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Art Basel Hong Kong 2018: A Post-Mortem

By: postism April 10, 2018April 23, 2018

ArtALice Neel, Almine Rech, Angela Su, Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley, Art Basel, Art Basel Hong Kong, Blindspot Gallery, Carlier Gebauer, Christopher Wool, Colin McCahon, David Zwirner Gallery, Galeria Plan B, George Condo, Gladstone Gallery, Gow Langsford Gallery, Guerrilla Girls, Hauser and Wirth, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jeff Koons, Jiang Zhi, Ko Sin-Tung, Laure Prouvost, Lee Kit, Levy Gorvy, Lisson Gallery, Manuel Ocampo, Mark Bradford, Michael Cook, Mihai Olos, Norman Rosenthal, Para/Site Art Space, Pat Steir, Sarah Lucs, Shirazeh Houshiary, Silverlens Gallery, Skarskedt, Sophia Al-Maria, Sotheby's, Sprüth Magers, Tai Kwun Contemporary, This Is No Fantasy + Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Tobias Berger, Tornabuoni, White Cube, Willem de Kooning, Wolfgang Tillmans, Xavier HufkensLeave a Comment

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,…

Portable Art at Hauser & Wirth

By: postism May 9, 2017May 9, 2017

Art, JewelleryArt Jewellery, Bharti Kher, Celia Forner, Hauser and Wirth, John Baldessari, Rossy de PalmaLeave a Comment

Both an art form, and a valuable decorative commodity – particularly when diamonds and other precious stones and metals feature prominently – jewellery is also, depending on the creator and the intention, wearable art. Artists have been designing jewellery for centuries – Hans Holbein the Younger made beautiful drawings for elaborate gem-set gold pendants as…

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…

Overview: West Bund Art & Design Fair

Published on ocula.com, 3 October 2014 Hot on the heels of the recent ShContemporary, which seems to be dying a slow and embarrassing death– art works were held in customs, leaving booths bereft of works, and turnout and organisation was even more lamentable– the West Bund Art and Design Fair is definitely a surprising polished…

Fair by Design: Westbund Art and Design Fair

By: postism September 23, 2014

Art, DesignChinese Art Market, Design, Galleria Continua, Hauser and Wirth, Lehmann Maupin, Pearl Lam, Sean Kelly Gallery, ShanghArt, Sotheby's, The Art Newspaper China, Westbund Art and Design Fair, White Cube, Zhou TiehaiLeave a Comment

Published in Chinese in The Art Newspaper China, September 2014 We’ve seen the allure of status-boosting brand-name artists like Emin, Hirst, and Gormley in China, but does a Prouvé, Ponti, and Perriand have the same cachet and gloss? Founded by artist Zhou Tiehai, a founder ShContemporary in 2007 and a former director of the Minsheng…