As Art Basel Hong Kong opens, some are asking if the city is losing its edge as an arts hub. An expert panel, hosted live and online by the Post on March 23, will discuss the fair and the city’s art scene.
Hong Kong’s largest contemporary art fair is the cue for a rash of exhibition openings. We pick 11 you should not miss, featuring works by Rashid Johnson, exiled Ukrainian artists and Documenta 15 curators Ruangrupa.
Auction houses in Hong Kong have announced moves to new, in-house facilities where they’ll host year-round sales as in London and New York – a bold departure from their current sale model.
With his first solo exhibition in Asia about to open in Hong Kong, American artist Rashid Johnson paints us a personal portrait of his artistic journey as we look at his art over the years.
Tai Kwun’s head of art tells Kate Whitehead about being part of the ‘mafia of the Chinese art world’, his decade at ‘one of the greatest museum projects of the 21st century’, M+, and his faith in Hong Kong’s future.
Art Basel returns to Hong Kong this month, and restaurants and bars in the city are celebrating with artsy menus featuring everything from a Banksy-inspired dessert to surrealist cocktails.
Was peddler of fake art Ann Friedman ‘gullible and ambitious’ or ‘one of the stupidest people to have ever worked at an art gallery’? It’s one of many fascinating questions and facts about art in TV shows and films.
Those in premodern China who produced the most highly regarded works of art made it for self-expression and the edification of the human spirit, not for trade.
The architects behind Hong Kong’s Kiang Malingue gallery took a 1960s tenement building back to its bare bones, removing two floors to create exhibition spaces, and painted the exterior silver.
The ambitious works of visual artist Red Hong Yi – including her 2014 work of Jackie Chan made out of chopsticks – are the subject of her first book, How To Paint Without a Brush.
Farmer-artists Natalie Lo and Laurent Gutierrez discuss traditional farming, food ethics, sufficiency, and the highs and lows of their mixed callings in a post-pandemic Hong Kong.
A prolific and distinct school of painting flourished in Hong Kong after the Pacific war, and two individuals stand out for their invaluable contribution.
American conceptual artist Mel Bochner’s text-based works prompt critical reactions about language and communication. So too, in its own way, does the graffiti of Hong Kong’s “King of Kowloon”.
The China Gallery at Britain’s Manchester Museum, funded by a Hong Kong businessman, celebrates the historic bonds between China and the English city.
