Art Basel HK — HdM’s standout bronze

Art Basel Hong Kong runs) March 27–29, 2026, with preview days on March 25–26 and an exhibitor list capped at 240 galleries from 41 countries and territories announced). HdM Gallery is showing a 2026 bronze by Lionel Sabatté listed on Artsy as "Inséparable solitaire du 18‑02‑2026" (bronze, 57 × 13 × 9 cm) and marks that cast among its fair highlights listed). Sabatté entered wider market view after being named a finalist for the 2025 Prix Marcel Duchamp, a profile that ran at the Musée d’Art Moderne and was covered in Art Basel’s artist dossier profiled). At least two distinct 2026 bronze casts by Sabatté have appeared on the market this year—a 91 × 21 × 18 cm bronze offered by Cuturi Gallery and the smaller 57 × 13 × 9 cm cast shown via HdM/Artsy—indicating multiple unique editions in circulation catalogued). The larger market backdrop shows a modest recovery in 2025: global art sales rose 4% to an estimated US$59.6 billion and public auction sales climbed 9% to US$20.7 billion, according to the Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report 2026 reported). That recovery sits alongside structural shifts in Hong Kong’s dealer scene: major galleries including Pace and Perrotin announced closures of their Hong Kong exhibition spaces in October 2025 as part of wider strategic realignments reported). Local critics and platforms have flagged a funding gap for Hong Kong artists despite the March fairs’ visibility, a squeeze laid out in DimSumDaily’s piece on March 15, 2026, while government schemes such as the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme (ACDFS) continue to offer multi‑year grants administered by the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau documented).