Highlights of Hong Kong International Art Fair - I

ART HK is the leading showcase for international Modern & Contemporary Art in Asia. Joining ART HK for the first time, Absolut Vodka’s BLANK campaign will be launched at the Fair. The campaign turns Absolut’s iconic bottle into a blank canvas, inspiring artists, collaborators and audiences alike to create and interpret Absolut in their own way.

Stanley Wong, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent artists, will spearhead the Hong Kong campaign and will unveil his own interpretation of Absolut BLANK.

ART HK 12 sees the return of ART HK Projects, a feature section which debuted at last year’s event. This exciting and pioneering element to the Fair will incorporate ten installation works, positioned in 100 metre squared spaces throughout the exhibition halls at the HKCEC. Dedicated to presenting large scale sculpture and installation works by leading artists from around the world, ART HK Projects provides visitors the rare opportunity to see works of an institutional scale.

Key solo presentations include STARKWHITE from Auckland, presenting a solo show by Chinese artist Jin Jiangbo, AANDO FINE ART from Berlin with works by Korean artist Choi Jeong Hwa, Nadi Gallery from Indonesia, Rhona Hoffman from Chicago presenting work by Fred Sandback and New York’s McCaffrey Fine Art with both installations and works on paper by Japanese artist Noriyuki Haraguchi. Shanghai-born painters Yu Youhan and Zhou Gang will be shown in solos by ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, and Galerie Christian Nagel Köln, Cologne, respectively.

The Fair will see the development of ART FUTURES, showcasing works by emerging artists represented by 35 of the world’s most exciting new galleries. Galleries of up to eight years old and artists under 35 at the time of application were invited to participate. New galleries participating in the section this year include Green Art Gallery from Dubai, bringing Kamrooz Aram to the Fair, London’s Herald Street Gallery presenting Hong Kong artist Cary Kwok and Melbourne’s Anna Pappas Gallery with work by Australian artist Michaela Gleave are also there.

There are numerous opportunities to engage with contemporary art through talks and events at ART HK 12. Asia Art Archive is the Official Education Partner of ART HK and has, from the Fair’s launch, assembled leading collectors, curators, critics and artists to debate the key issues affecting the international art world and Hong Kong.