A women takes in 'The Sound of Flute on the River' by 2011's best selling artist Chinese painter Zhang Daqian, in Hong Kong. Picture: AFP Source: AFP THE late Chinese artist Zhang Daqian was the best-selling artist at auction in 2011, while Spanish ...full story
While most of the gallery names hail from Europe or the US, two this year come from Asia: Beijing's Platform China and 2P Contemporary Art Gallery, from Hong Kong. “They only accept 10 new galleries per year from 300 applicants, so this is huge for 2P ...full story
Last weekend the center staged the premiere of a commissioned work by the Hong Kong composer Aenon Loo, accompanied by a video by Silas Fong, a local artist. The opening exhibition is “Transforming Minds: Buddhism in Art,” a modest but well-curated ...full story
Trade between the UK and far eastern art markets with UK of pictures to Hong Kong seeing a 30% rise, while imports rose 25%. Despite the continuing growth of the importance of emerging Asian markets, the United States remains the most significant ...full story
And the firm has bagged a sale of works from a Portuguese collection that it is auctioning in Hong Kong in May during the Hong Kong art fair. The sale, estimated at €3.6m-€5.6m, includes abstracts by Chu Teh-Chun and Zao Wou-Ki as well as 12 works of ...full story
Kowloon Park - which houses the Hong Kong exhibition of the Third Hong Kong and Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture - is an "urban zoo," says chief curator Anderson Lee Leung-chung. Within its boundaries are not only park facilities, ...full story
The 25 photos in "The Silent Strength of Liu Xia" will be displayed at Columbia University in New York until March 1 before going to Madrid and what could be a politically-charged exhibition in Hong Kong later in the year.Censored Chinese artist's photos coming to NYCThe Idaho Statesmanfull story
"Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal" opens March 17 in Singapore, then travels to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, and finally Tokyo in 2014. Each tour stop will tout the Pittsburgh origins of the influential pop artist and the museum that celebrates his ...full story
The Asia Society Hong Kong Center had its grand opening yesterday with Chief Executive Donald Tsang, his predecessor Tung Chee-hwa and Hong Kong Jockey Club chairman Brian Stevenson as officiating guests. "This center will contribute significantly to ...full story
Sotheby's – Hong Kong 2012 Spring sales will take place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from 31 March to 4 April 2012. The series of sales will include Chinese ceramics and other works of Chinese art, alongside contemporary art from ...full story