Hong Kong
Hong Kong edition of Art021 fair to launch this year
The new event is supported by the public Mega Ace Fund, which subsidises large cultural projects in the Special Administrative Region
The Week in Art podcast | Inigo Philbrick and art world fraud, Hong Kong’s new security law, a Maharaja’s sword
Is a return for the disgraced art dealer that unthinkable? Plus, how Article 23 might impact the art sector, and a closer look at a royal weapon coming on show in London
Art Basel Hong Kong diary: Jeff Koons shakes it off, shopping mall is blooming lovely, and superheroes abound at M+
Plus: Wong Ping's bum note, puppy (and kitten) love at Square Street Gallery, and the Peninsula Hotel goes green
Hong Kong's M+ museum is among the 20 most visited globally
Other art institutions in the Special Administrative Region also enjoyed healthy figures in 2023, according to The Art Newspaper's annual attendance survey
West Kowloon mega arts hub races to find new source of funding
Hong Kong’s huge cultural quarter has been spectacularly successful at pulling in tourists and shows, but with its endowment running out, it needs to find new financial solutions
Blockbuster Picasso show to head to Hong Kong next year
Musée National Picasso in Paris to loan more than 60 works to M+ museum
In pictures: top works to see during Hong Kong art week
Check out our unmissable highlights from around the SAR
New Hong Kong: how the city aims to stay a global art hub
The SAR is riding out economic and political challenges with more buyers, bigger galleries and serious art
Pop-up Supper Club aims to make art in Hong Kong more accessible
Run by local curators and gallerists, the event enables a relaxed experience while promoting regional works
Top shows to see during Art Basel Hong Kong
Our pick of what's on around the city
‘We remember who we are through culture’
M+ Museum Director Suhanya Raffel on Hong Kong’s first international cultural summit and why it matters
Hong Kong arts hub West Kowloon Cultural District opens summit with raft of global agreements
Digital challenges and the social and economic changes sparked by cultural transformation are among issues aired
‘The pendulum keeps tightening’: what Hong Kong’s new security law could mean for the art world
Article 23 introduces 39 new kinds of security crimes and stipulates life sentences for sabotage, treason and insurrection
Art Basel Hong Kong finally back to pre-pandemic size—what’s changed since 2019?
The city’s art ecosystem is rapidly expanding, but an economic slowdown across China and continued political interference from Beijing could mean stormy seas ahead
Those who stay: the Hong Kong artists fighting for a brighter future
Despite governmental intimidation of arts entities, the high cost of living and the lure of better opportunities abroad, many artists are choosing to remain in the city
Hampstead Heath's notorious gay cruising spot recreated for London exhibition
Trevor Yeung, who will represent Hong Kong at the next Venice Biennale, considers the unspoken language of public sex for his Gasworks solo show
Pillar of Shame sculpture at centre of Hong Kong controversy included in London show
A new smaller version of Jens Galschiøt’s work is part of a survey focused on human rights in Asia
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair expands its reach into Hong Kong
Organisers have announced a series of selling exhibitions at Christie's Hong Kong in March next year
Pop-up museum commemorating Tiananmen Square Massacre opens in New York
A similar institution in Hong Kong was forcibly shuttered in 2021 following the passage of the city’s restrictive security law
Hong Kong: artists carve out a space for themselves in public
From giant rubber ducks to thinly veiled protest art, outdoor sculpture is having a moment in the city
Pillar of Shame sculpture seized by police in Hong Kong
Work commemorating Tiananmen Square tragedy is confiscated as part of "incitement to subversion" case
Free tickets for Yayoi Kusama M+ show get students talking about mental health
Kusama has lived as a voluntary resident at a mental health hospital in Tokyo for more than four decades
M+ becomes one of the most-popular art museums in Asia, despite Covid closures
The new Hong Kong museum attracted more than 2 million people in its first full year
Hong Kong is back with bang: Art Basel returns and M+ museum makes waves
Plus, art censorship online and Brenda L. Croft's photos of fellow First Nations Australian women
Phillips unveils new Asia headquarters in Hong Kong, promising investment in local scene after 'difficult' few years
The opening of the 52,000 sq ft Kowloon space kicked off the city's first international art week since Covid restrictions lifted
Hong Kong heiress sues gallery over alleged £500,000 Banksy fraud
Karen Lo says the dealer Pearl Lam never followed through with her purchase of a well-known painting by the secretive British artist
Rubbish move: gallery of binned artworks shut down by Hong Kong authorities
Housing department feared visitors would obstruct sanitation workers after the grassroots arts space went viral earlier this year
Hong Kong added to East Asian tour of masterpieces from London’s National Gallery
Exhibition featuring Titian and Van Gogh will travel to Hong Kong Palace Museum following stops in Shanghai and Seoul
Major LGBTQ+ exhibition tests the waters of free speech in Hong Kong
Despite growing censorship in the fast-changing city, only one work has been removed from the show so far
Does the West really care about human rights and art washing?
As the art world continues to do business in authoritarian regions, some question its claim to being a force for universal good