[Star Wars Opening Crawl] “it is a period amidst Pandemic. a strange virus from an animal market supplying a huge continent conquered onto the corners of the known-World, where the most-developed nations with immense technology are beginning to pump-out quite-effective vaccines. educated elders are first in-line so let-us see when we will be able to venture onto the Art World again physically in-person. All-the-while one of the richest family-line have alternated to endow to its citizens unprecedented amount of prestigious masterpieces – in place of paying humongous national inheritance tax”

– 2021 –

( most venues are still postponed while some On-Line and a few opening with On-Line alternatives )

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Frieze Los Angeles : February – July – CANCELLED

Art Fair Tokyo March 18~21 at Tokyo international Forum

• March 18 Thu.noon~1pm Press and~4pm Private Views, ~8pm Vernissage
• March 19 Fri.& 20 Sat.noon~7pm Public
• March 20 Sun.noon~4pm Public

Art Dubai March 29~ April 3 at DiFC.

Sotheby’s Hong Kong Watches Auction May 15 until 25 at HKCEC

• May 25 Tue.10am Auction Lots begin closing

Christie’s Hong Kong Auction May 20 until 28 at HKCEC
Viewing: May 21~24 10:30am~6:30pm

• May 20 Thu.11am Wine Private Collection
• May 21 Fri.1pm Handbags and Accessories
• May 22 Sat.2pm Watches, 7pm Antiques Watches
• May 23 Sun.2pm Jewels
• May 24 Mon.7:30pm 20th & 21st C.Art Evening Sale
• May 25 Tue.10:30am 20th & 21st C.Art Morning, 12:30pm Afternoon Sale
• May 26 Wed.2pm Fine Chinese Classical Paintings & Calligraphy
• May 27 Thu.10am & 2:30pm Fine Chinese Modern & Contemporary ink Paintings
• May 28 Fri.10:30am Chinese Jade Carvings, 11am Furnitures, 2pm Ceramics & Art

Art Central Hong Kong May 20~23 (now 6th year moving from Central HarbourFront tents to) HKCEC.

• May 19 Wed.2~8pm Preview
• May 20 Thu.& 21 Fri.2~8pm Public
• May 22 Sat.11am~7pm Public
• May 23 Sun.11am~6pm Public

Taipei Dangdai Art & ideas May 20~22 at World Trade Center.
※ re-scheduled to July 2 Friday til 4 Sunday 9:30am~6pm at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center.

• May 19 Wed.ViP Preview & Vernissage
• May 20 Thu.~22 Sat.Public

Art Madrid May 26 to 30 Galería de Cristal de CentroCentro Cibeles

• 26 Wed.~30 Sun.11am~9pm tickets

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Art Osaka July 18 until 20 at Osaka City Central Public Hall.

• July 18 Sun.noon~4pm invitee and Press, then ~8pm Public
• July 19 Mon.noon~8pm Public (¥2000)
• July 20 Tue.11am~5pm Public (¥2000)

[PostPoned] Volta Basel September 21 to 26 at Elsasserstrasse 215

• Sep.20 Wed.10am~2pm invitation
• Sep.20 Wed.2~8pm Vernissage
• Sep.21 Thu.~25 Sat.10am~6pm Public
• Sep.26 Sun.10am~5pm Public

[PostPoned] Art Basel September 24 until 26 at Messe.

• Sep.21 Tue.~23 Thu.ViP Previews
• Sep.24 Fri.~26 Sun.Public

Frieze London October 13 til 17 at Regent’s Park

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Sotheby’s Hong Kong Art Auction at One Pacific Place, Admiralty
Viewing Oct.7 Thu.~11 Mon.10am~6pm

• Oct.9 Sat.6pm Modern Art Evening Sale
• Oct.9 Sat.8pm Contemporary Art Evening Sale
• Oct.10 Sun.10am Contemporary Art Day Sale
• Oct.10 Sun.3:30pm Modern Art Day Sale
• Oct.11 Mon.10am Fine Chinese Paintings
• Oct.12 Tue.9:30am Fine Classical Chinese Paintings
• Oct.13 Wed.2pm Watches

KiAF Korea international Art Fair October 15 until 17 at COEX .

• Oct.13 Wed.3~9pm VViP & Press
• Oct 14 Thu.11am~7:30pm ViP Preview
• Oct 15 Fri.& 16 Sat.11am~7:30pm Tickets
• Oct 17 Sun.11am~5pm Tickets

Art Taipei October 22 to 25 at World Trade Center.

• Oct.21 Thu.noon~9pm SViP Preview
• Oct.21 Thu.3~9pm ViP Preview
• Oct.22 Fri.11am~2pm ViP Preview
• Oct.22 Fri.2~7pm Public
• Oct.23 Sat.& 24 Sun.11am~7pm Public
• Oct.25 Mon.11am~6pm Public

Art Toronto October 29 until 31 at Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
– Continues On-Line until November 7 Sunday –

• Oct.29 Fri.& 30 Sat.noon~8pm Tickets
• Oct.31 Sun.11am~7pm Tickets

Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair November 11 to 14 at Shanghai Exhibition Center.

• Nov.11 Thu.& 12 Fri.Collectors Preview
• Nov.13 Sat.& 14 Sun.ViP and Tickets

Art Cologne November 17 to 21 at Cologne-Deutz Exhibition Centre.

• Nov.17 Wed.noon ~ 8pm Preview Guests
• Nov.18 Thu.~20 Sat.11am~7pm Visitors
• Nov.21 Sun.11am~6pm Visitors

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NADA Miami Beach November 30 to December 4 at ice Palace Studios.
※Web Design Lesson 101: CoronaVirus swallowing Earth is confusing enough, so make On-Line Pages plainly-readable

• Dec.1 Wed.10am~2pm ViP Opening Preview
• Dec.1 Wed.2~8pm Public
• Dec.2 Thu.& 3 Fri.11am~7pm Public
• Dec.4 Sat.11am~7pm Public

SCOPE Miami Beach November 30 to December 5 at Miami Beach Pavilion (Muscle BeachFront).

• Nov.30 Tue.noon~4pm Platinum First View
• Nov.30 Tue.4~8pm ViP & Press Preview
• Dec.1 Wed.~5 Sun.11am~8pm Day Pass

Volta Art Fair Miami November 30 to December 5 – CANCELLED as of Oct.22 Fri.

Art Basel Miami Beach December 2 until 4 at Miami Beach Convention Center.

• Nov.30 Tue.11am~8pm First Choice ViP’s
• Nov.30 Tue.4~8pm Preview ViP’s
• Dec.1 Wed.11am~8pm First Choice & Preview ViP’z
• Dec.1 Wed.4~8pm Vernissage invitees
• Dec.2 Thu.& 3 Fri.11am~7pm Public
• Dec.4 Sat.11am~6pm Public

p.s., ” and as CoronaVirus has now been with us a full Second-Year with no signs it will ever be gone, here’s to glazin’at your Magnificient Prizes hung on the wall of your re-decorated office’n’home , reflecting of a time when all you had to was Go~ and get the ArtWorks.”

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– 2022 –

as Omicron and even its Stealth variant strain wreak havoc around da Globe, countries are loosening its mask mandate and contact-tracking so it does /look/ as if Corona virus has smid into human life though people still get sick and die. but the goodness of time is that we know much more about it and its effects: such that it is deadly to the elders. ofcourse it all has much to do with politics too, as citizens has had more than enough of this still much-unknown virus. but while authoritarian nations such as China including the Oriental hub to the West: Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan still has quarantine on-entry avid collectors still cannot travel and virtual galleries really don’t give real feeling of checking and purchasing an art piece, not to mention the still-so unorganized information on whether and how an art fair will actually show. plus, there’s a more obvious killer on the other part of the World in man-instigated battles killing civilians. so enough how faible uncorrect these dates and locales may be, here’s to your ernest earning for that specific artist and piece:

LA Art Show January 19 until 23 at Los Angeles Convention Center.

Frieze Los Angeles February 17 to 20 at 9900 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills

Art Fair Tokyo March 11 ~ 13 at Tokyo international Forum.

• March 10 Thu.11am~noon Press View
• March 10 Thu.noon~4pm Private View
• March 10 Thu.4~7pm Vernissage
• March 11 Fri.~12 Sat.11am~7pm tickets
• March 13 Sun.11am~4pm tickets

(local) Korea Galleries Art Fair March 17 ~ 20 at SETEC Seoul Trade Exhibition & Convention.

• March 16 Wed.3~8pm ViP and Press
• March 17 Thu.~19 Sat.11am~7:30 tickets
• March 20 Sun.11am~5pm tickets

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Sotheby’s Hong Kong Spring Auction April 23 ~ July 19 at HKCEC Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (have NOT listed Wines below also extensiF)

• April 15~29 4pm Handbags and Accessories
• April 15~30 11am important Watches ii
• April 15~May 3 Magnificent Jewels ii
• April 26 Tue.2pm important Watches
• April 27 Wed.10am Fine Classical Chinese Paintings
• April 27 Wed.6pm Evening Modern Auction
• April 27 Wed.8pm Evening Contemporary Auction
• April 28 Thu.10am Day Contemporary Auction
• April 28 Thu.2pm Day Modern Auction
• April 29 Fri.11:30 important Chinese Art
• April 29 Fri.3pm Magnificent Jewels
• April 30 Sat.10am Fine Chinese Paintings
• July 19 Tue.3pm important Jewels

Art Beijing April 30 ~ May 2 postponed to September 9 ~ 12 at National Agriculture Exhibition Center.

Taipei Dangdai May 12 until 14 at Nangang Exhibition Center.

• May 11 Wed.ViP Preview & Vernissage
• May 12 Thur.~14 Sat.Public

Suwon Korea Art Show May 5 ~ 8 at Suwon Convention Center (individual booths).

• May 4 Wed.3~7pm VViP & Press Preview
• May 5 Thu.~ 7 Sat.11am~7pm Public
• May 8 Sun.11am~5pm Public

Art Busan May 13 until 15 at BEXCO South Korea

• May 12 Thu.11am~2pm ViP Yellow
• May 12 Thu.2~7pm ViP & Press Preview
• May 13 Fri.11am~1pm ViP & Press Preview
• May 13 Fri.& 14 Sat.1~7pm Public
• May 15 Sun.11am~6pm Public

Christie’s 2022 Hong Kong Spring Auction May 21 ~ 30 at HKCEC Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

Art Basel May 26 ~ 30 at HKCEC Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (also partially On-Line)

• May 24 Tue.~26 Thu.2pm ViP
• May 26 Thu.~30 Mon.Public

Art Central May 26 to 29 at HKCEC Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (also On-Line via Artsy)

• May 25 Wed.2~8pm Preview
• May 26 Thur.2~8pm Public (tickets)
• May 27 Fri.& 28 Sat.11am~7pm Public (tickets)
• May 29 Sun.11am~6pm Public (tickets)

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Volta New York May 18 ~ 22 on 548 West 22nd Street

• May 18 Wed.2~6pm Private View
• May 18 Wed.6~9pm Public Vernissage
• May 19 Thu.~21 Sat.2~8pm Public (tickets)
• May 22 Sun.noon~5pm Public (tickets)

Volta Basel June 13 ~ 19 at Elys, Elsasserstrasse 215A

• June 13 Mon.10am~2pm Private View
• June 13 Mon.2~8pm Public Vernissage
• June 14 Tue.~ 18 Sat.11am~8pm Public (tickets)
• June 19 Sun.11am~5pm Public (tickets)

Art Basel June 16 ~ 19 at Swiss Messe Basel.

• June 13 Mon.1~4/8pm Parcours Opening.
• June 13 Mon.3~8pm First Choice ViP
• June 13 Mon.6~8pm ViP Preview
• June 14 Tue.11am~8pm Private Day
• June 15 Wed.11am~8pm Private Day
• June 15 Wed.5~8pm Vernissage
• June 16 Thu.~19 Sun.11am~7pm Public
• June 16 Thu.7~10pm Special Unlimited Night.
• June 18 Sat.4~11pm Special Parcours Night.

Art Santa Fe July 15 until 17 at Community Convention Center

• July 15 Fri.noon~7pm tickets
• July 16 Sat.& 17 Sun.11am~6pm tickets

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(  Best way to confuse collectors even-more during COVID-19 Pandemic:
hold TWO similar venues at the /same/ time in different locations in the same City )
KiAF PLUS (what-ever that is, much like SamSung Electronics saturating the cell-phone market with Plus-added models in the frail-hopes of mesmerizing now-much smarter consumers into purchasing a few-more of their similar, similar and more-similar smart-phones) September 2 ~ 5 at SETEC Seoul Trade Exhibition & Convention (a subway station South of older & larger COEX below). – UPDATE: this has hence been moved to COEX along-side KiAF –

[ UPDATE: LAST-MINUTE CHANGES ] Frieze will be held on COEX Halls C & D, while KiAF PLUS (minor version) will be held at SETEC – one subway station SOUTH. First-Day opening will be from 2pm instead of 1. ViP invitation-holder of either FRiEZE/KiAF will be able to enter all three plus another accompanee. have decided to add this instead of changing-all, to record how they operate duh,

KiAF Korea international Art Fair SEOUL September 3 ~ 6 at COEX Hall A & B.

• Sept.2 Fri. 2~8pm ViP & Press Opening
• Sept.3 Sat.~ 5 Mon.11am~7:30pm Preview
• Sept.3 Sat.& 4 Sun.1pm~7:30pm tickets
• Sept.5 Mon.11am~7:30pm tickets
• Sept.6 Tue.11am~5pm Preview & tickets

Frieze SEOUL inaugural venue from September 2 to 5 at COEX Hall C & D.

• Sept.2 Fri. 2~8pm invitation ONLY Preview
• Sept.3 Sat.& 4 Sun.11am~7:30pm tickets
• Sept.5 Mon.11am~5pm tickets

Christie’s Hong Kong 20th/21st Century Art Auction Septmber 30~October 11 [On-Line].

• Viewing at Alexandra House by reservation, Central HK

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Sotheby’s Contemporary Auction Hong Kong

• Oct.5 Wed.8:15pm Contemporary Evening Auction
• Oct.6 Thu.10am Contemporary Day Auction

Frieze London October 12 to 16 at Regent’s Park.

• Oct.27 Thu.4~9pm invited Preview
• Oct.28 Fri.& 29 Sat.11am~noon ViP then noon~8pm Public
• Oct.30 Sun.11am~noon ViP and noon~6pm Public

Art Toronto October 27 to 30 at Metro Convention Centre.

Art Taipei October 21 to 24 at World Trade Center.

• Oct.20 Thu.noon~9pm SViP Preview
• Oct.20 Thu.3~9pm ViP Preview
• Oct.21 Fri.11am~2pm ViP Preview
• Oct.21 Fri.2~7pm Public
• Oct.22 Sat.& 23 Sun.11am~7pm Public
• Oct.24 Mon.11am~6pm Public

Art021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair November 10 ~ 13 at Shanghai Exhibition Center.

• Nov.10 Thu.& 11 Fri.Collectors Preview
• Nov.12 Sat.& 13 Sun.Public tickets

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Art Basel & Paris Plus October 20 to 23 at Grand Palais

• Oct.19 Wed.10am~2pm First Choice
• Oct.19 Wed.2~7pm Preview
• Oct.20 Thu.11am~3pm Vernissage then 3pm~8pm Public
• Oct.21 Fri.& 22 Sat.11am~noon ViP and noon~8pm Public
• Oct.23 Sun.11am~noon ViP, noon~7pm Public

Art Basel Miami Beach December 1 through 3 at Convention Center.

• Nov.29 Tue.11am~7pm First Choice/ 4~7pm Preview
• Nov.30 Wed.11am~7pm First Choice & Preview
• Nov.30 Wed.4~7pm Vernissage
• Dec.1 Thu.& 2 Fri.11am~7pm Public
• Dec.3 Sat.11am~6pm Public

Scope Art Miami Beach November 29 to December 4 at Ocean Drive & 8th Street Pavillion.

• Nov.29 Tue noon~4pm Platinum Card, 4~8pm ViP & Press
• Nov.30 Wed.~Dec.4 Sun.11am~8pm tickets

NADA Miami November 30 to December 3 at ice Palace Studios.

Art Miami November 29 until December 4 at One Herald Plaza.

• Nov.29 Tue.4:30~6:30pm Platinum, then 6:30~10pm ViP Preview
• Nov.30 Wed.~Dec.3 Sat.11am~7pm General
• Dec.4 Sun.11am~6pm General

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as Covid restrictions are laxed I have begun to return to art-fairs over the latter half of 2022, where I now feel quite out-of place watching fellow passers-by.

To the Next Century – Korea Expat BLog