Asia Society Hong Kong brings our global ‘Art for Breakfast’ Series to the city during Hong Kong’s international Arts Month. Members are welcomed to our JC hall for a light breakfast and conversations with new perspectives on the art market.

After a year of turbulence and despite the general depression of the global economy, topics of Greater China and Asia Pacific’s art market are still rapidly expanding. As we watch the region overtake the US to become the largest market share of public auction sales, Christie’s headline Non-Fungible Token (NFT) art piece selling for a record-breaking $69 Million USD to a Singaporean blockchain entrepreneur, and a record high of $12.4 Billion USD for online art sales. It’s about time to re-engage with innovative speakers and look to the future.

Session 1: Where is Hong Kong’s Art Scene Going? 

May 21, 2021 | 9:30am 

(Registration here is to attend live in person at ASHK only. If you want to watch on Facebook live, no registration is necessary)

Join a focused live conversation with curators, cultural heads and gallerists on the major shifts in Hong Kong’s commercial spaces and positioning in recent years, and the growing number of local artists. We talk with the directors of leading Hong Kong galleries Jeannie Wu of HART, Jonny Davies of Flowers Gallery and Charles Fong of Rossi&Rossi — moderated by Bertha Chan, Artist and Founder of Drastic Social.

Session 2: Innovation Out of a New York Studio

May 22, 2021 | 9:30am

(Registration here is to attend live in person at ASHK only. If you want to watch on Facebook live, no registration is necessary)

In collaboration with our Zurich Center, a live-streamed conversation and studio tour with Ghiora Aharoni the interdisciplinary artist and designer whose works have been exhibited in The Pompidou Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Vatican and The Beit Hatfutsot Museum in Tel Aviv, to name a few. He will showcase several of his works over the years and life under a pandemic followed by an audience Q&A.

Session 3: Finding Art, NFTs and Tech’s Place in the Future

May 23, 2021 | 9:30am

(Registration here is to attend live in person at ASHK only. If you want to watch on Facebook live, no registration is necessary)

Join a live conversation with Jehan Chu, blockchain entrepreneur, Marian Ang, Phillips Auction House’s NFT specialist and Nick Buckley Wood, Sotheby’s Head of Private Sales with Calvin Hui, Founder of 3812 Gallery and Ink Now as moderator, while they share their vision, personal experiences and pathways to success in Art-Tech.