New Zealand artist Zac Langdon-Pole, who won last year’s BMW Art Journey grant, is showcasing new works that were inspired by his recent travels, which have taken him from Germany to Samoa.

Simultaneously in the lounge, BMW is exhibiting BMW Art Car #1, the very first car that the German brand gave to an artist to transform into an artwork. This inaugural art car was designed by Alexander Calder, who died shortly after completing the project.

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The watchmaker has commissioned acclaimed Brooklyn-based artist Fernando Mastrangelo to design its lounge at Art Basel in Hong Kong, where it will showcase its new collection, Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet. Inspired by a visit to the brand’s headquarters, Mastrangelo’s design evokes the landscape of the Jura Mountains in Switzerland. 

This year La Prairie’s scientists are announcing the latest breakthrough in the skincare brand’s ambitious Science of Light project, which investigates the effects of light on the skin, so it’s only fitting the brand has partnered with South Korean light artist Chul-hyun Ahn for Art Basel.

For La Prairie’s collectors’ lounge, Ahn has created three new light sculptures that feature his trademark mind-bending mix of mirrors, glass and a spectrum of coloured lights. 

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This year is the first time Sanlorenzo Yachts is taking part in Art Basel in Hong Kong. In its collectors’ lounge, Sanlorenzo is showing a bold painting by Mainland Chinese artist Alice Fu alongside a new installation created specially by acclaimed architect and designer Piero Lissoni.

In its collectors’ lounge, Dior is presenting the results of its Lady Art #3 project, for which the brand gave 11 female artists from around the world carte blanche to redesign its Lady Dior bag. Don’t miss Li Shurui’s colourful effort. (Spoiler alert: it looks like a pixelated screen.)

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