Hong Kong City Art Fair 2025 the best on offer from amazing creatives
A Mobile Art Living Room! Hong Kong City Art Fair 2025 Returns
Peace and Prosperity for the Nation, Success Achieved at Once, Aisin Gioro Hang Kam, Silk fabric, mineral Pigments © Jin Studio
Hong Kong City Art Fair 2025
By dismantling the formality of a traditional white-cube gallery setting, Hong Kong City Art Fair 2025 introduces art into the more relatable environment of a five-star hotel, earning notable recognition and attention in Hong Kong after only two editions.
Making a grand return from 28 to 30 November 2025, this third edition will be held at the Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong.
Dubbed a Mobile Art Living Room, the fair will continue the boutique spirit of hotel art fairs, with Life as Art as its core, creating an art celebration that blends an international outlook with local warmth.
Luneflow, Agnes Chow, Ink on paper © Black Ink Art
This year’s art fair is a collaboration among thirty galleries, institutions, and artists from around the world, offering a unique artistic experience and immersive environment.
It features contemporary and classical art, limited edition prints, sculptures, ceramics, photography, and lifestyle aesthetic objects.
Friends @Home, Anjali Bansal Purkayastha, Acrylic on canvas, © Anjali Bansal Purkayastha
As one of Asia’s leading hotel art fairs, this edition of the Hong Kong City Art Fair partners with galleries and art institutions from over ten regions, including Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Japan, London, and South Korea, transforming hotel rooms into miniature galleries.
The sophisticated atmosphere of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel naturally enhances its artistic appeal, enabling visitors and collectors to discover, enjoy, and experience art that can be taken home in the relaxed and luxurious setting of a five-star hotel, inspiring collection within real-life environments.
Mahjong Series: Faat no. 1, Mariah Solikin, Acrylic on canvas, 2025 © Mariah Solikin
The Living Aesthetics Lab challenges traditional artistic boundaries, with prices for works at this year’s fair remaining in the thousands to tens of thousands, maintaining their commitment to making art accessible in everyday life.
The cultural charm of Hong Kong lies in its unique blend of Chinese and Western influences.
3 Sections: Greater Bay Art Project, Gallery Collections, and Oriental
This year’s fair features three core sections: Greater Bay Art Project, focusing on local and Greater Bay Area artists; Gallery Collections, showcasing selections from distinguished galleries worldwide and established artists; and Oriental, dedicated to highlighting the dynamic interaction between East Asian traditional arts and contemporary culture.
Homesick Thoughts, Zhongwen Luo, Silver foil on paper © Zhongwen Luo
Additionally, the fair offers art talks and on-site family photo sessions by professional photographers from Venture Studios.
Dream of Treasures, John Wong, Mineral colours and glacial flow ink on paper © John Wong
For collectors, the fair hosts a Collectors’ Night, offering an exclusive space for in-depth exchanges with gallery owners and artists.
Data shows that hotel-style art fairs, by precisely connecting with high-net-worth individuals, achieve a sales conversion rate that is over 30% higher than traditional venues.
My Flower Girl, Mariana Laurie, Mixed-Media © Giant Year Gallery
Additionally, the fair collaborates with academic, financial, and real estate institutions to host forums and art lectures, sharing practical insights into art investment and aesthetic appreciation.
Muse, Giovanni Possenti © Giovanni Possenti
After years of development, the Hong Kong City Art Fair has become a vital bridge connecting the Asia-Pacific art market.
3rd Edition Hong Kong City Art Fair 2025
This third edition continues to embody the curated living room concept, infusing the city with cultural vitality and ensuring Hong Kong’s enduring voice on the international art stage by inviting everyone in the city to join and experience this urban art journey within the hotel.
Viewing a painting is like getting to know a person, Jiahua WU, Ink and brush painting on rice paper © Y Gallery
Director’s Choice – Artworks from Emerging and Established Artists
First impressions shape how people respond to artwork.
They guide what viewers notice, how they interpret form and meaning, and whether they wish to understand more.
When that first perception invites curiosity, it opens a path to deeper engagement.
City Art Fair seeks to spark such responses through the Director’s Choice collection, presented in an open setting where artists, often present, can speak with visitors about their work.
What follows are five artists worth engaging with.
Galloping Dreamscape, Solan Chiu, Ceramic Sculpture, 2025 © Giant Year Gallery
Solan Chiu’s Galloping Dreamscape series presents unbridled ceramic horses – winged, earth-raw, or ablaze with liquid-fused glazes – that leap in rebellion.
Each hand-crafted sculpture transcends tradition, forming a dialogue between Eastern and Western aesthetics.
They dance, gallop, soar: clay transformed into the embodiment of freedom – every curve brims with untamed spirit.
Beneath the Lion Rock, Stephen Yeung, Oil on canvas 2024 © Giant Year Gallery
Beneath the Lion Rock is an evocative oil painting that captures historic scenes of 1960s Kowloon – from low-flying aircraft to the former Walled City – all set against the backdrop of Lion Rock.
Through his blend of realism and expressive brushwork, Yeung pays tribute to the resilience, solidarity, and determination that define Hong Kong’s enduring spirit.
The arc-shaped form of Damien Hirst’s Butterfly Rainbow reflects natural shapes. The offset printing technique faithfully reproduces the fine texture of butterfly wings in various colours.
Butterfly Rainbow, Damien Hirst, Laminated giclée print on aluminium composite panel, digitally signed and numbered on label, 2020 © Arssi Gallery
The visual impression of being arranged like broken diamonds appears to suspend transient life within an everlasting colour arc bridge. The properties of the giclée print give it both durability and decorative appeal.
Bangbang Wang studied at the Italian National Academy of Fine Arts, majoring in mosaic art. His recent creative style is closely linked to the art of mosaic.
Art of Mosaic
In his works, known and unknown elements are pieced together, breaking through the bounds of logic and reality.
He blends impressions of reality with instincts, subconsciousness, and vague dreams, achieving a surreal, speculative philosophy that fully pursues an artistic form of intuitive, subconscious expression.
Boundary·Aspiration, Bangbang Wang, Oil on canvas
© Bangbang Wang
His creations stem from the analysis, disruption, and reorganisation of social structures.
The boundaries of modern society, such as the divide between humans and nature, are gradually blurring due to technological development, with this violated relationship being re-examined through art.
The Spring Pastel series by artist Ayna captures the beauty of cherry blossoms in April in England, showcasing the delicate power of life.
Spring Pastel: The Bloom of Life, Ayna, © Black Ink Art
Despite the frequent rain, the blossoms attract many admirers, reminding us of the beauty found in every situation.
Ayna uses water and plastic paint to create flowing colours and adds depth with thick layers, conveying messages of patience and hope. Other colourful versions in the series are highly anticipated.
These are only a few of the artworks on display at Hong Kong City Art Fair 2025.
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