A new Asian art fair concept will take place in Taipei from January 22-26, followed by a Hong Kong edition in March. Called “Pavilion”, the fair is the brainchild of Willem Molesworth and Ysabelle Cheung, the founders of Hong Kong gallery PHD Group. The pair were also behind Supper Club, an alternative art fair that…
Seventy-five years ago, the UK’s post-war Labour government appointed a committee chaired by Viscount Waverley to examine the export of “works of art, books, manuscripts, armour and antiques” and to recommend a new government policy in this area. The impact of the committee’s report two years later can still be felt today. The central recommendation…
A 95-minute bidding war would have made headlines even when the Hong Kong auction market was at its frothiest a decade ago, so a recent protracted battle over a 14th century Chinese calligraphy scroll was all the more remarkable for coming four years into a market downturn. Rao Jie’s 700-year-old, six-metre long, cursive-script calligraphy of…