https://www.scmp.com/rss/322346/feed Art Basel Hong Kong 2016, the largest contemporary art fair in Hong Kong, takes place from March 24 to 26. Now in its fourth year, Art Basel is the biggest event in Hong Kong Art Month. The fair will draw hundreds of art collectors and connoisseurs from around the world to Hong Kong. Galleries and satellite fairs will be doing their utmost to attract a share of the attention and crowds with shows of their own. Read this page for tips about the artworks to see and places to go, and for news and... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Recently at Art Basel in Switzerland, people crowding into the exhibition hall full of monumental artworks were startled by the ethereal songs of birds echoing in the air. Curious folk looked up to see an Asian man dressed as a Hong Kong police officer standing high up on a perch, whistling behind a “sound cannon”, a long-range acoustic device. It beamed the sound across to the other end of the hall, where visitors could “hear” and see the meaning of the sound. This artwork, Canon, by Samson... https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1983477/hong-kong-colluding-foreign-forces-must-cultural-front?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1983477/hong-kong-colluding-foreign-forces-must-cultural-front?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Jun 2016 04:11:32 +0000 Art Basel will strengthen its dominance in the art world with a new initiative that will allow the Swiss fair giant to have a presence outside of its current locations. Fair organisers said the new initiative, called Art Basel Cities, was not being created just to tap into the China market. They said the initiative featuring a star-studded line-up of advisers was a global partnership with cities from around the world that had a burning desire to cultivate their local cultural and artistic... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1938152/art-basel-set-launch-new-art-initiative-wont?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1938152/art-basel-set-launch-new-art-initiative-wont?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Apr 2016 10:09:48 +0000 Galleries exhibiting at art fairs last week might be thrilled by the ­multi-million dollar sales they achieved amid a gloomy market outlook, but the Hong Kong public’s new-found enthusiasm sent shivers down their spines. Some gallerists at Art Basel said the fair was too packed during the three public days, and they were busy guarding the pricey artworks against families and children who were too eager to get close to them. Art Basel Hong Kong sees off fears of art market slump, to relief of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1931376/hong-kong-art-basel-it-was-way-too-much-fun?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1931376/hong-kong-art-basel-it-was-way-too-much-fun?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:00:15 +0000 The timing of the fourth Art Basel Hong Kong was hardly auspicious. Data suggested less art was being sold around the world, and the March 22-26 fair overlapped with the Easter long weekend, a popular time to go on holiday. Even the weather forecast was foul. By the time the last of the 70,000 visitors had left the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on a fine and dry Saturday, the mood at Asia’s largest contemporary art fair was one of quiet relief, if not exactly euphoria. Most of the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-music/article/1931335/verdict-art-basel-sales-defy-doubters-crowds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-music/article/1931335/verdict-art-basel-sales-defy-doubters-crowds?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Mar 2016 09:30:45 +0000 The week of Art Basel Hong Kong isn’t just about showing art. It is also an opportunity for the world’s non-profit art institutions to woo potential donors attending the fair. Gregor Muir, who has managed to turn around London’s financially challenged Institute of Contemporary Arts since taking over as executive director in 2011, was doing a lot of wining and dining last week ahead of a major renovation planned for its Grade-1 listed premises, Nash House. The ICA had been lucky to receive... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1931333/art-basel-chance-worlds-art-institutions-meet-patrons?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1931333/art-basel-chance-worlds-art-institutions-meet-patrons?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Mar 2016 09:30:45 +0000 Tickets for Art Basel Hong Kong were sold out by the afternoon yesterday, as on the day before, a first in the art fair’s four-year history and a sign of the public’s ferocious appetite for cutting-edge visual art. At around 3pm yesterday, walk-in visitors arriving at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai were taken aback when staff told them they would have to come back next year. “I’ve come all the way from Los Angeles. I wish they’d make an exception for foreign visitors. I am... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1931065/art-basel-sells-out-and-art-central-jam-packed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1931065/art-basel-sells-out-and-art-central-jam-packed?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Mar 2016 17:00:30 +0000 Paris Hilton was spotted dancing the night away with Lewis Hamilton at Art Basel after an embarrassing gaffe saw her misspell the festival’s name on her own promotional posters. The 35-year-old socialite took a selfie with the British Formula One ace as she partied at the upmarket China Club in Central last week. Paris Hilton makes embarrassing blunder as promotional poster for Hong Kong Art Basel gig lists performance at ‘Art Basil’ Hamilton, who was in an on/off relationship with Pussycat Doll... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1931055/she-made-it-dj-paris-hilton-parties-lewis-hamilton-art-basel-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1931055/she-made-it-dj-paris-hilton-parties-lewis-hamilton-art-basel-after?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Mar 2016 15:32:36 +0000 Some children in the city start learning how to properly appreciate contemporary art at the tender age of five as eager parents try to cultivate their children’s taste and possibly get them to understand art as an investment as early as possible. A group of children aged from five to 15 were wandering around the Art Basel fair in Wan Chai on Friday afternoon, with an art specialist introducing key works to the young audience followed by a discussion about their meaning. Art Basel participants... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1930948/hong-kong-children-start-young-art-basel-art?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1930948/hong-kong-children-start-young-art-basel-art?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Mar 2016 14:00:15 +0000 Tea at The Peninsula is going to be a bit different for the next couple of weeks. A giant industrial robot sits smack in the middle of the normally serene, neoclassical lobby of the Kowloon hotel, swaying its head – which has a long probe attached – to music in a lonely dance. Its maker is British artist Conrad Shawcross, who has brought it over for The Peninsula Hong Kong’s second “Love Art” collaboration with Britain’s Royal Academy of Arts to coincide with the Art Basel Hong Kong fair. The... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1930610/headbanging-robots-squatting-peninsula-hong-kongs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1930610/headbanging-robots-squatting-peninsula-hong-kongs?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:45:45 +0000 The Hong Kong edition of Art Basel has once again brought artworks from some of the world’s best galleries to the city. And the yearly event – which also attracts its fair share of big-name celebrities – provides the best artists from Asia and the Asia Pacific with a gateway to the global market. This year’s event has attracted exhibitions from 239 of the world’s leading modern and contemporary art galleries featuring more than 1,000 artists working in mediums ranging from painting and sculpture... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1930554/pictures-hong-kong-celebrates-art-basel-2016?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1930554/pictures-hong-kong-celebrates-art-basel-2016?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Mar 2016 04:15:00 +0000 Shen Wei is an accomplished choreographer, known for works including his 2003 reinterpretation of Stravinsky’s The Rite Of Spring, but dance isn’t the main reason the 47-year-old is in Hong Kong this week. He’s in the city because the Asia Society Hong Kong Centre is showing some of his paintings; its exhibition, “Shen Wei: Dance Strokes”, is the New York-based Shen’s first big solo art show in Asia, and features seven large abstract oil paintings. Tastemaker: Choreographer Shen Wei Accompanying... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1930506/music-canvas-chinese-choreographer-shen-weis-paintings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1930506/music-canvas-chinese-choreographer-shen-weis-paintings?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Mar 2016 02:30:30 +0000 While many art lovers are flocking to the year’s biggest art events in Hong Kong’s commercial heart, a different kind of art movement has been taking place across the harbour in the old working class district of Sham Shui Po. Now in its third year, the annual street art movement HKwalls is bigger than ever, thanks to a partnership with urban fashion firm Vans, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Watch: Street artists give a new look to Sham Shui Po The first two HKwalls festivals... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/1929980/street-artists-bringing-life-one-hong-kongs-oldest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/1929980/street-artists-bringing-life-one-hong-kongs-oldest?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Mar 2016 22:15:00 +0000 Locals, art collectors and mainland visitors were among those who packed into Art Basel on Thursday as the annual art fair opened to the public despite a gloomy economic picture. A long queue snaked outside the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai amid the patches of rain in the afternoon. Regular attendees and exhibitors said the traffic flow this year was remarkably higher and some walk-in visitors waited almost two hours to get in. The sales performance of artworks also... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1930481/growing-mainland-china-scene-boost-art-basel?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1930481/growing-mainland-china-scene-boost-art-basel?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Mar 2016 15:38:40 +0000 Wind, fog (or is it smog?) and heavy rain showers ... this is no weather for an outdoor marquee event, yet despite the gloomy forecast (which extends to the art market as well), Art Central is back, with its bouncy floorboards, for its second edition, which runs until March 26 on the harbourfront in Hong Kong’s Central district. More than 100 galleries from 21 countries, a majority of them Asian, are showing a curious mix of art: there are ceramic tiles from French street artist Invader, 3D... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1929978/pictures-11-works-caught-our-eye-art-central-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1929978/pictures-11-works-caught-our-eye-art-central-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Mar 2016 05:30:30 +0000 The mood at Art Basel Hong Kong wasn’t exactly euphoric on Wednesday evening, but it was one of quiet relief. Galleries had generally sold enough to dispel the worst fears about the primary art market two days into Asia’s biggest contemporary art fair. By the time the vernissage was over at 9pm, galleries had a good idea of how well they’d done this year, as most serious collectors would have visited before the gates opened to the public on Thursday. Art Basel Hong Kong: our critics give their... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1929912/art-basel-hong-kong-sees-fears-art-market-slump-relief?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1929912/art-basel-hong-kong-sees-fears-art-market-slump-relief?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Mar 2016 03:30:30 +0000 Pop cultural artist Takashi Murakami, dubbed Japan’s “Andy Warhol”, gave his Instagram followers in Hong Kong a surprise treat this morning by inviting some of them to an “InstaMeet” in a hotel suite in Admiralty. Sporting a silver tracksuit, Murakami posed for selfies and autographs, chatted about art and photography - and in the process rode the coattails of one of the hottest new social media trends. InstaMeets are events organised by Instagram users so they can get together in such a manner.... https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-gaming/article/1929862/instameet-and-greet-japans-andy-warhol-takashi-murakami-cosies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/apps-gaming/article/1929862/instameet-and-greet-japans-andy-warhol-takashi-murakami-cosies?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Mar 2016 12:15:15 +0000 A graffiti artist has unveiled his huge mural of a grinning yellow cat on the side of a Hong Kong hotel after nine days of hard graft. M. Chat – real name Thoma Vuille – said he hopes to bring “humour and humanity” to the city with his 13 x 13 metre painting. Graffiti artist M. Chat scales wall of Hong Kong hotel as he paints signature smiling cat The 38-year-old French-Swiss artist scaled Hotel Jen on Queen’s Road West for the striking creation, thought to be one of the largest murals in Hong... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1929452/graffiti-artist-m-chat-completes-giant-mural-grinning-yellow-cat-side?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1929452/graffiti-artist-m-chat-completes-giant-mural-grinning-yellow-cat-side?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Mar 2016 09:51:00 +0000 For the duration of this year’s Art Basel, Japanese artist Tatsuo Miyajima presents a light installation called Time Waterfall on the façade of the International Commerce Centre at Kowloon Station. In the evenings, viewers can see a cascade of digital numbers falling down the tower, from nine to one. “My numbers count nine to one without showing zero. It means the timing of life, counting is life, as zero means death,” he explains. “It’s about counting down to death, life and death, the meaning... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1929308/lighting-hong-kong-art-basels-largest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1929308/lighting-hong-kong-art-basels-largest?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:00:15 +0000 This year’s Art Basel Hong Kong looks a little less loud and flashy, perhaps reflecting the rather unsettling times we are living through (news of the terrorist attacks in Brussels came through just before the fair doors opened). As usual, the tone of the two halls is set by the large installations called “Encounters”. These are arranged in strategic spots to break up the low rows of gallery booths, to encourage the anticipated 60,000 visitors to pause and just look. There are fewer of them this... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1929313/art-basel-hong-kong-our-critics-give-their-first-impressions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1929313/art-basel-hong-kong-our-critics-give-their-first-impressions?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:00:15 +0000 Art Basel is to kick off in Hong Kong this Thursday amid rainy weather and economic headwinds, but some VIP guests of the art show went ahead and attended a preview yesterday, including new Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio. The three-day art extravaganza featuring 239 premier galleries from 35 countries and territories was expected to draw more than 60,000 art lovers. Organisers saw positive signs for success this year despite a slowing China economy, as both exhibitors and collectors were not... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/1928857/art-basel-participants-cautiously-optimistic-about-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/1928857/art-basel-participants-cautiously-optimistic-about-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Mar 2016 11:47:29 +0000 Novice art buyers can get inspiration from Japanese collectors before hitting the art fairs in Hong Kong this week. The Hong Kong Arts Centre is showing dozens of pieces picked from seven private collections, reflecting the tastes of connoisseurs such as Yoshiko Mori, owner of Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum, Ryutaro Takahashi, a psychiatrist who has amassed 2,500 pieces over the past two decades, and Keita Arisawa, the Hong Kong-based hedge fund manager known for his extensive collection of... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1928768/lessons-novice-art-buyers-japanese-collectors-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1928768/lessons-novice-art-buyers-japanese-collectors-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Mar 2016 06:30:45 +0000 On a regular weekend, Hong Kong’s bar districts are among the busiest in the world. On an Art Basel weekend, they become a different beast altogether, the streets more densely packed than usual as creative types spill out of bars. But wait: the art crowd has somewhere to escape from the masses: a new type of bar has emerged, ones hidden away from the everyday crowds and where exclusivity is key. While many new Hong Kong nightspots have sought to jump on the trend (advertising yourself as... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/1928213/5-cool-hidden-hong-kong-bars-art-basel-crowd-discover?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/1928213/5-cool-hidden-hong-kong-bars-art-basel-crowd-discover?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Mar 2016 05:15:30 +0000 Teiya Iwabuchi, editor-in-chief of Japanese art magazine Bijutsu Techo, believes Asian art has come into its own and no longer needs the West to endorse its value for its future growth and development. SCMP.com caught up with him ahead of Art Basel Hong Kong. Since 1948, Bijutsu Techo has been publishing news about the contemporary art scene in Japan and beyond, so what is the latest trend in the region? Today, even though Asian contemporary art is getting more attention and recognition,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1928748/west-still-determines-views-and-value-asian?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1928748/west-still-determines-views-and-value-asian?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Mar 2016 04:45:30 +0000 The instructions were clear: if media wanted to partake in the Q&A with British artist Tracey Emin, they’d have to go see her work in both the Lehmann Maupin and White Cube galleries first. It is the first time Emin has exhibited her work in two galleries in a solo show called I Cried Because I Love You in Hong Kong – or rather, as the press release states, “Greater China” – and coincides with Art Basel from Tuesday to Saturday. At the first gallery in Pedder Building, about 20 journalists... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1928654/tracey-emin-hong-kong-exclusive-preview-reveals-why-she?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1928654/tracey-emin-hong-kong-exclusive-preview-reveals-why-she?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Mar 2016 12:30:15 +0000 The Asia Society in Hong Kong is staging a major retrospective of the art of Shahzia Sikander, one of the most versatile visual artists working today and recipient of the society’s award for significant contribution to contemporary art last year. Sikander, who is Pakistani but based in the United States, first came to Hong Kong in 2009, when Para Site showed a selection of her videos. This exhibition is far broader, and focuses on her progression as a painter. Sikander’s practice has always... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1928136/hong-kong-retrospective-shahzia-sikander-subverter-arts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1928136/hong-kong-retrospective-shahzia-sikander-subverter-arts?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Mar 2016 12:01:09 +0000 Art lovers descending on Hong Kong Island for the Art Basel fair and associated events have some quality nightlife options once the doors close at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. From arty electronica to modern disco, these are SCMP.com’s recommendations for post-exhibition parties this week WEDNESDAY Roscius This French-born, London-based electronic music producer and live performer was one of the most acclaimed acts at the Wonderfruit festival in Thailand last December.... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/music/article/1928622/your-hong-kong-nightlife-guide-during-art-basel-week?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/music/article/1928622/your-hong-kong-nightlife-guide-during-art-basel-week?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:45:00 +0000 In honour of this week’s Art Basel Hong Kong art fair, a number of restaurants and hotels have created art-inspired menus. The Mandarin Oriental in Central, which is Art Basel’s official hotel sponsor, has events throughout the hotel. The special menu at the Mandarin Grill + Bar, which is available at lunch (HK$988 plus 10 per cent for three courses) and dinner (HK$1,888 plus 10 per cent for five courses) until March 27, includes dishes of Chinese Calligraphy (brushes, Alaskan king crab,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/1928621/art-plate-hong-kong-chefs-create-special-menus-inspired-art?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/1928621/art-plate-hong-kong-chefs-create-special-menus-inspired-art?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:30:45 +0000 Massimo De Carlo, the veteran Italian gallerist, says his experience in London during the worst of the global financial crisis taught him that there is no point in waiting for a better time to open in Hong Kong. “This is not a great time for the art market but I opened my London gallery in 2009, when things were much worse than today, and it was absolutely fine. It’s what you offer that counts. Also, Central is like Mayfair in London, where my gallery is located. The rent here is never going to... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1928226/never-bad-time-open-hong-kong-italian-gallerist-massimo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1928226/never-bad-time-open-hong-kong-italian-gallerist-massimo?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:30:33 +0000 It’s the highlight of the year for arts aficionados as Hong Kong plays host to a series of internationally recognised art fairs, ahead of the spring sales at leading local ­auction houses. The marquee event is indisputably Art Basel, which, along with the Asia Contemporary Art Show and Art Central, draws a mix of local industry players and overseas heavyweights to the city. Auction houses place bets on Chinese buyers picking up Impressionist and modern art in 2016 But while the coming few weeks... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/1928088/art-extravaganza-exhibitors-hong-kong-look-ways-profit-gloomy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/1928088/art-extravaganza-exhibitors-hong-kong-look-ways-profit-gloomy?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Mar 2016 12:45:30 +0000 What, exactly, is Art Basel? Basel is a town north west of Zurich, in Switzerland. In 1970 three galleries in Basel decided to put on an art fair, attracting some 16,000 visitors to see works from 90 galleries, representing 10 countries. In 2002 Art Basel debuted another show - in Miami Beach, Florida. The first edition featured 160 galleries from 23 countries and attracted 30,000 visitors and is now considered the leading art event in the USA. Art Basel launched in Hong Kong in 2013, attracting... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1927673/7-things-you-wanted-know-about-art-basel-were-too?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1927673/7-things-you-wanted-know-about-art-basel-were-too?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Mar 2016 08:12:02 +0000 Tracey Emin's art is so famously confessional, so wincingly personal, that actually interviewing her seems slightly redundant. What is there to say? Everything's already out there - the bed, the tent stitched with names of sleeping partners, the (many) depictions of masturbation, the rape, the abortions. Nothing feels hidden: her entrance into the Great British Consciousness is generally agreed to have been the occasion in 1997 when she appeared, noisily drunk, on a live television show to... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-entertainment/article/1926367/tracey-emin-opens-ahead-her-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-entertainment/article/1926367/tracey-emin-opens-ahead-her-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Mar 2016 14:30:45 +0000 Call it Art Basel razzle dazzle. When Asia’s biggest contemporary art fair opens – it runs from March 24 to 26 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre – martinis will sprout elaborate decorations and shopping centres will pop with art. To navigate the maelstrom of cultural offerings, we’ve sifted through all of next week’s art openings and picked a few must-sees that are curated with conviction and free to see. 1. Duilian, Spring Workshop The Chinese title of this film installation,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1926947/four-must-see-free-exhibitions-coincide-art-basel-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1926947/four-must-see-free-exhibitions-coincide-art-basel-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Mar 2016 04:30:30 +0000 The usually cerebral Hanart TZ Gallery has opted for the delightfully quirky during Art Basel Hong Kong season, presenting a collection of hand-painted martial arts film posters, mostly done on old flour bags, from the 1980s and 1990s. And if that isn’t obscure enough, the posters are all originally from mobile cinemas in the west African nation of Ghana. Ernie Wolfe, a gallery owner in Los Angeles, has acquired hundreds of old film posters from Ghana over years of repeat visits. He decided to... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1924564/jackie-chan-bruce-lee-and-chow-yun-fat-youve-never-seen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1924564/jackie-chan-bruce-lee-and-chow-yun-fat-youve-never-seen?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Mar 2016 05:30:15 +0000 Art Basel has released the list of dealers who have managed to secure a booth at its next Hong Kong fair in March 2016, and there’s particularly good news for a couple of Hong Kong galleries. Both Blindspot Gallery and Galerie Ora-Ora are going to be in the main galleries section for the first time. Competition for space is about as fierce as in previous editions, according to the organisers. Of the 500 galleries that applied, 239 got in. SEE ALSO: Hong Kong’s artists can’t just ride on Art... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1873194/top-billing-hong-kong-galleries-citys-art-basel-2016?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/article/1873194/top-billing-hong-kong-galleries-citys-art-basel-2016?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Oct 2015 04:15:15 +0000