| CROWN TO PROVIDE LOGISTICS FOR HONG KONG'S LARGEST EVER INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR | |||
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| Date Of Issue: | 05/14/2008 | | |
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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CROWN TO PROVIDE LOGISTICS FOR HONG KONG'S LARGEST EVER INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR International Art Fair, ART HK 08, Chooses Crown Exclusively for Logistics and International Shipments HONG KONG, May 14, 2008 – Tickets are currently on sale for Hong Kong's international art fair, ART HK 08, the city's first truly international art fair in a decade. The inaugural event will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from May 14-18, 2008. Crown Fine Arts is responsible for moving works of art for 80 galleries, for on-site art storage, hanging and installation, and other logistics services for the duration of the event. Crown is also the recommended provider for international shipments into Hong Kong, utilizing Crown's global network of fine-arts offices. ART HK 08 will showcase art from the world’s leading contemporary- and modern-art galleries, and promises to elevate the Hong Kong art scene to the global stage. The Fair will attract approximately 15,000 visitors from Hong Kong and around the world and has Lehman Brothers, the global investment bank, as its lead sponsor. Asia Art Archive (AAA), the non-profit, arts-education centre dedicated to visual art from the region, is running an education programme during the Fair, titled "Hong Kong Conversations." It is a series of talks to be given by a body of renowned collectors, artists and experts that will include Sir David Tang, collector, entrepreneur and honorary patron of the fair. In celebration of the glamour of the event, Shanghai Tang, the fashion and lifestyle emporium, is collaborating with one of the Mirage's featured artists to create a piece of Shanghai Tang-inspired wearable art that will be modeled at the event and showcased in the central store, prior to the Fair. High-profile works up for sale include Andy Warhol’s 1962 Avanti Cars from Ben Brown Fine Arts, worth an estimated HK$29 million (US$3,800,000); Basquiat’s Untitled (Car) from Max Lang Gallery, New York for HK$56 million (US$7,000,000) and a number of works by Damien Hirst offered by Seomi & Tuus. “Crown Fine Arts is proud to be associated with ART HK 08. As one of the leading global fine-arts companies in Asia, we hope to do our part in developing Hong Kong’s vibrant art scene”, says Sherry Liu, manager Crown Fine Arts Division. Magnus Renfrew, the fair's director said, “We are pleased to announce the appointment of Crown Fine Arts as the sole official logistics provider of ART HK 08. Their global fine arts shipping and handling network makes them ideal for the staging of an international art fair.” ART HK 08 is well placed to attract not just Western collectors seeking Asian art but also Asian collectors seeking blue chip and emerging Western art. Hong Kong is the third largest art market in the world after New York and London, by auction turnover, and Hong Kong’s status as a free port also gives it a clear advantage over many other locations in Asia with no tax on the import or export of art. To find out more about ART HK 08 please visit hongkongartfair.com. For press enquiries, please contact Impact Asia: Erica Siu + 852 2521 1498 erica@impactasia.com Crown Fine Arts Crown Fine Arts (crownfineart.com), serves large and small museums, major art galleries and private collectors providing packing, customized crating, transportation, customs assistance, storage, delivery, unpacking and exhibition-coordination services. Crown Worldwide Group's other divisions include Crown Relocations, Crown Records Management, Crown Logistics and Crown Wine Cellars. Established in 1965, the Crown Worldwide Group is a privately held company with global headquarters in Hong Kong. # # # GLOBAL & AMERICAS:Natalie Graveney Crown Worldwide 1401 Summit Ave, Suite 10 Plano, Texas 75074, USA Telephone: 1 972 422-4288 E-mail: ngraveney@crownworldwide.com ASIA-PACIFIC: Susanne Osterholm Crown Worldwide Holdings Ltd. MassMutual Tower, 38 Gloucester Road, Suite 2001, Wanchai, Hong Kong Telephone: 852 2876 2678 E-mail: sosterholm@crownworldwide.com EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA: Marco Dilenge Crown Worldwide Wolf-Heidenheim-Strasse 12 Frankfurt, D-60489, Germany Telephone: 49 69 1539-4000 E-mail: mdilenge@crownworldwide.com | |||