Frida Kahlo TV Show In Development, Three Imprisoned for $637 M. Hong Kong Art Heist, and More: Morning Links for May 16, 2022
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Picasso Portrait Brings Sotheby’s Hong Kong Evening Sales to $164.2 M.
A De Beers blue diamond sold for $57.5 million.
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M+ Museum Pulls Three Politically Charged Works From Display, Spurring Speculation of Censorship
The museum said the removal of the works, one of which references the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, were part of a routine rehang.
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Korean Artist Lee Kun-Yong, Whose Vital Work Bridges Performance and Abstraction, Joins Pace Gallery
The veteran avant-garde figure opens a show at its Hong Kong branch this week.
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Monument to Tiananmen Square Massacre Dismantled in Hong Kong
"The Pillar of Shame" was displayed at the Hong Kong University campus for 24 years.
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Phillips Reports $1.2 B. in 2021 Sales, Plots New Asia Headquarters for Hong Kong Arts District
The move to expand comes as the Asian market continues to rapidly grow.
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Gagosian Taps Former Museum Strategy Head Christina You to Expand in China
Christina You was formerly a director at Beijing's UCCA Center for Contemporary Art.
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Emerging Artist Records Fall in $58 M. Phillips and Poly Joint Evening Sale in Hong Kong
Records were set for Javier Calleja, Scott Kahn, and Izumi Kato, among others.
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David Zwirner Appoints Lihua Tung as Hong Kong Director
Lihua Tung will depart from her role at Phillips Hong Kong to join the mega-dealer.
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Hong Kong Passes Film Censorship Law, Dealers Unite for Rochelle Feinstein Fest, and More: Morning Links for October 28, 2021
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One Year After Senate NIL Hearing, a Federal NIL Law Remains Elusive
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