This week in Hong Kong, art will likely out-glitter the gems again. The most talked-about item at Christie's fall auction in the city is “Hospital Triptych No. 3” by Zeng Fanzhi, which is slated for an evening sale of 20th-century and contemporary ...full story
This week in Hong Kong, art will likely out-glitter the gems again. The most talked-about item at Christie's fall auction in the city is “Hospital Triptych No. 3” by Zeng Fanzhi, which is slated for an evening sale of 20th-century and contemporary ...full story
Money – dough, moolah, cash, bucks, however you want to say it – is perennially on the mind of most people, in some way or rather. But few would have taken their fascination with money as far as Yinka Shonibare, the prominent Nigerian-British art, does ...full story
Brace yourself before you enter the world of Tetsuya Ishida, because the Japanese artist's empty gaze might leave you bereft of something – peace, perhaps, or a good night's sleep – for a long time after you leave Gagosian Gallery. Although this is the ...full story
From 20 to 28 November 2013, member galleries of the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association are to present a series of events as part of the first ever Art Gallery Week. As the city has benefited from an increasingly active artistic scene over the past few ...full story
There's no denying that Hong Kong's arts scene has exploded in recent years. But while becoming the world's third-biggest art auction market and the arrival this year of Art Basel added much gloss to the city's image, some say the local art gallery ...full story
“More important than the visitor numbers is that it started a debate about what art is,” says Michael Lynch, chief executive of the West Kowloon Cultural District, an arts and entertainment development area covering 40 hectares in the heart of Hong ...full story
Works depicting the hardships of mainland immigrants and African refugees won two top awards in the inaugural Hong Kong Human Rights Art Prize. Elva Lai Ming-Chu won in the Emerging Artist category with her piece, Family Photo Album: Washing, ...full story
Ai Weiwei speaks about the first show he has curated, 'Framed,' now on in Hong Kong. Unable to travel there because he's under close surveillance by the Chinese government, Mr. Ai describes curating the show as like going on blind dates. Photo: MAP ...full story
HONG KONG, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The International Arts Leadership Roundtable kicked off Friday in Hong Kong, aiming to foster exchange of views on the key trends and issues which will influence arts development and related policy and strategy. Organized ...full story
