Hauser & Wirth inaugurates its new Hong Kong gallery in the H Queen’s development with mixed-media works by Mark Bradford. The American artist has frequently explored how populations – marginalised communities in particular – have been been grouped or quantified. For this new body of work, on view until 12 May, Bradford has mined archival material, including transit maps, advertising and outdated maps used on bond securities. Pictured, Next, Storm the castle, 2018, by Mark Bradford. Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photography: Joshua White
Acute Art, the world’s first virtual reality platform dedicated entirely to contemporary, is showcasing experiences by heavyweights Marina Abramović (pictured) and Anish Kapoor at the main Art Basel Hong Kong fair. In Abramović’s work, Rising, a virtual avatar of the Serbian performance artist confined in a slowly-filling water challenges the viewer to confront the climate change crisis: if you choose to help, the water level goes down, while inaction results in the artist’s drowning. Pictured, Abramović in her cyborg (left) and virtual (right) forms. Courtesy of Acute Art
Left, Scottish artist Jim Lambie presents Spiral Scratch, a site-specific installation at Pacific Place on view until 8 April. The perspective-bending intervention, installed on the floor of the shopping centre’s Garden Court, comprises an interwoven pattern of monochromatic curves laid out in vinyl tape and interpersed with coloured ladders. Right, Installation view of Pumpkin, 2008, by Yayoi Kusama, one of the works inaugurating Hong Kong’s first ever sculpture park. The temporary installation of sculptures is on view until 11 April
Left, Untitled, 2017, by Bjarne Melgaard. Swedish carpet specialist Henzel Studio is debuting four brand new art carpets at this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong – three by Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard and one by Swiss artist Olaf Breuning – at Joyce’s Central store. Right, Skarstedt and Sprüth Magers present Expanded Portrait Compositions (27 March – 6 April), the first major exhibition by American artist George Condo in Hong Kong. Hosted in the unlikely location of the Maritime Museum, the show comprises a new body of work created especially for the occasion, including eight paintings on canvas and five paper works. Pictured, Laughing and Screaming, 2017, by George Condo. © George Condo / ARS (Artists Rights Society), New York, 2018 Courtesy of the artist and Skarstedt, New York and Sprüth Magers, Berlin, London, Los Angeles
Left, Untitled XII, 1975, by Willem de Kooning. This rare masterpiece by the American abstract expressionist from the collection of philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is set to to be on the highest value works ever to be displayed at Art Basel Hong Kong. The painting, created during the height of the artist’s career, is on display at Lévy Gorvy’s booth (1C14), alongside Pat Steir, Andy Warhol, Yayoi Kusama and Zao Wou Ki. Right, Images Carrier 02, 2015, by Zhou Siwei, digital print. K11 Art Foundation (KAF)’s group exhibition is spread across two locations in the city, showcasing some 40 works from across a range of disciplines including photography, sculpture, painting and sculpture. Opening 28 March, ‘Emerald City’ is on view at KAF’s pop-up space in the Cosco Tower, Sheung Wan, until 22 April, and Chi Art Space, Central, until 31 May. Courtesy of the artist and Antenna Space
Left, Untitled, 1947 – 1949, by Louise Bourgeois, was displayed at Hauser & Wirth’s fair booth (1D13). The gallery has focused on on artists who investigate the notion of size, mass and the body, juxtaposing ideas of weightlessness and bold, heavy sculpture. © The Easton Foundation / Licensed by VAGA, New York. Courtesy of the Foundation and Hauser & Wirth. Photography: Christopher Burke. Right, Gazing Ball (Crouching Venus), 2013, by Jeff Koons, at David Zwirner’s booth (1C20). Courtesy of David Zwirner
