If you’re looking for an alternative to the traditional art fair, head along to the Asia Contemporary Art Show at the JW Marriott Hotel, Hong Kong. Following the same format as the Asia Hotel Art Fair held previously in the year, the JW Marriott will open four floors of its guest rooms, adorning them with paintings, sculptures and photography. Works on display are by emerging and well established artists and advertised as accessibly priced. There’s also a public lounge and complimentary refreshments on each of the floors to keep your creative mind on track. Featuring over 75 galleries from 16 countries, with 2,000 works from over 300 artists, we suggest you set aside a good few hours to browse the extensive displays. Check out local Hong Kong galleries, including AO Vertical Art Space and Galerie Koo, as well as diverse offerings from the U.S.A. Canada and Australia. Look out for the eerie oil paintings from Taiwanese artist Huang Zan Lun, presented by Yesart Air Gallery, depicting abstract and distorted faces and images. We are also looking forward to exploring Villa del Art Galleries’ offering. This Barcelona based gallery will be showcasing a number of European artist’s work including some interesting […]
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Hong Kong Art Prize announced the winners and people’s prize on May 16th 2013. The Hong Kong Art prize has been developed to cultivate and recognize the depth of talent in Hong Kong. It is presented by Asia Contemporary Art Show, organized in conjunction with the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association, venue sponsor Wheelock Properties and prize sponsor Art-Lease. With the fast growing interest in art and art investments in the Asia region, it is important to see a wider platform to encourage and promote locally based talents. Winners were chosen from 20 finalists out of over 150 applicants by a panel of esteemed judges. It was great to see a very wide variety of medium of art work submitted. This year’s winner is Jims Chi Hang Lam with his ink and acrylic on wood piece Beacon Sheung Wan Hours. The popular vote by the audience goes to Peter Ross’ Where is Your Heart? It depicts the traditional style chinese tong lau in the older and busy parts of Hong Kong and uses ink pen, tea, and soy. The works of up to 30 finalists will be on exhibition and available for purchase until Sunday 2nd June 2013 at the […]
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