Art Basel Shop<\/a> (where you\u2019ll also find a limited-edition Art Basel Hong Kong Labubu created by Kasing Lung, as well as pieces from Marc Jacobs\u2019s Joy line featuring artists Derrick Adams, David Shrigley, and Hattie Stewart).<\/p>\nIt all makes for a partnership landscape that feels notably more eclectic and varied than most major art fairs, which, as de Bellis flags, is the intention. \u201cOur partnerships are always developed with careful consideration of the cultural context of each city. In Hong Kong, we see particularly strong resonance between contemporary art and sectors such as design, sport, technology, and lifestyle,\u201d he says. \u201cEach Art Basel fair responds to its local ecosystem, but the guiding principle is always the same: to create meaningful collaborations that support the fair\u2019s cultural program and resonate with the audiences of that city.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year, the way we are expanding our ecosystem through new partnerships \u2014 cultural and commercial \u2014 opens the fair to wider communities,\u201d adds Siyang-Le, highlighting a collaboration with the Hong Kong Ballet, as well as an expansion of the fair\u2019s Encounters section beyond the fair\u2019s Wan Chai home. In partnership with Swire Properties, one of Hong Kong\u2019s major property developers and owners, Pacific Place \u2014 a high-end retail and lifestyle hub in Admiralty \u2014 will host a large-scale installation by sound artist Christine Sun Kim. \u201cHer offsite installation at Pacific Place is something I can\u2019t wait for,\u201d Siyang-Le says. \u201cBringing large\u2011scale, thoughtful work into a public space creates a moment of engagement for people who may not be planning to visit the fair. It\u2019s a reminder that Art Basel Hong Kong isn\u2019t confined to the exhibition halls \u2014 it\u2019s woven into the city itself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beyond the booths<\/p>\n
As is the case in Paris or Miami, Art Basel\u2019s arrival in Hong Kong prompts a host of parallel events, openings, and activations. This includes Art Central and Pavilion, two separate fairs spotlighting emerging galleries and artists, which will run alongside Art Basel, while Hauser & Wirth, David Zwirner, Gagosian, and White Cube are each among the international blue-chip galleries opening their spring exhibitions at their Hong Kong spaces while audiences are in town.<\/p>\n
Para Site, a revered institution and project space in the east of Hong Kong Island, will celebrate 30 years as a steering force in the city\u2019s art scene. To toast, it is staging a three-month exhibition, starting March 14, which will revisit the themes broached in Para Site\u2019s very first show. Another celebration, Asia Art Archive\u2019s 25th-anniversary exhibition asks artists, including Ho Tzu Nyen and Tehching Hsieh: \u201cWhat were you doing when you were 25?\u201d Tai Kwun, a cultural center housed in a former police station and prison complex, will host a performance art program in collaboration with Art Basel \u2014 as well as extended hours for its current show, an artistic survey of China\u2019s development into a global production and logistics hub. And M+, Hong Kong\u2019s mammoth art and design museum, which opened its doors in 2021, will host a slate of blockbuster shows throughout the week, including major solo exhibitions by Lee Bul, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Robert Rauschenberg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An additional partnership of intrigue is with furniture and design fair Salone del Mobile. Another debut from Art…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[77,832],"class_list":{"0":"post-38301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basel","8":"tag-basel","9":"tag-latest"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116288229366544023","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}