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When Art Basel Hong Kong opens on May 25, it will have a healthy turnout — 130 galleries from around the world, up from the 104 last year. It is a far cry from the 250 exhibitors seen on the Convention Center’s floors in the years before the pandemic but is, in the new normal, impressive. Unlike the other big-brand fairs, though, more than half of Art Basel’s exhibitors are showing remotely, thanks to stringent Covid-19 restrictions. In what have been dubbed “satellite booths”, first trialled last year, the galleries’ art has made it to Hong Kong, but their staff...
