在线艺术展览的优缺点(1)

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The online of beauty Like all cultural institutions, galleries and art fairs are adapting to a new reality.
Art Basel Hong Kong, Asia's biggest contemporary art fair, was cancelled because of covid-19, but anyone who had planned to visit last week could enjoy an experimental alternative: the viewing room.
At the click of a keyboard, you could enter a panoramic but private visual salon, without having to brave the airless Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Participating galleries were told that, for a quarter of the original fee, they could have a slot in the online fair. Over 90% of the line. up -a1galleries gave it a whirl, offering more than 2,000 works worth $27om in total.
The viewing room was a tlling indication of how art might be shown (and sold) in the future, in a pandemic stricken era or if travel is otherwise restricted. It offered encouragement and some lessons on digital engagement.
There, on one webpage, was Jeff Koons rffing on Btticell's "Primavera" in a tribute to the history of painting at David Zwirner Gallery. Ota Fine Arts offered one collector the chance to acquire an "infinity room", one of the most Instagrammed artworks of recent years.

the creation of the psychedelic, nonagenarian Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama. White Cube presented an array of international works by Andreas Gursky (German), Theaster Gates (American) and Beatriz Milhazes (Brazilian). 
But not every artist, gallery and form showed to equal advantage in this alternative fair.