Michele Chan

Market

Ground Zero: Hong Kong’s Debut Marquee Auction Week

A new Asia record for Picasso, mysteriously shrinking Nara estimates, and discount buys for postwar Asian art. Michele Chan

Market

The Old Normal: Notes from Seoul Art Week 2025

The question needs to stop being whether the market is doomed; we should prioritize the art, the talent, and the discourse—and efforts must start regionally. Michele Chan

Issue

Up Close: Lee Kit

Michele Chan

Shows

In Praise of Smallness: “Elsewhen, Elsewhere” at Art Intelligence Global

When forced to lean in, one realizes how much the eye routinely forfeits. MICHELE CHAN

Shows

Ha Bik Chuen’s Motherboards and Collagraphs

“Reframing Strangeness” at Para Site was modest, unassuming, yet quietly historic—the first comprehensive survey of the singular printmaking practice of the late Hong Kong artist Ha Bik Chuen. MICHELE CHAN

Issue

Up Close: Xindian Boys

MICHELE CHAN

Issue

Kiang Malingue: Stepping Out

Michele Chan

Issue

Guangzhou: Figure as Monument: Alberto Giacometti in Langtou

By Michele Chan

Shows

Reina Sugihara’s “Respirare”

In part, Sugihara’s project could be likened to a reversal of Lascaux—an attempt to return to a prior, immanent way of inhabiting the world. Michele Chan

Ideas

Press Play When You’re Ready: Profile of Enoch Cheng

Michele Chan