Hong Kong Vibrant Art World

By Ooi Kok Chuen

July 2012 PENANG PALETTE
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What is liveability in a city if it does not overflow with art and art events... and art auctions? Art houses, artists and art event managers have discovered Hong Kong, and the results are impressive. So how can Penang learn from this?Damien Hirst's skull painting.Zhang Xiao-gang, noted for his grey Chinese cadre pictures. Zhang is China's most expensive living artist.On the day of the vernissage of the Art Hong Kong (Art HK) 2012, billions of Hong Kong dollars were wiped...

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Ooi Kok Chuen

is an art-writer and journalist, and the author of MAHSURI: A Legend Reborn (Ooi Peeps Publishing), an adult contemporary fantasy “movel” (a novel conceived as a mock movie) spun from a local legend.

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