A supporter of prominent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei holds a picture of him at Weiwei's art studio in Shanghai November 7, 2010. -- The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own -- By John Foley HONG KONG (Reuters ...full story

``Spring Mountains in Sichuan'' by Zhang Daqian fetched more than three times its estimate in a Hong Kong auction on April 5, 2011. Source: Sotheby's via Bloomberg "The Rietveld-Schroeder House at Nightfall" by Liu Ye is in the Contemporary Asian Art ...full story

“By the time the art hub is set up there should already be a critical mass of office spaces, shopping malls, residential buildings to turn the area into a core commercial and tourist district,” said Simon Lo, Hong Kong-based director of research at ...full story

While ArtTactic is concerned about the sustainability of the growth seen in the mainland China art market over the past two years, it points out that distinctions must be made between the Mainland market and the Hong Kong market. To look into this, ...full story

Prior to the biennale, the gallery organised a group show that included the two, and also presented Lee at their booth in Art Stage Singapore. Next month, they will bring Chua's works to the prestigious regional art fair Art Hong Kong. ...full story

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A triptych oil painting by Chinese artist Zhang Xiaogang sold for $10.1 million in Hong Kong on Sunday, which Sotheby's said was a record auction price for a contemporary artwork from China. ...full story

BEIJING — The Chinese authorities on Sunday detained Ai Weiwei, a high-profile artist and stubborn government critic, as he tried to board a plane for Hong Kong, his friends and associates said. Mr. Ai's wife, his nephew and a number ...full story

“Art is sexy; activism in a city like Hong Kong is absolutely not,” says Clean Air Network Chief Executive Joanne Ooi, who also owns an art gallery in Hong Kong. Trying to merge the two, she will display messages about the negative health effects of ...full story

By WSJ Staff Sotheby's Hong Kong spring auctions continue with a collection of contemporary Asian art, including paintings from Chinese artists Liu Ye and Zhang Xiaogang, sculptures, multi-media installations and more. Sotheby's begins its jewels and ...full story

One of his assistants told the BBC he had been held by border guards as he tried to get on a flight to Hong Kong. She says police have searched his Beijing home, which is also his studio. More than 20 dissidents and activists have been held in the past ...full story