Private art museum boom in Asia

The shift of economic power lead to the explosion of private museum under the sponsorship of wealthy collectors are changing art space in Asia.
The organizers of International Art Expo Hong Kong (HK Art), the event has just started yesterday, said more and more wealthy Asian collectors are willing to disclose their expensive items . 

Former director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts London, Philip Dodd, is a member of the Art Advisory Council HK, said that the increase in personal museum is a sign of the shift of economic power from west to east .
"Within a short time, the private museum was able to act as the national museum," he told AFP when asked to Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where each individual gallery collection of a railroad magnate in the world.
Oei Hong Djin, an Indonesian tobacco industry giants, who recently opened exhibition OHD in Magelang city, is one of the important guests of the Art Fair in Hong Kong. "Indonesia does not possess a national museum by the government do not care about this issue. So we, on the position of individual collectors, to do it," he said in a conference.
"In Indonesia, most of the private museum is funded by the owner of the collection, although they were not active in the field of art." In fact, the Museum Oei Hong Djin his OHD owns about 1,500 artifacts related to contemporary art field in Indonesia. These items have been 74 sales faster collection of more than five decades. "My collection is like a national museum. It is a historic and highly directional. I do so by the Indonesian government not to build a national museum," he said.
Li Bing, who owns Art Museum, He Jing Yuan in Beijing, said that economic reforms and society from the late 70s has created conditions for collectors to pursue their passions. "In 30 years of reform takes place, the Chinese have the habit of collecting return items of art and valuable products," he said. "Love the art and culture should be shared with everyone. And I'm happy to be doing it."
Wang Wei, who is preparing to open a private museum in Shanghai in November next, said she planned to collect items of Chinese art during his time as a housewife. "I think I can collect items in a systematic way, to reflect the history of art," she said.
Meanwhile, according to Lars Nittve, former director of a London exhibition at the head of development projects a contemporary art museum in Hong Kong, the number of private museums in Asia was "growing exponentially human ", with hundreds of new space for art was opened in this area in recent years. In fact, Hong Kong ranked third behind only New York and London in the list of centers leading art auction world.
"The United States also had a boom in cultural surprising about 100 years ago, with the expansion of cultural facilities, museums and concerts. This usually occurs in stages of development beyond economic level, "he said. "Although the characteristics are different, but it is important that all need to realize the financial interest of art."