Art

Fu Baoshi's granddaughter: I was destined to deal art

4 Mar 2013

Jenny Pat may be the director of an art gallery, but she loves blank walls. Paintings at her home are not hung, but rest casually against the sides of rooms.

Plans for new building to store art in the right place

27 Feb 2013

More artworks and artefacts are making Hong Kong their home as the city's list of local auctions and galleries grows, but storage and restoration services - in both the public and private sectors...

Collector Chiu Tat-loy may sue after Fu Baoshi paintings called fake

9 Feb 2013

Keep saying my paintings are fake and I might sue, says the owner of 15 works of art by master painter Fu Baoshi, after the artist's granddaughter claimed works being displayed at a mall were...

Collector may have found part of infamous Courbet nude

9 Feb 2013

Art expert Jean-Jacques Fernier, who has studied the works of Gustave Courbet for years, said he believed an unsigned painting of a woman's head, featured in this week's Paris Match magazine, had...

US artist Roxy unveils 'The Spirit of the Dragon' painting of Hong Kong

4 Feb 2013

Any lingering doubts that Hong Kong is the art capital of Asia were put to rest when American artist, Sharie Hatchett Bohlmann, better known as Roxy, unveiled her newest painting at the Schmidt...

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Art is a very important part of a child's education but each will enjoy and benefit from it in different ways.

Memories are made of this

So the world didn't end on December 21, as doomsayers predicted it would, based on the end of the Mayan calendar cycle.

King of Kowloon's graffiti art waits for salvation

The Urban Renewal Authority has vowed to preserve what is one of the last street graffiti by the King of Kowloon before it can find it a proper home, which won't be until the end of this year.

ART

'Affordable' art gets in on the act in growing Hong Kong market

A London art fair selling "affordable art" will be landing in Hong Kong, taking up a slot in March in the city's already congested art market calendar.

Three-quarters of the works will sell...

ANIMAL RIGHTS

Cousins' illustrations draw attention to plight of endangered species

Two Hong Kong cousins - both aged 24 - are doing their part to draw public attention to the relatively unknown creatures. Tsui Cheeyee and Aimee Mak Hoeyin paired up to become the design and...

COMMUNITY

Barter-based art fair launched

It looks like any flea market at first sight - assorted books, crafts, faded treasures and oddities. But anyone visiting the YMCA's DIY Art Appreciation Stalls event in Tsim Sha Tsui today will...