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Artnet News
In an Artnet Bulletin roundup, Artnet News reports that five people working at two Hong Kong bookstores were arrested this week on suspicion of violating the city’s 2024 national security law banning...
ARTnews.com
ARTnews reports that two former managers of Shanghai Jiahe Auction Co., Ltd. were sentenced to 14 years and six months and 12 years in prison for orchestrating auction fraud that led a collector to...
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic published an opinion piece criticizing former Art Basel global director Marc Spiegler’s New York Times guest essay, “Art Galleries Are Not Okay,” arguing that it frames the gallery...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Art Basel’s digital art initiative Zero 10 is making its Swiss debut after launching at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2025 and appearing at Art Basel Hong Kong earlier in 2026. Co-curator Trevor Paglen...
ARTnews.com
Patricia J. Leahy, a South Carolina–based claimant to the Lieser family estate, filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court seeking restitution of Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Fräulein Margarethe...
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ARTnews’ Morning Links for June 5, 2026 reports that James Turrell will open his largest Skyspace created for a museum, As Seen Below – The Dome, a Skyspace, at Denmark’s ARoS Aarhus Art Museum on...
Artnet News
“Fermata: Hong Kong in Venice,” a collateral event of the 61st Venice Biennale, presents works by Hong Kong-born artists Kingsley Ng and Angel Hui and runs through November 22, 2026. Organized by the...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Hong Kong’s M+ and the Centre Pompidou in Paris have signed a multi-year partnership agreement, formalising collaboration on joint curatorial research, exhibition development and sharing,...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
The US-Israel war on Iran has disrupted art shipping routes and driven up transport costs, particularly affecting Asia-based supply chains, according to art logistics professionals. Brent Crude...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Italian Arte Povera artist Michelangelo Pistoletto launched Three Mirrors, a global digital-billboard project organized by the UK-based platform Circa, centered on his concept of “preventive peace.”...
ARTnews.com
Christie’s, Phillips, and Sotheby’s generated a combined $164.9 million from their modern and contemporary evening sales in Hong Kong timed to Art Basel Hong Kong week, an 18% increase over...
Artnet News
Artnet News published a “State of Play” roundup on March 29, 2026, under its Artnet Pro newsletter series “The Asia Pivot,” titled “Labubu Gets a Star Turn on the Big Screen—Plus a Rundown of the...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Jean-Marc Bottazzi, a Japanese bond trader based in Hong Kong, says his approach to collecting is about sustained support rather than “ticking boxes,” a philosophy shaped in part by his relationship...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
German artist Anne Imhof will have her first solo exhibition in Asia at Tai Kwun in Hong Kong, running from September 26, 2026 to January 3, 2027, according to The Art Newspaper. The presentation is...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Artist Shahzia Sikander’s new hand-drawn animated film, 3 to 12 Nautical Miles, is being screened on the digital façade of Hong Kong’s M+ museum through 21 June. The work uses the historical shift in...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Since Hong Kong’s 1997 handover to China, authorities have promoted “integration” across the Greater Bay Area (GBA), which includes Hong Kong, Macao, and nine Guangdong cities such as Guangzhou and...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Twenty years after the UK introduced the artist resale right (ARR), The Art Newspaper reports that the scheme—once strongly opposed by auction houses and dealers—has become broadly accepted in the...
Artnet News
An Artnet News roundup reports that a major new contemporary art center is being planned in Manila, alongside updates from across Asia’s art scene. The article also surveys recent art fairs in Qatar,...
ARTnews.com
ARTnews reported that Art Basel Hong Kong released program details for its 2026 edition, including a film project by Ayoung Kim and a curatorial framework described as an “elemental” vision. The...
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Artist Shahzia Sikander has been selected for an M+ Facade Commission in Hong Kong with an animated film project, ARTnews.com reports. The commission will present Sikander’s moving-image work on M+’s...