Holograms to beam overseas gallerists into Art Basel Hong Kong for VIP client meetings
Some exhibitors at Asia’s biggest annual art fair have found a novel way of meeting clients without braving Hong Kong’s two-week quarantine rule for arrivals
Sales at the scaled down affair and other events this week will be watched for confirmation the top end of the global art market is holding up amid the pandemic
The paintings of Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn are displayed in prestigious art galleries in capital cities around the world.
One – a small oil painting on a wood panel depicting the profile of an old man in a hat and cloak – made its way to South Africa in the late 1950s. It was part of an extensive collection belonging to a Dutch businessman, JA van Tilburg, who emigrated to the country. In 1976 the work was donated to the University of Pretoria.
For decades, the work was attributed to Rembrandt, the world famous artist from the Dutch Golden Age of painting (1588-1672). After all, it had a good provenance. Provenance is the study of the history of an object after its creation. Typically in the case of a painting it would be the history of the ownership of the artwork.
Public parks have become a gathering place for society since the pandemic started as a place to safely meet friends with social distancing, and what better place for public art? If thereâs any way to reach a wider audience, its art in a park. Now, visitors of Madison Square Park in New York City will see one public art called
Ghost Forest by Colorado-based artist Maya Lin. Launching May 10, it recreates a skeletal forest of trees destroyed by climate change.
âI knew I wanted to create something that would be intimately related to the park itself, the trees, and the state of the earth,â Lin tells