Centurion Hong Kong Winter 2018

PROMOTION Share the Joy

PROMOTION Share the Joy of Giving at The Peninsula Arcades Celebrate the season with impeccable shopping experiences and rewards at a wide array of luxury shops across the The Peninsula Arcades in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing. From precious jewellery, the latest fashion collections to delectable delights, you will find your holiday shopping easier, and more pleasurable, than ever. Our Gifts For You Spend a total of HKD/RMB 50,000 in a single day and be rewarded with an exquisite The Peninsula Festive Hamper with Heritage Chocolates, Fruity Chocolate Thins, candy canes, French Oak Tea as well as a Peninsula festive ornament. Offer valid from 1 December 2018 to 1 January 2019.* Reward yourself with a classic Peninsula Chinese Porcelain Tea Set in a classic blue floral pattern with a tin of Jasmine Mao Feng tea when you spend HKD/RMB30,000 in a single day. Offer valid from 18 January to 19 February 2019.* *Terms & Conditions apply. Please visit peninsula.com/festive-arcades

Art & Design A CLOSE-UP ON THE ARTISTS, ARTISANS AND ARCHITECTS ENLIVENING OUR WORLD THE EVENT The city’s preeminent art spectacle, Art Basel Hong Kong has been a staple on the global calendar since the Swiss group bought out the Art HK art fair in 2013. This year saw virtual reality art grab headlines and a proliferation of satellite events across the city that are creating a weeklong phenomenon. 27-31 March 2019; artbasel. com/hong-kong PHOTOS FROM TOP: © ART BASEL, © CL3 ARCHITECTS LIMITED / HENDERSON REAL ESTATE Hong Kong Essentials Over the past few years East Asia’s art-friendly metropolises – Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong – have been engaged in a pitched battle for supremacy in the region. A few recent key openings have put the last of these in pole position for both Western and Eastern art. Herewith, BRIAN NOONE offers a guide to the must-visit landmarks H QUEEN’S The towering 24-storey new art space in Central – it opened in March this year – boasts a roster of international galleries that includes the first Asian spaces for global powerhouses David Zwirner (davidzwirner.com) and Hauser & Wirth (hauserwirth. com) as well as new locations for Pace (pacegallery.com) – whose other HK gallery down the road remains vital – Ora- Ora (ora-ora.com), Whitestone (whitestone-gallery.com) and Tang Contemporary Art (tangcontemporary.com), among others. The building is also home to six restaurants and an array of retail therapy options are forthcoming. hqueens.com.hk CENTURION-MAGAZINE.COM 63