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In this interview with Marta Gnyp, collector and art historian, we start to step into some of the art world’s taboos. Marta, with her wit and humour and openness, shares with us her acute observation on the market dynamics and the phenomenon of collectors’ rising power.
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In this interview with Marta Gnyp, collector and art historian, we start to step into some of the art world’s taboos. Marta, with her wit and humour and openness, shares with us her acute observation on the market dynamics and the phenomenon of collectors’ rising power.
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What makes someone a good collector and a collection a good collection? Am I good enough as a collector, and have I gained a good reputation as a collector in the art world? These are the questions that even the most adept and serious collectors will wonder about from time to time.
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For many art fair trotters, the Art Basel Unlimited is the most enjoyable sector of the whole fair business. Its popularity and success has prompted other fairs to adopt the same strategy of giving space (though in a more modest manner) for ambitious museum-like presentations which are not necessarily marketable but are good for marketing.…
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The art world is becoming more and more of a vanity fairground for the rich and powerful. While 1% of the art world is busily stocking up on valuable pieces and placing them in tax-free storage, we often forget that 99% of ordinary people still take art to their hearts. They love it and want…
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When Dr. Uli Sigg donated his collection of Chinese contemporary art to Hong Kong’s future M+ in 2012, the news generated mixed speculations from both Mainland China and Hong Kong, each from their own perspectives. The polemic came from the fact that the Sigg Collection is not just the biggest but also the most coherent and…
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As the global Lead Partner of Art Basel, UBS hosts a pre-Art Basel media lunch in their Hong Kong IFC office every year in order to announce their annual program. This is a once a year occasion for me to visit UBS’s premises and have a glimpse into a tiny part of the global financial…
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The story of Daisuke Miyatsu is a true legend. Dubbed as the “Salary-man Collector” (or, the Japanese Herbert Vogel), he’s a regular office worker and doesn’t have a big budget for art, but his collection is just as spectacular. He started collecting art with the budget of $1000 US dollar 20 years ago, but the big question is: is it still possible for a salaryman to collect art nowadays?
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Massimo De Carlo gallery just opened a third location in Hong Kong, with a show of paintings by Yan Pei-Ming. CoBo asks the gallery founder about how it’s like to play in the middle of a game, his ping-pong game with Yan Pei-Ming (guess who won?), his favourite exercise during the exhausting art fair and surprises him by bringing him a taste of the orient.
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Nicolas Nahab, Director of Marian Goodman Gallery shares with us his Art Basel Hong Kong experience and what to see at the gallery booth this year.
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