Since its inauguration in 2013, Art Basel Hong Kong (ABHK) has anchored Hong Kong Art Week, and stood its ground throughout several difficult years of the pandemic. This year’s edition of ABHK returns the mega event to its pre-pandemic scale as the largest art fair in the Asia-Pacific region. From March 28 to 30, ABHK will lure 243 international galleries from 40 countries and territories to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre—just topping the number (242) in its 2019 edition.
In the halls of Art Basel Hong Kong, the Galleries sector will see more than 200 participants. Contemporary and postwar artists working in textiles will be prominent in several booths. Shanghai’s ten-year-old BANK gallery will bring Bulgarian fiber artist Maryn Varbanov’s tapestry soft sculpture, as well canvas works of abstract lines and splashes by Tang Song, a member of the ’85 New Wave to their booth in ABHK. (Varbanov was recently featured in M+’s 2023 exhibition, “Madame Song,” about his wife Song Huai-Kuei’s legacy.)
🔗Original report was released at ArtAsiaPacific on Feb 9, 2024
