Aaina Bhargava

1 week ago | scmp.com | Aaina Bhargava

Impulse purchases can cause regret, but for Dominique Fung, that’s far from the case. An accidental click of the mouse at an online Sotheby’s sale led the artist to acquire a Qing dynasty silk embroidered carpet that now serves as an integral component of her most recent exhibition, “Beneath the Golden Canopy”, at Hong Kong’s Massimo de Carlo gallery. Dominique Fung’s works showcased at her most recent exhibition, “Beneath the Golden Canopy”.

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Aaina Bhargava

In 1982, six artists in New York City with strong links to Hong Kong formed Epoxy, a collective named after the binding material epoxy resin. Much like the group’s namesake, and despite their divergent practices, the members collaborated to create experimental works reflective of their diasporic experiences and served as facilitators of intercultural dialogue.

1 month ago | artomity.art | Aaina Bhargava

When Columbian-Belgian choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa was a child, she thought pantings could come to life and that at night, the objects and figures in them would walk out of frame. “I would look at the painting, look away, and then look back and it felt like they moved. I thought they had a soul,” Lopez Ochoa recalls. “The artist made a decision and froze a certain moment in time [in the painting], so I know they have a present and future.

1 month ago | scmp.com | Aaina Bhargava

Art Basel Hong Kong is back with its gargantuan offering of contemporary art by known and rising artists from the region and beyond. Among the multitude of paintings, installations, sculptures and multimedia works presented by over 240 galleries from 42 countries and territories, historical artworks are emerging as highlights. This is perhaps partly indicative of an economic slowdown that favours safer and more conservative collecting choices over riskier contemporary art purchases.

1 month ago | scmp.com | Aaina Bhargava

The former Royal Air Force Officers’ Mess is a quaint 20th-century colonial structure with subtle but distinctive features: a faded laurel green roof, pale blue shutters and doors, towering old trees, steep stone staircases and a grassy courtyard-like space. Nestled in the hills off Kwun Tong Road, the building is home to Baptist University’s Academy of Visual Arts, where the high-ceilinged, spacious rooms lend themselves to learning about and creating art.