Hong Kong

Christie’s second 20th/21st Century sale at its new Hong Kong headquarters ended subdued, fetching $73.3 million. Last year, the auction house held its inaugural auction at the newly-unveiled headquarters in Hong Kong. The auction…

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For the past few years, the axis of the art world has been shifting away from the West. Auction houses have been at the forefront of embracing that change. There have been numerous reasons behind the shift. The ongoing war with Ukraine…

While the art scene for the world wasn’t rosy in 2024, Asia seemed to have a comparatively better year. Despite slowing markets, the optimism in Asian markets continues to attract more galleries and visitors. Hong Kong Hong Kong continued…

Shortly after canceling the New York edition of 2024, Photofairs has announced the Hong Kong edition for 2025. The event will be held between March 26 and March 30, during the Hong Kong Art Week. It will be hosted at the Central…

A Jean-Michel Basquiat painting was the star of an evening sale at Philips Hong Kong, selling for $12.6 million. The 1982 work Native Carrying Some Guns, Bibles, Amorites on Safari had a pre-sale estimate of $12 million. Selling for…

Despite speculations of a cooling market, Hauser & Wirth opened another space in Hong Kong last week. The street-level gallery opened in the busy central district of Hong Kong. The inaugural exhibition featured Chinese artist Zhang…

Sotheby’s announces $8 billion of projected sales in 2022, along with expansion in Hong Kong. The $8 billion figure is the new record for the auction house in any given year, surpassing last year’s $7.3 billion. It is also much higher…

The $15-20 million auction of a T-Rex skeleton in Hong Kong by Christie’s has been canceled over concerns about how many bones in it were replicas. The T-Rex, which was nicknamed “Shen”, was scheduled to go on the auction block in…

With works from Picasso, Sotheby’s Hong Kong Evening sale of modern and contemporary art closed with a combined sales of $164.2 million. The much-anticipated sale occurred after a number of obstacles. First, there was a tense political…