{"id":748,"date":"2021-05-27T08:48:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T00:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/?p=748"},"modified":"2021-05-26T13:20:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T05:20:55","slug":"at-art-basel-hong-kong-positive-energy-and-strong-sales-prove-ascent-of-asian-art-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\/artist\/at-art-basel-hong-kong-positive-energy-and-strong-sales-prove-ascent-of-asian-art-market\/","title":{"rendered":"At Art Basel Hong Kong, Positive Energy and Strong Sales Prove Ascent of Asian Art Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After months of online viewing room (OVR) teasers, the anticipation for the hybrid 2021 edition of\u00a0<a id=\"auto-tag_art-basel-hong-kong\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\" data-tag=\"art-basel-hong-kong\">Art Basel Hong Kong<\/a>\u00a0turned into palpable excitement as fairgoers slowly trickled into the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on Wednesday, a local public holiday, for the first of the fair\u2019s VIP entry slots. This time around, after numerous postponements, the fair\u2019s organizers drastically scaled down the physical fair, which runs until May 23, to just 104 exhibitors, down from 242 in 2019, and the number of visitors at any given time was also much more limited than in years past.<\/p>\n<p>Many in attendance described the opening day, in a word, as \u201csurreal,\u201d including the fair\u2019s global director, Marc Spiegler, who was not in attendance due to international travel restrictions. This edition of Art Basel Hong Kong, which moved from its traditional dates in March, feels surprisingly intimate, as well-rested collectors and gallerists with pent up energy give the fair the air of a belated catch-up session with friends. Instead of taking up two floors of the convention center, the physical fair occupies only one floor, with the extra space going to the satellite fair Art Central and the Christie\u2019s Hong Kong spring auctions.<\/p>\n<p>Although there were fewer billboards around the city advertising the fair, all tickets were sold out before the first day. (The fair is only open to the public for a combined total of 10 hours on Saturday and Sunday.) The emphasis is less on spectacle than on human connection. Many dealers are relieved that, despite the social distancing measures, everything has gradually resumed. \u201cWe\u2019ve been waiting for this for two years,\u201d said Shasha Tittmann, director of Lehman Maupin\u2019s Hong Kong outpost, which is showing works by artists such as Lee Bul and Helen Pashgian. \u201cI am elated by the turnout.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leng Lin, a partner and president at Pace Gallery overseeing its Asia operations, said that Art Basel Hong Kong\u2019s timed-entry policy and reduced hall capacity allow for more time for conversations between gallerists and collectors. \u201cUnlike New York, where inland transport within the United States is still possible, Hong Kong is isolated as a city due to quarantine restrictions,\u201d he said. \u201cAlthough some collectors cannot attend in person, the overall effect is still positive because it creates more opportunities for the local and regional market to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/ \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure aligncenter size-full wp-image-1234593646 lrv-u-max-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1C19_DavidZwirner0499.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1C19_DavidZwirner0499.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1C19_DavidZwirner0499.jpg?resize=400,300 400w\" alt=\"Installation view, David Zwirner at Art Basel Hong Kong 2021, Booth 1C19.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-padding-tb-025\"><span class=\"lrv-u-font-size-14@desktop\">Installation view, David Zwirner at Art Basel Hong Kong 2021, Booth 1C19.<\/span><cite class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey\">COURTESY DAVID ZWIRNER<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Leo Xu, senior director at David Zwirner, echoed that sentiment: \u201cNow we have the luxury of time for collectors to build relationships with the gallery.\u201d On the first day, the gallery sold over 10 works by multiple artists, including all four works by the Belgian contemporary artist Harold Ancart and a drawing by Chinese artist Liu Ye to important Asian museum collections. \u201cHong Kong has recovered, proving itself to be a hub of the market in Asia. The market is in good shape and there is no \u2018revenge shopping\u2019 behavior, just serious buying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Describing the visitors, Xu said that the fair had continued to attract a crowd of open-minded cosmopolitan clients, with an unparalleled appetite for buying modern and contemporary art. Although online viewing rooms have produced strong sales for the gallery since the onset of global lockdowns, providing more access to the fair for collectors abroad, he said that nothing compares to the live experience of being at a fair.<\/p>\n<p>This iteration of Art Basel Hong Kong is complemented by the inaugural \u201cArt Basel Live\u201d digital initiative, which features OVRs, livestreamed events, daily broadcasts, and other virtual experiences. Fiona R\u00f6mer, a senior director at Hauser &amp; Wirth, said that \u201cArt Basel Live\u201d has also brought new collectors to the gallery\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is an electric atmosphere in Hong Kong as people embrace real life along with the global community tapping into the energy via the OVR,\u201d Hauser &amp; Wirth\u2019s president Iwan Wirth said in an email. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen an incredible response to our presentation at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\">Art Basel Hong Kong<\/a>\u201490 percent of our first-day sales of works by our artists have been placed in truly superlative collections across the region, which shows that the art market in Asia is on a high.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/ \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure aligncenter size-full wp-image-1234593648 lrv-u-max-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ABHK21__Galleries__Satellite__Gladstone_Gallery__PR__MC__0127_HiRes.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ABHK21__Galleries__Satellite__Gladstone_Gallery__PR__MC__0127_HiRes.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ABHK21__Galleries__Satellite__Gladstone_Gallery__PR__MC__0127_HiRes.jpg?resize=400,267 400w\" alt=\"Installation view, Gladstone Gallery at Art Basel Hong Kong 2021, Booth 1D13.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-padding-tb-025\"><span class=\"lrv-u-font-size-14@desktop\">Installation view, Gladstone Gallery at Art Basel Hong Kong 2021, Booth 1D13.<\/span><cite class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey\"><cite class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey\">\u00a9ART BASEL<\/cite><\/cite>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Among the works that Hauser &amp; Wirth sold were George Condo\u2019s painting\u00a0<em>Blues in A Flat\u00a0<\/em>(2021) for $1.75 million, a 2021 mixed-media work by Rashid Johnson for $595,000 to the Long Museum in Shanghai, a Paul McCarthy \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\">White Snow<\/a>\u201d sculpture from 2016 for $575,000, Gary Simmons\u2019s painting\u00a0<em>Hangfire<\/em>\u00a0(2019) for $175,000, and a 2019 video installation by Pipilotti Rist for $160,000.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere at the fair, Gladstone Gallery sold a Keith Haring piece in the range of $1.5 million to $2 million, an Alex Katz painting for $650,000, and 10 paintings by Rirkrit Tiravanija, ranging in price from $25,000 to $200,000. But the biggest sale so far came from L\u00e9vy Gorvy, which sold a ca. 1962 Joan Mitchell painting that once belonged to the late collector Barney Ebsworth for $20 million.<\/p>\n<p>Much like representatives from mega-galleries with multiple outposts, Hong Kong\u2013based dealers expressed excitement to be present at the fair. \u201cI feel very lucky to be in this part of the world,\u201d said Galerie Ora-Ora founder Henrietta Tsui-Leung, who is also the cofounder of the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association. \u201cAlthough 70 percent of my clients are Hong Kong\u2013based, the virtual \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atelierauction.com\/globalupdates\">Art Basel Live<\/a>\u2019 promotes inclusivity so collectors from the West and in China can be part of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/ \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure aligncenter size-full wp-image-1234593647 lrv-u-max-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ABHK21__Galleries__Ora-Ora__PR__Public_Interactions__PR__MC_0175._HiRes.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ABHK21__Galleries__Ora-Ora__PR__Public_Interactions__PR__MC_0175._HiRes.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ABHK21__Galleries__Ora-Ora__PR__Public_Interactions__PR__MC_0175._HiRes.jpg?resize=400,267 400w\" alt=\"Installation view, Galerie Ora-Ora at Art Basel Hong Kong 2021, Booth 1D21.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-padding-tb-025\"><span class=\"lrv-u-font-size-14@desktop\">Installation view, Galerie Ora-Ora at Art Basel Hong Kong 2021, Booth 1D21.<\/span><cite class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey\"><cite class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey\">\u00a9ART BASEL<\/cite><\/cite>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tsui-Leung said her gallery seized the opportunity to launch NFT works by Chinese contemporary artists Peng Jian and Cindy Ng at this year\u2019s fair, citing it as a pivotal forum for advocating artistic and technological advancements. The gallery accepts cryptocurrency payments for the NFTs.<\/p>\n<p>Travel restrictions and the three-week quarantine policy also meant that some art gallerists did not enter Hong Kong, including a number from mainland China. Capsule Shanghai, for example, asked Hong Kong\u2013based artist Leelee Chan, winner of the 2020 BMW Art Journey prize, to look after its booth by herself in the fair\u2019s Discoveries sector. Similarly, 56 out of the 104 exhibitors, from London\u2019s Stephen Friedman Gallery and Carlos\/Ishikawa to New York\u2019s P.P.O.W and 47 Canal, were each staffed by a local stand-in appointed by Art Basel.<\/p>\n<p>In the Capsule Shanghai booth, Chan is on-hand to present her installation \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtelierAuctionsg\">Pallet in Repose (Resurfacer)<\/a>,\u201d which features works embedded with pieces of asphalt from tennis courts in Hong Kong. She said she is glad that she can finally exhibit it where people can see it in-person. \u201cThere are so many details in the work,\u201d she said. \u201cThe physical engagement of spending more time with art is rewarding; it is not the same as looking at a digital file.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/ \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure aligncenter size-full wp-image-1234593649 lrv-u-max-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ABHK21__Insights__Shibunkaku__Public_Interactions__PR__MC_0220.JP_HiRes.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ABHK21__Insights__Shibunkaku__Public_Interactions__PR__MC_0220.JP_HiRes.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/ABHK21__Insights__Shibunkaku__Public_Interactions__PR__MC_0220.JP_HiRes.jpg?resize=400,267 400w\" alt=\"Installation view, Shibunkaku at Art Basel Hong Kong 2021, Booth 1D45\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-padding-tb-025\"><span class=\"lrv-u-font-size-14@desktop\">Installation view, Shibunkaku at Art Basel Hong Kong 2021, Booth 1D45.<\/span><cite class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey\"><cite class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey\">\u00a9ART BASEL<\/cite><\/cite>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chan also feels that the local audience visiting the fair is better able to understand her work. \u201cPeople respond to the cityscape in Hong Kong referenced in my work,\u201d she said. But she is also thinking about potential viewers who won\u2019t be able to visit the fair and has created video documentation of the booth to post to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AtelierAuctionsg\">Art Basel Live<\/a>,\u201d so that \u201cpeople outside Hong Kong can experience my work through the hybrid model of the fair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of the hybrid format, Adeline Ooi, Director Asia of Art Basel said during the press conference, \u201cWith this particular show and with the hybrid format, we\u2019re seeing galleries experimenting with the medium of online viewing room. What you see in this show is not a mirror image online and it\u2019s interesting to see how galleries amp this up online. I\u2019m interested to see how galleries take this forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source:https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months of online viewing room (OVR) teasers, the anticipation for the hybrid 2021 edition of\u00a0Art Basel Hong Kong\u00a0turned into palpable excitement as fairgoers slowly trickled into the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on Wednesday, a local public holiday, for the first of the fair\u2019s VIP entry slots. 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