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HONG KONG — Although Art Basel in Hong Kong (ABHK) is promising to draw a record throng of 70,000 visitors to its inaugural edition — quite a bit more than even the main flagship fair in Switzerland next month — the overall atmosphere at the VIP preview and...
A typical urban landscape. Buildings of varying sizes and colors stretch out like Lego blocks. The camera’s lens seems to peer through the chasms of barbed wire. Cut to the by lanes of the city, one that is distinctly unrecognizable — it could be Delhi...
HONG KONG — On VIP opening day of Art Basel in Hong Kong, May 22, initial reactions seem to be generally positive, with much higher expectations than those at last year's Hong Kong International Art Fair (Art HK). BLOUIN ARTINFO took some time...
HONG KONG — Fernando Botero was accosted by fans at Art Basel in Hong Kong during the VIP viewing on May 22, with a selection of his works on view at the fair presented by Galerie Gmurzynska. During a break between signing autographs and posing for photos...
Three major wine and spirits auctions will happen in Hong Kong in May at Bonhams, Christie’s and Zachys, and one in Taipei at the very beginning of June held by the Ravenel auction house. Here is ARTINFO’s preview of these sales. May 22, Bonhams,...
It’s been more than a year and a half since New Delhi lost artist Sarnath Banerjee to Berlin. Banerjee, whose inimitable drawings and strips are known and loved for their ability to hint at complex themes like generational nostalgia, while...
TOKYO — Although Tokyo has always been home to a café culture all its own, it's worth bearing in mind that the average café in the Japanese capital is a foreign import that was brought over from Europe and the US many, many moons ago, along with...
HONG KONG – Since its launch just nine years ago in Hong Kong as a limited line of clutches and minaudieres, Kotur has grown into a label that is stocked at Harvey Nichols, Saks and J.Crew and constantly making fashion headlines (Gwyneth Paltrow, Drew...
It’s true that man’s love for cars often begins in cinemas, where for as little as a movie ticket, you can catch the newest and hottest cars burning rubber and defying speed limits. Remember the Mini Cooper getaway scenes in both The Italian Job movies? And...
TOKYO — Renowned Chilean-born artist Alfredo Jaar, who has been coming to Japan for the past 25 years, recently returned to Tokyo to deliver a lecture and present three artworks at “All You Need is LOVE: From Chagall to Kusama and Hatsune Miku”, a...
