As the Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art New York, he played a key role in overseeing the museum's expansion in 2004. The program of the 2011 Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of ...full story
At the market's peak this spring, an earlier work by Mr. Zhang topped $10.1 million at auction, still a record for a Chinese contemporary artist. (All figures are in US, not Hong Kong, dollars.) Dealers said that fears of a regional credit crunch may ...full story
The autumn series of sales in Hong Kong showed some slowing of what had been a seemingly unstoppable market. Some sales did well but there was resistance to contemporary Chinese and international Western art. Two collections produced “golden gavel” ...full story
Hong Kong — Two artists from Birdhouse Factory circus perform on a downtown street during a promotional event. The show, with performers from Canada, Mongolia, Israel and the United States ages 22 to 45, blends circus skills, wild machines and ...full story
The biannual sales are considered a barometer of the Asian art market with Hong Kong having burgeoned into one of the world's three leading auction hubs after New York and London. Rivals, Sotheby's, by contrast, notched up blockbuster results in its ...full story
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Growing caution among Asian buyers led to a tepid start for the autumn Hong Kong sales of global auctioneers Christie's, which failed to sell all lots at a three-day wine sale and a contemporary art auction. ...full story
A contemporary art auction that included works by Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Yayoi Kusama fell short of some expectations Monday. The sale, held by Seoul Auction in Hong Kong, tallied 67.3 million Hong Kong dollars (US$8.6 million), ...full story
HONG KONG.- Tiancheng International Auctioneer Limited held its inaugural auction in Hong Kong. The star lot of the sale, Monumental Head of Pierre de Wissant by Auguste Rodin, fetched HK$ 64900000 (US$8327254). The bronze head sculpture in colossal ...full story
It's name eventually will be Art Basel Hong Kong. “We had observed the development of the Asian art market for years,” said Art Basel co-director Marc Spiegler in an email. “The past editions of ART HK displayed increasing momentum, so we felt that by ...full story
The national winners will also receive an all-expenses paid trip to the Hongkong Art Fair, one of the most dynamic and important art markets in Asia. One of the unique features of the PAA competition is that artists get to keep their winning works. ...full story