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Asia Art Archive’s 2022 Fundraising Auction: What Are the Highlights?

Ocula News Asia Art Archive’s 2022 Fundraising Auction: What Are the Highlights? Hong Kong, 6 October 2022 Sin Wai Kin's makeup-stained face wipe will go under the hammer alongside works by Takashi Murakami, Maria Taniguchi, and other leading artists from the region.

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NFT Standard ERC-721 Tops ArtReview's 2021 Power List

Ocula News NFT Standard ERC-721 Tops ArtReview's 2021 Power List London, 1 December 2021 High-ranking human beings on the list include American anthropologist Anna L. Tsing, Indonesian collective ruangrupa, and American artist Theaster Gates.

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Sabih Ahmed: Expanding the Definitions of South Asia

Ocula Conversation Sabih Ahmed: Expanding the Definitions of South Asia By Nadine Khalil, Dubai At Ishara Art Foundation, curator Sabih Ahmed continues to position art in Asia 'through a prism of complex geographies'.

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Christopher K. Ho Takes the Reigns at Asia Art Archive

Ocula News Christopher K. Ho Takes the Reigns at Asia Art Archive Hong Kong, 13 September 2021 Ho is taking over from Claire Hsu, who built the world's largest collection of materials related to Asian contemporary art.

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BMW Art Journey 2021 Winner Julien Creuzet Plans to Stay Put

Ocula News BMW Art Journey 2021 Winner Julien Creuzet Plans to Stay Put Forte-de-France, 13 July 2021 The French artist will spend time in his ancestral home of Martinique, a place he says 'haunts my imagination and fuels it'.

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Who Was Shortlisted for the BMW Art Journey 2021?

Ocula News Who Was Shortlisted for the BMW Art Journey 2021? Hong Kong, 20 May 2021 Leelee Chan received the opportunity in 2020, the worst year to travel in living memory. She had a blast.

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Archive Politics in Hong Kong: Activating Ha Bik Chuen's 'Thinking Studio'

Ocula Feature Archive Politics in Hong Kong: Activating Ha Bik Chuen's 'Thinking Studio' By Emily Verla Bovino, Hong Kong Asia Art Archive's Ha Bik Chuen Archive Project provides a space for formulating questions about legacy and institutional culture in Hong Kong.

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Womanifesto: Crafting Communities at Asia Art Archive

Ocula Feature Womanifesto: Crafting Communities at Asia Art Archive By Emily Verla Bovino, Hong Kong At Asia Art Archive, Crafting Communities charts the history of the Thai feminist biennial, Womanifesto.

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Exhibitions to See in Hong Kong 2020

Ocula Feature Exhibitions to See in Hong Kong 2020 By Tessa Moldan, Hong Kong As Hong Kong gradually reopens after lockdown, explore the exhibitions taking place this summer.

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Art Power HK Launches Campaign to Revive Hong Kong Art Scene

Ocula News Art Power HK Launches Campaign to Revive Hong Kong Art Scene Hong Kong, 16 March 2020 With art galleries, museums and events closing around the world, the campaign offers a way for art fans and professionals in the city to keep calm and carry on.

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Gao Weigang’s Artwork ‘International Standard’ Under the Hammer

Ocula Insight Gao Weigang’s Artwork ‘International Standard’ Under the Hammer By Sherry Paik, Hong Kong Coated in 24-karat gold leaf, the wooden frame in Gao Weigang's International Standard (2018) demands to be considered on its own—a work of art in itself, without the aid of the painted object.

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Pacita Abad’s Artwork ‘Stained Glass’ up for Grabs

Ocula Insight Pacita Abad’s Artwork ‘Stained Glass’ up for Grabs By Sherry Paik, Hong Kong Enter the colourful world of Pacita Abad in Stained Glass (2000): over the explosions of red, yellow, and green acrylic paint are rings of even more colour and, at their centre, tiny mirrors.

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Yang Jiechang: Good Morning Hong Kong

Ocula Insight Yang Jiechang: Good Morning Hong Kong By Sherry Paik ' Good Morning Hong Kong 2019 01.07. reflects the practice of an artist who has long created works that react to the day's socio-political issues.'

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Art Basel in Hong Kong: Exhibitions to See in 2019

Ocula Feature Art Basel in Hong Kong: Exhibitions to See in 2019 By Tessa Moldan, Hong Kong For those visiting Art Basel in Hong Kong (29–31 March 2019), find out what is currently making the city's art scene tick with this guide of exhibitions to see.

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In Memory of Lee Wen

Ocula Insight In Memory of Lee Wen By Chương-Đài Võ The multidisciplinary artist Lee Wen passed away on 3 March 2019, in [Singapore][0], after having suffered from Parkinson's Disease. He was a pioneer who defined and shaped performance art in Asia. He

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Nilima Sheikh

Ocula Conversation Nilima Sheikh By Hera Chan, Hong Kong I like my paintings to have place for different times and different geographies. In that sense, I use history as an alibi. History maybe not just as an alibi but also as a way of structuring my work.

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Verina Gfader

Ocula Conversation Verina Gfader By Ingrid Pui Yee Chu, Hong Kong We live in geographies of drift. Drift has this quality of something shifting, of never becoming centralised or totally perceptible.

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2018 Lowdown: Shows to See during Hong Kong Art Week

Ocula Feature 2018 Lowdown: Shows to See during Hong Kong Art Week By Diana d'Arenberg, Hong Kong With an ever-expanding list of exhibitions and happenings, here is a selection of things to see during Art Basel Hong Kong (29–31 March 2018).

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It Begins With A Story: Artists, writers, and periodicals in Asia

Ocula Feature It Begins With A Story: Artists, writers, and periodicals in Asia By Tessa Moldan, Hong Kong The symposium re-invigorated discourses and discussions around every element that constitutes a periodical, while providing insights into lesser-known histories.

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Kit Hammonds and Ingrid Chu

Ocula Conversation Kit Hammonds and Ingrid Chu By Elliat Albrecht, Hong Kong The Editorial is, in some ways, a culmination of these programmes, and an opportunity to link some of the same people and thinkers that were part of those earlier projects, as well as to reveal their thought processes and ideally provide further platforms for them to talk about their work, and to each other.

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Claire Hsu

Ocula Conversation Claire Hsu By Ocula Editors, Hong Kong Claire Hsu is Co-founder and Executive Director of Asia Art Archive. Instrumental in shaping the Hong Kong contemporary art scene, AAA is an independent non-profit organisation with one of the most comprehensive collections of material on contemporary Asian art in the world.

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