Visiting galleries may keep artworks in Hong Kong for months due to shipping chaos

Overseas galleries exhibiting at Art Central in Hong Kong are considering keeping their artworks in the city for months after the fair ends amid rising shipping prices as a result of the US-Israeli war on Iran. Ahead of the fair’s opening at the Central Harbourfront on Wednesday, gallerists told the South China Morning Post that fuel charges for shipping to Hong Kong had increased by as much as four times. Art Central brings together more than 100 galleries from the city, mainland China, Sout...

By Ambrose Li