HainanWel.com(e)! » 02 мар 2015, 20:02
Hong Kong Arts announces March
In this March, Hong Kong will cover an avalanche of cultural events: in addition to the exhibition Art Basel and became the traditional forty third in a row Arts Festival (Hong Kong Arts Festival), has prepared a city for art lovers new large-scale project called Art Central, promises to bring Month arts to a new level .
The Hong Kong Arts Festival, which will last for a month, will be officially opened on February 27. The festival program will include more than 130 events and performances by professional musicians, actors and dance groups. Among the distinguished participants - the Bolshoi Theatre, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles, Irish Gate Theatre.
Month of Art in Hong Kong to a new level in 2015 with the opening of the exhibition Art Central. From 14 to 16 March 2015 Art Central will not only art lovers from Hong Kong, but also an international audience of buyers, curators and fans highlights. Art Central Art Basel is intended to complement the increasingly popular Hong Kong Art Week, and to consolidate the city the title of one of the leading centers of art in the world.
Art Central will take place on the waterfront of Victoria Harbour, which offers one of the most beautiful views of Hong Kong, in an area of 10,000 square meters in a specially built for the event temporary pavilion.
Art Central Organization took the ART HK - a team of professionals with experience in exhibitions around the world. Tim Etchells / Tim Etchells /, Sandy Angus / Sandy Angus /, Ramzi Will / Will Ramsay /, the founders of the ART HK, and Charles Ross / Charles Ross /, general manager of ART HK, will oversee the new exhibition.
The group of curators Art Central also included Yves STEM Banghart / Eve Share Banghart / and Marie Di Pasquale / Maree Di Pasquale /, also has an impressive experience in international exhibitions. Yves STEM Banghart / Eve Share Banghart / joined ART HK in 2009, later becoming a project manager and gallery in Art Basel. Marie Di Pasquale / Maree Di Pasquale / was formerly assistant director of the exhibition in Melbourne, and before that was involved in the launch of the exhibition Sydney Contemporary.
Marie Di Pasquale / Maree Di Pasquale / noted the important role of the new project: on the one hand - this is an additional reason to visit the city during the "Art Week" on the other - this is another opportunity to acquaint the public with the works worthy of a place in the museum collections. Along with the exhibits from reputable galleries of contemporary art, Art Central will be on display works by young and emerging artists.
"Such exhibitions - an integral part of the Art Week in world art centers such as London, Paris and Miami. Art Central raise Hong Kong Art Week at the international level. We are ready to compete with the best art dealers in the world, "- said Ms. Banghart.
As part of the Festival of Arts, guests will be able to visit more than 70 galleries from the Asia-Pacific region and around the world, which will be presented as the work of famous artists and promising new names. Organizers of the exhibition space is highlighted with a symbolic name «Rise»: here will be shown individual and joint presentation of young artists
Art Central chose an impressive selection committee which included Ethan Coen (Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York), Connie Dittsshold (Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney and Cologne), Angela Lee (Contemporary by Angela Li, Hong Kong) and Christa Shyubbe (Schübbe Inc., Dusseldorf).
The creation of the pavilion was entrusted to the company Stiff & Trevillion, famous architectural offices in London, who has previously worked with ART HK.
Art Central Exhibition will also be a venue for large-scale debate, being developed by The Asia Society Hong Kong Center. The daily program will provide an opportunity for visitors to learn about the latest trends and experience curating exhibitions of contemporary art in Asia and beyond.
General manager Art Central, Charles Ross / Charles Ross / notes that, together with Art Basel and Art Week, which annually attracts more than 65,000 visitors, Art Central allows Hong Kong to take a strong position in the list of cities, which tend to get interested in contemporary art.