HONG KONG - With artwork sprawled on queen-sized beds, hung in front of television sets and even placed on toilet counters, Hong Kong's Asia Contemporary Art Show has an unusual take on what constitutes an art gallery. Hosted in a luxury hotel, the ...full story
Among other artist records set were German Walter Spies, whose 1934 Balinese scene “A View From the Heights” sold for HK$31.48 million, and Singapore-based Chen Wen Hsi, whose 1950s abstract work “Market” sold for HK$13.24 million. Sotheby's said ...full story
“Golden Week,” or the holiday following China's National Day on Oct. 1, is a popular time for mainland tourists to visit Hong Kong -- and freely dispense with their cash there. Top Chinese art auction houses with operations in Hong Kong are hoping to ...full story
A year after landing in Hong Kong, China's top two art auction houses are getting bolder and bigger. This weekend Poly Auction and China Guardian are holding their largest sales in their short history in Hong Kong, the only city in which they operate ...full story
Over the past five years, Hong Kong's art scene has gone from a smattering of independent galleries lining the streets of SoHo to being the biggest art market in the world. This astounding transformation is now being complemented by a further maturing ...full story
A sluggish primary art market has made art fairs a safer bet in the business, with some overseas dealers holding high hopes for the two homegrown art fairs opening to the public today. Fine art fair Masterpiece London makes its Hong Kong debut at Fine ...full story
In the past five years, companies including Spink Phila China, Tiancheng International and Bonhams have been hosting small, narrowly themed sales to capture a larger share of the Hong Kong market for contemporary Chinese art, watches and jewelry, wine ...full story
The third edition of Asia Contemporary Art Show opens October 3-6 with more than 2000 artworks from around the world. For more than 25 years the Art Alliance of New York City brings its "all-inclusive" eye to art by bringing its curated exhibition "New ...full story
BILLED AS JAPAN'S fastest-rising otaku artist, Masataka Iwamoto comes pretty much as advertised. An endearingly boyish 44-year-old, he beavers away in a converted warehouse in Tokyo's soulless northern suburbs surrounded by the geeky paraphernalia ...full story
The show adds to a series of existing collaborative projects between the artists, including Everything Goes Wrong for the Poor Couple, a 34 hour-long performance executed across 5 days at ART HK (2010), and To Define the Core Values is the Core of the ...full story
