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ADRIAN CHENG

HONG KONG TYCOON IS NAMED ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST VISIONARY ART COLLECTORS

ADRIAN CHENG’S ILLUSTRIOUS REPUTATION IN THE ART SPHERE HAS REACHED NEW HEIGHTS—AND GEOGRAPHIES. THE FOUNDER OF THE K11 BRAND OF ART MALLS AND THE CHARITABLE K11 ART FOUNDATION HAS BEEN SINGLED OUT BY PRESTIGIOUS NEW YORK-BASED MAGAZINE ARTNEWS AS ONE OF 10 GLOBAL COLLECTORS WHO ARE “SHAKING UP THE ART WORLD.” THE AVID PHILANTHROPIST, WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF NEW WORLD DEVELOPMENT AND HEIR TO THE CHOW TAI FOOK FORTUNE, TOLD ARTNEWS HE BELIEVES EMERGING LOCAL ARTISTS ARE “REINVENTING CHINESE CULTURAL IDENTITY.” OTHERS NAMED WITH CHENG, WHOSE COLLECTION INCLUDES WORKS BY ZHANG ENLI AND ZHANG DING, WERE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART TRUSTEE VIVECA PAULIN-FERRELL, TURKISH COLLECTOR FÜSUN ECZACIBASI, AND GOLDMAN SACHS FINANCIER TIM INGRASSIA AND HIS WIFE, STEPHANIE, WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM BOARD.