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In light of our upcoming exclusive Insiders’ Tour to Hong Kong for its art week, we keep our focus on Hong Kong for this post. To give you some deeper insight as to how and why Hong Kong Art Week has evolved to become the prima donna of art weeks in the pan-Asian region. Many argue that the true genesis of Hong Kong’s art market is attributed to the emergence of the Art HK art fair. It was set up in 2008 to spark investor interest in art in Hong Kong and with the larger hope

London - It seems like the hobby flavour of the season is to go into swanky hospitality, what with Branson's first foray into the hotel industry with the recent spring unveiling of the Virgin Hotel in Chicago and now with old-school gentleman restauranteurs King and Corbin of Le Caprice and The Wolseley entering the fray with their gorgeous Mayfair property, The Beaumont. The Beaumont bears all the archetypal old-school hallmarks that made the veteran duo, and its distinctive

Milan, Italy - After 7 long years in the planning, Miuccia Prada's and husband Patrizio Bertelli's private casa for their contemporary art collection, was finally unveiled end of last week. Hot on the heels of various collaborations around the globe between luxury fashions houses, contemporary art and starchitects (the most recent example which comes to mind being Frank Gehry's tour de force in the Fondation Louis Vuitton), Rem Koolhas's stellar architectural masterpiece will

“You have to be brave with a building like this. The Whitney’s collection is about the liberty and freedom of American art, and the building should reflect that. None of these artists were very polite, after all. So why should we be?” New York - That should put into perspective the architectrual intent of Renzo Piano whose newest museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, cements the venerable institution's move downtown to the Meatpacking District in New York City after yea

Singapore - Singapore is quickly becoming a beehive of activities especially where contemporary arts is concerned and Dom Perignon's commission of 3 Singaporean artists of different niches- of installation, of edible art and photography- in an exclusive event held at the F1 Pit Building on 29 April 2015 is a good testament to that. Dom Perignon is no stranger to such high-profiled commissions as any lay-bubbly drinker would know, having seen the distinctive reworking of their