All the reasons to visit Soho House Hong Kong during Art Basel

At the end of March, Art Basel will return to Hong Kong. With almost 250 galleries from 40 countries exhibiting, the fair welcomes local and international creatives while celebrating the diversity of the Asia-Pacific art scene.

At Soho House Hong Kong, we’ll be taking part in the celebrations with talks, guided tours, movie screenings, and parties. Here are all the reasons to head there if you’re in the city for Art Basel.

Soho House Hong Kong pop-up bar at Art Central
Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 March 
A cornerstone of Hong Kong Art Week, Art Central showcases the next generation of talent from some of Asia’s most innovative galleries at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Here, we’ll be hosting an exclusive pop-up bar serving Soho House favourites. The bar will also feature a mural curated by non-profit arts organisation HKWALLS and designed by Hong Kong-based Japanese artist, TAXA: a portrait of a woman framed by exotic flowers, representing the natural scenery that surrounds the city. 

Cha Chamber – Prelude by Cha Chuen Lap
Tuesday 12 to Wednesday 27 March, 12pm to 8pm
On the ground floor of the House, we’ll be hosting an exhibition by Chinese artist and novelist Cha Chuen Lap, daughter of renowned novelist Jin Yong, curated by fellow artist David Jasper Wong. The exhibition features a number of wine bottles, each carrying a unique story that, much like the yellow wine inside them, are bittersweet and evocative. With a minimalist set design, this immersive piece invites viewers to become part of the exhibit, blurring the lines between reality and illusion. 

House art tour with Fiona Ho and Natalie Ng
Monday 25 March 
Featuring artists born or based in the city, Soho House Hong Kong’s art collection features more than 100 works, demonstrating the rich and diverse nature of the city’s art scene. Join Fiona Ho and Natalie Ng, founders of contemporary Hong Kong-based gallery, Odds and Ends, as they take members on a guided tour around the House’s vast collection. 

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Art House: NFTs, the metaverse and the future of digital art
Wednesday 27 March
The impact the digital age has on art, now and in the future, continues to pose questions for those in the industry. It’s also the topic of discussion for this talk, which will feature Robert Alice, author of On NFTs; renowned NFT artist, Sebastien Borget; and May Xue, co-founder of art criticism platform, Outland Art. 

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HKWALLS Festival guided tour
Saturday 30 March
Returning for its ninth year, the HKWALLS Festival sees a mix of international and local artists decorate Hong Kong with murals that explore the boundaries between street art and graffiti, using innovative tools and mediums. We’ll be inviting members for a guided tour of the festival by Wanderlust Walks’ lead storyteller Alexandra Unrein, visiting works by artists such as Hera, Aches, Rabi, Alice Pasquini, Michal Škapa, Maye, UNO, and Jaune. 

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Art Basel afterparty series with Matisa
Friday 29 March 
We’ll be hosting an afterparty every day throughout Art Basel, with live performers and DJs joining us during the festival. This includes a party hosted by Y2K and Mihn in collaboration with DJ and producer, Matisa, on Friday 29 March. Italian-born and based, Matisa’s musical style defies genre, and she cites Skepta and Peggy Gou as supporters.

Screening: Loving Vincent
Thursday 28 March
The world’s first fully painted feature film, Loving Vincent is written and directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman. The film tells the story of Vincent van Gogh’s life, career and mysterious death through his letters and paintings. Each of the film’s 65,000 frames were shot as a live action film, then painted over frame by frame in oil paint, bringing together the performances of the actors, portraying van Gogh’s works with the artists painting each scene in careful detail.

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Screening: Beltracchi: The Art Of Forgery
Friday 29 March
Awarded Best Documentary at the German Film Award in 2014, this documentary explores the life of Wolfgang Beltracchi, who for nearly 40 years fooled the international art world with his forgeries of great masters, such as Max Ernst and Heinrich Campendonk. Beltracchi and his wife Helene discuss his career, including his forgery of Campendonk’s ‘Red Picture with Horses’ (1914), which sold at auction for €2.8m in 2006, leaving viewers questioning an art world ruled by greed.

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Screening: Of Colour & Ink
Saturday 30 March
Widely acclaimed as China’s foremost 20th-century painter, Chang Dai-chien (1899-1983) spent his last three decades living in self-imposed exile from his beloved homeland. This documentary unravels the mystery and controversy of his creative and spiritual quest abroad, and his journey from the East to the West to become an artist of global significance.

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