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Swire Properties today announced details of the dynamic, world-class programme featuring art by international and local talents in Swire Properties Arts Month 2018. The programme will feature exhibitions, art installations, live street art and performances at Pacific Place and Taikoo Place. Swire Properties will also host events at Art Basel in Hong Kong, partnering with the show for the sixth consecutive year.
"Swire Properties believes that art plays an important role in sustaining vibrant communities," says Fiona Ma, Director, Marketing and Communications of Swire Properties. "Building on our rich history of creating and hosting an array of arts and culture events, we are continuing our efforts to enrich, engage and foster creativity in people's everyday lives through the exciting lineup in our Arts Month programme."
Swire Properties Arts Month 2018 - highlights:
Pacific Place, Admiralty
Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay
Art Basel in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
 | Jim Lambie, 2018. Courtesy of The Artist |
 | Jim Lambie 2018. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Rebecca Howard |
 | Jim Lambie Shaved Ice, 2012 Wooden ladders, mirrors, household fluorescent paint Dimensions variable Installation view, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 2014 Courtesy of The Artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow Photo: Ruth Clark |
 | Jim Lambie Shaved Ice, 2012 Wooden ladders, mirrors, household fluorescent paint Dimensions variable Installation view, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 2014 Courtesy of The Artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow Photo: Ruth Clark |
 | Jim Lambie Shaved Ice, 2012 Wooden ladders, mirrors, household fluorescent paint Dimensions variable Installation view The Modern Institute, Aird's Lane, Glasgow, 2012 Courtesy of The Artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow Photo: Keith Hunter |
 | Jim Lambie Installation view, Forever Changes, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, 2008 Courtesy of The Artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow Photo: Keith Hunter |
 | Jim Lambie Installation view, Unknown Pleasures, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2008 Courtesy of The Artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow Photo: Hirotaka Yonekura |
 | Jim Lambie The Strokes (Black & White), 2008 Vinyl tape Dimensions Variable Installation view, Holden Gallery, Manchester, 2015 Courtesy of The Artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow Photo: Michael Barrow |
 | Caption: Phil Ashcroft. Courtesy: Phil Ashcroft |
 | Caption: Duncan Jago. Courtesy: Duncan Jago |
 | Caption: Xenz. Courtesy: Xenz |
 | Caption: Remi Rough Courtesy: Remi Rough |
 | Caption: Hong Kong architect Stanley Siu Courtesy: Stanley Siu |
 | Caption: Samson Young Landschaft (St. Paul + Peter's Cathedral (side courtyard) Sept 2, 2015, 10:50am) Ink, pencil, watercolour on paper 27.5cm x 18.6cm Courtesy: Christopher Oram |
 | Caption: Samson Young, Landschaft (Sept 5, Fez, January 10am-11:15am) Ink, pencil, watercolour on paper 27.5cm x 18.6cm Courtesy: Joseph Pang |
 | Caption: Thitiphorn Kotham, Moon Spell in Summer (installation view), 2017 Watercolour and foils on music sheet, a set of 100 pieces 40 x 30cm each Courtesy: Thitiphorn Kotham |
 | Caption: Notating Beauty That Moves - Music at an Exhibition, co-curators Samson Yeung and Yang Yeung |
For more information on any of the above programmes, please visit: www.swireproperties.com/artbasel
Notes to Editors
About Swire Properties
Swire Properties develops and manages commercial, retail, hotel and residential properties, with a particular focus on mixed-use developments in prime locations at major mass transportation intersections. Swire Properties is listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and its investment portfolio in Hong Kong comprises Taikoo Place, Cityplaza and Pacific Place as its core holdings. In addition to Hong Kong, the Company has investments in Mainland China, the United States and Singapore.
Visit Swire Properties' website at www.swireproperties.com.
About Pacific Place
Pacific Place is a large-scale, high-quality, mixed-use development encompassing floor space of approximately 5.19 million sq. ft. by gross floor area in the central business district of Hong Kong. Since its inception in 1988, Pacific Place now houses around 140 shops and boutiques and one major department store, collectively offering an array of contemporary fashion and international premium brands. Conveniently located above Admiralty MTR station, with connections to other modes of transport, Pacific Place is the ultimate place to shop, dine, work, stay, live, relax and play.
This property development of Swire Properties is also home to four five-star hotels, three Grade A office towers and 270 serviced apartments. Under the management of Swire Properties, Pacific Place has received numerous awards and recognition, and remains a premier shopping destination in Hong Kong.
Visit Pacific Place's website at www.pacificplace.com.
About Taikoo Place
Taikoo Place is recognised as one of Hong Kong's best-planned business hubs, managed by Swire Properties. The portfolio offers over 5 million sq ft of prime commercial space for local and multinational corporations. A wide range of cosmopolitan business and leisure amenities are situated within the area, including TAIKOO PLACE APARTMENTS, the multi-purpose venue ArtisTree, the co-working hub Blueprint, the sustainable development exhibition centre The Loop, the new private club The Refinery, the landscaped garden Taikoo Park, as well as restaurants and cafes. Within five-minute walking distance are the shopping mall Cityplaza and the lifestyle business hotel EAST, Hong Kong.
Visit Taikoo Place's website at www.taikooplace.com.
Partners
About Art in MTR
Art in MTR is a programme intended to enhance the Hong Kong's commuter experience with high quality art installations. Introduced in 1998, when the Airport Express and Tung Chung Line opened, the programme has expanded to all MTR railway lines. Currently, 73 works by established local and international artists from Australia, Mainland China, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, the UK and the USA enhance the aesthetics of Hong Kong's passenger railway system.
About Aedas
Aedas is the world's only local and global architecture and design practice driven by global sharing of research, local knowledge and international practice. Their 1,400 creative minds with design studios across the globe create world-class design solutions with deep social and cultural understanding of the communities they design for.
About Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation
Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation (HKYAF) is a charity that provides access to high quality, non-competitive free-of-charge arts experiences for young people aged 5 to 25. Established in 1993 by Lindsey McAlister OBE, JP, HKYAF organises inclusive and inspirational projects that reach out to youngsters of all cultures, backgrounds, languages and abilities, and actively creates opportunities for those who are disadvantaged and underprivileged. Each year, HKYAF reaches more than 800,000 people through its projects, exhibitions and performances.
About Art Basel
Founded in 1970 by gallerists from Basel, Art Basel today stages the world's premier art shows for Modern and contemporary art, sited in Basel, Miami Beach and Hong Kong. Defined by its host city and region, each show is unique, which is reflected in its participating galleries, artworks presented, and the content of parallel programming produced in collaboration with local institutions for each edition.
Art Basel's engagement has expanded beyond art fairs through a number of new initiatives. In 2014, Art Basel launched its Crowdfunding Initiative which has catalyzed much-needed support for outstanding non-commercial art projects worldwide and so far has helped garner pledges in excess of USD 2 million in support of around 70 art projects from around the globe - from Bogota to Ho Chi Minh City, San José and Kabul. For Art Basel Cities, launched in 2016, Art Basel is working with selected partner cities to develop vibrant and content-driven programs specific to the individual city. Connecting them to the global art world through Art Basel's expertise and network, Art Basel Cities supports its partners to develop their unique cultural landscape. For further information, please visit artbasel.com.