You can now buy Pablo Picasso and George Condo’s art in Hong Kong this March
Selling exhibition, featuring portraiture work by the Spanish and American painters, will be held by Sotheby’s SI2 Gallery from March 16 to 31
March is also known as Arts Month in Hong Kong – and for good reason.
The month features a series of art fairs, events and exhibitions in the city, including Asia Contemporary Art Show, from March 23 to 26, Art Central (March 27 to April 1), and the prestigious Art Basel (March 28-31).
A not-to-be-missed event for art buyers is the forthcoming Face-Off: Picasso / Condo selling exhibition. The exhibition, which runs from March 16 to 31 at Sotheby’s SI2 Gallery, 5/F, One Pacific Place, 88 Queensway.
Sl2 is the private sale and gallery arm of Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Department.
The selling exhibition focuses on portraiture work by Pablo Picasso, the Spanish artist who died in 1973, aged 91, and American painter George Condo, now aged 60.
The titans from different periods, are both known for their unique take on portraiture.
Picasso is known for use of angles and curves to distort the human face and body to create new shapes and perspective.
Condo, too, turns notions of how to draw the human figure on its head, to bring personality to the forefront of the viewing experience.
The works by these two artists will be displayed side by side, to highlight their approaches to bringing drama and life to the forefront.