Photos: 2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards Hong Kong
From left to right: Alice S. Mong, Executive Director, Asia Society Hong Kong Center; Boon Hui Tan, Vice President of Global Arts & Cultural Programs and Museum Director, Asia Society, New York; 2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards Hong Kong honorees Shirazeh Houshiary, Subodh Gupta, Park Seo-Bo, and Ju Ming; Michelle Yun, Senior Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, Asia Society Museum, New York; and Dominique Chan, Head of Gallery and Exhibition, Asia Society Hong Kong Center.
From left to right: 2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards Hong Kong honorees Subodh Gupta, Shirazeh Houshiary, Park Seo-Bo, and Ju Ming.
From left to right: Miwako Tezuka, Sacha Yasumoto, and Helen Chen, Head of Strategic Development, Asia Society Hong Kong Center.
From left to right: Betsy Z. Cohen, Vice Chair, Asia Society Global Board of Trustees; George G. Hicks, Asia Society Global Trustee; Mary Dee Hicks; and Sacha Yasumoto.
Anthony Jackson (left), Vice President, Education, and Director, Center for Global Education, Asia Society; and Ikkan Sanada (right), owner of Ikkan Art Gallery at the auction preview of the 2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards Hong Kong.
From left to right: Hyun-Sook Lee, founder of Kukje Gallery, with 2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Park Seo-Bo and award presenter Bartomeu Marí, Director of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary, Korea.
Designer Kai-Yin Lo (left) with Lin Lee (center) and artist Liu Guosong at 2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards reception.
From left to right: Designer Vivienne Tam; Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang and Asia Society Trustee Oscar Tang; Jingqing Cai, Managing Director, China, Christie’s; Alison Friedman, founder of Ping Pong Productions; and Connie Spahn.
Auction preview at 2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards Hong Kong.
Remarks from Francisco Aristeguieta, Asia Society Global Trustee and Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific, Citi.
2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards Hong Kong gala dinner.
Jonathan Stone, Chairman of Asian Art, Christie’s, taking bids from dinner guests during the benefit auction at the 2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards Hong Kong.
From left to right: Jingqing Cai, Managing Director, China, Christie’s; Jon L. and Wei Christianson; artist Liu Guosong and daughter Lin Lee; and Boon Hui Tan, Vice President of Global Arts & Cultural Programs and Museum Director, Asia Society, New York
Teresa Yan, Bassam Salem, and Francisco and Maria Alicia Aristeguieta at the 2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards Hong Kong.
2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Subodh Gupta and Lorenzo Fiaschi, Director and Partner, Galleria Continua.
Sneha Regavan, Researcher, Asia Art Archive, presenting a 2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Award to Subodh Gupta.
David Elliott, Vice-Director and Senior Curator, RMCA Guangzhou, presenting a 2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Award to Shirazeh Houshiary.
Johnson Chang Tsong-Zung, Founder and Director, Hanart TZ Gallery, and Ju Ming at the 2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards ceremony.
Bartomeu Marí, Director, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, presenting a 2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Award to Park Seo-Bo.
From left to right: Ali Naqvi, Chu Chen Fu-Mei, 2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Ju Ming, and Amna Naqvi.
(Standing, from left to right) Asia Society Global Trustee Denise Saul, Jingqing Cai, and Ming Liu.
(Seated, from left to right) Wei Christianson, Yue-Sai Kan, and Vice Chair of Asia Society Global Board of Trustee Lulu Wang.
From left to right: A guest; Hosik Choi; Yvonne Kim, Executive Director, Asia Society Korea Center; Park Seo-Bo; a guest; and Keun-Joo and Young-Joon Kim.
The 2018 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards Hong Kong was a great success and raised funds for Asia Society’s global arts and culture initiatives. The event brought together major art collectors, artists, gallerists, and dignitaries from around the world to celebrate four game changers in the arts from Asia. This year Asia Society honored the artistic excellence and pioneering contributions to the arts of Subodh Gupta, Shirazeh Houshiary, Ju Ming, and Park Seo-Bo. Notable attendees included artists Liu Guosong, Sun Xun, and Charwei Tsai; museum directors and curators Bartomeu Barí, Johnson Chang, David Elliott, Bose Krishnamachari, Alexandra Munroe, and Miwako Tezuka; and art writers HG Masters, Barbara Pollock, and Ye Ying, among others. The lively auction of beautiful artworks inspired a group of Asia Society Trustees and friends of the Museum to come together and purchase one of the auction items, teamLab’s video work Gold Waves, above the asking price, and graciously donate the work to Asia Society Museum’s permanent collection in honor of the late Washington SyCip. Asia Society is thrilled and humbled by this gesture. The festive atmosphere and outpouring of support for Asia Society’s arts and culture programming promoted eager anticipation by all involved for another great edition in 2019!