Tag: Art Basel

Floating Companion

Florentijn Hofman’s giant yellow floating duck was the talk of the town in 2013, what will Hongkongers make of ‘Companion’ the 37-metre-long inflatable version of American street artist Kaws signature character which will float in the middle of Victoria Harbour later this month during Art Basel.

The 10-day waterborne installation starts on the 22 March and Hong Kong is the latest stop for the touring exhibition dubbed ‘Kaws:Holiday’. Companion will be anchored in the harbour by a metal base weighing 40 tons, with the project costing an insane HK$10 million.

Art Week 2019

The art world focuses on Hong Kong in March with three exhibitions bringing thousands of art pieces from emerging and established artists.

As the old cliche goes ‘one man’s art though is another’s trash’ and you’ll wonder exactly what the attraction of some pieces are – but there’s enough variety that you’ll likely find a few things to discus, enjoy and perhaps even buy.

Art Central
The fifth anniversary edition of a contemporary art fair in the heart of Hong Kong at the Central Harbourfront 26-31 March 2019 (First Night 26 March) with over 100 exhibitors showcasing the next generation of talent alongside some of the most established galleries from across Asia.

Art Central
Date: 26-31 March 2019
Venue: Central Harbourfront
Tickets: tbc
More info:
VIP Preview
Tuesday 26 March, 2 pm – 5 pm

First Night
Tuesday 26 March, 5 pm – 9 pm

General Opening Hours
Wednesday 27 March, 11 am – 5 pm
Thursday 28 March, 12 pm- 9 pm
Friday 29 March, 12 pm – 9 pm
Saturday 30 March, 11 am – 7 pm
Sunday 31 March, 11 am – 5pm

Art Basel
Many of the world’s leading modern and contemporary art galleries display paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, prints, photography, film, video, and digital art by over 4,000 artists.

Art Basel
Date: 29-31 March 2019
Venue: HK Convention and Exhibition Centre
Tickets: $950-$150 from HKTicketing
More info:
29 March: 1-8pm
30 March: 1-8pm
31 March: 11am-6pm

Asia Contemporary Art Show – Spring Edition 2019
Artworks from Asia and the world at the Asia Contemporary Art Show, March 29 – April 1 at the Conrad Hong Kong. Browse and buy original paintings, limited editions, sculpture and photography from some of the world’s most interesting and promising artists.

Asia Contemporary Art Show – Spring Edition 2019
Date: 29 March – 1 April, 2019
Venue: 40/F-43/F, Conrad Hong Kong
Tickets: $250
More info:
29 March: 3–9pm
30 March: 1–8pm
31 March: 1–8pm
1 April: 11am-6pm

Art in March

The art world turns its focus on Hong Kong again this March with multiple exhibitions bringing thousands of art pieces to see, experience and explore. The art is mainly from emerging and established artists from across Asia.

One man’s art though is another’s trash and you’ll wonder exactly what the attraction of some pieces are – but there’s enough variety that you’ll probably find a few things to discus and enjoy.

Art Central

Art Central is a contemporary art fair at the Central Harbourfront from 27 March – 1 April, 2018 with exhibitors showcasing new talent alongside some of the most established galleries from across Asia and the globe.

Art Central
Date: 27 March – 1 April, 2018
Venue: Central Habourfront
Tickets: $500, $230 from Ticketflap
More info:
26 March: 5-9pm
27-28 March: 11am–5pm
29 March: 11am–9pm
30-31 March: 11am-7pm
1 April: 11am-5pm

Art Basel

2018’s Art Basel features 248 galleries from 32 countries including many of the world’s leading modern and contemporary art galleries. They will be exhibiting paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, prints, photography, film, video and digital art by over 4,000 artists.

Art Basel
Date: 27–31 March 2018
Venue: HK Convention and Exhibition Centre
Tickets: $2,280, $950, $850, $600 $400, $300, $200 from HKTicketing
More info:
28 March: 5-9pm
29 March: 1-8pm
30 March: 1–9pm
31 March: 11am–6pm

Asia Contemporary Art Show

Artworks from Asia and the world at the 12th edition of the Asia Contemporary Art Show, March 23-26 at the Conrad Hong Kong. Browse and buy original paintings, limited editions, sculpture and photography by artists from around the world.

Asia Contemporary Art Show
Date: 23-26 March, 2018
Venue: 40/F-43/F, Conrad Hong Kong
Tickets: $220
More info:
23 March: Noon–9pm
24 March: 6–9pm
25 March: Noon–8pm
26 March: Noon-6pm

Harbour Art Fair

A new hotel art fair at the Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel from 24-26 March. Riding on the current trend of Korean culture, the Harbour Art Fair will be exhibiting nearly 60 emerging Korean galleries and over a hundred art works. The fair will also feature art talks, workshops, and tasting sessions.

Harbour Art Fair
Date: Noon-8pm, 23-26 March, 2018
Venue: 7/F, Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel
Tickets: $100

Art Basel – 21-22 March, 2017

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There’s a lot to see at this year’s Art Basel, but there’s also a lot to do with conversations, trams and films to fit in as you explore the wide range of art on show.

All art ‘speaks’ to each of us in different ways, you can admire the skill (or not) of an artist but find their work does nothing for you. So rather than suggesting not to miss ‘x’ or ‘y’, bc recommends that you explore and find those works that speak or connect to you in some way. Enjoy them, then wander away for awhile and come back again later. Was the work just flirting with you the first time, or do you still feel the piece’s attraction…?

Click on any photo for the full gallery of images and art.

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Virtual Frontiers, Art and Tilt Brush

Hidden away in the corner of the Collectors Lounge is Virtual Frontiers, Art Basel‘s collaboration with Google Arts & Culture, the results of a group of artists who were invited to create works using the Tilt Brush virtual reality app. And if you wondered why you needed to upgrade your pc and buy a VR headset, Tilt Brush a 3D drawing and painting application is that reason. Released a year ago (sadly only for Windows) it is quite amazing both in the creative sense and in the exploration of other’s creations.

The artists invited to explore and create with Tilt Brush for Art Basel included Cao Fei, Robin Rhode, Sun Xun and Yang Yongliang who attended residencies at Google’s offices in Beijing and Paris to create the series of interactive works on display during the show and in which you can literally climb inside and explore the creations.

Eternal Landscape (2017), Yang Yongliang‘s Tilt Brush work uses the ‘Shan Shui’, traditional style of Chinese ink painting that depicts scenery or natural landscapes and is often considered to be one of ancient China’s most important contributions to the history of art. ‘Eternal Landscape’ recreates a traditional Shan Shui landscape in a virtual immersive realm, while trying to preserve the classical aesthetics.

With Gusheshe (2017), which in South African township slang translates to ‘go faster’ or ‘very fast’, Robin Rhode references the BMW E30, a model that was produced and driven on the streets of the townships of South Africa in the early 1990’s, a politically tumultuous time for the country. Rhode took inspiration from the iconic street culture in South Africa and re-imagined ‘Gusheshe’ animated in a virtual setting.

The Previous Life of the Yimatu Mountain (2017) by Sun Xun is a portrait of Yimatu, the highest mountain in Fuxin in Liaoning Province, the artist’s hometown. It focuses on the way the artist imagines what life around the Yimatu mountain would have been like in the past.

Cao Fei’s mixed reality film, titled Derivation Blurs the Virtual and Physical Worlds (2017), declares a utopian future where walls and societal restrictions are broken and new conversations and new possibilities emerge.

In addition to being able to explore the VR artworks the ‘Conversations‘ part of Art Basel features Cao Fei and Yang Yongliang in conversation with Freya Murray, Program Manager, Google Arts & Culture. They will discuss the artists’ approach to making art in virtual reality, the impact virtual tools such as Tilt Brush can have on artistic practice and more broadly on the arts in general. The talk will take place at the fair in the auditorium on level 1, at the entrance of Hall 1A of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, on Wednesday, March 22 at 3.30pm. If you can’t make it, all the talks from the fair can be watch here later www.artbasel.com/hongkong/conversations.

https://youtu.be/EYY-DZ14i9E

Twenty-Five Minutes Older @ Art Basel

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One of Art Basel‘s off-site exhibits this year is Twenty-Five Minutes Older by local artist Kingsley Ng. Ng’s ‘Twenty-Five Minutes Older’ turns two of Hong Kong’s iconic trams into moving camera obscuras, creating an altered reality and allowing passengers to experience Hong Kong in a new way – in reverse.

Moving images of the city, created via a ‘pin-hole camera’ in the side of the blacked out tram, are accompanied by spoken extracts from Liu Yichang’s famous stream-of-consciousness novella Tête-bêche. The live images of passing street life displayed inside the tram blend and flow alongside Liu’s poetic incantations. The familiar re-experienced in a completely new way – it’s quite surreal as the upside down world floats in the darkness as Liu’s words flow from headphones that remove the everyday sounds.

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‘Twenty-Five Minutes Older’, was first presented in 2016 as part of ‘Human Vibrations: The 5th LargeScale Public Media Art Exhibition’ that celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Arts Development Council in Hong Kong, runs on the different parts of the tram tracks until the 28 March. Tickets are free, but must be booked in advance here.

https://youtu.be/4YltmPTlNB8

Abigail Reynolds and The Ruins of Time: The Lost Libraries of the Silk Road

British artist, Abigail Reynolds, winner of the BMW Art Journey will unveil her project The Ruins of Time: Lost Libraries of the Silk Road at Art Basel later his month.

A five-month-long exploration into the complex religious and secular narratives of Europe and Asia, Reynolds journeyed along the Silk Road by motorbike to investigate the sites of former libraries she discovered in her research, and document what she found at each location. You can read her fascinating travelogue here http://bmw-art-journey.com/journey/abigail-reynolds

Reynolds said of the project, “A library is a compendium of knowledge, a group identity. I went to places where all that meaning has been voided, recently or in the distant past. The journey itself was challenging and huge, encompassing three quarters of the globe, traversing multiple cultures, none familiar to me. The journey brought me to the edges of my knowing, just as the lost libraries brought me to the edge of visuality.”

Reynolds’ journey took her to sites in China, Uzbekistan, Turkey and Iran dating from 291 BC to 2011. Where she gathered material in various forms including 3D scans, photography, microscope imagery, written text, plans and cataloguing systems. Based on this extensive research, she has created a cluster of book forms, prints, collages and moving-image works which will be on display at Art Basel.

Images, texts and other documents originating from the trip are going to be included in a book – thus completing a journey that both starts and ends with the institution of the library.

Art in March

The art world focuses on Hong Kong in March with four exhibitions bringing thousands of art pieces from emerging and established artists mainly from across Asia.

One man’s art though is another’s trash and you’ll wonder exactly what the attraction of some pieces are – but there’s enough variety that you’ll probably find a few things to discus and enjoy.

Art Central
A contemporary art fair at the Central Harbourfront from 20-25 March 2017 with exhibitors showcasing new talent alongside some of the most established galleries from across Asia and the globe.

Art Central
Date: 20-25 March, 2017
Venue: Central Habourfront
Tickets: $500, $230 from HKTicketing
More info:
20 March: 5-9pm
21 & 22 March: Noon–5pm
23 March: Noon–9pm
24 March: Noon-7pm
25 March: 11am-7pm

Art Basel
Many of the world’s leading Modern and contemporary art galleries will exhibit paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, prints, photography, film, video, and digital art by over 4,000 artists.

Art Basel
Date: 22–25 March 2017
Venue: HK Convention and Exhibition Centre
Tickets: $850, $650, $450, $350, $250 from HKTicketing
More info:
22 March: 5-9pm
23 March: 1-8pm
24 March: 1–9pm
25 March: 11am–6pm

Asia Contemporary Art Show
Artworks from Asia and the world at the 10th edition of the Asia Contemporary Art Show, March 17-20 at the Conrad Hong Kong. Browse and buy original paintings, limited editions, sculpture and photography by artists from around the world.

Asia Contemporary Art Show
Date: 17-20 March, 2017
Venue: 40/F-43/F, Conrad Hong Kong
Tickets: $220
More info:
18 March: Noon–9pm (5- 9pm Friday ART Night)
19 March: Noon–8pm
20 March: Noon–6pm

Harbour Art Fair
A new hotel art fair at the Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel from 24-26 March. Riding on the current trend of Korean culture, the Harbour Art Fair will be exhibiting nearly 60 emerging Korean galleries and over a hundred art works. The fair will also feature art talks, workshops, and tasting sessions.

Harbour Art Fair
Date: Noon-8pm, 24-26 March, 2017
Venue: 7/F, Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel
Tickets: $100

Updated: 6 March, 2017