The ability of capital, expertise and information to flow freely across national borders is core to the working of the world’s financial centres. Driven by technological advances, the accelerating movement towards borderless and integrated markets has given fresh impetus to the process of globalisation.
A smaller, closer world is not only a vision for financial markets, whose participants have long been used to jet-setting, working round the clock and following developments on the other side of the planet. Artists have also been driven by globalisation, producing works that resonate with an international audience.
While Chinese artists have long been sought-after for their stereotypical icons of Mao Tse-tung...