Hong Kong ArtWalk 2012 will be held on Wednesday, 14 March 2012 between 5pm to 12midnight. Now in its 12th year and Hong Kong’s premier charity art event, ArtWalk participants purchase a ticket allowing entry to Hong Kong galleries on ArtWalk Night to view artwork, as well as enjoying food sponsored by Hong Kong’s leading restaurants and wine hosted by each gallery.

ArtWalk is a charity event and a donation is raised from ticket sales; a total of HK$5 million has been distributed to Hong Kong charities over the years and last year ArtWalk saw 1,500 participants and a donation benefiting the Society for Community Organization (SoCO). SoCO will again benefit from proceeds raised from ArtWalk 2012: to be used in their pro-active community work, original social policy research and advocacy work. See the SoCO website for further details: www.soco.org.hk

Says ArtWalk Organiser and art critic, John Batten. “Hong Kong’s art auctions and fairs receive great publicity, but it is the city’s art galleries that underpin Hong Kong’s art scene by being open throughout the year; contributing vibrancy, diversity and changing monthly exhibitions. ArtWalk is both a fabulously enjoyable charity art event and a highlight occasion for the city’s galleries to showcase their spaces and remind the public that looking at visual art is a year-round activity.”

Tickets, priced at HK$450 (adults) and $150 (tertiary students), will be available from late February 2012 from galleries situated along Hollywood Road and Wyndham Street. Latest information about ArtWalk can be found at: www.hongkongartwalk.com (specific details about ArtWalk 2012 will be online in mid-February 2012).