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The Promises Auction Houses Make to Secure Major Consignments Why is the Art World Obsessed with Mannequins? On the Ground During Art Season in Korea, a Country in Flux Why Hong Kong Still Fetishises Its Neon-Lit Past
The Promises Auction Houses Make to Secure Major Consignments
Opinion The Promises Auction Houses Make to Secure Major Consignments Blockbuster estate sales have invigorated the art market. But can auction houses maintain the momentum and keep acquiring these mega‑consignments, and what does this pattern mean for the rest of the art world? Phin Jennings investigates.
Why is the Art World Obsessed with Mannequins?
Opinion Why is the Art World Obsessed with Mannequins? Are mannequins a capitalist symbol, a soulless representation of a misogynistic fashion industry, or a portent of a post‑human future? Lydia Eliza Trail undresses the art world’s fascination with the shop‑window dummy.
On the Ground During Art Season in Korea, a Country in Flux
Opinion On the Ground During Art Season in Korea, a Country in Flux Art month in South Korea is busy: the Busan Biennale, Frieze Seoul, Kiaf, and the Gwangju Biennale. Ocula’s Zian Chen reports on satirical mannequins, classroom subversion, and the politics of biennales themselves.
Why Hong Kong Still Fetishises Its Neon-Lit Past
Opinion Why Hong Kong Still Fetishises Its Neon-Lit Past The authorities are taking down Hong Kong’s once‑iconic neon signs, while theme parks and commercial enterprises are recreating scenes from pre‑1997 life in the former colony. Jaime Chu asks whether it’s time the city stopped pining for the past and concentrated on the present.
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