Hong Kong: welcome to the epicentre for the arts trade
Spring is a time of plans and projects. Especially for art dealers, collectors and gallery owners who gather in Hong Kong every March for its two annual flagship art fairs, Art Basel Hong Kong and Art Central Hong Kong, which form part of the city's great history of dealing in art and precious antiques dating back 100 years.
Text by Kurt Lin
Presented by HONG KONG TOURISM BOARD
1920s
Upper Lascar Row emerges
1970s
Collectors emerge at the end of the Cultural Revolution
1980s
Antique stores number 300 and rising
2012 & 2013
The market on an up
Today
Presented by: Hong Kong Tourism Board
Developed by: Jorge Cortés, Victor Abarca, Oscar Madrid
Developed by: Jorge Cortés, Victor Abarca, Oscar Madrid
Process and more variant
