Art Basel Hong Kong

Art Basel Hong Kong 2019: A Post-Mortem

By: postism April 8, 2019January 20, 2021

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If with the advent of Artificial Intelligence, and the concomitant displacement of jobs that ensues, only those servicing the über wealthy will remain employed, then it would appear that the art world, with its numerous advisors, dealers, collection managers and specialists catering to wealthy collectors––minted by the minute like Zimbabwean currency––should be just fine. It…

Art Basel Hong Kong 2018: A Post-Mortem

By: postism April 10, 2018April 23, 2018

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Published on Ocula, 6 April 2018 On Monday night of Hong Kong Art Week, the Guerrilla Girls, the US feminist activist art collective who call themselves ‘the conscience of the art world’, addressed a packed lecture theatre at University of Hong Kong—their first ever appearance in Asia. Armed with their signature stats, facts, and bananas,…

The Lowdown: shows to see during Hong Kong Art Week

By: postism March 24, 2018March 25, 2018

Art2017 Venice Biennale, Alex Errera, Amir Fattal, Ampannee Satoh, Anthony Bumhira., Antoni Tàpies, Antony Gormley, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Art Basel Hong Kong, Ashley Bickerton, Asia Art Archive, Asia Society, Ben Brown Fine Arts, Blindspot Gallery, Chai Siris, Chim↑Pom, Christopher Wool, Cosmin Costinas, da Sarthe Gallery, Daniel Boyd, David Zwirner Gallery, Design Society, Doug Aitken, Empty Gallery, Exhibitions, Franklyn Dzingai, Fumio Nanjo, Gagosian, Galerie Ora-Ora, George Condo, Gert and Uwe Tobias, Guerilla Girls, H Queen's, Hanart TZ, Harbour Arts Sculpture Park, Hauser & Wirth, Hill Art Foundation, Hong Kong Art Week, Inga Svala Thórsdóttir and Wu Shanzhuan, Jennifer Guidi, Jenny Holzer, Jim Lambie, Jiun-Yang Li, K11, K11 Art Foundation, Kacey Wong and Matthew Tsang, Kutluğ Ataman, Lee Garakara, Loie Hollowell, M+ Museum, Manolo Millares, Mariana Hahn, Mark Bradford, Massimo de Carlo, Miao Ying, Morgan Wong, Mrinalini Mukherjee, Nik Kosmas, OCAT Shenzhen, Ocula, Oscar Chan Yik Long, Pace Gallery, Para Site, Peter Halley, Rachel Rits-Volloch, Rashid Choudhury, Redtory Museum for Contemporary Art, Robert Indiana, Samson Young, Simryn Gill, Skarstedt, Sotheby's, Sprüth Magers, Tafadzwa Gwetai, Tim Marlow, Tracey Emin, William Lim, Wolfgang Tillmans, Xavier Cha, Yayoi Kusama, Yoshitomo Nara, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, Zhang Ruyi, Zhang ZhiLeave a Comment

Published on Ocula, 23 March 2018 Once again, the Hong Kong art machine is gearing up for Art Basel in Hong Kong (29–31 March 2018), now in its sixth edition. With surrounding art fairs like Art Central (27 March–1 April) opening alongside the main event, and an ever-expanding list of exhibitions and happenings taking place,…

The Lucky Eight: Unmissable Hong Kong Exhibitions

Published on ocula.com, 23 March 2017 Hot on the heels of the Hong Kong International Arts Festival, Hong Kong this week welcomed the fifth edition of Art Basel. You’ve flown thousands of miles, endured over eight hours of screaming spawn on a long haul flight, paralysing jetlag, and visual and social overload at the Art…

A conversation with Kyungah Ham

By: postism July 29, 2016August 25, 2016

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Published on ocula.com, 28 July 2016 ‘You don’t have to paint a fist to challenge authority; it is only natural that the mode of fighting was to devote oneself to the abstract, to deny the unreal reality.’ – Lee Ufan At first glance, Kyungah Ham’s embroidered canvases are beautifully seductive. From afar the works seem to be…

Neo World (Dis)order

By: postism October 14, 2015

ArtArt Basel Hong Kong, David Zwirner Gallery, Eigen + Art, German Artists, Neo Rauch, Neue Leipziger SchuleLeave a Comment

Published in Hong Kong Tatler, October 2015 For three decades German artist Neo Rauch has been one of the leading figurative painters of his generation creating works that offer up a window onto a strange world. It’s a world that operates according to its own laws, a world that is at once familiar with its…

Post Art Basel HK: Rundown and Fair-tigued

Published on ocula.com, 20 March, 2015 Your head hurts; your liver no longer holds any value on the black market; your dignity is in tatters after falling down a flight of stairs in high heels at an exhibition opening—sober; a random girl licked your leg; and the last conversation you remember was about vodka home-brewing…

Art Basel HK Vernissage: The Lowdown

By: postism May 20, 2014May 20, 2014

ArtAbsolut Art, Acquavella Gallery, Adrian Wong, Ai Weiwei, Aiko Tezuka, Alex Seno, Anastasia Klose, Annely Juda Fine Art, Annette Messager, Anselm Kiefer, Apocalypse Postponed, Art Basel Hong Kong, Au Hoi Lam, Bernard Frize, Chai Wan Mei, Christophe Van der Weghe, David Adjaye, David Hockney, Design Miami, Diane Tanzer, Galerie Perrotin, Gu Wenda, Hammer Galleries, Hanart TZ, He Xiangyu, Kohei Nawa SCAI The Bathhouse, Long March Space, Mario Merz, Marion Goodman Gallery, Michael Janssen Gallery, Ming Wong, Nadim Abbas, Natasha Bieniek, Nellie Castan, Osage, Patricia Piccinini, Pierre Soulages, Ryan McNamara, Sean Fitzpatrick, Stephane Ackermann, Takashi Murakami, The Belfies, Tobias Berger, Tolarno Galleries, Victoria Miro Gallery1 Comment

Published on ocula.com 17 May 2014 The second edition of Art Basel kicked off Wednesday with a VIP preview that saw no shortage of collectors streaming through the doors. It felt like a Swiss banking conference in the VIP lounge as Julius Bär and UBS representatives and financiers milled around waiting for the doors to…

Picks of Art Basel HK 2014

Art Basel HK 2014 is on our doorstep, and this year’s programme is even heftier and more exciting than the last. Invites are flooding in one after and another and you’re double booking yourself every night. But what to attend? Where are the great parties and interesting exhibitions? And where will Kate Moss be? Well,…

Art Basel HK: It’s a Wrap!

By: postism June 26, 2013

ArtAbsolut Art Bureau, Adrian Ghenie, Adrian Wong, Ai Wei Wei, Arndt Gallery, Arne Quinze, Art, Art Basel Hong Kong, Art Fairs, Art Flat, Artists, Asia Society, Boers Li Gallery, Budi Tek, Chiharu Shiota, Collectors, Cosmin Costinas, Curators, Eddie Peake, Eko Nugroho, Emmanuel Perrotin, Entang Wiharso, Eva and Adele, Francis Cheng, Fumio Nanjo, Galeria Plan B, Galerie Daniel Templon, Galerie Perrotin, Galleria Lorcan O'Neill, Gogol, Herve Mikaeloff, Ho Sin Tung, Istanbul Art International, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Jeffrey Deitch, Jitish Kallat, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Kiki Smith, Kreemart, Lars Nittve, Laurent Grasso, Lee Kit, Lehmann Maupin, Liam Gillick, Lombard Freid, Los Carpinteros, M+, MadeIn Company, Mariko Mori, Marina Abramovic, Mark Bradford, Mark Ryden, Massimo de Carlo, Matt Carey-Williams, Maurizio Cattelan, Moving Museum, Navid Nuur, Pace Gallery, Para/Site, Paul Kasmin, Pierre Lefort, Piotr Uklanski, Punta della Dogana, Quintessentially Art, Rachael Barrett, Rachel Whiteread, Raphael Castoriano, Richard Long, Seung Yul Oh, Shideh Shaygan, Simon Sakhai, Stephane Ackermann, Takashi Murakami, Tanner Ceylan, Theaster Gates, Venice Biennale, Victoria Lu, Vitamin Creative Space, Volte, Walton Ford, Whitecube, William Kentridge, Xiang Tseng, Yana Peel, Yang Xinguang, Yuko HasegawaLeave a Comment

Well, Art Basel Hong Kong has been and gone, summer art fair season has ended, and vacation is upon us. There have been plenty of posts on the Basel brand’s inaugural HK fair, so why add another to the pile? Really I just wanted an excuse to post lots and lots of pics of my…