https://www.scmp.com/rss/323541/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Galleries in Hong Kong have been rather slow in showcasing African art, favouring instead artists from around Asia or celebrity artists from Europe and the US. Nonetheless, always forward-looking and on trend, the city has recently welcomed a series of events with African artists. Art Basel Hong Kong, for instance, organised its first panel talk specifically on Africa, “In (and out of) Frame: Africa in Perspective”, in its Salon section this year.   Africa’s art scene is set to take Asia’s... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/2102604/hong-kong-eyes-african-art-continental-exhibitions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/2102604/hong-kong-eyes-african-art-continental-exhibitions?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Jul 2017 01:45:15 +0000 As we look at the art world, 2017 will undoubtedly belong to Africa. With a young and emerging scene waiting to blossom, it is set to take Asia’s coveted place in the spotlight, winning over the hearts of galleries, institutions and collectors the world over. In Paris, the region was celebrated as the guest of honour at Art Paris Art Fair in February and is the subject of “Art/Afrique: Le Nouvel Atelier”, showing at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. Occupying the whole of the Frank Gehry-designed... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/2100374/africas-art-scene-set-take-asias-place-spotlight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/2100374/africas-art-scene-set-take-asias-place-spotlight?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Jul 2017 02:00:15 +0000 Back in September 2013, a giant Lady Dior bag popped up on Hong Kong’s harbourfront. It was the setting for the brand’s travelling exhibition “Lady Dior as Seen By”, for which 80 artists were tasked with revisiting the iconic purse. That’s the same year that Art Basel, armed with its global lead partner UBS, launched its Hong Kong edition, permanently changing the city’s artistic landscape and collecting habits.   A new generation of wealthy, globally aware and media-savvy Chinese collectors... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/2093520/chinese-artists-team-luxury-brands-east-bound-strategies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/2093520/chinese-artists-team-luxury-brands-east-bound-strategies?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 May 2017 03:15:15 +0000 Think of South Korea today – K-pop, karaoke and plastic surgery will surely come to mind, followed by images of Seoul’s cutting-edge districts, where the latest trends in food, fashion and art are being cooked up and served to a public hungry for the new. It’s almost hard to imagine that 40 years earlier, the avant-garde was embodied by a loose group of artists, among them Lee Ufan, Park Seo-Bo, Chung Chang-Sup and Kim Whan-ki, whose meditative monochrome paintings were inspired by processes,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/tech-design/article/2053829/south-koreas-monochrome-painting-movement-art-worlds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/tech-design/article/2053829/south-koreas-monochrome-painting-movement-art-worlds?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Dec 2016 03:00:45 +0000