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Top quality art from around the world was recently brought to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre for ART HK08. It was the first such fair the territory has seen in over a decade and was the biggest, most dazzling, and most money-laden one ever. Just over 100 galleries from 17 countries (7 of them in Asia) plus China, Hong Kong and Taiwan showed the work of approximately 850 contemporary and modern artists, many of whom had not been seen here before. Hong Kong has long pursued all that glitters so why did it take so long to sponsor such an important event in today’s red hot market for contemporary art? Magnus Renfrew, director of the fair and a [...]
Hong Kong, one of the world’s most important financial centres, now ranks just after New York and London as the third largest art market in terms of auction turnover. And that bit of news comes as no surprise. As the ‘shop window’ for China’s most desired contemporary art pieces, Hong Kong attracts buyers with an offer they can’t refuse: the tax-free import and export of art. Now that China is imposing a punitive tax rate of up to 34% on any art purchase, it’s obvious to many why Hong Kong should have its own Art Fair. Organised by Asian Art Fair Ltd, the first Hong Kong International Art Fair (ArtHK08) took place from the 14th to the 18th of May this year at the Hong Kong Convention and [...]
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At a glance, one could argue that my work deals with both the impact of Modernism on the environment (Modernity is very much alive in my work) and with issues pertinent to photographic [...]
