The New York Times identifies some buyers and sales:
Hauser & Wirth had sold two paintings by Atsuko Tanaka to the Karuizawa New Art Museum in Japan
Eslite Gallery in Taipei reported that several works by the Chinese artist Xu Bing sold to Asian collectors for unspecified amounts.
The scene at the Galerie Gmurzynska booth one afternoon gave a sense of that blended identity. Perusing the booth at once were Joan Punyet Miró, a grandson of the Catalan painter Joan Miró; the Hong Kong style icon Bonnie Gokson; and Melissa Chiu, the director of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington. By the end of the fair, the gallery had sold a number of works, including paintings by Wifredo Lam for between $150,000 and $300,000 and a work by Fernando Botero, which sold for $1.2 million in the minutes before closing.
Art Basel Hong Kong: The Reviews Are In (NYTimes.com)
Bloomberg’s Fredrick Balfour reported these sales:
Indonesian billionaire collector Budi Tek purchased a painting by Chinese artist Cui Jie for 140,000 yuan ($22,474) from Shanghai-based Leo Xu Projects.
Adrian Cheng, scion of New World Development Co. and a growing force in the international art scene through his K11 Art Foundation, picked up six works including a Christian Boltanski from Marian Goodman Gallery.
White Cube dealer Jay Joplin said he was pleased with the results. “It’s been excellent,” he said, adding that his gallery sold a work by Damien Hirst for 800,000 pounds ($1.2 million) as well as pieces by Andreas Gursky and Theaster Gates.
Jack Ma, Gwyneth Paltrow Boost Profile of Art Basel Hong Kong (Bloomberg Business)
Liang Gallery
Chen Cheng-po Foliage , 1934 Sold for USD 1.95 Million
Chen Cheng-po Footbridge in Shanghai Sold for USD 1.95 Million
Tina Keng Gallery
Wang Huaiqing, The Maze, 2013 Sold 2 out of 2 editions, each for RMB 3,700,000
Galerie Gmurzynska
Sold selection of works by Fernando Botero including a Horse sculpture for an asking price of USD 850,000
Sold a selection of works by Wifredo Lam ranging from a unique ceramic having been offered at around USD 75,000 up to paintings ranging from USD 150,000 to USD 300,000
David Zwirner
Neo Rauch, Marina, 2014 Priced at USD 1 million to a Collector from Shanghai
Francis Alÿs Untitled, 2012 Priced at USD 250,000 Sold to a Collector from Hong Kong
Oscar Murillo, raw (lessons in aesthetics and productivity), 2014 Priced at USD 180,000 to a Collector from China
Wolfgang Tillmans Schneckenstilleben, 2004 Priced at USD 80,000 to a Collector from Hong Kong
Eleven Rivington sold 7 works by Mika Tajima, price $13,500 to $30,000.
Artnet had these sales:
De Sarthe Gallery had a beautiful booth dedicated to modern Chinese masters who had lived in France, including Zao Wou-ki, Chu Teh-Chun, and T’ang Haywen. The first three hours of the fair saw five of the paintings snapped up for undisclosed amounts.
Hong Kong-based João Vasco Paiva participated in the Encounters section with his 341 x 341 x 559 cm sculpture “Mausoleum,” a mountain of stone resin casted styrofoam boxes with an HK$1 million ($141,633) price tag. A small version of these cast styrofoam boxes by the same artist sold for HK$75,000 ($9,656) at Edouard Malingue Gallery‘s booth where it was presented side-by-side works by Laurent Grasso, such as “Cabinet” which sold on the first day of the fair to a Hong Kong-based collector for €45,000 ($47,346).
Trevor Yeung is presented in a single-artist show at the Blindspot Gallery booth where his works are priced at HK$38,000-80,000 ($4,892-10,300). He had nearly sold out by day three of the fair.
Art Basel in Hong Kong 2015 Sales Report (Artnet News)
The ABHK provided these sales:
David Zwirner
Chris Ofili, Dead Monkey – Sex, Money and Drugs, 2000 Sold for USD 2m to a new client within the first hour of the fair.
Neo Rauch, Die Fremde, 2015 Sold for USD 1 m to a new client from Mainland China in the last minutes of the opening day.
Yayoi Kusama, Two recent infinity net paintings Sold for each over USD 300,000
Pearl Lam Galleries
Zhu Jinshi and Su Xiaobai Prices ranging from USD 40,000-210,000
Skarstedt Gallery
George Condo, Smiling Figure on Purple and Gold, 2014, Sold for USD 550,000 to an Asian collector
David Salle, Post Card, 2014 Sold for USD 250,000 to a European collector
Leo Xu Projects
Li Qing, Image of Mutual Undoing and Unity – Confession Sold for RMB 250,000 to an international collector
Hauser & Wirth
Two paintings by Atsuko Tanaka Sold within the range of USD 400,000-600,000
Eight paintings by Zhang Enli within the range of USD 250,000-350,000
Four paintings by Rita Ackermann Sold for USD 75,000
One painting by Wilhelm Sasnal Sold for EURO 105,000
Four paintings by Jakub Julian Ziolkowski Sold within the range of USD 30,000 – 165,000
Sprüth Magers
George Condo Contemplation, 2014 Sold for USD 550,000
Andreas Gursky, SH IV, 2014 Sold for EURO 400,000
Sterling Rub, BC (5287), 2014 Sold for USD 195,000
Thomas Demand Bloom, 2014 Sold for EURO 180,000
Barbara Kruger Untitled (It’s New, It’s you), 2014 Sold for USD 100,000
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
Sold works by a number of gallery artists, including Anselm Kiefer (750,000 EURO), Georg Baselitz (520,000 EURO), and Tony Cragg (450,000 EURO).
White Cube
Damien Hirst Shanghai, 2014 Sold for GBP 800,000
Kalfayan Galleries
Maria Loizidou Pelage, 2013 Sold for asking price EUR 25,000 to a local Hong Kong collection
Tassos Pavlopoulos, Bye Bye Matisse, 2008 Sold for asking price EUR 25,000 to a Shanghai collector
Grotto Fine Art
Kevin Fung Lik-yan, Under the mountain IV, 2015 Sold for HKD 120,000
KOON Wai-bong, Scratching in Profusion, 2015 Sold for USD 45,000 to a Hong Kong collector
ShanghART Gallery
Sean Scully, Battered Earth, 1988, Sold for USD 850,000
Ouyang Chun, Infinity Column, 2014, Sold for RMB 350,000
Long March Space
ZHAN Wang, Silouette 1, 2010, Sold for RMB 2.5 million
XU Zhen , Under Heaven – 1807NU0138 , 2013 Sold for RMB 1.1 Million
Yu Hong, Cloud Layer Sold for USD 207,000
Lehmann Maupin
Tracy Emin neon work, Ranging from USD 74,350-67,250
Do Ho Suh, Works from his Specimen series, Sold for prices ranging between USD 20,000-40,000
Tony Oursler, Untitled, 2015 Sold for USD 70,000USD to 90,000 to a German collector
Alex Prager, Hollywood & Vine, 2014 Edition of 6 Sold for USD 35,000 to USD 45,000 to a Hong Kong collector
Mizuma gallery
Makoto Aida, Louis Vitton , 2007, Sold for USD 150,000
Hisashi Tenmyouya, Japanese Spirit #16, 2015, Sold for USD 100,000
ShugoArts
Lee Kit, Man in suit, 2014, Sold for USD 35,000 to a HK collector
Taro Nasu
Koichi Enomoto, Lego & Ants, 2014 Sold for USD 35,000 to a Swiss collector
Tomio Koyama
Shintaro Miyake Shibuya, 2015 Sold for USD 7,900
Taka Ishii Gallery
Takashi Ishida, Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), 2001 [film] 16mm film (sound) 19’00” [original drawing] Pen, ink on paper (set of 18) [copy] Xerox print (a 10,000 pieces) Sold for HKD 542,000
Tomoo Gokita, Dead Drunk, 2015, Sold for HKD 185,000
PKM Gallery
Yun Hyong-Keun, Burnt Umber & Ultramarine Blue, 1992, Sold for USD 15,000 to an European collector
Hakgojae Gallery
Chung Sang Hwa, Untitled 91-10-25, 1991, Sold for USD 500,000 to a Korean collector
Nam June Paik, Internet Dweller, 1994, Sold for USD 500,000 to a foundation
Sean Kelly Gallery
Sun Xu, The Time Vivarium – 23, 2014 Sold for USD 145,000
Sun Xu, The Time Vivarium 3, 2014 Sold for USD 135,000
Hugo McCloud, changeless, 2015, Sold for USD 22,000
Hugo McCloud, slow run in our dreams, 2015, Sold for USD 22,000
Hugo McCloud, dissolving time 1, 2015, Sold for USD 18,000
Tyler Rollins Fine Art
Sopheap Pich, Wall Structure No. 3, 2015 Sold for USD 72,000
Sopheap Pich, Far From the Sun, 2014 Sold for USD 59,000
Sopheap Pich, Green Stripes in Dark Circles, 2014 Sold for USD 59,000
Sopheap Pich, Antler, 2014, Sold for USD 38,000
Sopheap Pich, Double Relief (Black), 2015 Sold for USD 12,000
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe
Three paintings by Patrick Wilson sold for between USD 15,000 – 25,000
A painting by Michael Reafsnyder sold for USD 20,000
Four paintings by Markus Linnenbrink sold for between USD 36,000 – 55,000
Tina Keng Gallery
Su Xiaobai The Expanse, 2014 Sold for USD 180,000 – 200,000
Su Xiaobai Emerald Green in Spring, 2014 Sold for USD 180,000 – 200,000
Su Xiaobai Glimmering Fuschsia, 2014 Sold for USD 180,000 – 200,000
Arario Gallery
Hyung Koo Kang Monroe, 2015 Sold for USD 160,000 to a private collection
STPI
Do Ho Suh Mysleves, 2014 Sold for USD 150,000
The Gallery has also sold 7 other Do Ho Suh’s works and 2 editioned works of Ryan Gander
Mitchell-Innes & Nash
Cindy Sherman Untitled (#154), 1985 Priced at USD 150,000
Kalfayan Galleries
Maria Loizidou, Pelage, 2013 Sold for asking price EUR 25,000 to a local Hong Kong collection
Tassos Pavlopoulos Bye Bye Matisse, 2008 Sold for asking price EUR 25,000 to a Shanghai collector
