Cover Sotheby’s maison at Landmark Chater Salon (Photo: courtesy of Sotheby's)
Sotheby’s maison at Landmark Chater Salon (Photo: courtesy of Sotheby's)
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Banksy’s famous work will be featured at the two-storey, 24,000 square-foot maison, which comprises a retail salon that sells dinosaur fossils and jewellery and museum-quality space for auction item viewings
Auction house Sotheby’s new maison will open doors on July 27, 2024, in Landmark Chater, Central. Designed by Rotterdam-based architectural firm MVRDV, the site spans 24,000 square feet covering two floors.
The first floor houses Sotheby’s Salon, a luxury retail space showcasing more than 200 objects spanning geographies and genres from across 80 million years of history. Items include dinosaur fossils, jewellery, African art, sneakers and historic art. Ranging from HK$5,000 to HK$50 million, these items are available for immediate purchase.
A beautiful staircase leads visitors to the ground floor, which comprises the Grotto, the Pantheon and the Sanctum. All are exhibition spaces with a viewing experience fit for a museum. This floor’s design is inspired by the rock, a revered object in Chinese culture.
Read more: Are dinosaur bones relics or accessories? Here’s what you need to know before buying fossils
Above The ground floor of Sotheby's maison (Photo: courtesy of Sotheby's)
The ground floor of Sotheby's maison (Photo: courtesy of Sotheby's)
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To celebrate the launch of the Hong Kong maison, as well as Sotheby’s new spaces in Paris and New York, the auction house has created a short film voiced by actor Charles Dance OBE, which pays tribute to the power of cinematic creativity.
There will be three inaugural exhibitions: Bodhi: Masterpieces of Monumental Buddhist Art, which traces the development of Buddhist art; Ice: Two Masterpieces on Loan from the Long Museum, which relates to brush paintings; and Banksy’s infamous shredded artwork Girl Without Balloon.
Above Sotheby’s maison at Landmark Chater Salon (Photo: courtesy of Sotheby’s)
Sotheby’s maison at Landmark Chater Salon (Photo: courtesy of Sotheby’s)
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“Today marks a new era for Sotheby’s, as we present the most extraordinary aesthetic experiences at our new maison,” says Nicolas Chow, Chairman of Sotheby’s Asia. “Our vision is to build a space that expands the curiosity and imagination: from dinosaur fossils to handbags, contemporary design furniture from Africa to old master drawings from Italy, rare movie posters to Picasso ceramics, Korean contemporary craft to rare vintage watches, gothic sculptures to contemporary jewellery designs, ancient Chinese art to rare books and manuscripts, contemporary art to samurai armour. There will be something here to inspire and engage both our existing collectors and new audiences alike.”
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Zabrina is the Senior Editor, Arts and Culture of Tatler Hong Kong. She specialises in performing arts, visual art and film. Her wanderlust was first fuelled by the Mighty Rovers Antarctica Expedition 2010. Over the years, she has interviewed A-list artists and filmmakers, including Oscar winners Chlóe Zhao and Tim Yip, Golden Horse winner Sylvia Chang, In the Mood for Love cinematographer Christopher Doyle, Pachinko author Min Jin Lee, and Coachella’s first Chinese solo singer Jackson Wang. She won gold at the WAN-IFRA Asian Media Awards for her 2021 feature on the waves of hate crimes targeting Asian Americans.
