The Works

Artist Ai Weiwei is under surveillance most of the time and not allowed to travel out of China. Despite that, he has three works on show in the 55th Venice Biennale, which runs until November 24th. As he is not permitted to travel, his mother Gao Ying ...

Over the next few months Sotheby's Hong Kong is presenting a series of exhibitions and events to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its presence in Asia. Among them is an “New Ink - An Exhibition Of Ink Art By Post 1970 Artists From The Yiqingzhai Colle...

Last week, we devoted the whole of The Works to the first Art Basel Hong Kong. While the art fair was under way we caught up with two of the most popular artists on sale there. Takashi Murakami, and Fernando Botero. For fans of Takashi Murakami the goo...

For this week’s show, we’re out on location at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, and dedicating the whole show to the first Art Basel Hong Kong.

Our first segment introduces the art fair and looks at some of the largest sculptural piece...

In Paris, in the 1920s, the arts and the city were booming. This was the place to be. Painters, writers, dancers, actors came here from all across Europe, and beyond. By the time the Twenties began, Jean Cocteau had long since established his reputatio...

The Hong Kong Eye exhibition was presented in London’s Saatchi Gallery in December and January. If you couldn’t make it to London, now is your chance to catch up with those works, and more, at Artistree in Quarry Bay. Containing works from 24 Hong Kong...

In part one, we’re looking at some art which you may not have been able to avoid seeing over the past week or so. Every newspaper, every TV station, seems to have been bringing us images of giant sized inflatable art works, either a cute giant rubber d...

We begin with an artist who is no stranger to those interested in the Hong Kong visual art scene. He’s Simon Birch. Simon is a British born artist who settled in Hong Kong in 1997. He’s well known for his large oil paintings of human figures, but has a...

The first Hong Kong ArtWalk was held in 2001. The aim was to give people a chance to encounter art in Hong Kong’s commercial galleries and street, and to raise money for charities and art educational institutions. By the end of last year’s event over H...

Last week the art world heard the saddening news that painter Zao Wou-ki had died. In his early nineties, and dogged by ill health, Mr Zao had not painted for some years, but long before he stopped he had already built up an unforgettable legacy.

In s...