Met up with Asian art journalist and fellow blogger Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop this week in Singapore to hear about the biggest trends on the Asian art scene.

Sonia highlighted three:

1- China as a new major art consumer: Chinese art collectors purchase everything from art to wine and jewelry, and you increasingly see international art galleries catering to them only.

2- The rise of Indonesian Art as a serious, political and social commentary: Very much different from the tourist-driven known Balinese art that is more catered to the tourists.

3- The rise of Asian cities as international art hubs: Although Hong Kong is the number art hub in Asia, Singapore is fast catching up and will host its first international art fair soon. Key to Singapore’s strategy is a bonded warehouse zone near the airport for Art that is so secure the government plans to store gold there.

A related post in which I spoke with Oliver Stone about why the film director is selling his Chinese art.