contemporary art
The Business of Creative Collaboration
The first ART x LUX CONFERENCE by TheArtGorgeous debuted on August 15, 2016 in Hong Kong with speakers from K11, Hugo Boss, Art Basel, and more. Read More
‘They Would Be Kings’: Haring, Banksy, KAWS Reign at Sotheby’s First Asia Street Art Exhibit
Sotheby's private gallery in Hong Kong, S|2, is now a temporary home to "They Would Be Kings," an exhibition featuring work by some of the Western street artists who started it all. Read More
Christie’s Second Shanghai Auction Gains From Tax-Exempt Policies And Growing Chinese Collector Base
Avid Chinese collectors showed strong interest in both Chinese and Western contemporary art at a recent auction that solidified the company's new mainland presence. Read More
Hugo Boss Continues Luxe-Label Trend Of Using Art As Brand Differentiator
As the German label markets itself on the mainland through fashion shows and online retail, its newly announced art award gives it the cultural gravitas to differentiate itself from competitors. Read More
Must-See Winter Exhibitions: Warhol in HK, Electrifying French Surrealism, BMW In Beijing
A roundup of current and upcoming arts events in the Greater China region, from Hong Kong's Andy Warhol retrospective to a surrealist journey in Shanghai and BMW showing its cultural side in Beijing. Read More
Christie’s Contemporary HK Sale To Benefit From Global Auction Trends
The upcoming Christie's contemporary Asian art sales in Hong Kong should see strong bidding buoyed by a more optimistic buyer market, greater scarcity of top Chinese pieces, and the relatively lower prices for blue-chip Chinese and Asian art. Read More
Chinese Artist Qiu Zhijie Shortlisted For Hugo Boss Prize 2012
The Hugo Boss Prize has yet to be won by a Chinese artist, though three -- Cai Guo-Qiang in 1996, Huang Yong Ping in 1998, and Yang Fudong in 2004 -- have previously been nominated. Read More
New Museum Construction In China: Too Much, Too Soon?
The blistering pace of new museum construction in China, which has only intensified in recent years, has some asking whether the country's new cultural venues are filling a long-ignored absence or are "too much, too soon." Read More
Broad Art Museum Hires America’s First China-Based Curator
In a major step for a US arts institution, the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum will bring on Beijing-based Wang Chunchen as America's first-ever China-based adjunct curator. Read More
Meg Maggio, Pekin Fine Arts: Chinese Art Market “Has Become Completely Globalized”
What should aspiring collectors know about the dynamics currently influencing China's art market, and how can they ensure they're buying the right artists? Read More
