The Man Behind the Curtain

From headline-making lawsuits to launching art into outer space, SK Lam is the mystery man behind some of modern art s biggest moments

By Coco Marett. Portrait by Alex Maeland

Well, that was unexpected. Half an hour before its VIP preview event was set to end, collective gasps were heard from local celebrities and influencers as the news pinged through on people’s phones—it had been abruptly announced that the Kaws: Holiday exhibition had been ordered by the Singapore court to stop. Immediately. Kaws: Holiday was the first major art exhibition Singapore had seen in two years, since the pandemic began. The highly anticipated public installation featured a monumental inflatable sculpture of Kaws’ Companion laying across a floating football pitch known as The Float, with Marina Bay Sands in the background. It turned out that The Ryan Foundation, a local non-profit arts organisation, had filed an interim injunction citing reasons such as intellectual property rights infringement and misuse of confidential information.…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2022

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