Founder's Desk: Hong Kong Reflections (New Renaissance)

A couple team members and I just got back from an unforgettable trip to Hong Kong—one that felt less like a business mission and more like a pulse check on the future of culture.

During Art Basel week, the city was alive with energy. But what stood out wasn’t just the exhibitions or the scale of the fair—it was the conversations. The real electricity came from the people shaping what comes next.

We sat down with some of the brightest minds across disciplines—visionaries like ChanThirteen, Diana Wu David, and Jenn Pratt—to talk about what the New Renaissance means in their worlds. From speculative tech and street-level creativity to institutional transformation, each interview was a reminder that this isn’t just an art movement. It’s a cultural shift. A reawakening of authentic expression on a global scale.

This trip wasn’t about checking in on the art world. It was about building something bigger—an ecosystem where artists, thinkers, and collectors are co-creating the future outside of traditional gatekeeping systems.

We're documenting these stories, capturing this momentum, and inviting others in. If you’re someone who feels this shift—if you know that art can be more than object, more than transaction—then you’re already a part of it.

Let’s keep moving forward. Let’s keep creating the future.