Fine Art Asia

(04.10.2014 - 07.10.2014)

http://www.fineartasia.com/

Fine Art Asia
Hong Kong
Hongkong

Fine Art Asia 2014, Asia’s leading international fine art fair, proudly celebrates its 10th edition this year. The fair will return to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from Saturday 4th to Tuesday 7th October 2014, presenting its strongest-ever collection of museum-quality fine art displayed by 100 prestigious international galleries.

The fair is staged at the peak of the important October art season in Hong Kong and coincides with Sotheby’s auctions in the same venue. A sophisticated, appreciative audience of over 35,000 visitors is expected to attend Fine Art Asia 2014, including major dealers, collectors, curators, connoisseurs and art enthusiasts from throughout Asia as well as from all over the world.

Fine Art Asia: Unrivalled in Asia

Fine Art Asia is recognised by the art world as the most important and influential annual fine art fair in Asia. It is unique: the only fair in Asia to showcase a wide variety of collectible fine art, from antiquities to contemporary art, from both East and West. Since its inception in 2006, the fair has developed an undisputed leading and pioneering role in bringing international fine art and antiques to the Asian market.

On display at the fair will be finest Asian and Western art including ancient Chinese bronzes, rare Himalayan, Central Asian and Islamic art, Chinese ceramics, lacquer wares, snuff bottles and scholars’ objects, Chinese and European antique furniture and decorative arts, Chinese textiles and jades; international fine art jewellery, antique silver and timepieces; Old Master paintings, Impressionist and Modern art, contemporary art and Chinese ink painting.


A platform of excellence for the best galleries and artworks

Leading international dealers return to Fine Art Asia 2014 year after year, presenting stunning artworks. In the antiques section, world-renowned Himalayan art specialists Rossi & Rossi, London and Hong Kong, will showcase one of the earliest known Tibetan Vajradhatu mandalas from the 11th century, and an exquisite early 15th century gilt bronze figure of the female bodhisattva Tara. Joyce Gallery, Hong Kong will show an extremely rare archaic bronze vessel from the Early Western Zhou Dynasty (c.1046-977 B.C.)
Chinese snuff bottle specialist Robert Hall, London returns with an impressive array of pieces, as do Vanderven Oriental Art, The Netherlands, with Chinese export porcelain; Priestley & Ferraro, London, with Chinese antiquities; Jacqueline Simcox, London with Chinese textiles; and David Aaron Ancient Arts, London, one of the most pre-eminent galleries in the world for Persian, Central Asian and Islamic antiquities, this year showcasing an exceptional female idol dating from the 1st millennium BC, originating in Luristan.

Bowman Sculpture, London will once again bring iconic sculptures by the master Auguste Rodin including “The Choiseul Danaïde”; while Galerie Dumonteil, Paris, Shanghai and New York, returns with the best animal art from the 19th century to the present day. Outstanding silver dealers Koopman Rare Art, London have myriad treasures to show in Hong Kong, including an elegant pair of elegant figural candlesticks made by the Royal silversmith Paul Storr in 1836. Watch specialists Somlo Antiques, London and jewellers Siegelson, New York will bring extraordinary pieces with a unique history and provenance. Important 17th to 19th century European design and decorative arts will once again be showcased by 88 Gallery, Paris and Hong Kong and Lillian Nassau LLC, New York, the world’s leading dealer in works by Tiffany and Tiffany Studios; while leading Chinese and international contemporary art galleries include Michael Goedhuis, London, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong and Kwai Fung Hin, Hong Kong, showing works by the late master Zao Wouki. Whitestone Gallery, Tokyo will highlight “Sacré Coeur de Montmartre et Rue de Chevalier de la Barre” by renowned French painter Maurice Utrillo (1883-1955) and “Infinity Nets” by legendary contemporary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.