Hong Kong gets creative as Art Basel comes to town

2015/03/11 07:10:47 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

A flying forest, a styrofoam mausoleum and a giant seesaw will greet visitors to Hong Kong & #039;s Art Basel fair from Friday as the finance hub transforms into a creative playground. The annual show comes as Hong Kong & #039;s status as a centre for collectors grows, with artists, gallerists and celebrities gathering at the harbourside convention centre. Greater China, grouping the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, maintained its market leader status in 2014, accounting for $5.6 billion in global art sales -- closely followed by the United States -- according to data firm Artprice. & quot;The art market in Hong Kong has seen such a boom in these last few years and yet local art is still pigeon-holed as & #039;emerging & #039;, & quot; says Katie de Tilly, of Hong Kong & #039;s central 10 Chancery Lane gallery and co-founder of the Chai Wan Mei Design Festival.
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