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19/05/20

Prossimamente M+ a Hong Kong



Son a buon punto i lavori di realizzazione del grande edificio per il M+ Museum of Visual Arts di Hong Kong ideato su un progettato dagli architetti Herzog&De Meuron e che dovrebbe aprirsi alla fine dell'anno.

Sarà un grande museo articolato in un'area che diventerà il fulcro culturale di Hong Kong denominata West Kowloon.  



Il progetto del M + sarà quello di essere un museo dedicato alla raccolta, all'esposizione e all'interpretazione dell'arte visiva, del design e dell'architettura, dell'immagine in movimento e della cultura visiva di Hong Kong del XX e XXI secolo. 

10/02/20

Art Basel Hong Kong arrivederci al 2021


Già la delicata situazione socio-politica aveva dato segnali di complessità ma ora con gli eventi legati al Coronavirus Art Basel Hong Kong è stata per quest'anno accantonata, così ha annunciato il gruppo Art Basel nei giorni scorsi. 

Per cui tutti aspettiamo il prossimo Art Basel Hong Kong che ha già una data sarà il 25-27 marzo 2021

12/12/19

Georges Mathieu a Hong Kong


Presso gli spazi a Hong Kong della galleria Perrotin è in corso una bella mostra su Georges Mathieu, con una selezione delle sue opere fra gli anni 1989 – 1990 col supporto di Nahmad Contemporary.



23/05/18

L'arte della polizia ad Hong Kong




La recente edizione di Art Basel a Hong Kong ha confermato che questa è praticamente la nuova mecca dell'arte contemporanea.

Già alcune delle gallerie più internazionali hanno aperto una loro sede in questo piccolo stato-città, fra le più note: Massimo De Carlo, White Cube, Gagosian, Pace Gallery, David Zwirner e tante altre stanno seguendo l'esempio.

Nel West Kowloon Cultural District stanno crescendo i diversi progetti come un grande teatro, il M+, che aprirà nel 2019, su progetto dello studio Herzog & de Meuron, un vasto complesso di produzione culturale a cui si affiancano tante altre stimolanti realtà come il  Tai Kwun – Centre for Heritage and Arts che aprirà il prossimo 25 Maggio, nella sede che un tempo fu la Stazione Centrale di Polizia.

Questo centro è un articolato spazio realizzato da un gruppo di studi di architetti internazionali ( Herzog & de Meuron, Purcell e Rocco Design Architects Limited) che avrà spazi espositivi, sale conferenze, auditorium e tanti altri servizi aggiuntivi.
  






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The Central Police Station (CPS) Revitalisation Project is moving ahead with preparations for the opening of the CPS site, in three phases beginning in mid-2018. The site will be operated as Tai Kwun – Centre for Heritage and Arts, named after the local colloquial name for the historic compound.
Statutory permits and certificates have been obtained for the project following the completion of inspections of 15 historic buildings, the new art gallery and auditorium buildings and associated structures in the CPS compound. Conservation, restoration and construction works have been certified by the authorities as having been carried out according to the approved building plans, and meeting the buildings, antiquities protection and public safety requirements.
The opening of the compound will take place in phases. Interior fitting out works are being carried out in 11 historic buildings, namely, the Police Headquarters Block (Block 1), Barrack Block (Block 3), Ablutions Block (Block 8), Superintendent’s House (Block 10), Bauhinia House (Block 19), and Halls A to F (Block 11-15, 17). These buildings, together with the new art galleries and new auditorium, and the outdoor spaces of the Parade Ground and the Prison Yard, will be opened in mid-2018. Interior works are ongoing in four other buildings, namely the Armoury (Block 2), Married Sergeants’ Quarters (Block 6), Single Inspectors’ Quarters (Block 7) and Central Magistracy (Block 9) and these buildings are targeted for opening later in 2018. A recovery plan is being formulated for the Married Inspectors’ Quarters (Block 4) which collapsed partially in 2016. Further details of the works to be carried out on Block 4 and its opening arrangement will be announced later.
The revitalisation project is led by The Hong Kong Jockey Club (the Club) in partnership with the Government of the HKSAR. Since the project involves restoring many old buildings in poor condition and building new ones at a technically challenging site, the Club has worked closely with the government authorities, consultants, contractors and other stakeholders. This has ensured the compound is fit for adaptive reuse after conservation and revitalisation.
Comprising a cluster of three declared monuments with a total of 16 historic buildings and outdoor spaces on the 13,600-square-metre site in the heart of Central, the project is by far the largest heritage conservation and revitalisation project in Hong Kong and the largest such project undertaken by the Club.
“We are delighted to have completed the majority of works and received statutory permits and certificates for most of the facilities. Building on this important milestone, we shall continue to give our best to explore the next phases in the Tai Kwun journey,” Leong Cheung, the Club’s Executive Director, Charities and Community, said. “True to the Club’s spirit of pursuing world-class excellence, the revitalisation works have been carried out meticulously. We look forward to reinvigorating the heritage site by offering a vibrant heritage, arts and lifestyle experiences to promote cultural appreciation, exploration and learning, talent development, and most importantly, open up a once closed-off part of Hong Kong and transforming it into an alluring new space for the neighbourhood and indeed everyone to enjoy.”
“In the coming weeks, we shall continue to dedicate all our efforts to the final preparations for Tai Kwun’s opening. These include completion of interior fit-outs, the installation, testing and trial runs of a full range of facilities, systems and equipment, staff recruitment and training, as well as putting the final touches on the opening programmes and activities,” Timothy Calnin, Director of CPS, Tai Kwun said.
A series of tests of the facilities have begun, with more trial runs planned for the next few weeks. An opening ceremony is planned for 25 May 2018, which will be followed by community days and visits, initially for a limited number of visitors. This will give Tai Kwun an opportunity to fine-tune its operation before the site is fully open. Details of the opening and visit arrangements, programmes and services for visitors will be announced in due course.

25/03/18

ArtBasel Hong Kong 2018





Sempre più attenta al mercato asiatico la nuova edizione di ArtBasel Hong Kong (ABHK)  è il fulcro delle proposte di questo mese che offre una selezionatissima rosa di gallerie mondiali, ben 248, tra cui alcune delle più importanti del nostro paese; Artiaco, Cardi, Contiua, Massimo De Carlo, Mazzoleni, Francesca Minini, Franco Noero, Lorcan O'Neill, Lia Rumma e Tornabuoni. 

La sesta edizione si svolgerà dal 29 al 31 Marzo presso l'Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center.




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Our 2018 edition features 248 premier galleries from 32 countries and territories. Underlining Art Basel's commitment to the region, half of the participating galleries once again have exhibition spaces in Asia and Asia-Pacific. The show provides an in-depth overview of the region’s diversity through both historical material and cutting-edge works by established and emerging artists.

08/03/18

BMW Art Journey 2018



Torna una nuova edizione del progetto BMW Art Journey che quest'anno vede la selezione dell'artista Jamal Cyrus,  realizzata con la collaborazione di ArtBasel, a Miami erano stati presentati i finalisti e ora a Hong Kong si svolgerà la mostra del selezionato.


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Jamal Cyrus selected for next BMW Art Journey.
Houston–based artist to explore the notion of the Afro-Atlantic.

Munich/Basel. Art Basel and BMW are delighted to present Jamal Cyrus as the next BMW Art Journey winner. The international jury selected him unanimously from a shortlist of three artists whose works were exhibited in the Positions sector at last year’s Art Basel show in Miami Beach. Jamal Cyrus is represented by Inman Gallery, Houston.

The notion of the Afro-Atlantic provides the conceptual underpinning for Jamal Cyrus’ journey. It is, in his own words, “an intercontinental and multinational geography describing the circulation of ideas between Africa, Europe, and the Americas.” Inspired in part by Paul Gilroy’s writings from the early 1990s, Cyrus aims to examine the many diverse cultural hybrids that have emerged through protracted interaction between the continents. Such cultural hybrids – molded by forces of conquest, colonization, slavery, industry, migration, and philosophy – can be apprehended in the cultural centers Cyrus plans to visit. These include among others the Elmina Castle in Accra, Ghana; the Theatre Champs-Elysees, in Paris, France; Brixton's Electric Avenue, in, London, England; the Alhambra in Granada, Spain; and Congo Square, in New Orleans, United States. 

At each location, Cyrus will record interviews with artists, musicians, historians, and philosophers who engage with the creative traditions of the Afro-Atlantic. "The journey promises to be a transformational process involving travel, dialogue, collective imagination, and intuitive response that will allow new ideas to surface in my work”, said Cyrus. 

Art Basel and BMW will collaborate with the artist to document the journey and share it with a broader public through print publications, online and social media.

The international experts awarding Jamal Cyrus’ journey proposal were Massimiliano Gioni, Artistic Director, New Museum, New York City; Gabi Ngcobo, Curator, Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Berlin; Victoria Noorthoorn, Director, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires; Philip Tinari, Director, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing; and Susanne Pfeffer, Director, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt. 

“Jamal Cyrus' BMW Art Journey delineates an imaginary geography that transforms relations of power and imposed hierarchies,” the five-member jury stated after its unanimous decision. “His journey combines elements of directed research and open-ended discovery, all within a deeply considered theoretical framework. His project struck us as a profound and sincere search for an understanding of the self, through the artistic lens of an individual who never forgets his role as a teacher, and who therefore foresees the multiplying effect of his experience. Cyrus’ BMW Art Journey will expand and amplify a practice that has already brought much to the conversation around culture, history, and identity in the United States.”

In addition to Jamal Cyrus, the shortlisted artists from the Positions sector for emerging artists at Art Basel in Miami Beach included: A.K. Burns (represented by Callicoon Fine Arts, New York) and Mariela Scafati (represented by Isla Flotante, Buenos Aires). 

Launched in 2015, the BMW Art Journey is a collaboration between Art Basel and BMW, created to recognize and support emerging artists worldwide. From 2018 onwards this unique award is open to artists who are exhibiting in the Discoveries sector during Art Basel in Hong Kong. A judging panel comprised of internationally renowned experts meet first to select a shortlist of three artists from the sector, who are then invited to submit proposals for a journey aimed to further develop their ideas and artistic work. The jury reconvenes to choose a winner from the three proposals. 

Past winners of the BMW Art Journey include sound and performance artist Samson Young presented by a.m. Space, Hong Kong at Art Basel's Hong Kong show in 2015, who represented Hong Kong at the 2017 Venice Biennale; German video artists Henning Fehr and Philipp Rühr presented by Galerie Max Mayer, Dusseldorf at Art Basel's Miami Beach show in 2015; British artist Abigail Reynolds presented by Rokeby, London at Art Basel's show in Hong Kong in 2016 as well as Max Hooper Schneider, presented by High Art, Paris at Art Basel's Miami Beach show in 2016 and Astha Butail who was recently announced as the fifth winner and is presented by GALLERYSKE, New Delhi, Bangalore.

The next selections for the BMW Art Journey will take place during Art Basel in Hong Kong on March 28, 5:30 PM at the BMW Lounge. The winner of the BMW Art Journey from the Hong Kong show will be announced in early summer 2018. 

BMW is a global partner of Art Basel and has supported Art Basel’s three shows in Basel, Miami Beach and Hong Kong for many years.

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01/03/18

Conversations: Art Basel’s 2018 program in Hong Kong



Continuano le news sulla prossima edizione di ArtBasel Hong Kong, queste le indicazioni della ricca sezione delle conversazioni che si svolgeranno durante la fiera 


Conversations, Art Basel's talks series that runs alongside the fair, will bring together a line of world leading figures in Hong Kong. Free to the public, this year's program consists of 26 talks, addressing highly relevant art industry topics such as the future of public and private collecting, alternative business models for galleries, current developments within the art market in Asia, as well as gender politics in the arts. Sophia Al-Maria, Rasheed Araeen, Astha Butail, Samuel Fosso, Guerrilla Girls, Antony Gormley, He Xiangyu, Kim Yong-Ik, Yurie Nagashima, Gabriel Orozco, Lisa Reihana, Nilima Sheikh, Timur Si-Qin, Melati Suryodarmo, Charwei Tsai, Anton Vidokle and Yu Hong. Saturday, March 31 in the Auditorium on Level 1 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center (HKCEC). Art Basel, whose Lead Partner is UBS, takes place at the HKCEC from March 29 to March 31, 2018


Curated by writer and editor Stephanie Bailey for the fourth consecutive year, the program will start on Wednesday, March 28 with Dr Clare McAndrew, Founder of Arts Economics, in conversation with culture writer Enid Tsui about the state of the art market, with a special focus on collecting trends in Asia over the last year. The discussion will explore McAndrew’s findings from the second edition of The Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report.

With a career spanning over 50 years, Rasheed Araeen will talk about his shift fromcreating works as a painter in Karachi to becoming a Post-Minimalist sculptor in London. Gabriel Orozco will be in conversation with Doryun Chong, Deputy Director and Chief Curator of M+, about how his nomadic lifestyle and living in Asia have influenced his more recent work, while Sophia Al-Maria and actress Bai Ling will discuss Al-Maria's recent video work 'Mirror Cookie' (2018), which will be on view at Project Native Informant's booth in the show’s Discoveries sector.

‘Bodies in Practice | On Figures and Figuration’ will bring together Xavier Cha, Antony Gormley, Donna Huanca and Melati Suryodarmo in a comparative discussion about representations of the body. ‘Feminist Aesthetics? | Movements and Manifestations’ will investigate gender politics and the arts with Guerrilla Girls, Yurie Nagashima, Nilima Sheikh and Yu Hong.

'The Collecting Institution | Acquisitions and Representations' will discuss how institutions respond to their evolving roles not only as curators and cultivators of cultural knowledge but also as collectors in their own rights. Panelists include: Agustín Pérez Rubio, Artistic Director, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires; Frances Morris, Director, Tate Modern; Michael Govan, CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Juan Andrés Gaitán, Director, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo; and Eve Tam, Museum Director, Hong Kong Museum of Art.

The 21st century has seen the emergence of a new generation of galleries seeking to innovate the traditional gallery model. 'Working Models | Developing Gallery Structures' brings together Vanessa Carlos, Founder, Carlos/Ishikawa; Hormoz Hematian, Founder, Dastan’s Basement; Mimi Chun, Founder and Director, Blindspot Gallery; and Young Chung, Founder, Commonwealth and Council for an open conversation on the future of the gallery system, moderated by Isa Lorenzo, Founder, Silverlens.

'The Evolving Collector | Collecting as a Beginning', moderated by curator Rose Lejeune, brings together Joumana Asseily, Daisuke Miyatsu, Luba Michailova, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and Rudy Tseng, who as collectors have each taken distinct and unique paths, to discuss collecting as an expanded practice.

'The Art of the Commission | Funding Cultural Production' will feature Hoor Al Qasimi, President and Director, Sharjah Art Foundation; Nadia Samdani, Co-Founder and President, Samdani Art Foundation, and Director, Dhaka Art Summit; Rosa Daniel, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth of Singapore, and CEO, Singapore National Arts Council; Leong Cheung, Executive Director, Charities and Community, The Hong Kong Jockey Club; and Jam Acuzar, Founder and Director, Bellas Artes Projects. Moderated by Aaron Cezar, Founding Director, Delfina Foundation, this talk will explore the different frameworks various organizations have adopted and developed in order to provide the necessary resources to enable artistic and curatorial production.

Conversations will be free to the public including non-ticket holders. The talks will be accessible in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. All Conversations panels will also be available on Art Basel’s YouTube channel and on the show’s website at: artbasel.com/hongkong/conversations.

28/02/18

Figure moderne a ArtBasel Hong Kong



Balthus, Study for “Le Salon”, 1940-42, oil on canvas, 25 5/8 x 31 7/8 in. (65 x 81 cm).
Private Collection, Courtesy of Luxembourg & Dayan. © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2018.


Fra le fiere più fresche e frizzanti Art Basel Hong Kong offre alla gallerie invitate carta bianca per progetti di grande profilo, come farà la Luxemburg & Dayan con una mostra curata dal mitico Jeffrey Deitch dal titolo "Figure moderne" con opere di Baj, Gnoli, Picasso e tanti altri grandi artisti.

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Luxembourg & Dayan is pleased to announce its participation in Art Basel Hong Kong 2018 with an exhibition curated by Jeffrey Deitch. Titled Modern Figures, the presentation highlights a variety of approaches to figuration in artworks from the 1920s through 1960s, touching on movements from Surrealism to Pop and Nouveau Réalisme. The presentation celebrates these shifting attitudes towards form in works by Enrico Baj, Balthus, Giorgio de Chirico, Domenico Gnoli, Giorgio Morandi, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, and Martial Raysse, among others.

Modern Figures tracks a variety of approaches to the subject of the human body, from exacting verisimilitude to abstraction, parody, and distortion. The ability to capture the figure has long stood as the apex of naturalism; in the 1920s, Surrealism paired naturalism with a sense of the uncanny, the body presented as if a dream image pulled from the depths of the subconscious. Works by Balthus and de Chirico offer scenes that balance realism with fantasy, using classicism towards mysterious ends. In Picasso’s Le baiser (1930), an abstracted embrace poises the body as a site of obscure desire. 

In the 1950s and 60s, the human form once again emerged as a found subject (a “readymade” of sorts) in the work of  Baj, Gnoli, and Raysse—artists involved with Pop and its European counterpart, Nouveau Réalisme, but influenced by Surrealism, too. The Surrealist figure tends to emerge from the imagination or desire of the individual; in contrast, the Pop-inflected work of the 1960s concerned itself with bodies appropriated and pieced together from the mass media dreamscape of a postwar world. Fashion advertisements feature in Raysse’s collaged paintings, while Baj's "Picabaj" series stitch together kaleidoscopic portraits in homage to Picasso's Cubist approach to form.

The presentation will be accompanied by a public conversation between Jeffrey Deitch, curator Francesco Bonami, and artist Szeto Lap. The conversation will take place on 26 March 2018, at 4pm in the Sky Lounge at the Upper House, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong, 49th Floor. 

23/02/18

HG Art Basel Film




Con 59 film e opere video Art Basel Hong Kong festeggia la sua quinta edizione. Curato dall'artista multimediale e produttore cinematografico Li Zhenhua che proporrà anche un Videotage, organizzazione no-profit di Hong Kong. 



Film: Art Basel announces details of its 2018 Film program in Hong Kong Celebrating its fifth edition in Hong Kong, Art Basel will present an ambitious program of 59 film and video works. Multi-media artist and film producer Li Zhenhua, who has been curating the sector since its  inception, has brought together a premier selection of film and video works inspired by the current sociopolitical climate, presented by galleries participating in the fair. As part of the Film program, Art Basel is also collaborating with Videotage, a non-profit organization from Hong Kong specializing in video and new media, to present video works by Nam June Paik as well as by artists from Hong Kong and Mainland China influenced by Paik's work. Art Basel, whose Lead Partner is UBS, takes place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) from Thursday, March 29 to Saturday, March 31, 2018.

Alongside a selection of short films, this year's sector includes seven special screenings, completing a program of 59 works by 67 artists, represented by 38 galleries. ‘Days Gone By – Yu Hong’ (2009) by Wang Xiaoshuai (b. 1966) will open the special screenings program on Wednesday, March 28, depicting the life and work of Yu Hong, a female contemporary Chinese artist. The film not only portrays the life of an individual artist, but also encapsulates the rise of the Chinese art scene during a drastically changing era. 

Fusing traditional woodcut techniques with a 3D visual experience, ‘Time Spy’ (2016) by Sun Xun (b. 1980) will be screened on Thursday, March 29. On Friday, March 30, ‘Deep Gold’ (2013-14) by Julian Rosefeldt (b. 1965) and ‘Mrs. Fang’ (2017) by Wang Bing (b. 1967) will be screened. Awarded the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival in 2017, ‘Mrs. Fang’ is a documentary that depicts the last stages of a farm worker's life who has been suffering from Alzheimer's for several years. Additionally, Art Basel is collaborating with Videotage on a special program highlighting the Hong Kong-based not-for-profit's ongoing endeavors and contributions to new-media art from Asia. ‘The Future Is in the Past’ revisits the video art collections initiated by Videotage and the Nam June Paik Art Center in two parts. ‘Imagined Future’ will showcase works by Nam June Paik (b. 1932 – d. 2006) alongside early Hong Kong video works inspired by Paik. The screening will be followed by ‘Imaginaries Beyond the Past’, presenting a new generation of young Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong artists working with video and the moving image. All seven special screenings will be presented at Theatre 2 at the HKCEC.

Exploring seven diverse themes, the short film program will be screened at the Hong Kong Arts Centre Cinema from Wednesday, March 28 to Saturday, March 31. Wednesday to Friday's short film program will rerun at the HKCEC at 6:30pm on the respective day. Highlights include: ‘The War That Never Was’, a selection of short films by Edgardo Aragón (b. 1985), Bae Yoon Hwan (b. 1983), Chien-Chi Chang (b. 1961), and Sutthirat Supaparinya (b. 1973); ‘Looking For Mushrooms’, presenting Bruce Conner's (b. 1933 – d. 2008) 1967 classic by the same name as well as work by Chen Xi (b. 1985), Fang Lu (b. 1981), Omer Fast (b. 1972), Lei Lei (b. 1985), Thomas Sauvin (b. 1983), and Philipp Timischl (b. 1989); ‘A Sense of Warmth’ incorporating 10 films  exploring social  relationships by Nevin Aladağ (b. 1972), Sven Johne (b. 1976), Laure Prouvost (b. 1978) and  Charwei Tsai (b. 1980) among others; and ‘How Happy a Thing Can Be’, featuring video works that investigate how physical objects and situations can determine an emotion and instill beliefs. Taking its title from Cécile B. Evans' (b. 1983) video work, the screening also includes works by Anna Maria Maiolino (b. 1942) and Yuan Keru (b. 1990) among others.

Art Basel's Film program is free and open to the public. Due to limited capacity, seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis. At 4pm on Saturday, March 30, Film curator Li Zhenhua will be in conversation with Isaac Leung, Chairman, Videotage; Jan Cho, Managing Director, TBWA\ Hong Kong; and Sang Ae Park, Archivist, Nam June Paik Art Centre to discuss 'Social Content in the Age of Digital Distribution'. The talk is free to the public and will take place in the Art Basel Auditorium at the HKCEC. 

06/02/18

Izumi Kato da Perrotin




La galleria Perrotin nella sede di Hong Kong presenta le opere di Izumi Kato. 




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Following exhibitions in Hong Kong, Paris and New York, Perrotin is pleased to present Izumi Kato’s second solo exhibition in Hong Kong. Kato returns to the Asian hub with new works after four years during which the artist set up a coastal studio near a long strip of a reclaimed landfill laden with irregularly shaped granite pieces that inspired the artist. This exhibition consolidates almost two years of Kato’s artistic practice, with new materials incorporated into his creation.

The latest Untitled series utilizes this type of common granite, selected from the shore by the artist, unaltered or unchiseled, and the artist then selects the most suitable shape and pattern before developing the color palette for the specific piece. This attempt is novel in the sense that it is the first time a type of material has been brought into the creation process not for its functional use, but rather, for its natural aesthetics. In this case, the physical shape and form of the stones have been left pristine, and has influenced the artistic creation process. 


This process reinvigorates the essence of the “Found Object” (objet trouvé) movement, however, there is also a layer of Japanese aesthetics defined by the innate quality that has become a part of the work. This process and outcome have already been seen from some of the artist’s past works in which antique furniture had been selected to seat or serve as a stand for his wooden sculptures. A selection of his drawings are also placed in vintage frames that have been collected by the artist from various sources. 


27/04/17

Tatiana Trouvé a Hong Kong


La galleria Perrotin di Parigi espone fino a metà Maggio, negli spazi di Hong Kond, una mostra di Tatiana Trouvé.



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TATIANA TROUVÉ “HOUSE OF LEAVES” Perrotin, Hong Kong March 20 - May 17, 2017 Opening Reception: Monday March 20, 6-8 pm Perrotin gallery, Hong Kong, is happy to present a solo exhibition of Tatiana Trouvé entitled “House of Leaves”from March 20 to May 17, 2017. The exhibition will comprise a series of new works. The opening will be held within the same week as ArtBasel Hong Kong. “To inhabit is to be at home everywhere”. This curious openness to the world, which the Italian architect Ugo La Pietra made his program, has long captivated my attention because it emphasizes mobility and outlook as the only ways to be at home, potentially, everywhere. In contrast to sedentariness and property, habitation no longer designates anything here other than this singular scope of vision. In the 18th and 19th centuries, men had miniature images of their eyes painted on a fine slice of ivory and set into rings or brooches which they sent to the women they secretly loved. The women who carried this secret declaration on their fingers indicated that a man had fixed this gaze upon them and that he had captured them. With these “eyes of love,” the gaze that looks at me and which I carry, becomes also the one with which I look. I like thinking that the reach of our gaze also contains the look of another, just as when we walk, we follow the footsteps of another. I like thinking that inhabiting is a way of seeing, and resting our gaze on an object or a landscape, familiar or foreign, to which we are connected without belonging to it. 


And if the host of these ways of inhabiting is inevitably an individual who travels, who belongs to the world as much as the world belongs to him, no doubt only one habitat enables him to fulfill his experience of life: the hut. To be at home everywhere requires, it seems to me, ephemeral architecture, without threshold, where the dimensions of domestic and wild, the boundaries of interior and exterior, inside and outside, overlap and harmonize, forming an intermediate world that forges a way of reconnecting with the world. It does not matter if these constructions seem unstable, or if they could blow away with the first gust of wind. They are not made to resist the world but to merge with it, up close and far away, here and unto infinity. Tatiana Trouvé

14/03/17

Encounters a Hong Kong


Galerie Urs Meile - Hu Qingyan - Courtesy of the artist and the gallery


La sezione di Encounters  presenta 17 ambiziosi progetti su larga scala - tra cui 12 nuove opere - selezionate fra i più importanti artisti provenienti da tutto il mondo. 



Osage Gallery - Shen Shaomin Courtesy of the artist and the gallery


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Art Basel in Hong Kong’s widely acclaimed Encounters sector – a unique platform dedicated to presenting large-scale sculptural installations that transcend the traditional art fair booth – returns this year with 17 projects by internationally renowned artists. Curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor, Executive Director of Artspace in Sydney, the 2017 edition will feature work by Pio Abad, Rasheed Araeen, Katharina Grosse, Gonkar Gyatso, Joyce Ho, Hu Qingyan, Bingyi, Waqas Khan, Kimsooja, Alicja Kwade, Dinh Q. Lê, Li Jinghu, Sanné Mestrom, Michael Parekowhai, Shen Shaomin, Rirkrit Tiravanija and Wang Wei. The show, whose Lead Partner is UBS, takes place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from March 23 to March 25, 2017.  

In this year’s edition of Encounters, curator Alexie Glass-Kantor explores the role time plays in an ‘encounter’, investigating the representation of time in art and how we use history, politics and culture to carve our own space in time. ‘For my third year curating the sector,’ Glass-Kantor explains, ‘I was interested in exploring the relationship between time and experience, specifically, how time is related to ’encounters.’ Glass-Kantor continues, ‘I have curated a selection of installations that encourage visitors to interact with each piece, in order to find their own interpretations.’

The Encounters sector will include four site-specific works and 12 new works by Rasheed Araeen, Katharina Grosse, Gonkar Gyatso, Joyce Ho, Hu Qingyan, Waqas Khan, Alicja Kwade, Dinh Q. Lê, Li Jinghu, Sanné Mestrom, Rirkrit Tiravanija and Wang Wei.

18/01/17

La pittura ironica di Hans-Peter Feldmann


Le prime opere di Hans-Peter Feldmann le avevo viste alla Biennale di Venezia in un bell'allestimento e mi  hanno subito conquistato, ora la galleria Simon Lee presenta i suoi recenti lavori nella sede di Hong Kong. 






17/01/17

Kabinett a Hong Kong




Visto il grande successo di Kabinett, un settore molto amato di Art Basel Miami Beach, sarà proposto il prossimo Marzo anche a Hong Kong. 

La prima edizione di Kabinett a Hong Kong Art Basel comprenderà 19 progetti curatoriali, che andranno dalle presentazioni di gruppo tematici a mostre personali, realizzata da espositori provenienti da Asia, Europa e Stati Uniti. 

Gli artisti in proposta comprenderanno: Etel Adnan, Cao Yu, Christo, Piero Dorazio, Candida Höfer, Abbas Kiarostami, Kwon Young-Woo, Lee Kit, Yuko Mohri, OSGEMEOS, Bettina Pousttchi, Qiu Xiaofei, Sanyu, SHIMURAbros, Song Ta, Keiichi Tanaami , Wang Qingsong, Ming Wong e Heimo Zobernig. 

Art Basel, è supportata da UBS, e si svolgerà presso il Convention and Exhibition Centre di Hong Kong il prossimo Marzo dal 23 al 25, 2017.


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Art Basel's first Kabinett sector in Hong Kong to present 19 precisely curated exhibitions Kabinett, a much-loved sector of Art Basel’s Miami Beach show, will make its Hong Kong debut in March 2017. 

The first edition of Kabinett at Art Basel’s Hong Kong show will include 19 carefully curated projects, ranging from thematic group presentations to solo shows, presented by exhibitors from Asia, Europe and the United States. Artists to be showcased include Etel Adnan, Cao Yu, Christo, Piero Dorazio, Candida Höfer, Abbas Kiarostami, Kwon Young-Woo, Lee Kit, Yuko Mohri, OSGEMEOS, Bettina Pousttchi, Qiu Xiaofei, Sanyu, SHIMURAbros, Song Ta, Keiichi Tanaami, Wang Qingsong, Ming Wong and Heimo Zobernig. Art Basel, whose Lead Partner is UBS, takes place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from March 23-25, 2017. 

Several important historical works will be among the projects featured in the sector: Kukje Gallery / Tina Kim Gallery will present Dansaekhwa artist Kwon Young-Woo (b. 1926, d. 2013), who pioneered the avant-garde movement in Korea. The exhibition will showcase a collection of paintings, historical photographs, original letters, leaflets, interviews and catalogues. Nanzuka will feature Japanese artist Keiichi Tanaami’s (b. 1936) early animations from the 1970s, consisting of collages, drawings and illustrations on a screen projector. Mazzoleni will present a solo exhibition of one of Italy’s leading abstract painters, Piero Dorazio (b. 1927, d. 2005), focused on his artistic output from the 1960s to the 1970s, and illustrating his shift from weave-like monochromes to a more geometric and rigid approach. Rossi & Rossi will present a solo show of photographs by Iranian artist and film director Abbas Kiarostami (b. 1940, d. 2016). Shot in Iran, the photographs from ‘Snow Series’ (2002) consider topics that celebrate a natural environment through a minimalist aesthetic. Ben Brown Fine Arts will present a series of smaller-scale, historical analogue photographs of libraries by German artist Candida Höfer (b. 1944), including a number of her most iconic photographed spaces. Galerie Gmurzynska’s presentation of ‘Christo: The Essential Ideas’ will showcase three extremely rare works dating from the 1960s by Bulgarian artist Christo (b. 1935). Tina Keng Gallery will present a selection of works on paper by Chinese artist Sanyu (b. 1901, d. 1966), which re-examine the historical context of art in Chinese modernism at the beginning of the 20th century. Tokyo Gallery + BTAP’s installation will showcase three ‘TRACE’ series works by cuttingedge Japanese artist duo SHIMURAbros (Yuka Shimura b. 1976 and Kentaro Shimura b. 1979), including an entirely new piece ‘TRACE-ROAD – ABBEY ROAD’ (2016), which reproduces a fragment of Abbey Road in London and measures 170cm wide. The brother and sister artist duo’s ‘TRACE’ series investigates image distortions and reproduction errors from Google Street View in actual size. Galerie Nagel Draxler will show a new body of paintings by Heimo Zobernig (b. 1958) that are inspired by Piet Mondrian’s ‘BoogieWoogie’ series. Galerie Lelong's Kabinett presentation will focus on a selection of works on paper and new paintings by Lebanese-American artist and writer Etel Adnan (b. 1925). The installation will include a work on paper that presents drawings and poetry together in the ‘leporello’ form, in which the paper is folded like an accordion. Vitamin Creative Space will dedicate their Kabinett to Singaporean artist Ming Wong (b. 1971). The presentation will give an overview of the artist’s long-term research on tracing the impact of early cinema on traditional Chinese opera. Lehmann Maupin will feature brand new paintings by São Paulo-based multimedia artist duo OSGEMEOS (Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo, b. 1974). Since the early 1990s, the artists, who are identical twin brothers, have improvised together using visual language to create a variety of projects worldwide. The new works will show the duo’s signature bold and graphic gestures. Chinese artist Cao Yu’s (b. 1988) work, presented by Galerie Urs Meile, will focus on the human body, exploring the social and cultural implications of identity. Pace will present the work of Chinese artist Qiu Xiaofei (b. 1977), whose paintings have a murky, dreamlike quality that explores concepts of freedom. Project Fulfill Art Space will present ‘Urban Mining’ (2016) and ‘From A’ (2016) by Japanese artist Yuko Mohri (b. 1980), which are two of her most important works in recent years. The artist utilizes everyday objects and materials that reveal the essence of space and time. Massimo De Carlo will present ‘It Was a Cinema’ (2016), a video installation work that explores the relationship between fear and hate, by Hong Kong artist Lee Kit (b. 1978), as well as works on paper by the artist. Blindspot Gallery will screen Chinese artist Wang Qingsong’s (b. 1966) 5-minute video work ‘Happy Bed’ (2014), which was first presented at Museum Folkwang in Germany as part of ‘CHINA 8’ in 2015. Beijing Commune will introduce a calligraphy project by Chinese artist Song Ta (b. 1988), that includes text written with gel pen on post-it notes, fragments of paper and digital images of his writing displayed on a monitor. Buchmann Galerie will present two different ceramic series by German artist Bettina Pousttchi (b. 1971). The work explores the field of architecture and its social implications, combining the language of European architecture with that of the Middle East. Participation in the Kabinett sector in Hong Kong is open to all exhibitors that have been accepted into the Galleries sector of the fair. 

14/03/15

Encounters of Art Basel Hong Kong


 Ota Fine Arts Zai Kuning Dapunta Hyang (Transmission of Knowledge), 2014 - 2015



Per Art Basel Hong Kong quest’anno è la volta del curatore Alexie Glass-Kantor, direttore esecutivo di Artspace di Sydney, per la sezione degli Encounters, una delle più stimolanti, che presenterà 20 opere di artisti provenienti da Australia, Cina, India, Indonesia, Malesia, Nuova Zelanda, Singapore, Corea del Sud, Belgio, Germania, Portogallo, Regno Unito e Stati Uniti. 

One and J. Gallery Taeyoon Kim


Dedicata alle grandi installazioni scultoree che trascendono il tradizionale stand della fiera d'arte, con opere ideate da: David Claerbout, Dzine (Carlos Rolon), Taeyoon Kim, Zai Kuning, Yang Maoyuan, Dane Mitchell, Eko Nugroho, João Vasco Paiva, Shooshie Sulaiman, Gao Weigang e Zhao Zhao affiancate da recenti lavori di Mikala Dwyer, Cao Fei, Siobhán Hapaska, Wang Keping, Hew Locke, Tallur LN, Xu Longsen, Sterling Ruby e Lee Ufan.

 Kerlin Gallery Siobhán Hapaska Intifada, 2014


14/12/14

Viaggiare in arte



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Presentato i giorni scorso ad Art Basel Miami BMW Art Journey è una nuova iniziativa globale dell'arte di BMW e Art Basel per offrire agli artisti l'opportunità di intraprendere un viaggio di scoperta creativa.
Come uno studio mobile, la BMW Art viaggio offrirà a degli artisti l'opportunità di intraprendere un'attività di ricerca, creare contatti e creare nuovi lavori.
Gli artisti saranno selezionati duranti Art Basel Miami Beach e Hong Kong.


Il progetto si avvierà nel 2015, ogni anno saranno assegnate due borse per artista.
La prima sarà data all'artista selezionato dal settore nuove proposte di Art Basel in Hong Kong, che si svolgerà a marzo 2015, sarà annunciato durante l'estate del 2015. La secondo all'artista selezionato dal settore nuove proposte di Art Basel Miami Beach, il prossimo dicembre 2015, e sarà annunciato nei primi mesi 2016.


I membri della giuria sono Richard Armstrong (Direttore del Museo Guggenheim, New York), Juan Gaitan (curatore con sede a Città del Messico), Massimiliano Gioni (Direttore Artistico New Museum, New York), Gabriele Horn (direttore KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlino) , Claire Hsu (Director Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong), Matthias Mühling (direttore Lenbachhaus, Monaco) e Victoria Noorthoorn (direttore, Museo de Arte Moderna, Buenos Aires).
I viaggi saranno documentati in stretto dialogo con gli artisti e pubblicati sul sito http://www.bmw-art-journey.com/
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 The BMW Art Journey is a new global art initiative by BMW and Art Basel offering artists an opportunity to undertake a journey of creative discovery. Like a mobile studio, the BMW Art Journey can take an artist almost anywhere in the world – to undertake research, make contacts, and envision and create new work.

Artists that are showing in Art Basel's sectors for emerging-artists in Miami Beach and Hong Kong are eligible for the BMW Art Journey. Starting 2015, it will be awarded twice a year to one artist at each location. Two international expert juries, one for Hong Kong and one for Miami Beach, will select a shortlist of three artists per sector and will invite them to submit proposals for a journey. One artist from each shortlist will get the chance to undertake the BMW Art Journey. The selected artist from the Discoveries sector of Art Basel's show in Hong Kong, which is taking place in March 2015, will be announced in the summer of 2015. The selected artist from the Positions sector of Art Basel in Miami Beach will be announced in early 2016.

The jury members include Richard Armstrong (Director Guggenheim Museum, New York), Juan Gaítan (curator based in Mexico City), Massimiliano Gioni (Artistic Director New Museum, New York City), Gabriele Horn (Director KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin), Claire Hsu (Director Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong), Matthias Mühling (Director Lenbachhaus, Munich) and Victoria Noorthoorn (Director, Museu de Arte Moderna, Buenos Aires).

The journeys will be documented in close dialogue with the artists and published on this website with regular updates.

The Partners

Recognizing and supporting the work of some of the most promising artists working today, the BMW Art Journey is the latest in a broad range of cultural projects for BMW. For over forty years the BMW Group has initiated more than one hundred cultural partnerships worldwide. The focus of this long-term commitment to culture is on modern and contemporary art, jazz and classical music, as well as architecture and design. Unrestricted freedom of creative potential is of the utmost importance to BMW’s cultural engagement.

Art Basel stages the world's premier art shows for Modern and contemporary works, sited in Basel, Miami Beach, and Hong Kong. Defined by its host city and region, each show is unique, which is reflected in its participating galleries, artworks presented, and the content of parallel programming produced in collaboration with local institutions for each edition. In addition to ambitious stands featuring leading galleries from around the world, each show's singular exhibition sectors spotlight the latest developments in the visual arts, offering visitors new ideas, new inspiration and new contacts in the art world.


03/07/13

Sviluppo del distretto culturale di Hong Kong


Il duo architettonico Herzog & De Meuron ha vinto il bando per la progettazione del nuovo complesso culturale M+ che si realizzerà per il 2017 a Hong Kong, parte del complesso centro denominato  West Kowloon Cultural District, composto da altri 16 spazi per la cultura. Un mastodontico progetto che fa capire come sempre di più il centro del mondo si sta spostando verso l’oriente. 

11/09/12

Sempre più arte... 17 musei prossimamente a Hong Kong



L’investimento in cultura produce reddito e da impulso alla crescita del territorio. A parte il nostro paese, che potrebbe campare benissimo con le risorse che ha senza pensare poi al bacino alimentare ed etnografico, tutti gli altri paesi lo hanno capito.

Giunge ovvio che anche luoghi privi di ogni struttura culturale/museale quali Hong Kong decidano, come riporta un ampio articolo del Giornale dell’Arte di Settembre, di aprire nel giro di una decina di anni ben 17 nuove sedi culturali. 

Un grande progetto dal titolo "West Kowloon Cultural District" (Wkcd)

Via quindi con gli ingenti investimenti, con la strutturazione di personale specializzato e con l’avvio di collezioni artistiche, anche se sorge ovviamente un dubbio ma che opere verranno proposte?

Intanto da noi i musei chiudono o sono sempre più polverosi. 

22/05/11

talee fieristiche




Nonostante il perdurare della crisi il sistema dell'arte pare dare segnali distributivi molto positivi.

Se sul fronte asiatico si è assistito recentemente all'accordo fra Art Basel e Hong Kong Art Fair per uno sviluppo di quest'ultimo col supporto dei precisi svizzeri.

Sul fronte americano ora è la volta di Frieze Art che si espanderà a New York nel 2012.

La forma sarà praticamente identica a quella londinese. Anche qui in un parco, il Randall's Island Park, confermando anche l'evento più fresco di Frieze Frame.

Sorge ovviamente una domanda, ma chi si fa tutte sté piste per seguire questi eventi, sicuramente mondani, ma sempre più fitti e ripetitivi?