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Art Galleries

With exciting new exhibitions taking place every month, here is our guide to highlights of the city's accessible international art scene


Arch Angel Gallery

Arch Angel has garnered a healthy reputation for exhibiting some of Vietnam's best artists. Koos Grot, owner of Arch Angel Art, is a regular traveller to the country and has built up a series of close relationships with the country's best artists.Open daily, Mon to Sat 9.30am- 6.30pm, Sun 10.30- 6.00pm. Arch Angel Art (Master Art Collection), 38 Peel Street, Tel: 2542 2810; Arch Angel Art (Main Gallery), 58 Hollywood Road, Central. Tel: 2851 6882

Asia Fine Art

Formed in 2003, Asia Fine Art is committed to "putting the fun back into the arts scene, and breaking down some of the stuffiness and elitism that exists in galleries and exhibitions". It is the ideal place if you've always approached art galleries with a sense of foreboding. The gallery has already established a strong track record for exhibiting artists from both China and South East Asia.Open daily, Mon to Sat 10.30am- 6:30pm. 12 Sik On Street (tough to find, the gallery is in a small alley between 99-101 Queen's Road East). Tel: 2522 0405

King's Gallery Limited

King’s Gallery Limited, established in 2006, is one of the most innovative galleries in Hong Kong and Macau, pioneering in the collection of paintings from a promising group of Russian artists. The styles range from realism, abstractionism and impressionism to futurism, and they carry one of the largest collections of contemporary Russian paintings in Asia. Wan Chai Gallery: 1601-3, Tai Sang Commercial Building, 24-34 Hennessy Road. Tel: 2529 3638; Central Gallery: 215, The Galleria, 9 Queen's Road Central. Tel: 2117 0731; Macau Gallery: Shop 02, G/F, Évora, Macau Fisherman’s Wharf, Macau. Tel: (853) 2872 5939. www.kingsgalleryhk.com

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Kwai Fung Hin Gallery

Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, established in 1991, is renowned for bringing in a wide range of established and rising contemporary artists from China and Europe to Hong Kong.G/F, 20 Ice House Street, Central, Hong Kong. Open Daily except Sunday and public holidays. Tel: 2580 0058. www.kwaifunghin.com

Opera Gallery

Opera Gallery is becoming renowned for landing works by some of the most sought-after artists in the world, and they are one of the pre-emanate galleries in Hong Kong for showcasing European artists. The gallery has branches worldwide and therefore has a powerful reach in the art world, allowing them to get their hands on artists most galleries can only dream of G2, Shop M88, 2-8 Wellington Street, Central. Main Entrance via Wyndham Street. Tel: 2810 1208. www.operagallery.com

Picture This

Picture This gallery has an extensive collection of fascinating memorabilia from Chinese and Western history. The gallery has a variety of works from exclusive originals to items that would suit any pocket or wall, including movie posters, early photographs of Hong Kong and China, engravings, prints and maps, as well as an impression collection of antiquarian books.Main Gallery: Mon to Sat 11am- 6pm. Suite 1308, 13/F, 9 Queen's Road, Central. Tel: 2525 2820. New gallery: Shop 212, 2/F, Prince's Building, Central. Tel: 2525 2803. Mon to Sat, 10am- 7pm, Sun noon- 5pm. www.picturethiscollection.com

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Wan Fung Art Museum

Wan Fung Art Museum is dedicated to bringing some of China's most celebrated artists to Hong Kong, as well as exhibiting some of Hong Kong's freshest artists. With a number of offices strategically placed on the Mainland, they are in a strong position to do so by allowing the gallery to establish premier relationships with some of the country's top artists. These relationships allow the gallery to get its hands on some of the most sought after art in China.G/F, Cityplaza Three, Taikoo Shing. Tel: 2736 9623. www.wanfung.com.cn

Wattis Fine Art

Wattis has an encyclopaedic and fascinating collection of unique antique maps from around the world, including a substantial amount on Hong Kong and Asia. In addition, they also have a fantastic collection of prints, which illustrate some of the first days of Hong Kong as well as other Asian cities. Considered to be the end of the line for many art dealers of Hog Kong prints and photographs, the gallery has an impressive stock.Open daily except Monday. 2/F, 20 Hollywood Road, Central. Tel: 2524 5302. www.wattis.com.hk
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