Art Basel Hong Kong
Art Basel Hong Kong will run Mar 27–29 at the HKCEC with 242 galleries from 40 countries and a new “Echoes” sector dedicated to work made in the last five years (hypebeast.com). Big-name booths and tie‑ins are stacked — Hauser & Wirth bringing Picasso to Mark Bradford, Christine Sun Kim’s 3D animation ‘A String of Echo Traps’ will be projected in Pacific Place, and Marriott’s new “Art of Arrival” programme features a Chen Zuo residency linked to the fair ( ).
Hauser & Wirth’s Hong Kong booth pairs works by Picasso and Louise Bourgeois alongside a new presentation by Mark Bradford in a museum‑scale installation conceived by the gallery’s exhibition team. (fadmagazine.com) Christine Sun Kim’s 3D animation A String of Echo Traps will be shown as a large projection at Pacific Place, bringing one of the fair’s headline moving‑image works into the Admiralty shopping complex’s public atrium. (ft.com) Marriott’s Art of Arrival programme will host a Chen Zuo residency that includes a site‑specific installation and curated guest experiences across the hotel’s Hong Kong properties, positioned as a hospitality tie‑in timed to the fair. (travelandtourworld.com) The new Echoes sector has prompted galleries to bring recent commissions and first‑show works specifically framed for fair audiences, with several exhibitors announcing pieces completed within the last two years for their booths. (hypebeast.com) Organisers and dealers expect a high concentration of museum loans and large‑format projects among marquee booths, a strategy used in past editions to attract institutional curators and top collectors to Hong Kong’s spring gallery calendar. (artbasel.com)
