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‘It’s impossible to imagine that Hong Kong will no longer be an attractive place to show art,’ says Adeline Ooi, director of Art Basel Hong Kong. The fair is preparing for its ninth edition at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre this month, in the midst of a pandemic and in the shadow of the national security law passed in Hong Kong by the Chinese government last June. Asked about how the law might affect the fair, Ooi is sanguine. ‘There’s been a lot of speculation about it,’ she says. ‘But we haven’t been told to do anything differently.’
Frieze, one of the world’s top art fair companies, has announced the September 2022 launch of Frieze Seoul, signifying its belief in the sustained intensity of interest in the South Korean art market. Frieze Seoul marks the company’s entry into Asia and will be its fourth international contemporary art fair, joining those in London (established in 2003), New York (2012), and Los Angeles (2019). Frieze also operates the London-based Frieze Masters, focusing on older works and launched in 2012; it has said that a portion of Frieze Seoul will be devoted to historical works falling under this rubric.
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The EverLasting Beautiful by FEWOCiOUS. Courtesy of the artist.
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