Art World Ayako Rokkaku’s Dreamy Finger Paintings Build a Bridge From American Abstract Art and Japan’s Obsession with Cuteness The self-taught artist is the best-selling Japanese painter of her generation. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 23, 2022
Politics A Year After ‘Pillar of Shame’ Was Removed From Hong Kong University, the Monument’s Artist Has Initiated an A.R. Campaign Calling for Its Return Jens Galschiøt has been unable to locate and bring his artwork back to Europe. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 18, 2022
Art Fairs Art Basel Gears Up for Its Biggest Hong Kong Show Since the Pandemic—But Exhibitor Numbers Still Fall Short of 2019 Levels The event features 171 galleries, including 21 first-time exhibitors and several international galleries returning after a hiatus—and a new fair director. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 17, 2022
Market Tokyo Is Expanding Its Footprint in the Global Art Market. Here Are 7 Power Players Leading the Way Japan's art market has struggled in the years since the 1991 economic crash. These figures aim to change that. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 17, 2022
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Cooking Up Big Plans for Asia, With Investments in South Korea and Thailand and a New HQ in Mainland China The auction house's ambitious expansion in Asia targets a growing number of young collectors in the region. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 16, 2022
Art & Exhibitions In Pictures: See Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Nets and Polka Dots at the Hong Kong M+ Museum’s Blowout Exhibition Celebrating Its First Anniversary The blockbuster show draws attention to work made after the artist's return from the U.S. to her native Japan in the 1970s. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 16, 2022
Art Fairs Will China’s Zero Covid Policy Tank Its Art Market? The Abrupt Closure of Two Major Fairs in the Country Divides Opinion The unpredictability of China's zero-Covid policy is impacting the international art world's confidence in the country's art market. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 14, 2022
Artnet News Pro Japan Boasts the World’s Third Largest Economy. So Why Does It Still Have a Disproportionately Small Share of the Global Art Market? Market initiatives in Tokyo and an emerging generation of serious collectors are signaling an art market expansion. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 8, 2022
Museums & Institutions ‘Promoting Korean Soft Power Is the Most Important’: How Korean Corporations Are Bringing Their Country’s Art to the World’s Museums The global presence of Korean art is not accidental. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 7, 2022
Market As Travel Restrictions Ease, Art Week Tokyo Flipped the Script by Bussing in VIPs Direct to Galleries. Many Dealers Preferred It Tokyo galleries were happy go make new contacts and sales to overseas collectors, without having to take on a costly fair amid the weak yen. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 3, 2022
Art & Exhibitions It’s Turner Prize Season! See the Four Ambitious Installations That the Nominated Artists Conjured Up for This Year’s Big Event From environmental issues to identity politics, the four shortlisted artists address some of the most pressing topics of our times. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 19, 2022
Crime A Visitor to a Buzzy Gallery Opening in London Later Returned in the Night and Made Off With a $20,000 Painting If it's not returned, "they'll abandon and destroy it—that would break my heart," said the owner of Ramiken gallery. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 17, 2022
Auctions A Weak Pound Draws International Bidders to Phillips London Evening Sale, Bringing in $20.9 Million Despite Market Uncertainties The sale saw bidders from 38 countries, with 32 percent of them coming from Asia. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 14, 2022
Art Fairs In Times of Uncertainty, Younger Collectors Turn to Time-Tested Works of Modern and Classical Art at Frieze Masters Among the VIP opening crowd was the 43-year-old Mando-Pop king and avid art collector, Jay Chou, who traveled to London from Taiwan with his entourage. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 12, 2022
Politics Self-Censorship Among Artists and Museum Workers Is on the Rise in Poland, a New Report Finds But it may be more difficult than ever for the E.U. to take action. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 11, 2022