Art Basel a Hong Kong – 23 – 25 marzo 2023

ART BASEL 2023 HONG KONG

117 gallerie

32 paesi presenti

Ritorna la più grande manifestazione d’arte dai tempi pre-covid.

La fiera d’arte ART BASEL si tiene, da sempre a Basilea, ma anche a Miami e dal 2022 a Parigi; in date differenti.

Hong Kong, March 23-25, 2023
Basel, June 15-18, 2023
Paris+ par Art Basel, October 19-22, 2023
Miami Beach, December 7-9, 2023

Tornano anche le maxi aste per collezionisti ed esperti.

ART BASEL e il suo più grande spettacolo dal 2019, l’edizione 2023 di Art Basel a Hong Kong accoglierà 177 gallerie provenienti da 32 paesi e territori in Asia, Europa, Nord e Sud America e Africa, oltre al ritorno di tutti i settori speciali della fiera, tra cui Encounters ,  Kabinett , Conversazioni e Film . Oltre due terzi delle gallerie partecipanti hanno spazi espositivi nella regione – con 33 gallerie che hanno spazi espositivi a Hong Kong – rafforzando l’impegno di Art Basel a mostrare arte eccezionale dalla sua città ospitante e in tutta l’Asia e l’Asia Pacifico.

Incontri

Curato per la sesta volta da Alexie Glass-Kantor – Direttore esecutivo di Artspace, Sydney e curatore del padiglione australiano alla 59a Biennale di Venezia – Encounters presenterà 14 installazioni su larga scala sotto il tema ” This present, moment” :

‘Per la prima volta, il settore Encounters presenterà il lavoro non solo all’interno della fiera ma in uno dei cuori pubblici di Hong Kong, con un’installazione monumentale a Pacific Place. Dopo un lungo periodo di distanza, l’opportunità di attivare gli Incontri in uno spazio veramente civico, accessibile a tutta la comunità di Hong Kong, sembra particolarmente importante. Ogni progetto nel settore di quest’anno considera in qualche modo come possiamo mantenere lo spazio – come potremmo essere presenti – individualmente e collettivamente nella singolarità e precarietà di questo momento”, afferma Glass-Kantor.

Per l’elenco completo degli artisti e delle gallerie presenti in Encounters, visitare  artbasel.com/hongkong/encounters .

Conversazioni

In programma all’HKCEC dal 22 al 25 marzo, Conversations, a cura di Stephanie Bailey, scrittrice, editrice e Art Basel Content Advisor and Editor, Asia, crea una piattaforma per dialoghi dinamici tra membri del mondo dell’arte internazionale, che offrono le loro prospettive uniche sulla produzione, la raccolta e l’esposizione di opere d’arte. I punti salienti del programma includono:

• Il futuro della biennale con Hoor Al Qasimi , Binna Choi , Shubigi Rao , ruangrupa e Adeena Mey .
• Sinergie tra mecenatismo pubblico e privato con Nadia e Rajeeb Samdani e Michael Govan .
• Navigare nel multipolarismo da una prospettiva istituzionale con Philip Tinari , Mami Kataoka , Nikita Yingqian Cai , Aaron Cezar , Aya Al-Bakree e Christopher K. Ho .
• Riflessioni sulla solidarietà oltre il femminismo con le curatrici Mia Yu e Azar Mahmoudian e le artiste Jaffa Lam , Kresiah Mukwazhi e Kawita Vatanajyankur .
• Rappresentare l’arte contemporanea dall’Africa a Hong Kong con i galleristi Baylon Sandr i e Dolly Kola-Balogun e gli artisti Wallen Mapondera e Victor Ehikhamenor .
• Esplorando l’influenza di Cantopop nel lavoro di Sin Wai Kin , Ming Wong e Rainbow Chan .

Prima della fiera si terranno tre colloqui, tra cui:

• Una sessione di gruppo sull’umorismo e la critica con i creatori di meme Jerry Gogosian , Freeze Magazine e The White Pube .
• Un rapporto sul futuro delle criptovalute ospitato in collaborazione con il Global Art Forum di Art Dubai, moderato da Shumon Basar .
• Un discorso in collaborazione con la School of Modern Languages ​​dell’Università di Hong Kong che esplora l’influenza dell’architettura nell’opera di Stanley Wong .

Le conversazioni sono gratuite per tutti. Ulteriori dettagli saranno annunciati in prossimità della fiera.

Film

Curato dall’artista multimediale e produttore cinematografico Li Zhenhua , il programma Film presenterà otto proiezioni e 29 opere video di artisti di tutto il mondo, tra cui Mónica de Miranda , Angela Su , Tromarama e Shen Xin , tra gli altri. Videotage e Ghost 2565 – due importanti organizzazioni no-profit che si concentrano sulla video arte nella regione – cureranno ciascuna una proiezione.

Il programma del film verrà lanciato con una proiezione speciale di “MEMORIA” del regista vincitore della Palma d’oro Apichatpong Weerasethakul al Theater II, HKCEC il 22 marzo. Ambientato in Colombia, “MEMORIA” è il primo lungometraggio di Weerasethakul realizzato fuori dalla Thailandia. Interpretata dal premio Oscar Tilda Swinton, la proiezione speciale mette in luce i successi di Weerasethakul nella sua carriera cinematografica.

Nell’ambito delle proiezioni dei cortometraggi, Ghost 2565 presenterà la pratica artistica contemporanea di Weerasethakul sotto forma di cortometraggio il 25 marzo al Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre.

Altri punti salienti del programma di cortometraggi includono:

• ‘Runaway Girls’ di Inci Eviner , che esplora i sogni e le paure delle ragazze che hanno scelto di scappare o sono state costrette a lasciare le loro comunità, vivendo ai margini della società. Presentato da Dirimart.
• ’45th Parallel’, un recente lavoro di La wrence Abu Hamdan che indaga la storia e la mitologia della Haskell Free Library and Opera House. Presentato da mor charpentier.

Il programma dei cortometraggi si tiene al Louis Koo Cinema dell’Hong Kong Arts Centre.

Il programma Film è gratuito per il pubblico. Ulteriori dettagli saranno annunciati in prossimità della fiera.

Kabinett

I punti salienti del settore di quest’anno includono:

• Un corpo di lavoro che illustra la ricerca condotta tra la metà degli anni ’50 e la metà degli anni ’60 dal maestro dell’arte informale Hans Hartung . Presentato da Mazzoleni.
• Opere su carta del celebre artista indonesiano Agus Suwage , intitolate ‘SiramanDuniawi’, che indagano molteplici nozioni di identità dal punto di vista dell’antica cultura indù-buddista. Presentato da ROH Projects.
• Il viaggio spirituale e il percorso artistico del defunto artista dell’inchiostro di Hong Kong Wesley Tongson , caratterizzato dall’inchiostro splash dell’artista e dai monumentali dipinti di paesaggi creati con le sue mani, dita e unghie, dove ha riversato le sue emozioni audaci e crude direttamente sulla carta – una forma di liberazione per Tongson. Presentato dalla Galerie du Monde.
• “World of Silence” di Hu Qingyan , una serie di opere in marmo che continuano il tema del “vuoto” che l’artista ha esplorato negli ultimi anni. Presentato dalla Galerie Urs Meile.
• Un’indagine sulle opere di Rasheed Araeen che spazia dai primi disegni ritrattistici dell’artista alle sculture minimaliste per le quali è ampiamente conosciuto. Presentato da Rossi & Rossi.
• Una selezione di opere di Martin Margiela , simili a quelle della sua mostra museale itinerante ora al LOTTE Museum of Art di Seoul, tra cui una scultura del torso e un dipinto di polvere di pellicola. Presentato da Zeno X Gallery.

Per l’elenco completo degli artisti e delle gallerie presenti a Kabinett, visitare  artbasel.com/hongkong/kabinett .

“Dammi la tua fiducia” di Pipilotti Rist

Commissionato da M+ e sostenuto da Art Basel e UBS, ‘Hand Me Your Trust’ è un nuovissimo lavoro di immagini in movimento site-specific di Pipilotti Rist per M+ Facade. La facciata si trova all’interno delle architetture ondulate del famoso skyline di Hong Kong lungo il Victoria Harbour. Presentato nel trambusto di una città con milioni di abitanti, il lavoro incorpora le tipiche tavolozze di colori vividi di Rist e il lavoro di macchina fotografica a mano libera, riecheggiando i dinamici cambiamenti di scala del paesaggio urbano di Hong Kong.

Rist affronta il concetto di mano da una varietà di scale, rispecchiando le dinamiche della città stessa da un’intima scala umana, a quella che è la dimensione di un edificio. Mentre le mani intrecciano e tracciano un percorso attorno a vari oggetti a velocità variabili, Rist assume non solo il patrimonio di design e architettura di Hong Kong, ma anche le singole mani che hanno scolpito, collocato e forgiato queste forme onnipresenti. Per Rist, il suo lavoro guarda alle mani non solo come lavoro e creazione, ma anche ornamentale: le nostre mani possono essere bellissime estensioni delle nostre emozioni, per comunicare con altri esseri viventi senza parole. L’opera sarà esposta su M+ Facade tutti i giorni dalle 19:00 alle 21:00 dal 18 marzo al 21 maggio e ogni sabato e domenica dalle 19:00 alle 21:00 dal 22 maggio al 17 giugno 2023.

 

Art Basel announces return of ambitious, full-scale program for its Hong Kong show
with 177 galleries from 32 countries and territories – its largest in the city since 2019
– including the sector for monumental works and a new site-specific commission by
Pipilotti Rist
• Encounters, the curated sector dedicated to large-scale works, will return to
the show for the first time since 2019 with 14 expansive presentations
• Conversations will feature more than 85 speakers across the fair’s four days,
offering a platform for dynamic dialogue among international artists,
gallerists, curators, critics, collectors, and more, free and open to the public
• With free public admission, the Film program will feature 29 video works,
including ‘MEMORIA’ by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, as well as special
screenings curated by Hong Kong-based Videotage and Ghost 2565,
Bangkok’s triennial video and performance art series
• 15 galleries will participate in Kabinett, the sector for thematic solo
presentations within galleries’ main booths, with a strong Asia focus
• ‘Hand Me Your Trust’, a new, site-specific moving image work by Swiss artist
Pipilotti Rist, will take over the M+ Facade, commissioned by M+ and
supported by Art Basel and UBS
• Art Basel, whose Global Lead Partner is UBS, will take place at the Hong
Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) from March 23 to March 25,
2023, with preview days on March 21 and 22
Marking its largest show since 2019, the 2023 edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong will
welcome 177 galleries from 32 countries and territories across Asia, Europe, North
and South America, and Africa, plus the return of all the fair’s special sectors, including
Encounters, Kabinett, Conversations, and Film. Over two-thirds of participating galleries
have exhibition spaces in the region – with 33 galleries having exhibition spaces in Hong
Kong – reinforcing Art Basel’s commitment to showcasing exceptional art from its host city
and across Asia and the Asia Pacific.
Encounters
Curated for the sixth time by Alexie Glass-Kantor – Executive Director of Artspace,
Sydney and the curator for the Australian pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale – Encounters
will feature 14 large-scale installations under the theme ‘This present, moment’:
‘For the first time, the Encounters sector will present work not only inside the fair but in one
of the public hearts of Hong Kong, with a monumental installation at Pacific Place. After an
extended period apart, the opportunity to activate Encounters in a truly civic space,
accessible to all the Hong Kong community, feels especially important. Every project in this
year’s sector considers in some way how we can hold space – how we might be present –
individually and collectively in the singularity and precarity of this moment,’ says GlassKantor.
Highlights from Encounters include:
• Trevor Yeung’s ‘Mr. Cuddles Under the Eave’ (2021), in which the artist continues
his practice of personifying botanic ecology and inanimate objects to articulate the
complexities of human emotion and relationships. Presented by Blindspot Gallery.
• ‘Trolley Party’ (2023), a site-specific work by Jaffa Lam consisting of 14 meters of
patchwork made from recycled and found everyday fabrics and emerging from six
chairs made of industrial trollies. Inspired by Lam’s childhood memory of women
workers, the installation invites visitors to enter its serene interior. Presented by
Axel Vervoordt Gallery with Zilberman Gallery.
• Masked mannequin sculptures in ‘Solitude of Silences’ (2017-2019) by
Gimhongsok, portraying laborers who compose the majority of modern urban
populations and represent an uncertainty over the value of labor. Presented by
Kukje Gallery.
• The marble installation ‘The Wine Dark Sea’ (2022-2023) by Ukrainian artist
Stanislava Pinchuk, on migrant journeys and conceptions of hospitality.
Presented by Yavuz Gallery.
• Carlos Aires’s ‘Like Tears in the Rain’ (2023), a sculptural installation made with
scrupulously shredded decommissioned Euro banknotes: a topography of money,
in the form of a bizarre landscape. Presented by Sabrina Amrani.
• Inga Svala Thórsdóttir and Wu Shanzhuan’s ‘Constellation Forest’ (2018), which
invites visitors to stroll and dwell on the show floor within a ‘grove’ of arched
wooden forms resembling the vaults of a church. Presented by Hanart TZ Gallery.
• For the first time, Encounters will present a project offsite beyond the fair,
with a premiere monumental installation by Los Angeles-based conceptual
artist Awol Erizku in Hong Kong’s Pacific Place. Presented by Ben Brown
Fine Arts and supported by Swire Properties, Official Partner of off-site
Encounters.
For the full list of artists and galleries presenting in Encounters, please visit
artbasel.com/hongkong/encounters
Conversations
Taking place at the HKCEC from March 22–25, Conversations – curated by Stephanie
Bailey, writer, editor, and Art Basel Content Advisor and Editor, Asia – creates a platform
for dynamic dialogues between members of the international artworld, who offer their
unique perspectives on producing, collecting and exhibiting art. Highlights from the
program include:
• The future of the biennale with Hoor Al Qasimi, Binna Choi, Shubigi Rao,
ruangrupa, and Adeena Mey.
• Synergies between public and private patronage with Nadia and Rajeeb Samdani
and Michael Govan.
• Navigating multipolarity from an institutional perspective with Philip Tinari, Mami
Kataoka, Nikita Yingqian Cai, Aaron Cezar, Aya Al-Bakree and Christopher K.
Ho.
• Reflections on solidarity beyond feminism with curators Mia Yu and Azar
Mahmoudian and artists Jaffa Lam, Kresiah Mukwazhi, and Kawita
Vatanajyankur.
• Representing contemporary art from Africa in Hong Kong with gallerists Baylon
Sandri and Dolly Kola-Balogun and artists Wallen Mapondera and Victor
Ehikhamenor.
• Exploring Cantopop’s influence in the work of Sin Wai Kin, Ming Wong, and
Rainbow Chan.
Three talks will take place ahead of the fair, including:
• A group session on humor and critique with meme-makers Jerry Gogosian,
Freeze Magazine, and The White Pube
• A report on the futures of crypto economies hosted in collaboration with Art Dubai’s
Global Art Forum, moderated by Shumon Basar.
• A talk in collaboration with the School of Modern Languages, University of Hong
Kong exploring the influence of architecture in the work of Stanley Wong.
Conversations is free for all. Further details will be announced closer to the fair.
Film
Curated by multi-media artist and film producer Li Zhenhua, the Film program will feature
eight screenings and 29 video works by artists from across the globe, including Mónica de
Miranda, Angela Su, Tromarama, and Shen Xin, among others. Videotage and Ghost
2565 – two important non-profit organizations that focus on video art in the region – will
each curate a screening.
The Film program will launch with a special screening of ‘MEMORIA’ by Palme-D’orwinning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul at Theatre II, HKCEC on March 22. Set in
Colombia, ‘MEMORIA’ is Weerasethakul’s first feature made outside Thailand. Starring
Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton, the special screening spotlights Weerasethakul’s
achievements in his filmmaking career.
As part of the short film screenings, Ghost 2565 will present Weerasethakul’s contemporary
art practice in the form of a short film on March 25 at Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts
Centre.
Additional short film program highlights include:
• ‘Runaway Girls’ by Inci Eviner, which explores the dreams and fears of girls who
have either chosen to run away or were forced to leave their communities, living
on the edge of society. Presented by Dirimart.
• ‘45th Parallel,’ a recent work by Lawrence Abu Hamdan that investigates the
history and mythology of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House. Presented by
mor charpentier.
The short film program is held at the Louis Koo Cinema of the Hong Kong Arts Centre.
The Film program is free to the public. Further details will be announced closer to the fair.
Kabinett
15 galleries will participate in Kabinett, the sector for thematic solo presentations within
galleries’ main booths, with a strong focus on Asia.
Highlights from this year’s sector include:
• A body of work illustrating research conducted between the mid-1950s to mid1960s by Art Informel master Hans Hartung. Presented by Mazzoleni.
• Works on paper by celebrated Indonesian artist Agus Suwage, entitled ‘Siraman
Duniawi,’ that investigate multifarious notions of identity from the perspective of
ancient Hindu-Buddhist culture. Presented by ROH Projects.
• The late Hong Kong ink artist Wesley Tongson’s spiritual journey and artistic path
featuring the artist’s splash ink and monumental landscape paintings created with
his hands, fingers, and nails, where he poured his bold and raw emotions directly
on the paper – a form of liberation for Tongson. Presented by Galerie du Monde.
• Hu Qingyan’s ‘World of Silence,’ a series of marble works that continue the theme
of ‘emptiness’ that the artist has been exploring in recent years. Presented by
Galerie Urs Meile.
• A survey of works by Rasheed Araeen that spans from the artist’s early portraiture
drawings to the minimalistic sculptures for which he is widely known. Presented by
Rossi & Rossi.
• A selection of works by Martin Margiela, similar to those in his touring museum
show now at the LOTTE Museum of Art in Seoul, including a torso sculpture and
film dust painting. Presented by Zeno X Gallery.
For the full list of artists and galleries presenting in Kabinett, please visit
artbasel.com/hongkong/kabinett
‘Hand Me Your Trust’ by Pipilotti Rist
Commissioned by M+ and supported by Art Basel and UBS, ‘Hand Me Your Trust’ is a
brand-new site-specific moving image work by Pipilotti Rist for the M+ Facade. The facade
is set within the undulating architectures of Hong Kong’s world-famous skyline along
Victoria Harbour. Presented in the hustle and bustle of a city with millions of inhabitants,
the work incorporates Rist’s typically vivid color palettes and freeform camera work,
echoing the dynamic shifts of scale of Hong Kong’s urban landscape.
Rist approaches the concept of the hand from a variety of scales, mirroring the dynamics
of the city itself from an intimate human scale, to one that is the size of a building. As the
hands weave and chart a path around various objects at varying velocities, Rist takes on
not only Hong Kong’s design and architecture heritage, but also the individual hands that
sculpted, placed, and forged these ubiquitous forms into being. For Rist, her work looks
at hands not only as working and creating, but also ornamentally: our hands can be
beautiful extensions of our emotions, to communicate with other living beings without
words. The work will be shown on M+ Facade daily from 7 to 9pm from March 18 to May
21 and every Saturday and Sunday from 7 to 9pm from 22 May to 17 June 2023.
Cultural Partners
Art Basel continues to offer specifically designed and constructed booths to a network of
Hong Kong’s non-profit institutions, including 1a Space; Asia Art Archive; Asian Cultural
Council; Asia Society; Hong Kong Arts Centre; Hong Kong Art Gallery Association; CHAT
– Centre of Heritage, Art and Textile; HK Open Printshop; and Para Site. This year, Art
Basel will extend the support to local universities, including HKU University Museum & Art
Gallery, Academy of Visual Arts, HKBU, and Art Museum of CUHK.
Museum Shows and Institutions
During Art Basel Hong Kong 2023, visitors will have the opportunity to explore the rich
and vibrant programming and exhibitions presented by the city’s leading museums and
cultural institutions. Institutions and programming include:
• 1a space
‘Bon Voyage’
• Asia Art Archive
‘The Collective School’
• Asia Society Hong Kong Center
‘Fire’
• CHAT (Center of Heritage, Arts and Textile)
‘Clouds, Power and Ornament – Roving Central Asia’
‘Patternways: Visualizing Hong Kong in Transition’
‘Welcome to the Spinning Factory!’
• M+
‘Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now’
‘Beeple: HUMAN ONE’
‘Hong Kong: Here and Beyond’
‘M+ Sigg Collection: From Revolution to Globalisation’
‘Individuals, Networks, Expressions’
‘Things, Spaces, Interactions’
‘The Dream of the Museum’
• Hong Kong Arts Centre
‘FILL IN THE BLANK’
‘Strelnikov’s Glasses and Other Stories by The Society of the Spectacles’
• Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre
‘Museum of Hands’
• Hong Kong Museum of Art
‘Angel Hui Hoi-kiu Make a Wish: A Site-Specific Art Installation’
‘By the People: Creative Chinese Characters’
‘Freezing Water: Being Between Here and There’
‘In-Between’
‘The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Joan Miró – The Poetry of Everyday Life’
‘Zheng Chongbin A 10,000-Year View: A Site-specific Art Installation’
• Oil Street Art Space
‘Choi Sai-ho – Hush-Rush’
‘Lu Yang – DOKU Hong Kong Experience Center’
‘Nadim Abbas – Ventriloquists’ Stone’
‘Joyful Tress (Arbores Laetae)’
• Tai Kwun Contemporary Art
‘Myth Makers – Spectrosynthesis III’
• Videotage
‘Foundation – a Web3 Media Art Festival’

NOTES TO EDITORS
About Art Basel
Founded in 1970 by gallerists from Basel, Art Basel today stages the world’s premier art
shows for Modern and Contemporary art, sited in Basel, Miami Beach, Hong Kong, and
Paris. Defined by its host city and region, each show is unique, which is reflected in its
participating galleries, artworks presented, and the content of parallel programming
produced in collaboration with local institutions for each edition. Art Basel’s engagement
has expanded beyond art fairs through new digital platforms and a number of new initiatives
such as the Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report and Intersections: The Art Basel
Podcast. For further information, please visit artbasel.com.

Partners
UBS & Contemporary Art
Global Lead Partner of Art Basel, UBS has a long history of supporting contemporary art
and artists. The firm has one of the world’s most important corporate art collections and
seeks to advance the international conversation about the art market through its global
lead partnership with Art Basel, and as co-publisher of the ‘Art Basel and UBS Global Art
Market Report’. UBS also supports some of the world’s most important arts institutions,
events and fairs. UBS provides its clients with insight into the art market, collecting, and
legacy planning through its UBS Collectors Circle and UBS Art Advisory. For more
information about UBS’s commitment to contemporary art, visit ubs.com/art.
Art Basel’s Associate Partner is Audemars Piguet, whose contemporary art
commissioning program, ‘Audemars Piguet Contemporary’, works with artists to support
and develop an unrealized artwork which explores a new direction in their practice. Art
Basel is also supported globally by BMW, La Prairie, Ruinart, Sanlorenzo, and On.
Art Basel’s show in Hong Kong is also supported by Hong Kong Tourism Board, The
Macallan, The Peninsula, Quintessentially, Rosewood Hong Kong, Shangri-La Group,
and Swire Properties. Art Basel’s Global Media Partner is The Financial Times. For
further information about partnerships, please visit artbasel.com/partners.
Important Dates for Media

Preview (by invitation only)
Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 12noon to 8pm
Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 12noon to 5pm
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 12noon to 2pm
Friday, March 24, 2023, 12noon to 2pm
Saturday, March 25, 2023, 11am to 12noon
Vernissage
Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 5pm to 9pm
Public Days
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 2pm to 8pm
Friday, March 24, 2023, 2pm to 8pm
Saturday, March 25, 2023, 12noon to 6pm

Press accreditation:
Online registration for press accreditation for the Hong Kong show is now open. For
further information, please visit artbasel.com/accreditation.
Upcoming Art Basel shows
Hong Kong, March 23-25, 2023
Basel, June 15-18, 2023
Paris+ par Art Basel, October 19-22, 2023
Miami Beach, December 7-9, 2023
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