By James Pomfret | HONG KONG (Reuters) - One of the world's pre-eminent collections of Chinese contemporary art was bequeathed to Hong Kong on Tuesday by a Swiss collector, a move that could transform the city's troubled bid to realise a new, ... full story
HONG KONG — This city's ambitious young art scene acquired another multimillion-dollar feather in its cap on Tuesday. Uli Sigg, the world's leading collector of contemporary Chinese art, announced at a news conference that he was donating 1463 works ... full story
Art Basel has been increasing its reach since it was founded in Switzerland in 1970. It added Art Basel Miami Beach in 2002 and, starting next year, will open its first Hong Kong edition. “The strength of Art Basel is that it has expanded as the art ... full story
... fine art, wine, antique furniture, classic cars and precious metals, according to a Ledbury Research global survey of more than 2000 people published by Barclays Plc (BARC) today. That compares with 16 percent in Singapore, 14 percent in Hong Kong ... full story
By Peter Aspden If any proof were needed of the dizzying rise of the Asian art market in recent years, the news that Art Basel is launching a new edition in Hong Kong next year has surely clinched the argument. The blue-chip contemporary art fair, ... full story
The most recent results, then, can be read as an indicator that the contraction of the Chinese art market has stabilized, at least for the time being. Christie's Hong Kong's $352 million total also bested Sotheby's Hong Kong spring sales, ... full story
HONG KONG -- Global auction house Christie's sold HK$2.7 billion ($351.7 million) worth of Asian and Chinese art, wine and jewelry in its Hong Kong spring sales, a steady showing despite a gathering pall of economic uncertainty in the euro zone and ... full story
Ill economic winds have, of course, been blowing worldwide—and the most recent Hong Kong art auctions were down from last year's—but there are still many reasons for galleries from the West to be interested in China. (“Potential” and “growth” tend to ... full story
By PINGGOT ZULUETA A sculpture entitled “Flowers that Bloom at Midnight” by Japanese pop artist Yayoi Kusama at the Art HK 12 art fair held at the Hong Kong Convention Center. (Pinggot Zulueta) HONG KONG --- As an artist and photographer, ... full story
"I think Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai are leading contemporary arts scenes from now on," he said. His art has also reflected the changing times -- beginning with traditional Japanese ukiyo-e "floating world" drawings and prints, admittedly with a ... full story
