There is less than a month to go before the return of the highly-anticipated event, often referred to as the LACMA party, which is taking place during Art Basel. Here's what to expect from one of the hottest private parties of the season
The pandemic may have put a damper on large scale parties, but 2023 is looking brighter than ever with the return of Hong Kong’s glitzy art affair on March 23. Honouring arts, culture and creatives during art month, the one-night-only event promises to be a treat for the senses and a nod to 70s and 80s Hong Kong.
As the largest art museum in the western United States with a collection of more than 149,000 objects that highlight 6,000 years of artistic expression across the globe, LACMA [Los Angeles County Museum of Art] has made a name for itself in the Special Administrative Region with its unforgettable event experiences during Art Basel. Previous editions of the event were hosted at cultural and historic sites of Hong Kong, including the Harilela Mansion in 2017, Jumbo Kingdom in 2018 and The Mills in 2019.
This year’s event, The ReStart Art Club, will be hosted by cultural strategist, writer and patron princess Alia Al-Senussi and entrepreneur Dino Sadhwani, and will be held at K11 Atelier King’s Road, where art, fashion and culture will collide. In celebration of the reinvigoration of the international art scene in Hong Kong, this exclusive invite-only soirée will lead guests on a multi-sensory journey that will explore the binaries of art—the familiar and foreign, digital and analog, and the acoustic and electronic.
Here’s everything we know so far:
Where is it being held? K11 Atelier, King’s Road, Hong Kong Island
What time does it start? 7.30pm
Who is hosting it? For the first time, Al-Senussi and Sadhwani are expanding the celebration to include five new host chairs: K11 Group founder, Adrian Cheng; Vice chair of M+ museum, Alan Lau; LACMA board of trustee member, Eva Chow; LACMA CEO, Michael Govan; and director and CEO of UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, Philip Tinari.
This year, there will also be 18 committee members including: Alan Lo and Yenn Wong, Alison Chan El-Azar, Claudine Ying, Edward Tang, Gilbert and Martina Yeung, Ivan Pun, Jonathan Cheung and Loui Lim to name a few.
