Record Donation of Zao Wou-Ki Paintings to M+ Museum in Hong Kong


15 March 2022
Record Donation of Zao Wou-Ki Paintings to M+ Museum in Hong Kong

Zao Wou-Ki, Untitled (1969). Lithograph Sheet: 56.3 × 76 cm; Image: 53.8 × 62.8 cm. M+, Hong Kong Gift of Mrs Sin-May Roy Zao, 2020. © Zao Wou-Ki. Courtesy Lok Cheng & Dan Leung, M+, Hong Kong.

Hong Kong's M+ has acquired 12 works by the Chinese artist Zao Wou-Ki—the largest donation of the late artist's work to a public museum in Asia.⁠⁠

Including 9 prints, 2 oil paintings, and a watercolour painting, the group of works—dated from 1945 to 2005—were donated by Zao Wou-Ki's daughter, Sin-May Roy Zao. ⁠⁠

Zao Wou-Ki's market has been following an impressive trajectory in recent years, hitting headlines in 2018 when his monumental triptych Juin-Octobre (1985) sold for just over $65M at Sotheby's Hong Kong.

The result was not only a record for the artist, but is also the most expensive work ever sold at auction in Hong Kong.⁠⁠

The Hong Kong-based gallery Villepin is currently hosting a presentation of the artist's work, titled Zao Wou-Ki: The Eternal Return to China, until 22 May.⁠⁠


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