Art Basel Hong Kong

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Art Basel Hong Kong opens today

Opening today, the 2019 edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong welcomes 242 leading galleries from 35 countries and territories. Alongside a robust roster of returning galleries, this year's show features 21 galleries participating for the first time. With over half of the exhibitors having gallery spaces in Asia and the Asia Pacific, Art Basel’s Hong Kong show reinforces its ongoing commitment to the region. In addition to showcasing exceptional art from Asia and across the globe within its Galleries, Insights, Discoveries and Encounters sectors, the show also presents carefully curated exhibitions in the Kabinett sector, an ambitious Film program, as well as the fair's renowned talks series Conversations. Providing galleries with an opportunity to present curated exhibitions in separately delineated spaces within their booths, this year’s Kabinett sector will include 21 conceptual presentations by established and emerging artists, with a particularly strong focus on artists from Asia. For its sixth edition, multi-media artist and film producer Li Zhenhua brings together 27 film and video works inspired by the current sociopolitical climate. Free to the public and programmed by writer and editor Stephanie Bailey, this year's Conversations program features 22 panels, bringing together leading artists, gallerists, collectors, art historians, curators, museum directors and critics from across the world.