Late Hong Kong tycoon’s Chinese abstract art project to continue
Art was George Wong’s passion, and despite the Parkview Group chairman’s unexpected death last week, staff at the Parkview art galleries and museums are proceeding with plans, including a Hong Kong show of Chinese abstract art
George Wong Kin-wah had many art projects in the pipeline when he died unexpectedly last weekend. Despite the uncertainties now facing the Wong family’s Parkview Group, the team at the billionaire’s Hong Kong gallery has vowed to carry out his wishes as they unveil an exhibition marking the gallery’s new focus on Chinese abstract art.
“He was here in the gallery last Friday and making last-minute tweaks to the display. He seemed fine. He was very energetic,” says Alberto Annesi, director of Parkview Art Hong Kong.
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Wong, 65, was the executive chairman of an international property company best known in Hong Kong for its eponymous residential development in Tai Tam. he died peacefully in his sleep last Saturday.
His roughly 10,000-piece art collection includes works by famous contemporary Chinese artists, the world’s biggest Salvador Dali collection outside Spain, antique Chinese Buddhist statues, bronzewares and Hollywood collectibles.
The art is spread across the company’s residential and commercial properties around the world, including the 4,000 square metre Parkview Museum at the Parkview Green commercial complex in Beijing, and the 1,500 square metre Parkview Museum Singapore, which opened in 2013 and 2017 respectively.
