Christie’s will offer a stellar selection of Modern and contemporary art at its 20th- and 21st-century marquee auctions in Hong Kong on 29 and 30 September, led by major works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Yayoi Kusama and Zao Wou-Ki. The sales will place a particular emphasis on artists with strong markets in Asia, including Chu Teh-Chun, Liu…
Art Central is presenting its largest edition to date, with 117 galleries and more than 500 artists from Hong Kong, Asia and around the world. Courtesy of Art Central The tone at this year’s Art Central—which opened to VIPs ahead of Art Basel on March 24 in a tent on Hong Kong’s iconic Central Harbourfront—is…
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…