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“IT IS A BIG MISTAKE TO THINK OF A MARKET WITHOUT A NEW MARKET!” ——HONG KONG TV PATRIARCH NG YU COMPARES ART AND ENTERTAINMENT MARKETS
12-04-20 One market leads to another. Doors are all locked when we cannot keep our own market. Instagrammer Caleb Hsu made this point, “When aesthetic purpose precedes exposure and sales considerations, art wins over entertainment. It starts with artistic intention and results in audience response. Entertainment is more about artifice, whereas art has a strong…
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THE 9 THINGS THAT ANDY HEI TAUGHT YOU ON COLLECTING ANTIQUES IN HONG KONG
09-03-20 Hong Kong traded some of the most beautiful antiques that the world has ever seen. We are a free port without currency control. Laws to regulate antique trade are almost non-existent. Hollywood Road in Central is like a repository for collectible items from 83 dynasties of China. The road collects and distributes antiques. It…
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WILL HONG KONG LIVE A POOR LIFE AFTER COVID-19—MAYBE, MAYBE NOT
23-03-20 Coronavirus is disgusting. It is a highly infectious disease and can remain with us with no cure. From epidemic to pandemic, the virus keeps on person-to-person spreading in multiple countries. When will it stop? “How many deaths will it take till he knows. That too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is…
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HOW DOES ‘ART TRAVEL’ WORK IN HONG KONG—THE BOLD DREAM OF DAISY LI
28-02-20 Curiosity is an inborn instinct. We are in love with the unknown places away from Hong Kong, whether they are cities, mountains or oceans. We love to meet people whom we have never met and treasure the moment of encounter. There is no love sincerer than that for good sleep, food, shopping, spa and…
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