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Christie‟s Hong Kong will offer a range of important huanghuali furniture from various private collections, the first time such a large group is offered at auction in Hong Kong. Leading this category is a magnificent group of six pieces from a private Hong Kong collector acquired nearly 30 years ago. This imposing pair of huanghuali yoke-back armchairs from Ming dynasty (16th/17th century) rank among the most desirable forms for collectors of Chinese furniture and are estimated at $380,000-650,000). When the present pair was made nearly 500 years ago, they would have been reserved for the most important guests or members of the household, since the S-shaped backsplat puts the body into an upright position, giving the sitter an air of honour, dignity and power, while lower ranking members sat on stools
33 Auction will hold its Spring Modern and Contemporary Asian Art sale on May 6 at the Grand Hyatt Singapore. This season’s auction will offer almost two hundred works by prominent artists.
Among the highlights will be this stunning piece by Ronald Ventura, Commodity.
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As Men's Fashion Week concludes in Singapore, here are my picks of some of the best Asian designers for menswear that were showcased.
Spink will auction its next Collector’s Series in Hong Kong on April 22, offering over 1,000 lots of fine and rare stamps & covers, fine coins, bonds & share certificates with an estimated total value of HK$10-15 million.
In the Imperial China section, the highlight is a precious and rare 1878 Customs Large Dragon of 1 candarin. Canceled with a Customs Peking "NOV 16 78" circular date stamp, this is the earliest known dater on 1 candarin Large Dragon issue, and is highly sought-after by collectors (Estimate: HK$400,000 - 500,000).
If you are a fan of Chu Teh-Chun and Zao Wou-Ki head to the Grand Hyatt in Singapore Saturday. Bohnams is showcasing several beautiful works by the two masters that will come up at its auction in Hong Kong in May. The single owner collection being presented offers a cross-section of the artists’ developments through the decades, illustrating the evolution of their unique styles from the 1960s up until 2006.
The Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy category has been doing extremely well at auctions in recent years. Christie's has just unveiled its line up for their May 28 auction, which presents superlative Chinese classical works by Ming master calligraphers and painters such as Dong Qichang, Bada Shanren, Wang Duo, Zhu Yunming, Chen Hongshou, Wu Li, Shao Mi and Zhang Reitu.
Top of the list will be Poems in Running Script Calligraphy (1555-1636) by Dong Qichang (above), a painter, scholar, calligrapher and art theorist during the late Ming period. Best known for his works during the later years of his life for his running and cursive scripts, Dong created his own style by fusing elements from Jin, Tang, Song and Yuan calligraphy. But instead of imitating them, he surpassed the old masters with a novel creativity that favoured expression over strict imitation of classical forms. Deeply influential, Dong established the "Dong school" of aesthetics, and his landscapes give unique spatial perspectives that are both refreshing and beautiful for the beholder.
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The superyacht was presented at the four-day Hainan Rendezvous in China, which started April 5, and visited Hong Kong before heading for the Singapore Yacht Show, April 27 to 29.
Offered for sale at a reported price of €13.5 million, or nearly $18 million, Onyx, which sleeps up to 10 guests, is also available for hire — one of several super- yachts that have made their way into the Asian charter market recently.
Back for its fifth year, ART HK 12 – Hong Kong International Art Fair will take place 17–20 May 2012, with preview on 16 May, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC).
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Takashi Murakami There are Little People Inside Me, 2010, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery |
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Vue Privée will inaugurate on Apr 26 its new gallery at Spottiswoode Park with 'Buy Bye,' a group exhibition that looks at the subject of luxury consumerism in Asian society.
Thai artist Pinaree Sanpitak is having her second solo exhibition with Tyler Rollins Fine Art in New York opening April 19. Entitled Hanging by a Thread, the exhibition centers on a installation of the same title that is the artist’s response to the recent flooding in Bangkok, where she lives and works.
Come April 20, the top floor of Hermes boutique on Orchard Road will be transformed into a kaleidoscope of flora motifs in bright colour pigments, recalling the patterns of Japanese kimonos.
“Moment and Eternity” is a new installation exhibition by Japanese artist Shinjit Ohmaki, which will run until Jun 3
“gathering clouds…” is a series of 60 new works by contemporary artist Chen KeZhan which will be on show at Visual Arts @ Temenggong from April 24.. This latest series, executed over the last two years, continues to evoke scenes from nature, drawing inspiration from the Singaporean artist’s countless travels along the Mekong River.
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"Essence of Performing,” Wu Qiong’s 3rd solo exhibition in Singapore, is opening today at ION Art Space, organized by Sujin Galleries.
Sotheby's HK had a very successful auction week raising $316 million, solidly over pre-sale estimates of $244 million. Amongst the highlights of the week was a world record for a Song ceramic and the second highest price per carat for a blue diamond at auction.
This simple Ruyao Washer from the Northern Song Dynasty sold for $26.65 million to a phone bidder after eight bidders competed for over fifteen minutes. The price tripled its pre-sale estimate of US$7.7-10.3 million. This extraordinarily rare 900-year-old flower-shaped bowl is arguably the most desirable piece of Ru official ware remaining in private hands.
Constantly pushing the envelope with unconventional ideas, Zhan Wang has scaled Mount Everest to put a metal rock sculpture at its summit, set adrift a hollow mountain in the ocean, tried to launch a stainless steel “meteorite” into space and recently detonated a large boulder in mid air for “My Personal Universe”, an installation of 7,000 suspended stones replicating a moment of stillness in its explosion. His new exhibition at the Singapore Tyler Print Insitute (STPI) is breaking new ground once again.
Sotheby’s will open a newly-constructed state-of-the art gallery space in Hong Kong on May 19. Comprising the entire 5th Floor of One Pacific Place – over 15,000 square feet – the facility will allow Sotheby’s to significantly expand its business in Asia beyond its traditional twice-annual series of auctions in April and October. This expansion is a response to the exponential growth in the Asian art market over the past few years. Last year, Sotheby’s business in Asia reached $1 billion.