A painting by Chinese painter "Mask Series 1996 no 6" painted in 1996, is displayed during a Christie's auction preview in Hong Kong. More than 1800 Asian art works - including a large collection from India - estimated at $48 million will be auctioned ... full story
“Good, very good,” said George as I nabbed the duo striding toward the elevator of Hong Kong's Four Seasons Hotel. “It's very sweet,” added Gilbert. Indeed, headlines form the heart of their latest exhibition, “London Pictures,” which just opened at ... full story
By Yoko Choy Adding to the burgeoning art scene in Hong Kong is a new gallery from London art powerhouse, White Cube. Collectors and artists swarmed in from all around the region for the opening night of the first exhibition, dedicated to British ... full story
(Aaron Tam/AFP/Getty Images) Hong Kong has long been considered the financial heart of Asia. Yet the former British colony is fast becoming known for its artistic flare as well. Currently the world's third largest art auctioneer, behind only New York ... full story
HONG KONG — Interviewing the art duo Gilbert & George is like talking to Tweedledum and Tweedledee — not only because they are inseparable, dress near identically and complete each other's sentences, but because they are so eccentric in that very ... full story
The Vietnamese collective Propeller Group commissioned a catchy campaign for communism from an advertising firm in Hong Kong. Finland's Pilvi Takala also infiltrated the corporate world: hired to work in the marketing department at Deloitte, the artist ... full story
By Stephen Coates HONG KONG: British artists Gilbert and George have never shied away from looking the brutal truths of life directly in the eye, and their latest collection, debuting in Hong Kong Friday, is not any different.Gilbert and George debut new work in Hong KongReuters UKfull story
Britain's White Cube gallery, known as an early champion of artists Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin, launched its Hong Kong branch last week. It is the latest Western gallery to open an Asian outpost in pursuit of China's booming art market.full story
Long a city of trade and finance, Hong Kong is discovering a new role as Asia's art capital. The city became the world's third largest art auction market after New York and London in 2007 and since 2008 has been home to a successful contemporary art ... full story
By Stefanie McIntyre | HONG KONG (Reuters) - Death, hope, life, fear, sex, money, race and religion through Britain's tabloid headlines is the subject of the latest art exhibition from British art duo Gilbert and George, premiering in Hong Kong.Hong Kong emerges as Asia's art capitalBBC Newsfull story
