Art has also fallen prey to politics.
Since the sweeping National Security Law was imposed in Hong Kong last year, there's been the virtual disappearance of protest art, the cancellation of a film screening about the 2019 protests, and a very public debate about the upcoming M+, a museum touted as Asia's answer to the Tate Modern.
Despite the new political climate, organizers of the Asian edition of Art Basel -- the world's largest art fair -- are confident the lucrative trade fair will stay. Meanwhile, grassroots artists reconsider how far they can push back to political pressure.
Artist Kacey Wong tells me: "Hong Kong right now is the most dangerous place, more dangerous than Beijing -- it's because of the flexible red line. In Beijing, everybody knows what we can talk about and what cannot be mentioned. But in Hong Kong, nobody knows what that dangerous topic really is."
Here's our report.
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