CHINA On 29 June 2008 a fund-raising auction will be held to raise capital to build and operate a new contemporary art museum in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Indonesian auctioneers Larasati will put 35 lots donated by Hong Kong gallerists and Chinese and overseas artists under the hammer at the gala dinner sale in the JW Marriott hotel. Executive director of the Moca China museums group envisions that the museum due to open in fall 2008 “could eventually be considered to be one of the finest museums of contemporary art in the world”. Highlights include a piece from the highly sought after emerging artist Shen Hua’s “Manual Workers Series” and a C-Print by the Preview 19th to 28th June 2008.
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