Lately, it seems that there's always a new art fair somewhere and few inspire more than commentary about the ubiquity and excesses of this phenomenon. What's thrilling about the inaugural edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong, which took place from May 23 ...full story

HONG KONG — A tropical rainstorm welcomed the international art set and droves of visitors to Hong Kong last week for the city's first edition of Art Basel, essentially a rebranded fair previously named Art HK. The event capped its five-day run over ...full story

Collectors who arrived for Art Basel early got a chance to rub shoulders with artists including Murakami, Zhang Xiaogang, I Nyoman Masriadi and Zeng Fanzhi at the Asia Society's inaugural Hong Kong Art Gala on May 20. The society honored Zeng, Masriadi ...full story

But Art Basel Hong Kong was quieter in another sense. ART HK, which began during the 2008 financial crisis, had to fight to get noticed in a city where many people did not know what an art fair really was. It did so with mass publicity and by opening ...full story

Billionaire collectors may have arrived for the inaugural Art Basel Hong Kong, the Swiss fair's first entry into Asia. Thousands of Champagne corks may have been popped as galleries and celebrities hold art-themed galas. But Picasso sales and V.I.P ...full story

More than 200 artists have their studios at Fo Tan, in the New Territories, which you can tour on Saturday and Sunday morning with an Art Basel VIP card (10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.). Non-VIPs can wait until the annual open-studio event Fotanian, which is ...full story

The inaugural Art Basel Hong Kong, which opens to the public Thursday, has drawn planeloads of collectors and gallery bigwigs from the West, lured here in part by the growing, glittery market. It's billed as a mutually beneficial arrangement: Art Basel ...full story

On VIP day of the inaugural edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong, the fair's aisles were filled with some fittingly important collectors — including Guy Ullens, Roman Abramovic and Dasha Zhukova, Uli Sigg, and Budi Tek — as well as supermodel Kate Moss ...full story

Follow @SCMP_News. The black rainstorm warning did not hamper art collectors' enthusiasm as sales were made the minute Art Basel Hong Kong opened its doors for the first time on Wednesday. Some galleries exhibiting at the first Hong Kong edition of ...full story

As Art Basel inaugurates its first fair in the Far East on Thursday, it will not only be staking its claim to a growing market for contemporary and modern art, but also bolstering Hong Kong's position as the dominant art hub of Asia.full story