Art-Partners gladly organized the "Swire Properties Dialogue Series" at Art Basel 2025. This year, the VIP Lounge at Art Basel Hong Kong, was designed by HK-based architecture firm A:I, featuring a stunning timber-lattice canopy and metallic flooring made from recycled materials, reflecting Swire's commitment to creativity and sustainability. The Swire Properties Dialogue Series returns to Art Basel Hong Kong in 2025 with live panel discussions and artist talks. In collaboration with the Financial Times and FTChinese, the series brings together leading experts to explore contemporary issues in the art world, celebrate art and design, and inspire audiences.
Art-Partners invited distinguished speakers, including artist Monster Chetwynd, who created the a vibrant fusion of installation and performance in Pacific Place as the only offsite project of Art Basel Hong Kong’s Encounters; Sara Shakeel transforms Taikoo Place with dazzling cosmic installations, whose site-specific installation The Jewel System at ArtisTree, as well as remarkable speakers and moderators such as Alexie Glass-Kantor (Curator of Art Basel Hong Kong’s Encounters 2025), Jan Dalley (Financial Times’s Contributing Editor), Alvin Li (Curator of Tate Modern), Elaine W. Ng (Editor and Publisher in ArtAsiaPacific) and Random International(Contemporary ArtGroup), among others. The thought-provoking and engaging dialogue covered subjects from contemporary art market to Artificial Intelligence, reinventing museum to sustainable design thinking, and the life stories of the artists, drawing a broad audiences at the art fair.
