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Ben Sin

The art of Occupy
Art Basel Hong Kong's debut in May and the recent boom in art exhibitions and auctions (this is the world's third largest auction market) have boosted Hong Kong's art scene.
But art doesn't always have to involve six- or seven-figure price tags and snooty cocktail receptions — it can be found on the streets of our city. Some of the most inspiring and beautiful art installations are at protest sites, from the colourful "Lennon wall", to makeshift barricades, to "Umbrella Man", the three-metre statue in Admiralty made from hundreds of wooden boards that resembles Tiananmen Square's Goddess of Democracy.
What will happen to them when the protests end and the streets reopen? There's a chance they will not be preserved, but a new Facebook page that aims to collect photos and videos of protest-related art will ensure they at least live on digitally. Curated by student artists, it's about as official a collection as it gets. See it at facebook.com/umbrellacreation
 
Wong Jing cuts ties with collaborators 
As the protests in Hong Kong enter a fourth week, dividing Hongkongers' opinions, a rift has developed that may affect Hong Kong cinema. Filmmaker Wong Jing posted on his Weibo account that he was "unfriending" long-time collaborators Chapman To Man-chat and Anthony Wong Chau-sang due to their vocal support of the protests. "Your contact details will be erased from my phone and computer, have a happy life," he wrote.
Both responded on social media with surprise and amusement. To pointed out Wong's hypocrisy: "I don't see him calling out Chow Yun-fat?" (Chow is the star of Wong's upcoming From Vegas to Macau 2.) Wong and To have each appeared in more than a dozen Wong Jing films, but truth be told, most were below par, so cinema-goers won't miss much if they never work together again.
 


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Art Basel Hong Kong's debut in May and the recent boom in art exhibitions and auctions (this is the world's third largest auction market) have boosted Hong Kong's art scene.
