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Topic Archives: Hong Kong
Hong Kong art fair ART HK 12: Final day sales figures
Posted on Sunday, May 20th, 2012
On the final day of the ART HK 12, Art Radar journalists were canvassing galleries and asking dealers about their fair experience. We have some of the details from these sales below.
Hong Kong art fair ART HK 12: Art practice and the camera lens – 3 artists discuss at Asia Art Archive
Posted on Sunday, May 20th, 2012
“Artists Through the Lens” was a series of conversations between curators and artists organised by AAA for ART HK 12. Art Radar watched via video stream and live-tweeted the talk.
ART HK 12: Sales figures days 1 and 2
Posted on Saturday, May 19th, 2012
For days one and two of ART HK 12, Art Radar had reporters on the ground interviewing galleries about their experience at the fair. Here are a few of the sales figures we have heard so far.
ART HK 12: Redefining the space we live in – Asia Art Archive Open Platform speakers
Posted on Friday, May 18th, 2012
On Friday 18 May 2012, Asia Art Archive once again held their Open Platform programme. Two of the groups discussed art and its role in negotiating public spaces, but with very different approaches.
ART HK 12: Hong Kong artist Lee Kit wins ART FUTURES prize
Posted on Friday, May 18th, 2012
The 2012 ART FUTURES award was awarded to Hong Kong artist Lee Kit for his project Something in My Hands. The prize is given to an emerging artist represented by a young gallery.
ART HK 12: Art Radar live-tweets daily – resource alert
Posted on Friday, May 18th, 2012
Could not make it out to Hong Kong this weekend? Let Art Radar be your eyes and ears at the fair. Our reporting team will be tweeting and retweeting… and posting to Facebook!
ART HK 12: First time Asian galleries talk art fair strategy
Posted on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
With a number of Asian art galleries showing for the first time at ART HK 12, Art Radar was curious to find out what their expectations for the fair were, and who they will be showing and why.
Chinese affordable art fair AAC to launch Hong Kong edition
Posted on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Chinese art company Affordable Art China Ltd (AAC) will launch an art fair in Hong Kong in 2013. The event will focus on emerging artists and sell contemporary art works at “accessible prices”.
ART HK 12: Rolling media round up [UPDATED 22 May 2012]
Posted on Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Bookmark this page! Art Radar is your go-to source for updates and information on 2012′s Hong Kong International Art Fair. Each day we will cull the best of ART HK 12 coverage and link to it here.
ART HK 12: What to do outside of the fair? Essential extra event list
Posted on Saturday, May 12th, 2012
ART HK 12 kicks off this Thursday, 17 May 2012, and will run through Sunday. Art Radar has rounded up some of the best concurrent art events happening around the city.
Mongolian Mugi’s first Hong Kong solo: Rediscovering past lost to communism
Posted on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
Mongolian artist Munkhtsetseg Jalkhaajav, also known as Mugi, recently concluded her first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. Her works commonly depict women and deal with the re-emergence of Mongolian heritage.
ART HK crash course: all you need to know – Art Radar past coverage
Posted on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
ART HK 12 is mere days away and to celebrate Art Radar offers a list of some of our past posts on the largest and most respected art fair in Asia dating back to 2008.
ART HK sponsor Deutsche Bank backs Frieze in New York
Posted on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
By supporting New York’s inaugural Frieze Art Fair, Deutsche Bank is now the lead sponsor of all three Frieze events. In Asia, ART HK is one of the bank’s most important art partnerships.
Pearl Lam: Another gallery for Hong Kong’s Pedder Building
Posted on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Pearl Lam will be the next high-end commercial gallery to move into the historic Pedder Building. The new 340 square metre gallery space will open to the public on 16 May 2012.
Tokyo-based Yuko Hasegawa first dedicated curator of ART HK Projects for 2012
Posted on Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
This year ART HK 12 fair see the return of ART HK Projects with its own dedicated curator, Yuko Hasegawa.
Stripping ‘Ophelia’ and more: 3 young Taiwanese new media artists in Hong Kong
Posted on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
Hong Kong-based gallery Input/Output (I/O) featured Taiwanese new media artists Yao Chung-Han, Lin Guan-Ming, and Chang Li-Ren in their show “Made in Taiwan”, which closed April 2012.
Want to meet other Art Radar readers? 2nd Hong Kong City Meet Up for 2012
Posted on Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
We warmly invite our Hong Kong readers, students and friends to join executive editor and founder Kate Cary Evans at an Art Radar get-together in April 2012.
M+ Museum public forum: hear Lars Nittve’s plans; share your thoughts – event alert
Posted on Monday, April 9th, 2012
Lars Nittve, Executive Director of the M+ Museum of Visual Culture in the up-and-coming West Kowloon Cultural District, will take part in a free public forum on 11 April 2012.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong spring 2012 auctions: Modern Asian art still outselling contemporary
Posted on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
Sotheby’s just wrapped up their spring auctions in Hong Kong. Though Chinese art sold well, modern works were the clear highlights of the show.
Sotheby’s announces launch of new Hong Kong gallery space
Posted on Saturday, March 31st, 2012
Demonstrating their commitment to the Asian market, Sotheby’s has just announced they will open a new exhibition space in Hong Kong on 19 May 2012.
Sotheby’s runs one-week art business course in Hong Kong – resource alert
Posted on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
In April 2012, Sotheby’s Institute of Art is bringing a one-week “Business Management in the Art World” course to Hong Kong art professionals.
Seasoned Hong Kong artist sees WKCD project as “one step forward” – AAA interview
Posted on Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
In a recent interview with Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong artist Chu Hing Wah commented on the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) and the M+ contemporary art museum.
Asia Art Archive-ART HK 12 ‘Open Platform’: speaking opportunity for international art practitioners
Posted on Monday, March 5th, 2012
Hong Kong’s Asia Art Archive has put a call out, asking for submissions from for their annual ‘Open Platform’ event, held in collaboration with Asia’s premier art fair, ART HK 12.
ART HK repositions ASIA ONE section for 2012, now “heart” of fair
Posted on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
By centralising its ASIA ONE section, ART HK is attempting to assert its “unique” position as the “only world class art fair to have a 50/50 balance of Asian and Western participation”.
Hong Kong Contemporary: Hotel art fair to piggyback ART HK 12
Posted on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Art Radar looks into Hong Kong Contemporary, a hotel art fair that will run concurrently with ART HK 12 in an effort to draw international collectors and visitors.



Hong Kong art fair ART HK 12: Final day sales figures
Hong Kong art fair ART HK 12: Art practice and the camera lens – 3 artists discuss at Asia Art Archive
ART HK 12: Sales figures days 1 and 2
ART HK 12: Redefining the space we live in – Asia Art Archive Open Platform speakers
ART HK 12: Hong Kong artist Lee Kit wins ART FUTURES prize
ART HK 12: Art Radar live-tweets daily – resource alert
Art journalism online course: A reason to talk to art world influencers
ART HK 12: First time Asian galleries talk art fair strategy
Chinese affordable art fair AAC to launch Hong Kong edition
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