The 2017 edition was our strongest year yet on many levels. I am particularly pleased that we have placed work in museum collections abroad, met many new collectors and curators, and made new friends from around the world.’ Qu Kejie, Founder, Magician Space, Beijing

‘This is the first time we’ve participated in Art Basel in Hong Kong and the fair experience is totally different from any other shows – it’s the best fair we’ve ever taken part in.’ Yuzo Imura, Executive Director, imura art gallery, Kyoto, Tokyo

‘Our first time participating in Art Basel has exceeded our expectations. Li Huayi’s work in the Insights sector all sold within the first few hours. We have built a new network of serious collectors, museum directors and curators from around the world and have started conversations about hosting museum exhibitions for Li.’ Catherine Kwai, Founder, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong

‘We were delighted to sell our Encounters work by Sanné Mestrom for just under USD 200,000. We feel this was a particularly strong edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong and we were delighted to participate. It just gets better and better.’ Joanna Sullivan, Co-director, Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney, Singapore

‘We are extremely pleased to be here for the very first time and we are very excited that our artist Lin Ke was shortlisted for the BMW Art Journey. We have met and been introduced to new collectors from all over the world, including local and international museums. Art Basel has been a tremendous platform for us.’ Mathieu Borysevicz, Founder, Bank, Shanghai

'Art Basel in Hong Kong is helping to further shape a vibrant art scene in the city, and this year, we placed works with a young art foundation based in the region. We also feel there is a growing base of new collectors in Asia with an open mind to collecting emerging artists.' Rodrigo Editore, Director, Casa Triângulo, São Paulo

'We were very excited to participate in the show for the first time. It was a natural time for us to be a part of this fair, especially as several of the artists we work with have a strong footing in Asia. We are thrilled that several works sold to museums and private collectors in the region, and we have also seen strong attendance from European and American visitors.' Mónica Manzutto, Founder, kurimanzutto, Mexico City

‘Art Basel in Hong Kong has kept its extremely high quality as in previous years. This time, we were delighted to see collectors again who we had met in Basel and Miami Beach last year. Art Basel has also done a great job in promoting Hong Kong as an art city, which is essential for all galleries and the general art scene.’ Chiara Hsinke Lee, Program Director, Long March Space, Beijing

‘The fair has been fantastic! We have met a great number of new collectors, predominantly from Mainland China, Australia and the United Kingdom, and collectors from previous years have also returned.’ Kevin Scholl, Director, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City

This year, the Galleries sector featured 190 exhibitors, who presented the highest quality of painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, photography, video and editioned works. Seven galleries graduated to the sector having previously participated in Insights or Discoveries: Antenna Space, Experimenter, Liang Gallery and Mujin-to Production from Asia, as well as Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler and Pi Artworks from Europe. There were many highlights in the sector that visitors commented on, including: galerie nichido’s display of works by the Japanese and French master Léonard Foujita (1886 - 1968); neugerriemschneider’s group show featuring works by Ai Weiwei (b. 1957), Olafur Eliasson (b. 1967) and Pae White (b. 1963), among others; Lévy Gorvy’s exhibition of pioneering Modern and Post-War works, including Frank Stella’s (b. 1936) painting ‘Lettre sur les sourds et muets I’ (1974); Eslite’s solo booth of work by Cai Guo- Qiang (b. 1957), which featured an 18‐meter‐long gunpowder drawing on folding screens; Galleria Continua’s presentation of an installation by Chen Zhen (b. 1955- 2000), made late in his career; a selection of significant works by George Condo (b. 1957) at Skarstedt; two large paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) at Acquavella; The Third Line’s exhibition of work by Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (b. 1924); and Fergus McCaffrey’s solo show of Toshio Yoshida (1928-1997). For the full list of galleries, please visit artbasel.com/hongkong/galleries.