Lisa Movius

Shanghai

China Bureau Chief at The Art Newspaper

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Arts writer based in Shanghai, covering most of Asia primarily for The Art Newspaper. Swimmer. Cat lady. Opinions my own. ta/she/her/they/them/thee/thou

Articles

Monet riverscape could splash down for more than $30m during New York auctions

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Carlie Porterfield |Lisa Movius

Claude Monet’s Peupliers au bord de l’Epte, crépuscule (1891) will be among the works leading Christie’s 20th-century evening auction next month during marquee spring sales in New York. Expected to sell for between $30m and $50m, it is among the highest estimates of the lots announced so far for the auction season. The painting is one of 24 in Monet’s Les Peupliers series, inspired by eight cottonwood trees along the banks of the Epte river just south of his house in Giverny.
Seoul museums shut their doors as court removes President Yoon

2 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Lisa Movius

Cultural venues in downtown Seoul closed today in anticipation of today’s verdict on whether to uphold the impeachment of South Korea’s now-former president Yoon Suk-yeol, following his failed imposition of martial law on 3 December. South Korea’s eight-member constitutional court, which delivered a unanimous guilty verdict at 11am local time, is like many government sites located in the Gwanghwamun area, immediately adjacent to the Gyeongbokgung Palace and the Samcheung-dong gallery district.
Le patrimoine de Birmanie lourdement touché par un tremblement de terre majeur

3 weeks ago | artnewspaper.fr | Lisa Movius

Le bilan ne cesse de s’alourdir après le séisme de magnitude 7,7 qui a frappé la Birmanie, suivi d’une réplique de 6,7 vendredi dernier. À ce jour, plus de 2 000 personnes ont perdu la vie et plus de 4 000 ont étéblessées, selon les derniers rapports. La guerre civile en cours complique l’acheminement de l’aide humanitaire et la circulation d’informations fiables.
Myanmar heritage sites destroyed by earthquake

3 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Lisa Movius

The death toll continues to mount after Myanmar’s 7.7 earthquake and 6.7 aftershock Friday afternoon, with more than 1,700 people confirmed dead. The country’s ongoing civil war makes it challenging for relief aid to get in and for reliable information to get out—though Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the military junta which seized control of the government in 2021, has made a rare appeal for international assistance.
Top shows to see during Art Basel Hong Kong

3 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Lisa Movius |Hannah McGivern

How to Be Happy Together , Para Site, 22/F, Wing Wah Industrial Building, 677 King’s Rd, Quarry Bay, until 6 AprilThe iconography of Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai looms over both sides of Victoria Harbour this year.
No longer eclipsed by their counterparts on the mainland, Hong Kong’s artists are finally on the rise

3 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Lisa Movius

Art from Hong Kong is among some of the most powerful presentations at this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong fair and the city-wide art week. The city’s artists are increasingly emphasising its unique artistic identity and the impact that recent political shifts have had on such a contained place. “Nearly six years ago, the rest of the world watched aghast as Hong Kong became engulfed in a spectacular conflagration of competing ideologies and values,” says the Hong Kong journalist Enid Tsui.
Ho Tzu Nyen on how AI leads to the cinematic past

3 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Eddy Frankel |Kabir Jhala |Nancy Kenney |Lisa Movius

The future looks an awful lot like the past in Ho Tzu Nyen’s commission for the 110-metre facade of the M+ museum (22 March-29 June). Night Charades, which uses cutting-edge technology to reimagine famous scenes from the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema from the 1980s and 1990s, is filled with references to works by celebrated filmmakers such as John Woo, Wong Kar-wai and Tsui Hark.
L’énergie est de retour à Art Basel Hong Kong

3 weeks ago | artnewspaper.fr | Kabir Jhala |Lisa Movius

À la clôture de la preview VIP d’Art Basel Hong Kong (ABHK), le 26 mars 2025, les attentes discrètes avaient laissé place à un optimisme prudent, les marchands étant encouragés par l’afflux de nouvelles têtes venues d’Asie de l’Est et du Sud-Est. « Je pense que je suis très heureuse ! », se réjouissait Claudia Albertini, directrice principale chez Massimo De Carlo, lors de la soirée de vernissage.
Energy returns to a changed Art Basel Hong Kong

4 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Kabir Jhala |Lisa Movius |Reena Devi |Gareth Harris

Muted expectations had given way to cautious optimism by the closing of Art Basel Hong Kong’s (ABHK) VIP preview on 26 March, with dealers buoyed by an influx of new faces from East and Southeast Asia. "I think I'm very happy!" said Claudia Albertini, a senior director at Massimo De Carlo, on the opening evening. "The turnout is great this year; we are meeting many new collectors, primarily from Asia.
Alicja Kwade’s latest work, on show in Hong Kong, looks behind prison bars where time is torture

4 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Ben Luke |Lisa Movius |Aimee Dawson

Alicja Kwade’s exhibition at Tai Kwun Contemporary, Pretopia, characteristically disrupts her audience’s sense of stability and fixed reality. Her sculptural installations play with different forms of perception—physical, philosophical and scientific. She reflects on our visual and bodily experiences, our awareness of and perspectives on the structures framing and shaping society, and the role of the invisible laws of physics.