Asia’s biggest art hub soldiers on

AMID political uncertainties, Hong Kong is valiantly hanging on to its title as Asia’s biggest art hub. Although the exodus of millionaires and the tariff wars with the US have impacted art sales, this week’s Hong Kong Art Week is bringing back the razzle-dazzle.

The line-up includes Art Basel Hong Kong – still the biggest art fair in Asia – major showcases such as Picasso at M+ museum, Renoir and Cezanne at Hong Kong Museum of Art, Sarah Sze at Gagosian, Louise Bourgeois at Hauser & Wirth, and many other attractions. Join the excitement as we report from Hong Kong in this week’s BT Lifestyle.

In Style, jewellery lovers should know that the arrival of spring is being heralded with some really pretty bling. We look at what brands such as Van Cleef & Arpels, Dior, Fred and Boucheron are hoping to entice you with.

Meanwhile, we’ve heard about the health benefits of a Mediterranean diet. But how can we appropriate its strengths without abandoning local flavours and ingredients? In Food, the researcher behind a pilot study tells us about the creation of a culturally adapted “Asian Mediterranean” diet and how things went down on the taste test.

For all this and more, don’t miss Friday’s issue of BT.