Art Basel HK Post-Script: The Best Recent Exhibitions in Asia

Art Basel HK Post-Script: The Best Recent Exhibitions in Asia

After last year’s hiatus due to the pandemic, Art Basel in Hong Kong re-opened last week with a hybrid format that inaugurated on-site and digital participation. With over a hundred galleries from more than twenty countries, the fair surveyed one of the most active and flourishing regions in the art world. As the excitement builds up and re-opening continues, we took a look at some of the most rousing recent and ongoing exhibitions in Asia’s thriving art museums and galleries. Cao Fei at the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art Beijing A comprehensive career retrospective marking the artist’s first institutional show...

“The Ideal City”, a talk by Piero Tomassoni at the Palazzo Ducale of Urbino

“The Ideal City”, a talk by Piero Tomassoni at the Palazzo Ducale of Urbino

In a captivating and thought-provoking event held at the prestigious Palazzo Ducale of Urbino, Piero Tomassoni delivered a talk on the topic of “The Ideal City” on the invitation of the Colnaghi Foundation and of the Italian Association of Family Businesses (AIDAF), whose associate companies include major household names from all industries, and together produce nearly 15% of Italy’s GDP. The historic walls of the Palazzo Ducale, itself one of the prime example of ideal urban space in the Renaissance, were the perfect setting for unraveling the complexities surrounding the concept of an ideal city. The talk commenced with a...