporary Hong Kong ... full story
