Archinect - Features 2024-12-22T03:33:16-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/74170538/art-basel-comes-to-hong-kong Art Basel comes to Hong Kong Evan Chakroff 2013-05-30T15:20:00-04:00 >2017-01-24T18:44:26-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cm/cmvtzw8850p7dw1y.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>During the yearly art fair in Basel, Switzerland, the city is activated and reconfigured, and art is brought to the forefront of civic discourse. What, if any, impact could the fair have on daily life in a city of 7 million? How would this art world mega-event translate to the Hong Kong context?</p>