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Photography is a technical medium that has provoked controversy since it was invented in the 1800s. Is it art?

As Art Basel HK gains traction as a leading contemporary art event in Asia, a raft of satellite events has started to sprout.

Sotheby’s and Christie’s have begun to hold previews in Hong Kong of artworks sold elsewhere.

Overshadowed in the past decade by the extraordinary rise in prices for certain contemporary Chinese paintings, Hong Kong’s small but active group of young artists have been more or less ignored by big collectors, auction houses, art institutions, commercial galleries and the public.

Asia’s economic development has inspired new genres of work that offer fresh perspectives on the region’s material success.

Hong Kong already hosts the world’s biggest art auctions; now it wants to attract international artists and galleries to create a world-leading arts hub.

Michael Nock has amassed a large collection of art during his years in the business but he insists he is not the typical hedge-fund trophy hunter.

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A vintage photographic and poster display at the Mandarin Hong Kong and charity exhibition by pioneering transplant surgeon Sir Roy Calne at the Private Gallery in Kuala Lumpur.