Wesley Tongson

Hong Kong | 1957 - 2012

Wesley Tongson was a Hong Kong Asian Modern & Contemporary artist who was born in 1957. Numerous key galleries and museums such as University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong have featured Wesley Tongson's work in the past.Wesley Tongson's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 2,902 USD to 27,254 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2015 the record price for this artist at auction is 27,254 USD for Green Mountains, sold at Christie's Hong Kong in 2021. Wesley Tongson has been featured in articles for CAFA Art Info, ArtDaily and e-flux. The most recent article is Muted Expectations Meet Moderate Sales at Third Edition of Frieze Seoul written for The Art Newspaper in September 2024. The artist died in 2012.

Artist's alternative names: Tang Jiawei, Tong Ka Wai

Featured for Sale

Mountains of Heaven (No. 248 ,1999

By Wesley Tongson

Christie's Hong Kong

Spiritual Mountains (No. 1323 ,2008

By Wesley Tongson

Christie's Hong Kong

At Auction

Notable Lots

Landscape

By Wesley Tongson

+132%

above mid-estimate

Splashed-colour Landscape - Wesley Tongson

Splashed-colour Landscape ,1995

By Wesley Tongson

-17%

below mid-estimate

Mountains of Heaven

By Wesley Tongson

+62%

above mid-estimate

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Upcoming Lots

Mountains of Heaven (No. 248 - Wesley Tongson

Mountains of Heaven (No. 248 ,1999

By Wesley Tongson

Christie's Hong Kong

Spiritual Mountains (No. 1323 - Wesley Tongson

Spiritual Mountains (No. 1323 ,2008

By Wesley Tongson

Christie's Hong Kong

Recent Auction Results

Spiritual Mountain No. 1269

By Wesley Tongson

-33%

below mid-estimate

Christie's Hong Kong

Mountains of Heaven

By Wesley Tongson

-20%

below mid-estimate

Christie's Hong Kong

Untitled

By Wesley Tongson

+26%

above mid-estimate

Christie's New York

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Past Exhibitions

Into View: New Voices, New Stories

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

Union Square | San Francisco | California | USA

Jan 19,2024 - Oct 17,2024

Themes and Variations

Alisan Fine Arts, New York

New York | USA

Jun 27,2024 - Aug 23,2024

Momentous Mountains: The Artistic, Philosophical And Cultural Engagement With Chinese Landscape Painting

University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong | Hong Kong

Feb 28,2024 - Jun 02,2024

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Articles

Muted Expectations Meet Moderate Sales at Third Edition of Frieze Seoul

The Art Newspaper 05/09/2024

The fair feels effects of economic slump, but benefits from two local biennials and new city-wide initiatives.

In Pictures: Top Works to See During Hong Kong Art Week

The Art Newspaper 27/03/2024

In pictures: top works to see during Hong Kong art week Check out our unmissable highlights from around the SAR.

M+ Presents "Shanshui" Exploring Echoes and Signals Across Contemporary Mediums

CAFA Art Info 13/02/2024

Drawn from the M+ Collections, Shanshui: Echoes and Signals explores the complex connections between landscape and humanity in our post-industrial and increasingly virtual world.

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