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Previewing Indonesian Modern & Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Spring Sale

by Richard Horstman

The 1-5 April Sotheby’s Hong Kong Spring Sales, a highly anticipated auction on the 2017 global calendar, inevitably will draw increased global attention to the Asian region. Sotheby’s first conducted sales in Hong Kong in 1972. For the first time however, works by iconic Western contemporary artists Andy Warhol, Jean Michel Basquiat and Damien Hirst … Continue reading Previewing Indonesian Modern & Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s Hong Kong Spring Sale

Indonesian art growing in popularity with regional collectors: reviewing Sotheby’s Hong Kong autumn sales 2016

by Richard Horstman

Scene from the Sotheby’s Sale 2 October, Affandi’s “Borobudur and the Sun” 1984, sets a new world record for the artist selling for US $ 1.26 million. All Images courtesy of Sotheby’s  Hong Kong. More than 290 items of fine art went under the hammer in two auctions of special interest to collectors of Indonesian Modern … Continue reading Indonesian art growing in popularity with regional collectors: reviewing Sotheby’s Hong Kong autumn sales 2016