Art has also fallen prey to politics.
Since the sweeping National Security Law was imposed in Hong Kong last year, there's been the virtual disappearance of protest art, the cancellation of a film screening about the 2019 protests, and a very public debate about the upcoming M+, a museum touted as Asia's answer to the Tate Modern.
Despite the new political climate, organizers of the Asian edition of Art Basel -- the world's largest art fair -- are confident the lucrative trade fair will stay. Meanwhile, grassroots artists reconsider how far they can push back to political pressure.
Artist Kacey Wong tells me: "Hong Kong right now is the most dangerous place, more dangerous than Beijing -- it's because of the flexible red line. In Beijing, everybody knows what we can talk about and what cannot be mentioned. But in Hong Kong, nobody knows what that dangerous topic really is."
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#林布蘭的東方情懷 漫遊藝術史
作為西方藝術史上的超級巨星, #林布蘭 其實一生沒有出國旅行。那麼,他畫中那些異國情調的聖經故事場景、靈氣逼人的東方他者肖像,靈感從何而來?在瑞士巴塞爾藝術館(Kunst Museum Basel)的這檔大展,本應是今年度歐洲最重要的事件之一。林布蘭和他的同代人,活在荷蘭最美好的時代,支撐這場盛世景象的,不是王室,不是議會,而是富可敵國的超級財團──荷蘭東印度公司。
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【一生沒有出國旅行,西方藝術巨星林布蘭卻能畫出靈氣逼人的東方肖像】
林布蘭和他的同代人,活在荷蘭最美好的時代,支撐這場盛世景象的,不是王室,不是議會,而是富可敵國的超級財團──荷蘭東印度公司。
於是,我們在林布蘭的畫中,看到了波斯地毯、中國瓷器、日本雨傘、絲袍,當然,還有黑奴,他們的身影若隱若顯地依附在「白富美」的主人身邊。
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