{"id":33168,"date":"2016-04-12T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/?p=33168"},"modified":"2017-11-21T12:24:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T11:24:57","slug":"art-inspiration-hong-kong-hosted-art-basel-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/art-inspiration-hong-kong-hosted-art-basel-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Inspiration: Hong Kong Hosted Art Basel 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since 1970, Art Basel Hong Kong goal has been to connect the world\u2019s premier galleries and their patrons, as well serving as a meeting point for the international artworld bringing to all visitors the art inspiration<\/strong><\/em> they are looking. Now, over forty years later, its three fairs \u2013 in Basel, Hong Kong and Miami Beach \u2013 rank as the premier shows of their kind, presenting 20th and 21st century art with a strong curatorial perspective.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0breakthrough Art Basel\u00a0<\/strong>2016 edition \u2013 which placed the Hong Kong<\/strong> show squarely in the center of Asia\u2019s international art scene \u2013 offered a premier platform for showing contemporary art from\u00a0across the globe. Underlining its commitment to the region, half of the participating galleries once again had exhibition spaces in Asia and Asia-Pacific. The show provided an in-depth overview of the region\u2019s diversity through both historical material and cutting-edge works by established and emerging artists.<\/p>\n

\"Art<\/p>\n

As the art world descended for five days of Art Basel\u00a0Hong Kong<\/strong><\/em> and the dizzying collection of satellite shows that piggyback on the main event, the art market held its breath wondering if the region\u2019s economic slowdown would translate into fewer sales compared to last year\u2019s spree.<\/p>\n

\"Art<\/p>\n

Serious art lovers, however, obviously found moments of inspiration \u2013 particularly at the top end of the spectrum, thanks to ambitious works by the likes of Micha\u00ebl Borremans at David Zwirner (all five of his paintings sold on day one to Asian collectors) and Iranian artist Shirazeh Houshiary\u2019s abstract\u00a0Raintree<\/em> etchings at Singapore\u2019s Singapore\u00a0Tyler Print Institute (STPI).<\/p>\n

\"Art<\/p>\n

Some of the most innovative cultural offerings were to be found outside of the main fair. Must-sees include the surreal film installation Duilian<\/em> at Spring Workshop by the artist Wu Tsang, based on her decade-long research into a Han Chinese revolutionary beheaded by the Qing government in 1907; and art hub Duddells\u2019 collaboration with the Dallas Museum of Art, presenting emerging artist Margaret Lee\u2019s works.<\/p>\n

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Internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Tatsuo Miyajima presented his new large-scale installation Time Waterfall<\/em><\/strong> during this year\u2019s Art Basel in Hong Kong. The fine art work was shown across the entire fa\u00e7ade of the city\u2019s iconic 490-meter-high International Commerce Centre on the Kowloon harbour-front. The installation will be on display until the end of April.<\/p>\n

\"Art<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the middle market galleries, whose works were decidedly less glitzy than last year, found the going a little more challenging. Despite this, there were gems to be found, including South Korean artist Ham Kyungah\u2019s statement-makingChandeliers for Five Cities,<\/em> a collection of tapestries secretly created by North Korean textile workers in this\u00a0modern art gallery.<\/p>\n

See also: Light + Building Messe Frankfurt 2016: Dates and Events<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since 1970, Art Basel Hong Kong goal has been to connect the world\u2019s premier galleries and their patrons, as well serving as a meeting point for the international artworld bringing to all visitors the art inspiration they are looking. Now, over forty years later, its three fairs \u2013 in Basel, Hong Kong and Miami Beach […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":275,"featured_media":33217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1704],"tags":[6227,8026,8027,831,7541,423,8028,7898],"class_list":["post-33168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design2","tag-art-basel","tag-art-basel-hong-kong-2016","tag-art-inspiration","tag-contemporary-art","tag-fine-art","tag-hong-kong","tag-modern-art-gallery","tag-where-to-go"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}