Art week in Hong Kong Strong showing by Singapore artists

Ho Tzu Nyen, Charmaine Poh and over 10 Singapore galleries storm the event, putting on thrilling works and displays

- Clement Yong

With an estimated 80,000 people shuttling among events during Hong Kong's art week from March 24 to 30, it was Singapore artist Ho Tzu Nyen's artificial intelligence-generated animation that was visible across Victoria Harbour.

Night Charades, his video homage to the golden age of Hong Kong cinema, offered a spectacle on art museum M+'s gigantic facade. The pride-of-place co-commission by M+ and Art Basel will be a Hong Kong centrepiece until June 29, proving the veteran artist's pan-Asian cachet.

Ho headlined a typically strong Singaporean presence at Asia's buzziest art event of the year, including performance lectures by Charmaine Poh and Shavonne Wong, and booths by more than 10 galleries with a Singaporean footprint.

The art week revolved around the city's twin flagship art fairs of Art Basel and Art Central, matched with a slew of satellite exhibitions across the city, celebrity sightings and edgy parties.

At its heart, Art Basel at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre was the usual overwhelming proposition, with 240 galleries from 42 countries and territories.

Among participants with a Singapore presence were galleries Ames Yavuz, Gajah Gallery, Intersections, Mizuma Art Gallery, Ota Fine Arts, Richard Koh Fine Art, ShanghART, STPI, Sullivan+Strumpf and Tang Contemporary Art.