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Audrey Chan

With Art Basel returning to pre-pandemic levels of gallery participation and Art Central resuming its position in Central Harbourfront’s marquee, there’s no shortage of places to be during Hong Kong Art Week.
On top of the many exhibitions opening this month to coincide with these fairs, two shiny additions are joining the 2024 art fair line-up.
Overwhelmed? Here are our top picks (in no particular order).
Art Basel
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai. March 28 to 30 (VIP access: March 26 to 30).
Art Central
Central Harbourfront. March 28 to 31 (VIP access: March 27).
New art fairs

Supper Club, Fringe Club
The first edition of Supper Club runs from March 25 to 30. Consider it an invitation by local gallerists Willem Molesworth and Ysabelle Cheung (PHD Group), and Alex Chan (The Shophouse), to chew over the digestive nature of looking at and consuming culture.
Curated by Anqi Li, Supper Club hosts the emerging and experimental works of 22 international and regional galleries, plus live performances and panel discussions.
Expect programming that disrupts the often hegemonic conventions of art fair sales and interactions. Luckily for visitors craving some late night food for thought, Supper Club’s hours stretch from 4pm to 1am.
Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central. March 25 to 30.

1-54, Christie’s Hong Kong
A reference to the 54 African countries in existence today, 1-54 is the sole international art fair dedicated to showcasing works by African artists. As March draws to a close, look out for “Coalescent Lights” at Christie’s Hong Kong, the fair’s first iteration in Asia.
Curated by Kami Gahiga, “Coalescent Lights” spotlights luminaries who have enriched the canon of contemporary African art. With themes ranging from tradition, intimacy and materiality to translocation and representation, the exhibition proves African art has never been monolithic nor stagnant.
22/F, Alexandra House, 18 Chater Road, Central. March 26 to 30.
Exhibitions

Sarah Morris’ “Who is Who”, JC Contemporary, Tai Kwun
“Who is Who” builds on Sarah Morris’ long-term study of global sites in the electronic era, and a key work in the show is the American-British artist’s 16th film, ETC.
In a nod to designer Henry Steiner’s 1979 Electronic Teller Card for HSBC, ETC alludes to the history of Hong Kong as a centre of commerce subject to rapid digital change.
While currently showing on the M+ Facade, ETC’s Tai Kwun presentation will be accompanied by Morris’ ex-husband Liam Gillick’s musical compositions for the first time.
And don’t miss Tai Kwun’s annual Artists’ Night on March 28. The evening of live performances, installations and music spread across various sites around the historic compound will be headlined by artist and composer Pan Daijing.
“Who is Who”, 3/F, JC Contemporary, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central. Until April 14.
Artists’ Night, multiple sites in Tai Kwun, March 28, 6pm-11.30pm.
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Yang Fudong’s “Sparrow on the Sea”, M+ facade
While not technically an exhibition, the latest moving-image work by Chinese artist Yang Fudong – co-commissioned by M+ and Art Basel and presented by Swiss bank UBS – warrants a solid shout.
Sparrow on the Sea braids black-and-white shots of Hong Kong’s architecture, landscapes, and soundscapes, evoking the motifs and textures of Hong Kong cinema from the 1970s to the 90s.
Cementing the filmmaker’s dreamlike aesthetic, the film poetically blends Hong Kong’s past and present, offering glimpses into its unpredictable future.
M+ facade, 38 Museum Drive, West Kowloon Cultural District. On view every night until June 9. Walk-in slots are available for the screening.
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Trevor Yeung’s “Soft breath”, Para Site
“Soft breath” is Trevor Yeung’s first major solo exhibition of 2024, before he heads to Italy to represent Hong Kong at the 60th Venice Biennale.
Yeung draws on the natural environment to address social norms that stifle human relationships, and his latest show is no exception.
A soap-sculpted replica of a tree takes centre stage, conjuring a leaning oak emblematic of Hampstead Heath – one of London’s nocturnal cruising grounds.
Thematically challenging binaries of night and day, public and private life, and hidden and visible desires, Yeung transplants this queer landmark to the soil of Hong Kong through studied uses of light, scent and impermanent materials that evoke transience.
As the artist contemplates the original tree’s uncertain fate, “Soft breath” – co-commissioned in partner­ship with Gasworks, London; and Aranya Art Centre, in Qinhuangdao, Hebei province – calls atten­tion to the rituals around wishing trees native to Hong Kong’s New Territories.
Para Site, 10B, Wing Wah Industrial Building, 677 King’s Road, Quarry Bay. Until May 26.

Joana Vasconcelos’ “Valkyrie Seondeok”, ArtisTree
Valkyrie Seondeok is Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos’ latest addition to her Valkyrie series, which pays tribute to more than 30 influential women around the world. The sculpture will be presented as part of “ArtisTree Selects: Enchanted Forest”, the artist’s first exhibition in Hong Kong.
The textile installation depicts Queen Seondeok, the second female sovereign in recorded East Asian history and the first reigning queen of Silla – one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
The site-specific work features sewing, knitting and crocheting in yet another monumental display of traditional textile techniques, as is Vasconcelos’ signature.
ArtisTree, 1/F, Two Taikoo Place, 979 King’s Road, Quarry Bay. Until April 28.
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CHAT 5th Anniversary: “Factory of Tomorrow”, Chat
This spring, CHAT is celebrating its curatorial journey over the past five years with a group exhibition reflecting on its past, present and future.
“Factory of Tomorrow” includes works from CHAT’s contemporary art collection plus newly commissioned works, drawing comparisons between heritage and innovation in the world of textiles.
Featuring creations by 19 artists and collectives of Asian backgrounds, the exhibition will gather their takes on technology, material, diversity and climate change.
2/F, The Mills, 45 Pak Tin Par Street, Tsuen Wan. Until July 14.

Wifredo Lam’s “Homecoming”, Chantal Miller Gallery, Asia Society Hong Kong Centre
“Homecoming” is a retrospective of the late Cuban artist Wifredo Lam. With his Afro-Spanish and Cantonese roots, it’s fitting that Lam’s work is coming to Asia for the occasion, where his son, guest co-curator Eskil Lam, will trace his father’s Chinese lineage and histories of the Chinese diaspora.
With Hain Yoon as assistant curator and support from Wifredo’s other son, Stephane Lam (Le Pavillon Rouge des Arts), “Homecoming” will be an all-inclusive exhibition complete with prints, memorabilia and paintings from Wifredo’s key artistic periods spanning his time in Cuba, Spain, France and Italy.
Asia Society, 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty. Until June 2. The talk “Homecoming: Wifredo Lam and his Chinese Heritage” will take place on March 28, 6pm to 7.30pm.

Xiyadie’s “Butterfly Dream”, Blindspot Gallery
This month, Blindspot Gallery is presenting the largest Xiyadie exhibition Asia has seen. The solo exhibition – the Shaanxi artist’s first – will feature more than 30 works from the early 1980s to the present, breathing new life into the paper-cut art form that originated during the Eastern Han dynasty (AD25 to 220).
Autobiographical in nature, Xiyadie’s collection tells the story of his coming out as a homosexual from rural China and his struggle as a marginalised migrant worker.
In that vein, the title “Butterfly Dream” alludes to the self-taught artist’s pseudonym, Xiyadie, meaning “Siberian butterfly” – a symbol of resilience and flamboyant beauty in the harshest of conditions.
Blindspot Gallery, 15/F, Po Chai Industrial Building, 28 Wong Chuk Hang Road. March 26 to May 11.

Wolfgang Tillmans’ “The Point Is Matter”, David Zwirner
Count on Wolfgang Tillmans to feature a new video work in his latest exhibition – his first in Hong Kong since 2018.
This time, the artist will be interspersing works shot in Ethiopia, Germany, Nigeria and Mongolia, among other places, with photos of Hong Kong and Shenzhen, breaking free from the rigid categories of local and global.
Pushing the limits of photography’s poetic and formal possibilities with a close eye on changing phenomena, “The Point is Matter” will gather a wide range of subjects and themes, encouraging exercises in free association through the process of looking.
David Zwirner, 5-6/F, H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road Central. March 25 to April 30.

Glenn Ligon, Hauser & Wirth
With new work padding his first solo exhibition in China, Glenn Ligon is doubling down on his radical use of text to explore the politics of culture and identity.
The display will showcase a continuation of the American conceptual artist’s Stranger paintings, his new abstract painting series, titled “Static”, and a collection of untitled drawings on Kozo paper, all of which excerpt James Baldwin’s 1953 essay Stranger in the Village.
Hauser & Wirth, 8 Queen’s Road Central. March 25 to May 11.
Others
Wong Ping: anus whisper
Kiang Malingue, 10 Sik On Street, Wan Chai. March 26 to May 4, with opening reception and performance on March 25, 3pm-8pm.
After Human: Marks of the Beasts
Tomorrow Maybe, 4/F, Eaton HK, 380 Nathan Road, Jordan. Until April 28, with an opening reception on March 26, 5pm-8pm.
Plastic Love
Hong Kong artist Wong Ka-ying’s first solo exhibition. Square Street Gallery, 21 Square Street, Sheung Wan. Until May 5.


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Train (1986), Xiyadie. Photo: Xiyadie

From Art Basel to Art Central, here is our extensive list of all the major events at Hong Kong Art Week, including exhibitions, art fairs and screenings. Above: attendees on the last day of Art Basel Hong Kong 2023. Photo: Dickson Lee

The Supper Club team (from left): Willem Molesworth (PHD Group), Alex Chan (The Shophouse), Anqi Li (independent curator), Ysabelle Cheung (PHD Group), Guoying Stacy Zhang (adviser to Supper Club and Fringe Club). Photo: Felix SC Wong/ Supper Club

Touria El Glaoui, the founder of the 1-54 art fair, is launching its first Asian project in Hong Kong. Photo: Jim Winslet

TXJSQE (2024), Sarah Morris and Scott King. Photo: Kitmin Lee

Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos’ solo exhibition Enchanted Forest is running at ArtisTree. Photo: Pedro Jafuno

À trois centimètres de la terre (1962), by Wifredo Lam. Photo: courtesy of Rosaline Wong and HomeArt

Window Left Open (2023), Wolfgang Tillmans. Photo: Wolfgang Tillmans

Stranger #98 (2023) by Glenn Ligon; oil stick, silk screen, coal dust, acrylic and pencil on canvas. Photo: Hauser & Wirth

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Yannick Lintz, president of Paris’ Musée Guimet - Europe’s largest museum of Asian art - says “we have to be clever together” when it comes to restitution and repatriation. Photo: Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts

A courtyard of Khmer sculptures from Angkor, Cambodia, at the entrance to the Guimet. Photo: Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts

Pieces in Musée Guimet’s Asian art collection at the museum. Photo: Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts 

The Guimet in Paris. Photo: Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts

The museum houses works from across Asia, from Afghanistan to Japan. Photo: Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts

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A staff member displays neck piece jewellery from a display of Kenyan designer Ami Doshi Shah’s handcrafted designs. Photo: AFP

Kenyan designer Ami Doshi Shah with some of her eclectic jewellery pieces at her home studio, where she uses locally sourced raw materials including rope and salt crystals as well as brass and semi-precious stones. Photo: AFP

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A staff member displays neck piece jewellery from a display of Shah’s handcrafted designs. Photo: AFP

She’s worked with Adidas, Canon and Mirror: hot Hong Kong photographer Leung Yat-ting on why taking pictures is only ‘half of the job’

An image shot by Hong Kong photographer Leung Yat-ting, who goes by the name Leungmo. Her work has graced the pages of fashion magazines Vogue HK,  Grazia and Elle Men.. Photo courtesy of Leungmo


Hong Kong photographer Leung Yat-ting, aka Leungmo, has worked with Nikon, fashion magazines and celebrities including singer Joyce Cheng. She opens up about what inspires her and gives tips for those starting out in photography. Photo: courtesy of Leungmo

A photo by Leung. Her work has graced the pages of fashion magazines Vogue HK, Grazia and Elle Men. Photo: courtesy of Leungmo

A photo by Leung. Photo: courtesy of Leungmo 

While Leung gets inspiration from everywhere, nature is her biggest source. Photo: Leungmo 

A photo from Leung’s All Good exhibition, which featured photos of Hongkongers wearing protective gear during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Leungmo 

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French gallerist Emmanuel Perrotin and Japanese artist Takashi Murakami attend the FIAC International Contemporary Art Fair at Grand Palais, Paris, France, on October 23, 2013. Perrotin has galleries in Paris, Hong Kong, New York, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Los Angeles.  Photo: Getty Images

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A view of French photographer and artist JR’s exhibition “Pattern” at Perrotin Hong Kong in 2012. Photo: Perrotin / Laurent Segretier

Perrotin and Murakami at the opening of the exhibition “Murakami Versailles” at the Palace of Versailles in 2010. Photo: Getty Images

Perrotin with Tornado (2017), a work by Jean-Michel Othoniel. Picture: Guillaume Ziccarelli

A view of the exhibition “Perrotin Presents at K11 Musea: ‘Servitudes’ by Jesper Just” at the K11 Art and Cultural Centre in Hong Kong. Photo: Perrotin / Ringo Cheung

‘Great art films can be shot in Hong Kong’: Chinese artist on M+ movie and the beauty of black and white

Please note that the images are for editorial use only. Reproduction, distribution, or cropping of the photos for any other use is only permissible subject to prior written approval from the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority and M+.&#xA;&#xA;Yang Fudong - Sparrow on the Sea, 2024 Co-commissioned by M+ and Art Basel, presented by UBS, 2024. Photo: Yang Fudong

A still from Sparrow on the Sea, by Chinese filmmaker and painter Yang Fudong. The new art film is currently showing on the big screen on the M+ facade in Hong Kong. Photo: Yang Fudong

Artist Yang Fudong. Photo: Yang Fudong

A scene from Sparrow on the Sea shows the spiral staircase at M+. Photo: Yang Fudong

A scene from Sparrow on the Sea. Photo: Yang Fudong

A scene from Sparrow on the Sea shows Repulse Bay’s Longevity Bridge. Photo: Yang Fudong

She knits wearable art from magazine shreds – Hong Kong artist Movana Chen on using paper to ‘make love’

Movana Chen at her Knitting Conversations exhibition ongoing at M+. The Hong Kong artist, best known for her clothes knitted from shredded magazines, reveals how her work has helped her forge friendships all around the world. Photo: Edmond So

Movana Chen at her Knitting Conversations exhibition at M+. The Hong Kong artist, best known for her clothes knitted from shredded magazines, reveals how her work has helped her forge friendships all around the world. Photo: Edmond So

Chen at home in Shenzhen in 1985. Photo: Movana Chen

Chen poses with her artwork Knitting Conversations, exhibited at Hong Kong’s M+ museum. Photo: Edmond So

One of Chen’s early projects, Analysis yourself, in which she measured herself with books, and from which her interest in the relationship between books and the body started. Photo: Movana Chen

Chen’s first overseas collaboration, titled You Make Me, took place in 2005 at the OXO Tower Wharf in London. Photo: Movana Chen

Chen in her first wearable art piece, ID magazine dress, in 2004. Photo: Movana Chen

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Cuban-born Wifredo Lam’s art, seen in solo show in Hong Kong for first time, reflects his varied influences

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Wifredo Lam’s youngest son, Stephane Lam, co-curator of Wifredo Lam: Homecoming at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center. Photo: Lisa Cam

Wifredo Lam’s À trois centimètres de la terre, 1962, oil on canvas. Photo: Asia Society, Hong Kong

Wifredo Lam’s Apostroph Apocalypse, Plate XIV, etching and aquatint in colours. Photo: Asia Society, Hong Kong

Wifredo Lam: Homecoming runs at the Chantal Miller Gallery, Asia Society Hong Kong Center until June 2. Photo: Lisa Cam

Art is part of the furniture in this Hong Kong family home, a remote hilltop house with unmatched views and rooms that inspire creativity

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In the dining room of the de Tilly family’s hilltop home in Sai Kung, in Hong Kong’s New Territories, the back wall is filled with an untitled painting by American artist Julian Schnabel. The house is full of art wherever one turns. Photo: Eugene Chan. Styling: Flavia Markovits



The hilltop Sai Kung home has a deck that offers stunning views. Photo: Eugene Chan. Styling: Flavia Markovits

De Tilly sits on a large wooden bench on the deck, made by Thai artist Tawatchai Puntusawasdi, that is both art and functional furniture. Photo: Eugene Chan. Styling: Flavia Markovits

The sitting and casual dining area in the Sai Kung home of Katie de Tilly. Photo: Eugene Chan. Styling: Flavia Markovits 

These witty ceramic bras were made in 2004 by Hong Kong artist Irene Lau Kwai-ying. Photo: Eugene Chan. Styling: Flavia Markovits

Every corner has an artistic story – such as in the living room with photographic mosaic Khmer Reamker, by Vietnamese artist Dinh Q. Lê. The “woman” and “person” Chinese characters on either side are by Huang Rui. Photo: Eugene Chan. Styling: Flavia Markovits 

The floor of the main bedroom is made from oak grown in Georges de Tilly’s family’s forests in France. Photo: Eugene Chan. Styling: Flavia Markovits 

The main en suite originally had a black tub but the de Tillys gutted the space and brightened it. Photo: Eugene Chan. Styling: Flavia Markovits 

A piece by Indian artist Atul Dodiya from his Shutter series inspired by Mumbai’s shopfronts. Photo: Eugene Chan. Styling: Flavia Markovits

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British sculptor Henry Moore’s life was celebrated in an exhibition in Hong Kong in 1986, opened by the Duchess of Kent (above), and an extensive catalogue, published in Chinese and English in 1987. Photo: SCMP

The Duchess of Kent looks at some of Henry Moore’s sculptures on display in Hong Kong City Hall as part of the Hong Kong Arts Festival in 1986. Photo: SCMP.

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Some of the finest art in the world is above our heads, so next time you are in the lavish Apollo Gallery at The Louvre in Paris (above), do look up. The same goes for other dazzling examples of ceiling art around the world we’ve picked out. Photo: Ronan O’Connell

The Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque is decorated by a splendid dome. Photo: Ronan O’Connell

The Oculus Transportation Hub in New York has a ceiling decorated by dozens of rafters. Photo: Ronan O’Connell

The citadel’s ceilings in the Mandarins’ Building are covered in murals. Photo: Ronan O’Connell

The domed ceiling of the Chapel of the Holy Shroud in Turin was built by Italian architect Guarino Guarini. Photo: Ronan O’Connell

The Bongeunsa Temple in Seoul is drenched in colour. Photo: Ronan O’Connell

The brilliant blue ceiling of Edinburgh’s St Giles Cathedral. Photo: Ronan O’Connell

Charminar in Hyderabad has an ornate ceiling ringed by a beautiful mezzanine gallery. Photo: Ronan O’Connell

A mesmerising ceiling inside Gaudi’s Guell Palace in Barcelona. Photo: Ronan O’Connell

The Kopan Monastery sits on a hill near Kathmandu. Photo: Ronan O’Connell

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Detail from a drawing by A.V. Skvorzov depicting life in a Hong Kong prisoner of war camp. Skvorzov, a White Russian architect, was one of several POWs who produced art while in captivity, only to put away their pencils and brushes in peacetime. Photo: A.V. Skvorzov

A portrait painted by Alfonso Barretto after the war. Photo: D’Almada Barretto Collection

Alfonso Barretto works on a canvas in 1957 as two of his sisters look on. Photo: D’Almada Barretto Collection

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An interpretation of Van Gogh’s chair, by Cliff Buddle’s son. Photo: SCMP

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This painting, dated 1971, perhaps of the Duke of Wellington, has been with Cliff Buddle since he was a kid. Photo: SCMP

A painting of eight almost identical red rice bowls, bought by Buddle in a little antiques shop in Mui Wo, Lantau Island. Photo: SCMP

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Indonesian duo Senyawa will present a live music installation at this year’s Tai Kwun Artists’ Night. Photo: Tai Kwun

Lhola Amira is a South African-born artist who will have a special “appearance” at a small and intimate session at the Artists’ Night. Photo: Tai Kwun

Hong Kong-based artist Vaevae Chan will present a set of artificial rocks as art and seating installations at Tai Kwun for Artists’ Night. Photo: Tai Kwun

Guiyang-born, Berlin-based musical artist Pan Daijing will have a video installation showing at Tai Kwun’s Artists’ Night. Photo: Dzhovani Gospodinov/Tai Kwun

Java-based experimental duo Senyawa will present a live installation and music performance at Artists’ Night. Photo: Tai Kwun/Arnold Simanjuntak

The 5-star hotels with the best art collections: Dali, Botero and Murakami thrown in for the price of a night’s stay, or African contemporary art if you prefer

Detail from Fernando Botero’s sculpture Woman With Fruit (1996) at The Dolder Grand hotel in Zurich, Switzerland.

The Penthouse Study at Cape Town’s The Silo, which benefits from sitting above the Zeitz MOCAA (Museum of Contemporary Art Africa). Five-star hotels around the world use art to stand out from the competition.

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Indian artist’s Bharti Kher’s elephant sculpture The Skin Speaks A Language Not Its Own in the lobby of the Rosewood Hong Kong hotel. Photo: Handout

Fernando Botero’s sculpture Woman With Fruit (1996) at The Dolder Grand hotel in Zurich, Switzerland.

The Dolder Grand’s Saltz restaurant was designed as “a reflection of Switzerland; the neon light running along a red wall is meant to evoke the Alps”, ARTnews reports. Photo: Handout

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A “sancai” ceramic horse from eighth-century China that would have been buried in the tomb of its master. Such objects are valued today as household ornaments. Photo: Getty Images

These figures of horses pulling a carriage were among more than 10,000 funerary objects unearthed in 1968 from the tomb of the first emperor of China’s Western Han dynasty. Photo: Getty Images

Pottery figurines excavated from The Hanyang Mausoleum, where the fourth emperor of the Western Han dynasty, Liu Qi, and his empress, are buried. Photo: Getty Images

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As gallerists, artists and collectors from around the world descend on the city for Hong Kong Art Week, we tell you where to see the best art
From Art Basel and Art Central to smaller fairs, art exhibitions and events, there is something for every taste. Our picks are sure to have you covered


From Art Basel and Art Central to smaller fairs, exhibitions and screenings, these are the must-sees in Hong Kong Art Week. If they look like a lot, don’t worry – some of them run all month and beyond.


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The must-sees in Hong Kong Art Week, from Art Basel and Art Central fairs, to exhibitions and events

As gallerists, artists and collectors from around the world descend on the city for Hong Kong Art Week, we tell you where to see the best art From Art Basel and Art Central to smaller fairs, art exhibitions and events, there is something for every taste. Our picks are sure to have you covered

As gallerists, artists and collectors from around the world descend on the city for Hong Kong Art Week, we tell you where to see the best art

From Art Basel and Art Central to smaller fairs, art exhibitions and events, there is something for every taste. Our picks are sure to have you covered