What’s on in Hong Kong
During Art Basel, Hong Kong art scene was booming, with new art venues and shows opening all around town.
This year’s highlight was the opening of H Queen’s building that became home to new locations of international galleries such as:
David Zwirner, which opened a new gallery in Hong Kong last January and is presenting now a solo show by the German artist Wolfgang Tillmans’s solo show is the second exhibition presented by the gallery. the show will be on till 12 May
Hauser & Wirth, which inaugurated its Hong Kong space with a solo show by the American artist Mark Bradford till 12 May
Pace Gallery, which opened their second gallery in the city with a show by the Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara
Pearl Lam Galleries showing “Warped matter, curved time” by the Italian artist Arcangelo Sassolino till 11 May
Tang Contemporary Art who opened its new venue with Refutation by Ai Weiwei till 30 April
and Ora Ora Gallery with Lonely Fairyland by the Chinese artist Xu Lei
In Pedder street Among the shows was:
Quote! Quote! Quote! Inga Svala Thorsdottir & Wu Shanzhuan at Hanart TZ Gallery till May 3
At 50 Connaught Road
‘Rooting the Synapse’, Solo show by Antony Gormley at White Cube till 19 May
K11 Art Foundation pop up show “Emerald City” curated by Venus Lau with works by:
Zhang Ruyi Architectural fittings 3 2018, concrete, tiles, 260x100x122,8cm, Commissioned by K11 Art Foundation
Liu Chuang Segmented Landscape 2015, Video, Dimension variable
Doris Wong Wai Yin, When There is something wrong with our Organs, We Embrace contemporary art, 2018, Drawing on paper and poster stand Commissioned by K11 Art Foundation
Trevor Yeung, Garden Arcanthus (Balkan) 2017; Archival Inkjet print, 108x118cm Commissioned by Asia Culture Center Gwangju
Tags: 2018, Ai Weiwei, art venue, contemporary art, exhibition, hong kong, Liu Chuang, Xu Lei, Zhang Ruyi