The angry Tibetan monk and the role of the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association with Fabio Rossi.
The Last Supper is a weekly podcast about art in Asia. Artist and entrepreneur Oscar Venhuis talks with fellow artists, collectors and gallerists about the current state of affairs and explores the multiple dimensions of art.
Fabio Rossi, owner of Rossi Rossi Gallery
Episode 15 | In this episode I visit Fabio Rossi in his gallery in Wong Chuk Hang in Hong Kong. We begin the conversation how Fabio was introduced to contemporary art in Asia, we discuss why the Hong Kong art market is so resilient and successful, the role of Hong Kong Art Gallery Association and the changing landscape for galleries in Hong Kong. We end the conversation with his thoughts on the NFT’s.
Siah Armajani at Rossi Rossi Gallery Hong Kong
Fabio Rossi
Fabio Rossi was born in 1963 in Turin, Italy. At the age of eleven, he accompanied his mother, Anna Maria, on a trip to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. This early exposure to Asia – its culture, arts and people – had a lasting impact on him, inspiring his future professional endeavours.
Fabio moved to London in 1983 to attend the School of Oriental and African Studies, from which he obtained both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in art and archaeology. After a brief apprenticeship with the legendary dealership of Spink & Son, he joined forces with his mother, who had moved to London in 1986, to establish the gallery known today as Rossi & Rossi. Beginning in the late 1980s, Fabio started travelling extensively within the United States, reaching out to museums and collectors throughout the country, and developing relationships that endure to this day.
Since 2005, Fabio has also been instrumental in nurturing the careers of artists of the greater Asia – Pacific region – from Tibet to Cambodia, Hong Kong to Pakistan. He moved to Hong Kong in 2011, two years later, he opened a gallery where he now exhibits the work of artists who would otherwise lack local exposure in addition to the classical Himalayan art for which he and his mother have become world renowned.
Over the years, Rossi & Rossi’s innovative exhibitions and top-notch scholarly publications in both the classical and contemporary realms have solidified the gallery’s status as leaders in the wide ranging field of Asian art.
Rossi & Rossi gallery
Hong Kong Art Gallery Association
Unschedule 2021 | Southside Saturday
-----
'The Last Supper' is produced and hosted by Oscar Venhuis | Instagram @thelastsupper.asia
Available on Spotify | Apple podcast | Google podcast
