FT SeriesArt Basel Hong Kong 2018What to see at Asia’s leading art fair — plus sales reports, market news and interviews with key figures in the contemporary art worldFrom cop shop to culture hub: Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun centreThe city’s forbidding Central Police Station has been reimagined as an arts venue by Herzog & de MeuronSamson Young at M+ Pavilion — ‘music can be very dangerous’The artist-composer’s latest show reflects on a once-ubiquitous brand of Hong Kong popGabriel Orozco on art and brandingHong Kong’s M+ museum has acquired part of the Mexican artist’s convenience store seriesArt Basel Hong Kong 2018 — solid sales and more Chinese collectorsThe confidence and sophistication of Asia’s contemporary art market increases steadilyHarbour Arts Sculpture Park — the shape of things to come?Located on Hong Kong’s waterfront, the project aims to bring art to the widest audienceArt Basel Hong Kong’s most Instagram-friendly worksCurated by Alexie Glass-Kantor, the fair’s Encounters section aims for impact with large-scale worksMore from this SeriesGalleries bring out their best artists for Art Basel Hong KongThere is an increasing number of Asian collectors with pockets deep enough to afford blue-chip contemporary artVirtual reality: Marina Abramović and Anish Kapoor at Art Basel Hong KongBoth pieces are recognisable evolutions of the artists’ previous work, but also bracingly different in effectH Queen’s: the gallery space Hong Kong was waiting forTo date, galleries have had limited options in the city, but the newly opened skyscraper is set to become a cultural hubMagnus Renfrew on launching an art fair in TaiwanCan Taipei Dangdai harness the country’s strong collector base?Chinese artists bring VR works to Art Basel Hong KongLocal artists are using new tools to critique their rapidly changing countryHong Kong’s H Queen’s — a contemporary gallery space in the skyGlass walls make the art visible from the ground and from the surrounding tall buildingsChristie’s invites galleries to exhibit during auction seasonPlus, John McEnroe’s Mark Bradford painting returns to LA and Lévy Gorvy forms an advisory firmHow the art world learned to love tapestryOnce considered more craft than art, the medium is being revived — with fine work on show at Art Basel Hong Kong
