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Art Radar founder Kate Cary Evans, more than slightly overwhelmed by the magnitude of the 2011 edition of ART HK, reports on the alternative sections of the fair.

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We step back into time to take a look at (and list) all our coverage of past ART HK’s, from 2008 to the lead up to this week’s event.

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We publish the press release announcing the sale of ART HK to MCH Group, the company that manages both Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach.

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In it’s 2011 edition, ART HK has reported a gallery attendance of over 250, an enormous number for any fair. We compare this number with that of other fairs around the world.

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Want to know which art markets are set to emerge? The third ArtInsight market seminar for 2011 gathers professionals to discuss Russia, India, Brazil, Africa and others.

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Interested in Taiwanese art but struggle to find information? Art Island is a new publication that holds 200+ artist biographies.

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Two Japanese galleries compete with 38 mostly European spaces at the 45th Art Cologne to win best stand and the 2011 Maurice Lacroix Art Award for New Contemporaries.

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ART FAIRS SINGAPORE CONTEMPORARY ART EVENTS ASIAN ART MARKET With a total of 32,000 visitors – viewing work presented by 121 galleries from 26 countries – and some major sales, the inaugural edition of Art Stage Singapore seems to have proved … Continue reading →

ART FAIRS SINGAPORE CONTEMPORARY ART EVENTS Art Stage Singapore made its success debut at Marina Bay Sands last week. While attendees praised the fair’s diverse yet strongly Asian audience, initial sales have been reported as mixed. Art Radar was there, taking … Continue reading →

Unnamed sources from several local art galleries in Hong Kong have mentioned that business is difficult and they are considering their options for next year. Particularly affected are new and themed galleries. Hong Kong currently has over eighty galleries. Continue reading →

Art Stage Singpore has released the names of galleries and artists that will be attending the art fair in January next year. This event is new to Singapore and aims to bring together artists, art professionals and collectors from the West and East while also focussing attention on art from surrounding regions. The seasoned Lorenzo Rudolf, who has been involved with Art Basel and ShContemporary, is Fair Director. We have copied the media release for you to read. Continue reading →

Abu Dhabi Art, a fair now in it’s second year, has quickly “come of age” reports Abu Dhabi-focussed English-language paper The National. Attracting big name artists, museum-quality artworks and playing host to representatives from the world’s major galleries, the fair has placed “itself squarely on the world art map and [is] making its presence felt.” Continue reading →

Art Stage Singapore will soon be joining the international art fair circuit. The event is planned for January 2011, to be held at the New Marina Bay Sands Water Front Development. ART iT conducted an interview with Lorenzo Rudolf, the director of Art Stage Singapore, the former director of Art Basel, inventor of Art Basel Miami Beach and co-creator of Shanghai Contemporary. We summarise the interview with Lorenzo Rudolf in which he discusses the plans for Art Stage Singapore and the potential for the development of a regional art market. Continue reading →

ALTERNATIVE ART SPACES CHINA ART FAIRS As well as representing the likes of Zheng Guogu, Koki Tanaka and the Yangjiang Group, China’s Vitamin Creative Space and its ethos is perhaps best observed in their recent collaboration with Cao Fei, Room … Continue reading →

ART PRICE DATABASE DEALER NEWS Artnet group, the leading art price database and online art auction company has chosen the year 2010 to branch out into a brand new venture: art dealing. And it chose a surprising venue for its … Continue reading →

ART EVENTS PROMOTING CONTEMPORARY ART ART SALES ART FAIRS ONLINE Art Radar Asia was recently sent information on an event new to the art promotion circuit – VIP Art Fair is the first fair to be run entirely online. The event … Continue reading →

MARRAKECH MOROCCO ART FAIRS ARAB ART In October this year, the tourist hotspot Marrakech, Morocco, will host the country’s first modern and contemporary art fair. The fair points towards a growing trend of interest and investment in art in the Middle … Continue reading →

ART FAIRS ECONOMY A recent article in the Economist comments on the globalisation of art and how art fairs accelerate the transnational exposure of artists, something that could become necessary for artists if they want to attract the attention of serious … Continue reading →

HONG KONG ART FAIR Art Radar Asia attended ART HK 10 on Sunday with the aim of getting a perspective on the who is selling what to whom. Below we lay out the comments from and opinions of 19 of … Continue reading →

ART FAIRS The inaugural Abu Dhabi Art fair opened to much fanfare on November 19th. The government-run Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC) organized the fair, along with the area’s new cultural district on Saadiyat Island. In attendance at the … Continue reading →

HONG KONG ART FAIR SPONSORSHIP The May 2010 incarnation ART HK will only be the international art fair’s third event, but it has already earned the confidence-and sponsorship- of Deutsche Bank, the largest bank in Germany, which has recently signed … Continue reading →

SINGAPORE AND HONG KONG’S COMPETING ART MARKET Singapore’s art scene has grown rapidly since its 1989 government mandate to recognize the “importance of culture and the art.” Thriving to a point that, according to The Wall Street Journal, Hong Kong–Asia’s … Continue reading →

ART FAIR INSURANCE Last week, The Art Newspaper posted an interesting report that claimed that art is getting harder to insure. According to their source, Richard Northcott, executive director of the art, jewellery and private client division at Heath Lambert … Continue reading →

SINGAPORE CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2009 It is the most established art fair in Asia, having just completed its ninth consecutive year running, and it is uniquely different from other leading fairs in the region. ARTSingapore, despite being a major international … Continue reading →

BEIJING ART FAIR Light up your senses with fresh, cutting-edge, yet affordable art on the new frontier– that is the proposition of the GREEN Art Fair 2009. Organized by New CAE Media and Air Media, promoters of the established Beijing … Continue reading →